And Writers at Work are bringing a novelist
John Irving to campus, and he'll be reading at 8 o'clock
in the social sciences auditorium.
Is that the old liberal arts?
I hope not, that's the worst place on the campus.
The Tucson Poetry Festival will celebrate its third year
with their series of readings March 29, 30,
and 31 at the Temple of Music and Art.
As part of the festival, they're sponsoring a poetry contest
open to Arizona poets who have not published a full length
book.
The winner of the contest will receive a $70 prize,
and will be a featured reader at the festival.
The deadline for entries in that contest is March 5th.
Rules and information are available on the table
in the hall.
And if you don't remember to get them tonight,
they'll be in the newsletter coming out next week.
I hope you can stay after the reading
tonight and have some punch and cookies and meet Ellen Voigt.
I talked to you folks last week about these posters.
Look, I got 1,500.
Each posters by the four poets who teach on the faculty.
This one is Richard Shelton's, the red one I showed
you last week was Steve Orlen's, and Peter Wild's and Jon
Anderson's are on display in the hall.
The price of the general public is $5 each
or $18 for the set of four.
And the price for University students and personnel
is $4 each or $14 for the set of four.
And I consider again everyone who's
here tonight University students and personnel,
so the cost if anyone wants to buy tonight is $14 for the set
or $4 each.
As you see they're suitable for framing.
But may be deterred somewhat from last week.
It's a pleasure to introduce Ellen Voigt.
It occurred to me that I often say
that, that it's a pleasure to introduce the poet
and I really mean it, you might listen if you don't
hear me say that some night.
No, I didn't have a good time at dinner.
Ellen Voigt's come to us from Vermont.
She's one of the faculty members in the Master of Fine Arts
Program at Warren Wilson College, North Carolina.
Her honors include Guggenheim Foundation,
the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
She's published two collections of poetry,
Claiming Kin with Wesleyan Press and the Forces of Plenty
with Norton.
Ellen Bryant Voigt.
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