WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.380 align:middle line:90% 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:06.750 align:middle line:84% Welcome to the second in the series of readings 00:00:06.750 --> 00:00:10.590 align:middle line:90% sponsored by the Poetry Center. 00:00:10.590 --> 00:00:15.350 align:middle line:84% The third in our series will be two weeks from tonight. 00:00:15.350 --> 00:00:20.000 align:middle line:84% James Welch, young American Indian poet from Montana 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.090 align:middle line:84% will be reading in this auditorium. 00:00:23.090 --> 00:00:27.410 align:middle line:90% That's November 10, 8:30 PM. 00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:30.230 align:middle line:84% May I invite you to join us for a reception honoring 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:35.120 align:middle line:84% Mr. Redgrove and Mr. Thomas following tonight's reading. 00:00:35.120 --> 00:00:38.420 align:middle line:84% The terrace room on the Student Union. 00:00:38.420 --> 00:00:42.110 align:middle line:84% That's in the older section of the Student Union. 00:00:42.110 --> 00:00:45.210 align:middle line:90% The second floor. 00:00:45.210 --> 00:00:47.880 align:middle line:84% The Northwest section of the Student Union. 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.080 align:middle line:90% 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:53.810 align:middle line:84% Smoking is not allowed in the auditorium. 00:00:53.810 --> 00:01:01.680 align:middle line:90% 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:04.755 align:middle line:84% Tonight's visiting poets come to us from Great Britain. 00:01:04.755 --> 00:01:09.540 align:middle line:90% 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:17.170 align:middle line:84% D.M Thomas, Don Thomas from Cornwall, England. 00:01:17.170 --> 00:01:22.870 align:middle line:84% He is currently associated as the senior lecturer in English 00:01:22.870 --> 00:01:25.030 align:middle line:84% at Hereford College Of Education. 00:01:25.030 --> 00:01:28.800 align:middle line:90% 00:01:28.800 --> 00:01:33.876 align:middle line:84% His work has appeared widely in English little magazines. 00:01:33.876 --> 00:01:37.480 align:middle line:84% It's most readily available in the United States 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.985 align:middle line:84% as part of the Penguin Modern Poets 11. 00:01:39.985 --> 00:01:42.520 align:middle line:90% 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:46.510 align:middle line:84% And most recently represented in the triquarterly anthology 00:01:46.510 --> 00:01:51.720 align:middle line:84% entitled An Anthology of Contemporary British Poetry. 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:56.070 align:middle line:84% His newest book was released last month. 00:01:56.070 --> 00:02:00.630 align:middle line:84% It's entitled Logan Stone and is available in the United States 00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:01.740 align:middle line:90% to Viking Press. 00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:07.730 align:middle line:90% 00:02:07.730 --> 00:02:13.970 align:middle line:84% Mr. Peter Redgrove has published six volumes of poetry. 00:02:13.970 --> 00:02:16.670 align:middle line:84% His work is very widely distributed also 00:02:16.670 --> 00:02:19.820 align:middle line:90% in the little magazines. 00:02:19.820 --> 00:02:22.390 align:middle line:84% He represented with Mr. Thomas and also 00:02:22.390 --> 00:02:26.290 align:middle line:84% with D.M Black in the Penguin Modern Poets 11 series. 00:02:26.290 --> 00:02:29.560 align:middle line:90% 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.590 align:middle line:84% He's a lecturer in complementary studies at the Falmouth 00:02:32.590 --> 00:02:34.420 align:middle line:90% School of Art in Cornwall. 00:02:34.420 --> 00:02:38.570 align:middle line:90% 00:02:38.570 --> 00:02:44.480 align:middle line:84% Mr. Redgrove's newest book will be published in the spring 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:50.680 align:middle line:84% by Rutledge it's called Dr. Faust's Sea-Spiral Spirit. 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:55.390 align:middle line:90% 00:02:55.390 --> 00:02:58.930 align:middle line:84% Mr. Redgrove is also represented in a book whose title I love, 00:02:58.930 --> 00:03:02.684 align:middle line:84% called the book, The Penguin Book of Sick Verse. 00:03:02.684 --> 00:03:06.560 align:middle line:90% 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.170 align:middle line:84% Mr. Thomas will read first, and then they 00:03:10.170 --> 00:03:13.000 align:middle line:84% have some things they will read together. 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.950 align:middle line:90% We welcome Mr. D.M Don Thomas. 00:03:16.950 --> 00:03:20.300 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:25.000 align:middle line:90%