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2007 2008 FALL2007 Kim Bridgford October 22-November 9, 2007 Kim Bridgford has published three books of poetry: Undone, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize; Instead of Maps, nominated for the Poets’ Prize; and In the Extreme: Sonnets about World Records, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Award. Though best known as a poet--her work having been published extensively in the U.S., Canada, and the UK—she is also a fiction writer and critic. She serves as editor of Dog- wood and the online women’s formalist maga- zine Mezzo Cammin. Bridgford has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and was selected Connecticut Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Kim Bridgford is a Professor of English at Fairfield University. For scheduling information for Kim Bridgford, contact James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo. SPRING2008 Connecticut Student Poets January 28-March 14, 2008 The Connecticut Student Poets are selected by the Circuit Selection Committee. Each college is invited to nominate one student poet. Five pages of poetry by the poet must reach the Circuit Directors by October 19, 2007. The finalists will be announced in December. Connecticut Poetry Circuit Selection Committee: Dick Allen, Kate Rushin, Clare Rossini, and For more information, please see your Vivian Shipley campus representative. Connecticut Poetry Circuit Directors: Contact: James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo James Gentile (860) 512-2667 Mariana DiRaimo (860) 512-2682 Manchester Community College [email protected] [email protected] Great Path MS 19 Manchester, CT 06045 In 1964 the New England Poetry Circuit was formed at the request of The Academy of American Poets in order to provide colleges with readings by fine poets. In 1968 it split in two, and the Connecticut Poetry Circuit came into being. These professional poets have toured the Circuit: Dick Allen Brendan Galvin Richard Howard Sandra McPherson Kate Rushin Ruth Stone A.R. Ammons George Garrett Barbara Howes William Meredith Mary Jo Salter Mark Strand Frank Bidart Jean Garrigue Richard Hugo James Merrill Gjertrud Robert Sward Turner Cassitty Margaret Gibson David Ignatow Robert Mezey Schnackenberg May Swenson Amy Clampitt Thom Gunn Mark Jarman Judith Moffett Lloyd Schwartz James Tate Jane Cooper Rachel Hadas Allison Joseph Bink Noll James Scully Natasha Trethewey Alfred Corn Michael Harper Donald Justice Linda Pastan Tim Seibles Diane Wakoski Kate Daniels Jeffrey Harrison X.J. Kennedy John Peck Charles Simic Derek Walcott Theodore Deppe Anthony Hecht Richard Kenney Robert Pinsky Louis Simpson David Walker Mark Doty William Heyen Galway Kinnell Katha Pollitt Jeffrey Skinner Charles Wright Martín Espada Daryl Hine Thomas Kinsella F.D. Reeve Tom Sleigh Irving Feldman Edward Hirsch Brad Leithauser Adrienne Rich William Jay Smith David Ferry John Hollander J.D. McClatchy Clare Rossini George Starbuck The first group of student poets traveled around the state during the winter of 1970. These writers have been named Connecticut Student Poets: 1970 1980 1990 1999 Raymond Biasotti, Carolyn Abbott, Connecticut College Hanneli Ansel, Kate Foran, University of Bridgeport Jon Davis, University of Bridgeport Mohegan Community College Manchester Community-Technical College Gayles Jones, Connecticut College Martha Hollander, Yale University Larry Berger, Yale University Claire Fuqua, Wesleyan University Stephen Policoff, Wesleyan University Amy Pattullo, Wesleyan University Robin Delman, Wesleyan University Aracelis Girmay, Connecticut College Daniel Santhouse, Kimberly Peters, Trinity College Brandy McKenzie-Becker, Southern Connecticut University of Connecticut 1981 Khan Wong, University of Connecticut Stephanie Tyburski, University of Connecticut Patricia Daddona, Connecticut College 1971 Nancy Kamm, 1991 2000 D.W. Donzella, University of Bridgeport Manchester Community College Christine Holbo, Yale University Jake Hunter, Trinity College Theodore James Guhl, David Leavitt, Yale University Kristin W. Lee, Connecticut College Tracey Lander, University of Connecticut Central Connecticut Michael Lohnes, Southern Connecticut Rose Mailhot, Albertus Magnus College Harmony Scaglione, Southern Connecticut John Paul Maynard, Wesleyan University Maddy Scheinberg, Joan Menefee, Wesleyan University Katie Theroux, Wesleyan University Don Shambroom, Yale University University of Bridgeport Lisa Sornberger, Eastern Connecticut Anna Ziegler, Yale University 1972 1982 1992 2001 Leonard Marcus, Yale University Corinne Adler, Wesleyan University Jon Andersen, University of Connecticut Eric G. Amling, University of Hartford Sarah Meisner, Manchester Community Robert Breen, Fairfield University Angela Cusano, Trinity College Jason Labbe, Southern Connecticut