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Good evening.

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Welcome to the reading of
Mr Paul Zimmer for the Ruth

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Stephan Poetry Center.

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Our next reading will be two
weeks from tonight Wednesday,

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February 17.

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In this auditorium
Mr David Ignatow.

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You are invited to a reception
for Mr Zimmer following

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tonight's reading in the Terrace
Lounge of the Student Union.

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If you have not received
our schedule of events

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for the spring
semester, they will

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be available at the reception.

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Mr Zimmer is a native of Ohio.

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He's the assistant
director of the University

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of Pittsburgh Press.

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He is on leave for the spring
to act as poet in residence

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at Chico State College
in Chico, California.

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Mr Zimmer has published
three volumes of poetry,

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A Seed On The Wind
in 1960, The Ribs

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Of Death 1967, The Republic
of Many Voices in 1969.

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His work is represented in
two anthologies, Poetry:

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An Introduction and Anthology,
and Contemporary American

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Poetry.

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Among the magazines,
he has contributed

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to Poetry Northwest,
Yankee, Prairie Schooner,

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Virginia Quarterly
Review, Field, and others.

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It's my privilege to introduce
to you tonight Mr Paul Zimmer.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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