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Tonight, it's my
pleasure to introduce

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to you, N Scott Momaday,
a professor of English

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at Stanford University.

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Professor Momaday's publications
include two prose works

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"House Made of Dawn" which won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1969,

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and "The Way to Rainy Mountain".

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Recently, he published a
book of poetry titled "Angle

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of Geese and Other Poems".

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Tonight, he'll read from a
forthcoming book of poetry

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titled "The Gourd Dancer".

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Professor Momaday's visit is
sponsored by the Amerind Club

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and by American Indian Studies.

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Professor Momaday.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you and good evening,
and Happy Halloween.

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I don't think that I've ever
given a reading on Halloween

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before, it's a historic
occasion for me.

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I would like to read
from a collection,

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a recent collection,
that I've put together.

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And to make some informal
comments as I go along,

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or try to indicate something
about the things which

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may be helpful and may
add a certain dimension

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to the writing.

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We'll see.

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And then when I have
finished the reading,

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I should like to
invite questions.

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If you have any
questions, I'll be

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happy to try and answer them.