Steve Orlen - April 15, 1970

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Steve Orlen

Steve Orlen reads largely uncollected early poems, some of which appeared in Poetry magazine or would later appear in his chapbooks Sleeping on Doors (1975) and Separate Creatures (1976).

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Introduction
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by John Weston

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"Dream Song 4"
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Read by Steve Orlen.

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Berryman, John. 77 Dream Songs. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1964.

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"John Clare"
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Read by Steve Orlen.

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Halperin, Mark. Backroads. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press,1976.

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"Arriving in His Place"
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Uncollected.

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"The Last Letter Home"
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Uncollected.

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"The New World, Requesting Nothing but Peace"
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Orlen, Steve. "The New World, Requesting Nothing but Peace." Poetry, vol. 114, no. 4, Sept. 1969, p. 373.

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"November"
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Orlen, Steven. "November." Poetry, vol. 116, no. 1, Apr. 1970, p. 19.

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"Sleeping on Doors"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"Prayer"
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Uncollected.

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"The Spacemen"
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Uncollected.

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"The Aliens"
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Uncollected.

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"The Thing to Be Done"
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Uncollected.

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"Honesty"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"The Pig"
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Orlen, Steve. Separate Creatures. Tucson: Ironwood Press, 1976.

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"The Pervert"
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Uncollected.

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"The Policeman and the Drunk"
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Uncollected.

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"The Huckster"
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Uncollected.

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"Keeping Watch"
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Differs from published version.

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Orlen, Steve. "Keeping Watch." Poetry, vol. 117, no. 3, Dec. 1970, p. 165.

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"Poem"
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Uncollected.

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"Letter from Moishe"
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Uncollected.

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"Is This What You Fear"
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Uncollected.

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"Love Is a Dream of Return"
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Uncollected.

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"An Attempt to Understand the Blind Man"
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Uncollected.

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"The Weather in Luxembourg"
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Uncollected.

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Steve Orlen
Photographer
LaVerne Harrell Clark
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Steve Orlen
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LaVerne Harrell Clark
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