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I hope you can stay
after the reading

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tonight and talk to Li-Young
Lee and meet his wife Donna,

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have some brownies
and punch with us.

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Next Wednesday night we have a
very special reading planned.

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Two members of the
creative writing faculty

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will be reading, Vivian
Gornick in nonfiction

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and Mary Elsie
Robertson in fiction.

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They're both wonderful
writers and wonderful readers.

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Li-Young Lee was a
student here 10 years ago

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and we like to claim
him although he

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finished his degree at another
school that I won't mention.

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Not Iowa.

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Li-Young has one book of poetry
out, Rose with BOA editions.

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And his work is widely
published in little magazines.

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He's been the
recipient of grants

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from the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Guggenheim

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Foundation.

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He lives with his
family now in Chicago.

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It's a great pleasure to have
our friend back, Li-Young Lee.

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