Poetry reading, November 9, 1970,
Modern Languages Auditorium, room number 350.
It's a pleasure to welcome you to the second
in a series of readings by visiting
poets, sponsored by the Ruth Stephan Poetry Center.
Our next reader will be Mr Bill Roecker of the University
English department, reading in this auditorium, Tuesday,
November 24.
Mr Harrison is in town as part of a tour for the National
Endowment for the Arts poetry in the schools program.
At the same time, another noted poet, Miss Diane Wakoski,
is tutoring for the poetry in the school's program.
She will read Thursday night at Pima College,
I think in building G, that's the new campus.
And I'm sorry, I can't instruct you on how to get there.
It's on Anthem road, and you'll just
have to look for the lighted area, when you get out.
The reading will be at 8:30.
Well, it's pretty dark out there in the desert, I tell you.
You are invited to meet Mr Harrison at reception
this evening, following the reading, in the terrace
room of the Student Union.
Jim Harrison was born and educated in Michigan.
He and his family live on a farm in northern Michigan.
His honors include two awards from the National
literary anthology, a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship.
He's one of the editors of Sumac,
a national literary magazine.
His poetry is represented in the following anthologies--
Out Of The War Shadow, Lyric Poems, 31 New American Poets,
Contemporary American Poetry.
Among the periodicals in which he has published
are poetry, The TriQuarterly Review, The Stony Brook
Journal.
In addition to his poetry, Mr Harrison
is a feature writer for Sports Illustrated.
He has two volumes of poetry published--
Plainsong, in 1965, Locations, in 1968.
A third volume, entitled Outlier,
will appear in January, published
by Simon and Schuster.
The same publishers will also present
Mr Harrison's first novel, next summer, entitled, Sheens.
It is my pleasure to present to you, Mr Jim Harrison.
[APPLAUSE]