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Date:
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December 7, 2000 |
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Location:
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The Unitarian Center |
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good |
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Language:
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English |
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available |
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Content:
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Susan Thackrey is the author of the book of poetry, Empty
Gate, and has written essays on a variety of authors and subjects. Here
she delivers the 16th Annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture on Twentieth
Centry Poetics. In her talk, entilted George Oppen: A Radical Practice,
she explores the identification of "what authentic experience is" in the
poetry of George Oppen. The lecture was later published by The Poetry
Center and O Books. Steve Dickison introduces Thackrey.
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