Many students ask about the student readings from time
to time.
In general, the student readers are
chosen by the poetry professors who
are Peter Wild, Steve Orlen, who's on leave this year,
Bill Roecker and Richard Shelton.
Normally, a student is asked to read only once so
that more students can participate over
the period of time.
So we decided we would have an open reading once each year
to invite all who are interested in reading to come and read
for one another.
And that will be the first reading this year,
two weeks from tomorrow.
We ask you to meet Ms. Levertov following
the reading at the Student Union in the terrace lounge.
Diane di Prima will be reading at Pima College
a week from tomorrow, October 17th, 8:30
in the boardroom of Building C. Just
call us any time at the Poetry Center
if you would like a reminder of the time and place.
Review in the New York Times said, "Denise Levertov
is the most subtly skillful poet of her generation.
The most profound, the most modest, the most moving."
Ms. Levertov is teaching at Tufts in Boston this year.
She makes her home in Somerville, Massachusetts
and in Maine.
Her honors include prizes from Poetry Magazine, a Guggenheim
Fellowship, an award from the National Institute
of Arts and Letters.
She's published 12 collections of poems
ranging from The Double Image in 1946 to Footprints in 1972.
This winter she has coming out a collection of prose pieces
called The Poet in the World.
Many of us were very pleased to hear her read for us
about six years ago.
And I'm very pleased to introduce her
to you this evening, Ms. Denise Levertov.