Our next reading is on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday
night.
Next Tuesday, November 3, in this auditorium.
And the reader will be John Barth.
Tonight, I hope you can come over to the Poetry Center
after the reading to have some refreshments.
We'll be on the lawn beside the guest house.
That's the corner of Speedway and Highland.
It's a great pleasure to have Lisel Mueller with us.
We had the good fortune to share living quarters with her summer
before last at the conference in Port Townsend, Washington
and grew to love her very much and cherish her friendship as
well as her beautiful work.
Her latest collection of poems, The Need to Hold Still,
won the 1981 American Book Award.
Her earlier books are Dependencies, Life
of a Queen, The Private Life.
The Private Life was the winner of the 1976 Lamont Award.
She lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.
In addition to writing poetry, she
writes criticism, and translates, and is a teacher.
It's a great pleasure to introduce to you Lisel Mueller.
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