Steve Orlen
Steve Orlen
Reading Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Introduction-8775
by Sommer Browning
"Blind Date"-8777
Differs slightly from the published version.
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"Night of Many Orgasms"-8779
Later integrated into a longer poem titled "Poem for Women and for Men." Differs from the published version.
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"Ars Poetica"-8781
Orlen, Steve. This Particular Eternity. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2001.
"Fourteen"-8783
Differs from the published version, which bears the title "Reunions."
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"A Conversation"-8785
Later integrated into a longer poem titled "The Art of Conversation." Differs from the published version.
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"The Painter"-8787
Orlen, Steve. This Particular Eternity. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2001.
"Succubus"-8789
Unpublished.
"The Shaping Ground"-8791
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"The Last Americans"-8793
Unpublished.
"Bananas"-8795
Unpublished.
"Poem for Women and for Men"-8797
Differs from the published version.
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"Let It Snow"-8799
Differs slightly from the published version.
Annotation:
Orlen, Steve. The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Steve Orlen reads poems that would go on to appear in his collection The Elephant's Child: New & Selected Poems, 1978-2005 (2006), as well as earlier and unpublished poems.
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