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There will be no reading
next Wednesday night.

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And if you miss getting your
fix, the following week,

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first week in March, there
will be three readings.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Richard Shelton will be
reading for the Flandrau

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Planetarium on March the 4th.

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That's Tuesday.

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Because of limited seating
in the planetarium,

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it's necessary for you
to pick up a ticket.

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They can only seat 150 people.

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So they give out
tickets in advance,

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and you can pick those
up at the planetarium.

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He will read at 8 o'clock
and again at 9:30.

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On March 5, the
contest awards reading

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will be in the Terrace
Lounge of the Student Union.

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I think most of you know that
Mr. Lux is judging the contest

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for us while he's here.

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And I get a lot of questions
about the contest results.

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We send out three letters.

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One says,
congratulations, your work

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has been chosen as
one of the winners.

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It does not tell you how
much you're going to win.

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It asks you to come
prepared to read.

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And the second letter
says, congratulations,

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your work has been accepted
for an honorable mention.

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Though you will not receive any
money, would you please read?

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And the third letter says, thank
you for entering the contest,

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would you please
come and listen?

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[LAUGHTER]

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And we send a letter to every
entrant as an acknowledgment

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of the receipt of your entry.

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So if for some reason you don't
receive one of those letters,

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you'll see people in the hall
with these little brown pieces

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of paper saying, which
kind did you get?

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We'll probably send
them out next Wednesday.

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So don't start looking
for them before then.

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And on the sixth, the Thursday,
two weeks from tomorrow,

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Vance Bourjaily will read for
the Writers at Work Program.

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And I do not know the student
who's reading with him.

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Do you know?

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Kevin [? McEvoy. ?]

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Kevin [? McEvoy ?] will
be reading with him.

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Don't forget we have
cookies after the reading

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over at the union.

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Give you a chance
to talk to Mr. Lux.

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Tell him how fine the
poems are that you

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submitted to the contest.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Tom Lux was born and
raised in Massachusetts.

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He teaches now at
Sarah Lawrence.

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He's published three chapbooks--

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The Land Sighted,
Versions of Campana,

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and Madrigal on the Way Home--

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and three books of poetry--

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Memory's Handgrenade,
The Glassblower's Breath,

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and, most recently, Sunday.

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We're very happy to
welcome Thomas Lux.

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[APPLAUSE]

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