2005 Poets' Asylum Anthology

The Worcester Po8ry Project is pleased to present Setting the Stage, the fourth annual anthology of poetry from the Asylum community. The 64 page volume includes the work of 44 poets who call the Asylum home. The book was edited by Jessica Dalzell and Bob Gill, with cover art is by Gary Hoare.

The anthology has been put together as a fundraiser for the 2005 Worcester Slam team which will represent Worcester at the National Poetry Slam in Albuquerque, NM this August. The 2005 team consists of Gary Hoare, Shira Erlichman, Bobby Gibbs and Nick Davis.

Info on poetry slam at the Poets' Asylum can be found here.

You can purchase the book online for $11.25 (includes $1.25 shipping charge) via PayPal. Simply visit our Anthology / CD page and click the Add To Cart button. Once payment is received your book will be mailed out.

Or sending check or money order (made out to Bob Gill) to: 2005 Asylum Anthology, P.O. Box 3094, Worcester, MA 01613. Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery.

Setting the Stage is also available for $8 at any of our reading. This includes the weekly Sunday night open mic as well as the Shakti Women's Writing Pact on Saturday afternoons. Outside our readings the book is for sale for $10 (yet another reason you should come to a Poets' Asylum reading).

* If you are published in the anthology you are entitled to one copy at the reduced rate of $5. To have it mailed to you please send $6.25 to the address shown above. Don't use PayPal as there isn't a method setup to give you the discount you deserve.

The anthology is © 2005 Worcester Po8ry Project Productions.

For more information please write us at P.O. Box 3094, Worcester, MA 01613 or email us at webmaster@poetsasylum.org.

Edited by Jessica Dalzell and Bob Gill.

Cover design © 2005 Gary Hoare.

Proof reading by April Ardito, Ted Blackler and Melissa Guillet.