Jon Anderson - February 13, 1970

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson reads primarily from Looking for Jonathan (1968) and Death & Friends (1970), in addition to one poem from In Sepia (1974). The reading opens with a humorous description of Anderson's attempt to apply for a job writing copy for the Hallmark Greeting Card company.

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Introduction and Opening Remarks
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Introduction by Bob Longoni

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"Untitled"
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A father's day poem written as a test for employment with Hallmark Greeting Cards

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"If I Had It To Do Again"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"Odalisque"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"Abraham"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"On a Rainy Night, an Ape in Scarsdale, N.Y., Returns a Library Book"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"Preparation for Travel"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"The Private Line"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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"Looking for Jonathan"
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Anderson, Jon. Looking for Jonathan. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.

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About his book "Death & Friends"
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"Creative Writing"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"The Parachutist"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"The Wars of Adolesence"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"The Mouths of the Poor"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"Thumbs Up"
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Uncollected.

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"Of Government"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"A Letter"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"Each Day Does That"
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Anderson, Jon. Death & Friends. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.

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"Rosebud"
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Anderson, Jon. In Sepia. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974.

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Jon Anderson
Photographer
LaVerne Harrell Clark
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