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And Writers at Work
are bringing a novelist

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John Irving to campus, and
he'll be reading at 8 o'clock

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in the social
sciences auditorium.

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Is that the old liberal arts?

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I hope not, that's the
worst place on the campus.

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The Tucson Poetry Festival
will celebrate its third year

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with their series of
readings March 29, 30,

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and 31 at the Temple
of Music and Art.

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As part of the festival, they're
sponsoring a poetry contest

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open to Arizona poets who have
not published a full length

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book.

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The winner of the contest
will receive a $70 prize,

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and will be a featured
reader at the festival.

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The deadline for entries in
that contest is March 5th.

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Rules and information are
available on the table

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in the hall.

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And if you don't remember
to get them tonight,

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they'll be in the newsletter
coming out next week.

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I hope you can stay
after the reading

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tonight and have some punch and
cookies and meet Ellen Voigt.

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I talked to you folks last
week about these posters.

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Look, I got 1,500.

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Each posters by the four poets
who teach on the faculty.

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This one is Richard Shelton's,
the red one I showed

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you last week was Steve Orlen's,
and Peter Wild's and Jon

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Anderson's are on
display in the hall.

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The price of the general
public is $5 each

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or $18 for the set of four.

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And the price for University
students and personnel

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is $4 each or $14
for the set of four.

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And I consider
again everyone who's

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here tonight University
students and personnel,

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so the cost if anyone wants to
buy tonight is $14 for the set

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or $4 each.

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As you see they're
suitable for framing.

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But may be deterred
somewhat from last week.

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It's a pleasure to
introduce Ellen Voigt.

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It occurred to me
that I often say

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that, that it's a pleasure
to introduce the poet

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and I really mean it, you
might listen if you don't

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hear me say that some night.

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No, I didn't have a
good time at dinner.

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Ellen Voigt's come
to us from Vermont.

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She's one of the faculty members
in the Master of Fine Arts

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Program at Warren Wilson
College, North Carolina.

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Her honors include
Guggenheim Foundation,

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the National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship.

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She's published two
collections of poetry,

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Claiming Kin with Wesleyan
Press and the Forces of Plenty

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with Norton.

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Ellen Bryant Voigt.

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[APPLAUSE]

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