Steve Orlen - January 31, 1973

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Steve Orlen

Steve Orlen reads poems that would later appear in his first two chapbooks, Sleeping on Doors (1975) and Separate Creatures (1976), and his first full-length collection, Permission to Speak (1978). He also reads a number of poems that remain uncollected.

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Introduction
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by Lois Shelton

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"Life Without Abie"
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Uncollected.

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"In Praise of Beverly"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"Tricks"
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Uncollected.

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"Sleeping on Doors"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"A Letter"
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Published version bears the title "A Letter to Her Sister."

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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"The Jewish Family"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"Grandfather"
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Uncollected.

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"Growing Up"
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Uncollected.

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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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"What the Old Armenian Taught Me"
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Uncollected.

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"Our Fathers"
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Uncollected.

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"The Perfect One"
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Orlen, Steve. Permission to Speak. Middletown: Wesleyan: 1978.

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"Honesty"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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

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"The Movie"
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Uncollected.

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"The Man Going Blind"
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Uncollected.

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"The Best Halves of our Lives"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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"The Privacies"
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Uncollected.

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"Beauty and the Beast"
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Orlen, Steve. Separate Creatures. Tucson: Ironwood Press, 1976.

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"Country Girl"
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Uncollected.

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"Walking at the End of Summer"
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Uncollected.

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"Country House"
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Orlen, Steve. Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.

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The University of Arizona Poetry Center
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