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[INTERPOSING VOICES]

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Tonight, instead of having a
reception for Mr. Stafford,

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at the Student Union,
we'd like to invite

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you to come to the Poetry Center
for a reception on the South

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Lawn.

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There's all kinds of signs up
over there, you can't get lost.

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Beautiful handmade signs.

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Mr. Stafford comes to
us from Lewis and Clark

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College in Portland.

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He's been associated with
Lewis and Clark since 1956.

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He was born and
educated in Kansas,

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and at the University of Iowa.

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His work has represented
in many anthologies

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and little magazines.

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He has four volumes of poetry,
Allegiances, The Rescued Year,

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Traveling Through the
Dark, West of Your City.

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He's the author of two
books of literary criticism,

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The Achievement of
Brother Antoninus,

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and Friends to This Ground.

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He has many honors and
awards to his credit.

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Among them, The National
Book Award prize,

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The Guggenheim Fellowship,
Shelley Memorial Award.

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1970, '71, he was the
consultant in poetry

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to the Library of Congress.

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I'd like to read two
sentences from the citation

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when he received the
National Book Award in 1963.

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His poems are clean,
direct and whole.

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They are both tough and gentle.

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Their music knows
the value of silence.

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Will you welcome please,
Mr. William Stafford?

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you.

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