WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.600 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:05.010 align:middle line:84% And I hope you have enjoyed the readings as much as I have. 00:00:05.010 --> 00:00:07.590 align:middle line:84% I hope you can come to the Terrace lounge 00:00:07.590 --> 00:00:10.870 align:middle line:84% at the Student Union following the reading to meet Mrs. Kumin, 00:00:10.870 --> 00:00:13.110 align:middle line:90% I have some punch and cookies. 00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:15.300 align:middle line:84% Our first reading for the Spring Semester 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:20.010 align:middle line:84% will be January 22nd in this auditorium, the reader's Richard 00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:22.020 align:middle line:90% Hugo. 00:00:22.020 --> 00:00:26.250 align:middle line:84% I'm glad to announce that Window Rock and Literary Magazine has 00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:30.120 align:middle line:84% received funding for an April issue, 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:31.830 align:middle line:84% and they will be taking submissions 00:00:31.830 --> 00:00:34.020 align:middle line:84% to the middle of February, we have 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:37.380 align:middle line:84% a box at the Poetry Center, and there is a box 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:39.270 align:middle line:90% in the English Department. 00:00:39.270 --> 00:00:44.520 align:middle line:84% They're taking poetry, short fiction, and all graphics 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.470 align:middle line:90% and photographs. 00:00:46.470 --> 00:00:49.440 align:middle line:84% If you need any more information you might contact Jim Perlman. 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:54.180 align:middle line:90% 00:00:54.180 --> 00:00:57.480 align:middle line:84% I'm very happy to introduce Maxine Kumin to you tonight, 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:00.270 align:middle line:84% she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 00:01:00.270 --> 00:01:04.209 align:middle line:84% for her collection of poems called Upcountry. 00:01:04.209 --> 00:01:07.320 align:middle line:84% She has a new book coming out this spring called 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:13.080 align:middle line:84% House Bridge Fountain Gate, as well 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:14.850 align:middle line:90% as her collections of poetry. 00:01:14.850 --> 00:01:18.120 align:middle line:84% Mrs. Kumin is a novelist, her most recent novel 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.030 align:middle line:90% is the Designated Heir. 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:24.930 align:middle line:84% I'm very happy to introduce her to you this evening. 00:01:24.930 --> 00:01:27.680 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:34.000 align:middle line:90%