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The next nine weeks,
we have eight readings.

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You get one week off,
right in the middle.

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Next Wednesday night,
in this auditorium,

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our reader will be
William Matthews,

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who's read for us before.

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Many of you know what
a real fine reader

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he is, as well as a fine poet.

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The end of September,
the first student reading

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will be a celebration
of the most recent issue

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of Persona magazine.

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So if you are a
contributor to Persona,

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would you please contact me
and/or the editors of Persona

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so we can sign you up
to be a participant

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in that reading, at which
time there will be cookies.

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Michael Ryan comes to us
from Flagstaff, where he

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was a great success last night.

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He's written two
collections of poetry,

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Threats Instead of
Trees and In Winter.

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His first book, Threats
Instead of Trees,

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was the winner of the
Yale Younger award.

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He's currently on a
Guggenheim Fellowship

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and will be spending most
of the year in Italy.

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And I'm very happy
to welcome him

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to our campus, Michael Ryan.

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[APPLAUSE]

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