We are preparing to publish this final newsletter
for the semester, so if you have any good news with you
please give it to me within the next week.
We only publish good news.
Tonight's reading is made possible by a grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
I hope you'll come to the Poetry Center
for the following reading.
The reception honor--
Dr. Abse and his wife Joan.
Poetry Center is two blocks north,
the corner of Speedway and Highland,
and will be on the South Lawn if the weather permit.
Dannie Abse has published nine collections of poetry,
three novels, a collection of plays, an autobiography,
and a book on medicine.
12 of his plays have been produced in London,
and five plays have been broadcast on radio.
His most recent American pub-- publication
is Collected Poems 1948-1976.
His new book, Way Out in the Centre, is now available,
and we have a few copies on sale after reception tonight.
I'm very happy to introduce to you Dannie Abse.
[APPLAUSE]