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There's one right here.

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All right.

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And Steve still got one on
the first row over here.

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I'm asked to remind
you that smoking is not

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allowed in the auditorium.

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In addition to our
regular daily hours,

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the Poetry Center is
open on Sunday afternoon

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from 1:00 to 4:00, Thursday
evening from 7:00 to 10:00.

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Our attendance on Thursday
evening has not been too great,

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and we're afraid we'll
have to close down

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if you don't start using it.

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So send a few people over
to read their library books

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so we can stay open.

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Our next visiting
poet be James Wright

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in this auditorium,
February 21st.

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It's three weeks from tonight.

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We plan to have a student open
reading two weeks from tonight,

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February 14th in the terrace
lounge of the Student Union.

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We invite everyone who
is interested to read.

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We've had a lot of inquiries.

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So we anticipate 30 to 40
people wanting to read.

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And we will have to limit
the time of each reader.

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That's two weeks from tonight
in the terrace lounge.

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William Stafford read
for us last spring.

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And he has returned to Arizona,
the Poetry in the Schools

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program.

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He will be reading at
Pima College tomorrow

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night at 8:30 in the
East dining Hall,

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Building A. It's
very simple to find

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once you get on the campus.

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It's the southern buildings.

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If you go in the mall,
it's on the South side.

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And that reading is open to
the public without charge.

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It's difficult to introduce
a colleague and friend.

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Steve Orlen has been
with us since 1967.

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I'm sure you're here because
you know his work and enjoy it.

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And you're anxious
to hear him read.

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But I would like to tell you
some of the vital statistics.

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He comes from Massachusetts,
received his advanced work

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at the University of Iowa and
the creative writing workshop.

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His most recent honor
was from Poetry Magazine

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where he won the George
Dillon Memorial Prize

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for poems appearing last year.

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His work appears frequently
in such publications

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as Poetry, The Atlantic
Monthly, Ironwood, and Beloit.

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It's my pleasure to welcome
our friend, Steve Orlen.

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[APPLAUSE]

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