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Writers at Work are sponsoring
reading tomorrow night at 7:30,

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in the Terrace Lounge
of Student Union.

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And the readers are Pat
Hocktell, of our MFA program

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at the University, and
novelist, short story writer,

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storyteller, and
poet, Leslie Silko.

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That's at 7:30 tomorrow
night, in the Terrace Lounge.

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I hope that you're
all going to be OK.

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We don't have another
reading until January 30th.

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If you need a fix call Bob
Langone at Pima College.

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[LAUGHING] Don't call me.

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Donald Hall last
read for us 1972,

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so you all have a
big treat tonight

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because we know we've
already heard him once,

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and he's a marvelous reader,
a marvelous storyteller.

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For many years, he taught at
the University of Michigan,

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and then decided
to devote full time

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to his writing, moved to his
family's home in New Hampshire.

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In addition to poetry,
he's edited numerous books.

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He writes fiction,
art history, sports.

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His most recent book of
poetry is Kicking the Leaves.

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His honors and awards include
two Guggenheim fellowships,

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a Henry fellowship
at Oxford University,

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and special fellowships
at Stanford and Harvard

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Universities.

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I hope you'll be able to come
over to the union to meet him.

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Have some punch and cookies
after the reading tonight.

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Mr. Donald Hall.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you.

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