Richard Shelton - October 1, 2016

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UA Poetry Center, UA Press

Reading Series
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UA Poetry Center
Richard Shelton

Richard Shelton reads from his memoir Nobody Rich or Famous (2016). He also reads a related poem from Selected Poems, 1969-1981 (1982).

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introductions by Michael Hogan, Mark Doty, and Terry Tempest Williams
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Video introductions by Michael Hogan and Mark Doty, and a written introduction by Terry Tempest Williams read by Tyler Meier. 

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Introduction
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by Susan Aiken

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Opening Remarks (Continued) and Excerpts from "The Romance"
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Shelton, Richard. Nobody Rich or Famous: A Family Memoir. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

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"A Kind of Glory"
Citation

Shelton, Richard. Selected Poems, 1969-1981. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982.

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On the author's grandmother, Charlotte
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Excerpt from "Beautiful"
Citation

Shelton, Richard. Nobody Rich or Famous: A Family Memoir. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

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Richard Shelton
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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