Good evening.
And welcome to the first reading of this 1972 season.
Two weeks from tonight, Donald Hall
will read in this auditorium.
And three weeks from tonight, Tom Gunn will read.
If you did not receive one of our fliers,
please see me after the reading, and I'll
give you several thousand.
I'm required to remind you that smoking is not
allowed in this auditorium.
Please come to the Poetry Center after tonight's
reading to have punch and cookies with Florence.
If you have not been to the Poetry Center
it's the corner of Speedway and Highland 1086 North Highland.
And the reception will be on the South Lawn.
Florence Anthony is the youngest visiting poet
to come to the University to read.
She read here several years ago as an undergraduate.
She received her bachelor's in oriental studies
from the University of Arizona, then
went to University of California at Irvine
for her master's of Fine Arts in creative writing.
In spite of her youth, she's very widely published.
Her work has appeared recently in an anthology
called Just What This Country Needs,
Another Poetry Anthology.
And I didn't make that up.
That's real.
Her work will appear in volume 2 of Naked Poetry soon.
She's an accomplished reader.
She's even read for the BBC, by tape.
And it's my pleasure to welcome her to our campus again
tonight.
Miss Florence Anthony.
Thank you.