[pa-info] Asylum update (08/13/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.
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Lea Deschenes Book Release - Thursday, August 14th

The Worcester County Poetry Association <http://wcpa.homestead.com/> will
celebrate the release of Lea Deschenes <http://quantumredhead.com/>' new
book *The Constant Velocity of Trains* with a *release reading* tomorrow
night, August 14th. Join the author for a reading at the main branch of the
Worcester Public Library (3 Salem Square, Worcester). The reading starts at
7:00 p.m. and Dorinda Wegener will open. Free and open to the public.
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Harlym125 @ The Ship

This week *The Spot*, the weekly Thursday night poetry reading at the Hotel
Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature by *
Harlym125*. Harlym125 is a member of the 2008 Boston Cantab slam team which
finished fourth out of 76 teams at NPS '08. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m.
with an open mic run. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's
hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+
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Coming up on Sunday, August 17th

[image: Molly Meacham] The Poets' Asylum returns to our regular schedule
starting August 17th at a new venue and new start time. Please join us for
an open mic followed by a feature from *Molly Meacham*. The new venue is
Jumpin' Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester), where the NorthBeast
Regional Slam was held in July. The new start time is *6:00 p.m.*

Molly Meacham left her Tennessee home to avoid an MRS degree and wound up in
Chicago with a double degree of theatre and poetry. She recently returned to
school to get a master's degree in Education. Since becoming part of the
Spoken Word scene in 2005, Molly made the 2005 and 2006 Mental Graffiti Slam
Teams, qualified as the Mental Graffiti IWPS 2006 representative, and is
part of the Green Mill Slam Team this summer.

Please join us for the return of the Poets' Asylum weekly reading. We're
looking forward to it and we hope you are too!
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NPS '08 Wrap-up

Congratulations to SlamCharlotte for winning the 2008 National Poetry Slam.
For the second year in a row the team from Charlotte, NC took the top spot
at NPS.

The final results<http://nps2008.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=70>from
the qualifying rounds have been listed on the
nps2008.com website. The hometown team, Worcester, finished in 30th place.
They performed excellent work on stage and were featured in a showcase
before one of the semi-final bouts.

Updates during the week in Madision can be found in the Poets' Asylum
Blog<http://community.livejournal.com/poetsasylum/>.
Everyone is home now and resting up for the next great poetic thing. Thanks
to everyone for their well wishes and support. We couldn't have done it
without you!
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2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt

[image: 2008 shirt front] The 2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt premiered at the
Team Send-off Feature on July 31st. The shirts will next be available at the
Poets' Asylum reading on August 17th at Jumpin' Juice and Java . We'll work
on getting them set-up online after that.

The regular price for the 2008 t-shirts is $15. Unisex sizes range from
small to 2XL and we have just a couple women's sizes left (1 each of medium
and large). We've already sold out of unisex 3XL and women's small and extra
large.

Thanks to Bill MacMillan for this years design. The image to the right
appears on the front of the t-shirt. The back lists Worcester, MA and
poetsasylum.org. A generous donor covered most of the cost of printing the
2008 t-shirts and we are grateful for their support.
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The Poets' Asylum is in its fifteenth year of bringing the best in
Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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