[pa-info] Asylum update (01/29/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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Coming up on Sunday, February 1st

[image: Kyria Abrahams] This week the *Poets' Asylum* welcomes *Kyria
Abramhams*, author of I'M PERFECT, YOU'RE DOOMED: Tales of a Jehovah's
Witness Upbringing
<http://www.kyriaabrahams.com/aboutthebook.html>(Touchstone, 2009).
For two years, Kyria Abrahams was a regular columnist
for Jest Magazine, where she was featured alongside performers and writers
from The Daily Show and Chappelle's Show. She has been a past performer at
alternative comedy shows like Eating It and Invite them Up, as well as
literary readings like How to Kick People. She lives in Queens with an
abused cat that she just knows will start to love her some day.

Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester).
The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* No cover; please throw some money in the
bucket to support the features.
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January 25th Revisited

Congratulations to *Trevor Byrne-Smith* on his first place win this week in
the *open qualifying slam*. Four slammers put their words on the line and
accepted the verdict of the randomly choosen judges. Big crowd this week and
a new voice or two in the open mic. We hope to see you all again.
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BSPJ Workshop Series

Ballard Street Poetry Journal
<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>has announced their
upcoming Workshop Series.

[image: BSPJ image] *Poetry Writing from Life with Heather J. Macpherson*.
This three-workshop series will focus on finding the heightened and mundane
moments from our lives to become poetry on the page. This series meets on
the following Sundays: March 1st, 8th, & 15th.

*How do you make the poem on page reflect the poem on stage? with Tony Brown
*. In this series of three workshops, participants will take two poems from
initial conception to public unveiling at a poetry reading. The first
session will involve a couple of intensive writing prompts and exercises to
create the first drafts of two very different poems. The second will focus
on refinement of the poem with an eye toward making line breaks,
punctuation, stanza breaks, etc., reflect the actual "voice " of the poem
and the poet, while the third will be devoted to refinement of the delivery
of the poem in public performance. In all three workshops, oral recitation
will be used as a key tool for editing and (more importantly) deep
exploration of how to make the poem say what the poet wants it to say. This
series meets on the following Sundays: April 12th, 19th and May 3rd.

Workshops are free and limited to 10 participants. Suggested donation of
$3-5 dollars. Refreshments provided. Workshops run from 2-4 p.m. and meet at
the Worcester County Poetry Association Office at 1 Ekman Street,
Quinsigamond Village, Worcester, MA. E-mail
edi...<http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01OzAwrzftU90BvvHEL5_-rg==&c=gQe6n5UyP5ZY8AC4npSOA37jWwwpKhBEqXi7hArHGFnXAzQPUuTZL3wU1r_Rw-I8>
@ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com to register.

Please visit http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com%22/>for
more upcoming events and workshops. Check their new blog for updates
at new
blog <http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.wordpress.com/>.
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