And welcome to everybody.
Thank you for coming.
[INAUDIBLE] is with the Tucson writers' project, the Tucson
Pima public library, and as always
happens when we are co-sponsoring an event
with the U of A Poetry Center and bring a distinguished
lecture, we have some people to thank
for allowing this to happen.
We are grateful for the support of the U of A Poetry Center.
Hello, Frances, the literary director.
We'd also like to thank the Tucson Pima County Public
Library and the friends of the Tucson Pima Public Library
and funding, which allows these events to happen.
Also the U of A creative writing program
has been in support of this program today,
and we thank you very much.
In particular our thanks to also go
to the staff of the Woods Memorial Library, who's helped
to secure the room and put this program on.
It's a little bit hard to imagine
that anybody has traveled further
than our speaker has today.
I'm pleased to bring you Professor Michael Schmidt,
who's the director of the writing
school at Manchester Metropolitan University
in Manchester, England.
He's also the founder and director of the Carcanet Press,
founder, editorial, and managing director, Carcanet Press--
I'll say that twice just to make sure
you haven't it since 1969--
founder and editor of PN Review since 1972.
He's a professor of medieval and renaissance poetry
who also teaches 17th, 18th, and 20th century poetry,
the modern novel, gay literature,
as well as creative writing.
His publications include, but are not limited to,
"The Lives Of The Poets", "The Harbor Book of 20th Century
Poetry: Volumes One Through Five" and "The Story
Of Poetry", and "The First Poets, the Greeks".
We're thrilled to have you here.
Please welcome Professor Michael Schmidt.