Steve Orlen - January 22, 2011

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Steve Orlen Tribute

Friends, colleagues, and former students of Steve Orlen (1942-2010) gather together to celebrate his life.

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by Aurelie Sheehan

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Buzz Poverman
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Tony Hoagland
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Orlen, Steve. "The Advantages of the Barbarians." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.

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Neil Diamente
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"The Great Wheel Turns." Unpublished poem by Neil Diamente, collaged from lines of poetry by Steve Orlen.

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Gibb Windahl
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Orlen, Steve. "In the House of the Voice of Maria Callas." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in This Particular Eternity (2001).

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Susan McConnell
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Jonathan Penner
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David Rivard
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Orlen, Steve. "The Acrobat." A Place at the Table. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981.

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Alison Hawthorne Deming
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The Toothbrush. Unpublished poem by Alison Hawthorne Deming.

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Fred Kiefer
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Peter Turchi
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Orlen, Steve. "The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans (1900-1920)." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in Kisses (1997).

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Robert Houston
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Sean Munro
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Michael Collier
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Excerpt from a letter by Steve Orlen.

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George Shelton
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Barbara Allen
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David Wojahn
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Orlen, Steve. "Monkey Mind." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in This Particular Eternity (2001).

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Peter Wilson
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Karen Brennan
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Barbara Cully
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Sarah Kortemeier
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Orlen, Steve. "Permission to Speak." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in Permission to Speak (1978).

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Barbara Cully
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Orlen, Steve. "Conversation with the Dead." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in The Bridge of Sighs (1992).

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Sean Rys
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Orlen, Steve. "A Poet's Job." A Thousand Threads. Venice, CA: Hollyridge Press, 2009.

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