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Well, I'm sorry for you
folks that have to stand,

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but I think you'll
find it's worth it.

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The last time Bill
Merwin read for us,

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we had speakers in the hall.

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But it didn't work out too well.

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And I think you'll hear as well.

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If you're one of the two
people in Pima County who

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did not receive one of these,
I brought a stack over.

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And I'll have them out
on the refreshment table

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after the reading.

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We have two tables
set up, and I hope

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you'll stay and have
some punch and cookies

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and meet Mr. Merwin.

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Our next reading is
one week from tonight

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in this auditorium, will be
the visiting poet Robert Hass.

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W.S. Merwin first came
to read for us in 1969.

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And he's made many happy
visits to Tucson since then.

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It's always such a pleasure
to have old friends come back

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to know what a treat
we have in store.

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In addition to his poetry
and prose, as you know,

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Bill Merwin is a translator
for Follain, Mandelstam,

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such classics as the Poem of
the Cid and the Song of Roland.

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His most recent collection of
poetry is Opening the Hand.

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And his most recent collection
of prose is Unframed Originals.

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His many prizes include Pulitzer
Prize, PEN Translation Prize,

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Fellowship of the Academy
of American Poets,

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the Bollingen Prize,
and many others.

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He makes his home now on the
island of Maui in Hawaii.

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Very happy to introduce
to you W.S. Merwin.

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