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David Wagoner was
born in Ohio, raised

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in Whiting, Indiana, from
which, as he tells me,

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you can see Eastern Chicago,
and as for the past 14 years,

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been at the University
of Washington,

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where he is an
English professor.

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During that period--

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1953 to 1966-- he has
published four books

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of poetry and four novels.

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And a fifth novel
is due this year,

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with the very promising title
of Baby, Come on Inside.

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During 1961 to 1962, he was
the editor of the Indiana Press

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Poetry Series.

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He's also edited the
notebooks of Theodore Roethke

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and, since 1965, has been editor
of Poetry Northwest, published

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at the University of Washington,
which is one of the best poetry

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magazines in the country.

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In recognition for
all of this, he

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has received a Guggenheim
Fellowship in fiction,

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a Ford Fellowship in drama, a
cash award from the National

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Institute of Arts and Letters,
and the Morton Dauwen Zabel

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prize from Poetry Magazine.

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Now, the unusual
thing about this poet

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is that he is uncommonly good
at both poetry and fiction.

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He has obviously worked
very hard at both.

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And I will be
delighted at this point

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to let Mr. Wagoner
speak for himself.

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So will you please
welcome Mr. David Wagoner.

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[APPLAUSE]

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