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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Friday, January 9th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Worcester Storytellers</u> meets on the second Friday of
each month at Vasa Hall (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at
8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature from <b>Emily
Frrrara</b>. Ferrara is the author of <i>The Alchemy of Grief</i>, a collection
of poems selected to win the 2006 Bordighera Poetry Prize. The book was
published in bilingual edition (English and Italian) by Bordighera Press in
2007. <i>The Alchemy of Grief</i> is her first full length book. A long-time
member of <i>Poem Works: Workshop for Publishing Poets</i>in Brookline, Ferrara
is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of
Massachusetts Medical School, where she teaches creative writing and directs
the grants and special projects division for the school's Office of Educational
Affairs.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Worcester
Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into
the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/drake.jpg" alt="Christian Drake" title="Christan Drake features on January 11th!" align="right" width="150" height="100" hspace="5">
The <u>Poets' Asylum</u> is pleased to bring <b>Christian Drake</b> to our
venue. Drake is the 2008 Berkeley Grand Slam Champion and a four-time national
slam team member and semifinalist. A former urban forester, planetarium guide,
and aquarium naturalist, he's the world's only "eco-billy" poet: a little bit
environmentalism, a little bit rock and roll. Christian is well-known on the
West Coast as the co-host of the venerable Berkeley Slam and the infamous
Tourette's Without Regrets show, where he mixes blood & guts humor and
eroticism with contemplative, spiritual imagery. This is nature poetry filtered
through a guitar amp.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at <b><font color="red">6:00 p.m.</font></b>
No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">January 4th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks to everyone who came out for the first Poets' Asylum
reading of 2009. The open mic was brimming with many new voices; please come
back again. The feature this week was <b>LV</b>, aka Laura Vookles of
Westchester, NY. LV shared very personal work with memories of her late
husband filling our minds and drawing us all a bit closer. With great imagery,
such as soldiers milling around the airport being greeted by family, and
an ear-catching turn of phrase (\Sometimes Amen is just not enough\) LV hit us
with the best she has. Thanks for the words LV. Don't be a stranger.</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the
best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.</font></p>
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