There will be no reading next Wednesday night.
And if you miss getting your fix, the following week,
first week in March, there will be three readings.
[LAUGHTER]
Richard Shelton will be reading for the Flandrau
Planetarium on March the 4th.
That's Tuesday.
Because of limited seating in the planetarium,
it's necessary for you to pick up a ticket.
They can only seat 150 people.
So they give out tickets in advance,
and you can pick those up at the planetarium.
He will read at 8 o'clock and again at 9:30.
On March 5, the contest awards reading
will be in the Terrace Lounge of the Student Union.
I think most of you know that Mr. Lux is judging the contest
for us while he's here.
And I get a lot of questions about the contest results.
We send out three letters.
One says, congratulations, your work
has been chosen as one of the winners.
It does not tell you how much you're going to win.
It asks you to come prepared to read.
And the second letter says, congratulations,
your work has been accepted for an honorable mention.
Though you will not receive any money, would you please read?
And the third letter says, thank you for entering the contest,
would you please come and listen?
[LAUGHTER]
And we send a letter to every entrant as an acknowledgment
of the receipt of your entry.
So if for some reason you don't receive one of those letters,
you'll see people in the hall with these little brown pieces
of paper saying, which kind did you get?
We'll probably send them out next Wednesday.
So don't start looking for them before then.
And on the sixth, the Thursday, two weeks from tomorrow,
Vance Bourjaily will read for the Writers at Work Program.
And I do not know the student who's reading with him.
Do you know?
Kevin [? McEvoy. ?]
Kevin [? McEvoy ?] will be reading with him.
Don't forget we have cookies after the reading
over at the union.
Give you a chance to talk to Mr. Lux.
Tell him how fine the poems are that you
submitted to the contest.
[LAUGHTER]
Tom Lux was born and raised in Massachusetts.
He teaches now at Sarah Lawrence.
He's published three chapbooks--
The Land Sighted, Versions of Campana,
and Madrigal on the Way Home--
and three books of poetry--
Memory's Handgrenade, The Glassblower's Breath,
and, most recently, Sunday.
We're very happy to welcome Thomas Lux.
[APPLAUSE]