Heather McHugh - February 25, 1987

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Heather McHugh

Heather McHugh reads poems appearing in To the Quick (1987) and Shades (1988). She also reads her translations of Blaga Dimitrova, which are collected in the book Because the Sea is Black (1989).

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Introduction
Description

by Lois Shelton

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"Multidimensional"
Citation

Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black: Poems of Blaga Dimitrova. Translated by Niko Boris and Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

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"Nurse Sickness, Patient Health"
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Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black: Poems of Blaga Dimitrova. Translated by Niko Boris and Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

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"In the Balance"
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Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black: Poems of Blaga Dimitrova. Translated by Niko Boris and Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

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"World is a Word"
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In memoriam Pablo Neruda

Published version bears the title "Creation of the Word." Differs from published version. 

Citation

Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black: Poems of Blaga Dimitrova. Translated by Niko Boris and Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

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"The moon's eye glitters with malicious humor..."
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Published version bears the title "The moon's eye asks with bright malicious glee..." Differs from published version. 

Citation

Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black: Poems of Blaga Dimitrova. Translated by Niko Boris and Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

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"I Knew I'd Sing"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"Not a Sin"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"(To a Woman)"
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originally by Rilke

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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"The Trouble with In"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"Point of Origin"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"20-200 on 747"
Description

referred to in reading as "Twenty-two hundred: That's My Visual Condition on 747"

Citation

McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Spot in Space and Time"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"Bar and Grill"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"Take Care"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"Big Ideas Among Earthlings"
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McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.

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"What Hell Is"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"By Faith, Not Sight"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Unspeakable"
Description

Differs from published version. 

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McHugh, Heather.Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Round Time"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Round Time" (continued)
Description

Recording begins mid-sentence. 

Citation

McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Mox Nox"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"The Typewriter's the Kind"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Hard"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"Melted Money"
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McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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"From 20,000 Feet"
Citation

McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.

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Heather McHugh
Photographer
Lois Shelton
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