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Although this is our last
reading for the semester,

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there is one more
reading at Pima College.

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Tomorrow night on
the west campus,

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Van K. Brock will be reading.

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That's at 8:30 in
the student center.

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We hope you can
come to the Union

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for reception for
Mr. Penner tonight.

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We'll be in the
Terrace Room, which

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is on the third floor in the
far west end of the building.

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And copies of Mr. Penner's
book will be on sale tonight.

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This is our ninth and last
reading for the semester.

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So far as scheduled
fall to spring,

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we have David Ignatow,
Louis Simpson, Ira Sadoff,

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and Raymond Carver.

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And other programs will
be announced later.

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We're very happy to have
Jonathan Penner on faculty

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in the creative writing
department this year.

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He was due to join us last year.

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He received a
Guggenheim Fellowship

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and delayed his appointment.

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He has published one
novel, Going Blind,

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and his work appears
in such magazines

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as the Literary Review,
Prairie Schooner, the Louis--

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excuse me, Louisville Review,
Cimarron Review, TriQuarterly,

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and others.

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In addition to the Guggenheim
Fellowship that I mentioned,

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he's been a recipient of a
National Endowment for the Arts

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creative writing fellowship,
Friends of American Writers

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Distinguished Recognition
Award, and Great Lakes Colleges

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Association for
New Writers Award.

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I'm very happy to introduce to
you tonight, Jonathan Penner.

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[APPLAUSE]

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