Peter Wild
Peter Wild
Wild, Peter
Reading Date: Wednesday, September 11, 1985
Introduction-8733
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by Lois Shelton
"Signing"-8735
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Uncollected.
"Husband E. Kimmel"-8737
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Uncollected.
"James Ohio Pattie"-8739
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Uncollected.
"Gerolamo Cardano"-8741
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Uncollected.
"Acolyte"-8743
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Uncollected.
"Famous Musicians"-8745
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Uncollected.
"Optometrists"-8747
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Uncollected.
"The Bleeding Virgin of Marcus Hook"-8749
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Uncollected.
Untitled-8751
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Short prose piece on the mythology of windmills; uncollected.
"Saints"-8753
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Uncollected.
"Roy Rogers"-8755
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Uncollected.
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Reading Date: Wednesday, September 11, 1985
Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Peter Wild reads uncollected poems on a diverse range of subjects, from famous Western frontiersmen to radio therapy to optometrists. Along the way he shares with the audience experiences and preoccupations that have shaped his work.
- humor
- oil
- war
- desert
- myth
- identity
- arizona
- mythology
- history
- tucson
- religion
- pop culture
- god
- loneliness
- american west
- frontier
- american southwest
- duality
- relationships
- humanity
- soul
- symbolism
- tradition
- radio
- gods
- latin
- eyes
- nostalgia
- documentation
- advice
- pearl harbor
- traditions
- ua faculty
- experience
- symbols
- communication
- personal experience
- virgin mary
- don quixote
- personal history
- Pulitzer prize nominee
- consciousness
- native americans
- documentary
- fact
- daily life
- myths
- docupoetics
- sign language
- trappers
- national identity
- hindenburg
- routine
- optometry
- eye
- windmills
- Holland
- Dutch
- ideal
- chance
- roy rodgers
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