Speaking of Auden....
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> Dear Friends:
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> Come join us for ALL I HAVE IS A VOICE: A
> CELEBRATION OF W. H. AUDEN'S
> 100TH BIRTHDAY, a two-day celebration in
> Charlottesville, Virginia (the
> non-virtual home of Poetry Daily) and Washington
> D.C.!
>
> We're joining with the National Endowment for the
> Arts, the Virginia
> Foundation for the Humanities-Center for the Book,
> and the Folger
> Shakespeare Library in sponsoring the celebration,
> which includes
> discussions and readings of Auden's work at St.
> Paul's Memorial Church
> in Charlottesville, Virginia and at the Folger
> Shakespeare Library in
> Washington, DC on February 26 and 27, respectively.
> Join us!
>
> Both events will pay tribute to Auden's
> comprehensive contributions to
> literature in genres ranging from poetry to theater
> to music. The event
> in Charlottesville will feature leading Auden
> scholar ARTHUR KIRSCH,
> professor emeritus of English at the University of
> Virginia; EAVAN BOLAND,
> Stanford Creative Writing Program Director and
> celebrated Irish poet; and
> a presentation of "Cabaret Songs," Auden poems set
> to music by Sir
> Benjamin Britten. At the Folger Library, several
> poets and critics will
> discuss and read their favorite Auden works, among
> them CHRISTOPHER
> HITCHENS, renowned author, literary critic, and
> frequent contributor to
> The Atlantic Monthly, Slate, and Vanity Fair.
> Hitchens will be joined by
> NEA CHAIRMAN DANA GIOIA, poet and scholar WILLIAM
> LOGAN, and EDWARD
> MENDELSOHN, director of the W. H. Auden Society. The
> Folger presentation
> will conclude with a performance of excerpts from
> "The Sea and the
> Mirror," Auden's poetic commentary on Shakespeare's
> last play, The
> Tempest.
>
> The first event takes place on Monday, February 26,
> from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
> at St. Paul's Memorial Church, 1700 University
> Avenue, Charlottesville,
> VA. The Washington, DC tribute will take place on
> Tuesday, February 27,
> from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Folger Shakespeare
> Library, 201 East Capitol
> Street, SE, Washington, DC. BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE AND
> OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
> however, SEATING IS LIMITED. To reserve a seat for
> the event in
> Charlottesville, send an email to
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> For information about W. H. Auden and other Auden
> birthday tributes in the
> U.S. and in England, and about NEA poetry resources
> and the sponsors of
> this two-day event, visit:
> http://www.arts.gov/news/news07/Auden.html
>
> We hope to see you there!
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Don Selby and Diane Boller
> Co-Editors
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