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Date
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UA Poetry Center
Reading Series
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Modern Languages Auditorium
W.S. Merwin
W.S. Merwin reads from The Vixen (1996), Flower and Hand (1996), The River Sound (1999), and The Pupil (2001), as well as selections from his novel in verse The Folding Cliffs (1998). Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.
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Welcome and Introduction
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Description
by Alison Hawthorne Deming
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Opening Remarks and "Yesterday"
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Merwin, W.S. Flower and Hand. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1996.
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"Present"
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Merwin, W.S. The Vixen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996.
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"Vixen"
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Merwin, W.S. The Vixen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996.
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"Waves In August"
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Merwin. W.S. The River Sound. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999.
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"Memorandum"
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Merwin, W.S. The Pupil. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
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On the setting and background of The Folding Cliffs
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"Climbing: 1," "Climbing: 2," and "Climbing: 3"
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Merwin, W.S. The Folding Cliffs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
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"Climbing: 6," "Climbing: 7," "Climbing: 8," and "Climbing: 9"
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Merwin, W.S. The Folding Cliffs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
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"Climbing: 14," "Climbing: 15," and "Climbing: 20"
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Merwin, W.S. The Folding Cliffs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
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Excerpt from "Climbing: 28," "Climbing: 30," "Climbing: 34," "Climbing: 36," and "Climbing: 40"
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Merwin, W.S. The Folding Cliffs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
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