[pa-info] Asylum update (09/04/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum and welcome back to all the college
students returning to Worcester for the fall semester.  We hope to see you
soon at our new venue <http://poetsasylum.org/venuelink.html>.
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The Poets' Asylum in the News

An article on the Poets' Asylum and our move to Jumpin' Juice and Java has
appeared online and was picked up by several MetroWest newspapers such as
the Concord Journal. The article includes a pair of videos, one with
snippets of poetry from new venue and another from The Q.

You can read the article and view the videos by visiting
http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord/...<http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord/fun/entertainment/books/x1311853864/Literary-event-lives-again-at-new-Worcester-venue>(it
really is a long URL).
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Jen Mahon @ The Ship Tonight

This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly
Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts
at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week they celebrate their *1st
anniversary* with a feature from *Jen Mahon*. Host Bobby Gibbs promises
munchies before the open and lots of silliness. Come celebrate with
Worcester's newest weekly reading. 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, September 7th

[image: Lea & Victor title=] This week *Lea Deschenes* and *Victor
Infante*will be our features at the Poets' Asylum. Both are longtime
friends of the
Asylum and tonight they'll share work from their recently released books
(yes, plural).

Victor D. Infante is the editor-in-chief of *The November 3rd Club*, an
online literary journal of political writing, and the author of the poetry
collection *City of Insomnia*, from Write Bloody Publishing. His poems and
prose have appeared in dozens of periodicals internationally, including *The
Los Angeles Review*, *Pearl*, *Ballard Street Poetry Journal* and *AntiMuse*,
and the anthologies *Poetry Slam, Spoken Word Revolution Redux* and *The
Last American Valentine*. He's an Aquarius.

Lea C. Deschenes is the author of the poetry collection *The Constant
Velocity of Trains* from Write Bloody Publishing. She received her MFA in
Poetry from New England College, and has been a recipient of Worcester's
Jacob Knight Award and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She once found a five-leaf
clover during a solar eclipse. She's a Gemini.

Please join us at our new home, 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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August 31st Revisited

We had a smaller audience this week however those who did come out were full
of poetic appreciation and eager to hear good words. We welcome the 2 new
readers who took to the mic this week - please come again. Our feature this
week was local poet *Jen Mahon*. Jen shared an energetic set of both on and
off page pieces. She touched on family, issued a call to help those in need,
railed against "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and shared her heart through her
words. Thanks for an great feature Jen.
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Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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