Tonight's reading is the last in the Poetry Center series,
but there are other readings in town.
This Saturday night among other things
is sponsoring a reading by three of the university's MFA
students, Ann Cummins, Nancy Johnson and Debra Gregerman.
And that will be at 8:00 at the Central Arts Collective
at 250 East Congress.
And in December among other things
we'll present Jon Anderson.
The Lamplight Series on December 4th
will present Barry Briggs, Joe Darwish reading
from their prose, and the Museum Series
will present Barbara Kingsolver reading from her new novel.
This is December 6th at the Tucson Museum of Art.
And Writers at Work has scheduled two readings.
Two weeks from tonight, the 30th in this auditorium, Jonathan
Penner and Michael Harwin will read together.
Jonathan is in the creative writing department
and Michael is a MFA candidate.
And Writers at Work will present on December 7th Susan
Lowell and Marty Schechter.
Also, a special lecture has been set up
for poet, and novelist, and general writer Margaret
Randall.
She will speak at 3:00 at the Student Union on December 5th.
I'm sure you can't remember all of that, but you can call us
and we'll be happy to tell you about them on the phone.
I hope you can stay after tonight's reading
and have some refreshments and meet Mr. Kennedy.
As you know Mr. Kennedy is well known
in other areas in addition to his poetry
as an editor of textbooks, as a writer of children's books,
both prose and poetry.
But tonight he's here for the Poetry Center.
His books of poetry for adults include Nude Descending
a Staircase, which was the winner of the 1960 Lamont
Award.
And most recently Cross Ties, which is Selected Poems.
We have some copies of Cross Ties available for purchase
tonight at a special discount of $5.
I took a few to Rincon University High School
this afternoon and they jerked them out of my hands,
and I wished I'd taken more.
They're wonderful books, and I know
you're going to enjoy hearing him read tonight.
X. J. Kennedy.