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Thom Gunn comes to us
from San Francisco, where

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he's been living since 1954.

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He moved from England
when he was just a child.

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He teaches at the University
of California, Berkeley.

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[LAUGHTER]

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You guys are slow tonight.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I'm not going to read the
full list of his books,

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because it is too long, and I
don't want to take his time.

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But his most recent
collection of poetry

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is The Passages of
Joy, which came out

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from London from
Faber and Faber,

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and in New York
from Farrar, Straus.

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He has Selected Poems,
which came out in 1975.

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He last read for
us 14 years ago.

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Doesn't seem that long ago.

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In addition to his
books of poetry,

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he has a book of critical and
autobiographical essays called

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The Occasions of Poetry, which
we have at the Poetry Center.

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And I think many of you would
enjoy looking into it as well

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as into the poetry.

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His honors include a Levinson
Prize for poetry, the Maugham

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Award, a grant from
the American Academy,

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and a Guggenheim fellowship.

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It's a great pleasure to
welcome Thom Gunn to our campus.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you very much, and
it's a great pleasure

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to be here again.

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I was actually 25
when I came here,

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but if you want to say I was
a child, then that's great.

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[LAUGHTER]

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