College Elena Vira, Trinity College Justine Dougherty, Central Connecticut Joan Malerba-Foran, Trinity College Catherine Royce, Wesleyan University Naomi Wolf, Yale University Daniel Handler, Wesleyan University Lauren Mitchell, Connecticut College Raja Changez Sultan, Trinity College Jennifer Wilder, Yale University Alexandra Smith, Wesleyan University 1983 1973 Cheryl Egolf Bouteneff, 1993 2002 Rika Lesser, Yale University Central Connecticut Lawrence Fahey, Geoffrey Babbitt, Connecticut College Frank Levering, Wesleyan University Barbara Browning, Yale University Manchester Community College Lucia Mary Halle, Wesleyan University Shelly Strohm, Francis Xavier Drapeau, Elizabeth Joh, Yale University David Gorin, Yale University Manchester Community College Fairfield University Rafael Oses, University of Hartford Edward Moran, Albertus Magnus College Chase Twichell, Trinity College Ted Lord, Trinity College Becky Rodia, Fairfield University Sumitra Ratneshwar, Univ. of Connecticut Doug Swift, University of Bridgeport Patricia Sullivan, Southern Connecticut 1974 2003 Elizabeth Egloff, Trinity College 1984 1994 Max Althoff, University of Connecticut Peter Kerr-Jarett, Yale University Kaci Kinne, Connecticut College Jack Brown, University of Hartford Jason Farago, Yale University Jerry McGuire, Dale Mantautas, Trinity College Monique Ethier-Yates, Western Connecticut Ross Middleton, Wesleyan University Middlesex Community College Lisa Mierzejewski, Central Connecticut David Greenberg, Yale University Deborah Rossel, Central Ct. 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David Weinstock, Wesleyan University Mark Schafer, Wesleyan University Paula Lathrop, Trinity College Andrew Seguin, Connecticut College Claude Solnik, Southern Connecticut Margaret Nelson, Wesleyan University 1975 2004 Michael Collier, Connecticut College 1985 1995 Greg Antonini, Southern Connecticut Diderik-Finne, Yale University James Aquilino, Peter Gwiazda, Southern Connecticut Melissa Mylchreest, Connecticut College Binnie Klein, University of Bridgeport South Central Community College Rosemary Hutzler, Yale University Megan Pugh, Yale University James Stefon, Mohegan Community Thomas Curtis, Connecticut College Jaime McGrath, University of Connecticut Margaret Pritchard, Trinity College College Mara Eilenberg, Trinity College Michael O’Sullivan, Western Connecticut Christina Schenck, Carol Foster, Hartford College for Women Bret Sparling, Wesleyan University Manchester Community College 1976 Robin Green, University of Bridgeport 1986 1996 2005 Dean Holmes, Wesleyan University Meg Bishop, Trinity College Joseph Gamble, Trinity College Joseph Clifford, Melinda Kahn, Yale University Jane Mendelsohn, Yale University Rebecca Lesnik, Yale University Central Connecticut State University Philip Paradis, Central Connecticut Anne Minicozzi, University of Hartford Gabrielle Marcus, Wesleyan University Laura Jo Hess, Connecticut College Ralph Savarese, Wesleyan University Mark McDonald, Eastern Connecticut Will Hines, Trinity College 1977 Christina Monti, St. Joseph College Alexander Nemser, Yale University Nina George, Connecticut College 1987 Justin Sider, University of Connecticut Starry Schor, Yale University John Hamlett Barker, Yale University 1997 Nina Shengold, Wesleyan University Joseph Pandolfo, Eastern Connecticut Ann Keating, Connecticut College 2006 Elizabeth Tyson, Trinity College Mary Kane, University of Connecticut Rob MacDonald, Wesleyan University Kathline Fitch, Karin Schalm, Wesleyan University Ciara McDermott, Fairfield University Northwestern Connecticut 1978 Michael Schiavo, University of Connecticut Community College Madelyn Flammia, 1988 Alice Williams, Jacob Peter Overdurff, University of Bridgeport Nan Cohen, Yale University Asnuntuck Community College University of Connecticut Susan Jackman, University of Connecticut Anne de Kay, Mohegan Community College Lisa San Pascual, Trinity College Mark Malone, Western Connecticut Claudi Grandi, 1998 Katherine Thorpe, Wesleyan University John Stanizzi, Manchester Community College Hank Gromelski, Ivy. Y. Wang, Yale University Manchester Community College Antonio Jocson, Wesleyan University Manchester Community College Susan Pfeil, University of Bridgeport Jocelyn M. Jones, Trinity College 2007 1979 Natasha Le Bel, Yale University Loren Davis, Trinity College Allan Garry, Mohegan Community College 1989 Jennifer MacKenzie, Wesleyan University Rebecca Dinerstein, Yale University Langdon Hammer, Yale University Adina Hoffman, Wesleyan University Kate Umans, Connecticut College Molly Mellinger, Fairfield University Vincent Kay, Central Connecticut Sung-San Hong, Trinity College Jeffrey Schultz, Southern Connecticut Judith Shaw, Trinity College Monica Prasad, Yale University State University Jon Stambaugh, University of Bridgeport Kelly Whinnem, Manchester Community College.