The next nine weeks, we have eight readings.
You get one week off, right in the middle.
Next Wednesday night, in this auditorium,
our reader will be William Matthews,
who's read for us before.
Many of you know what a real fine reader
he is, as well as a fine poet.
The end of September, the first student reading
will be a celebration of the most recent issue
of Persona magazine.
So if you are a contributor to Persona,
would you please contact me and/or the editors of Persona
so we can sign you up to be a participant
in that reading, at which time there will be cookies.
Michael Ryan comes to us from Flagstaff, where he
was a great success last night.
He's written two collections of poetry,
Threats Instead of Trees and In Winter.
His first book, Threats Instead of Trees,
was the winner of the Yale Younger award.
He's currently on a Guggenheim Fellowship
and will be spending most of the year in Italy.
And I'm very happy to welcome him
to our campus, Michael Ryan.
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