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2/5/07

SLU'S 'POETRY FOR PEACE' EVENT HAS NORTH COUNTRY FOCUS

CANTON - The February edition of St. Lawrence University's Poetry for Peace event will be a special reading, dedicated to North Country poets. It will be on Wednesday, February 7, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Winston Room of the Student Center and it is open to the public, free of charge.

Poetry for Peace is a monthly event in which members of the campus community are invited to share readings of poetry, in many languages, all on the subject of peace and justice. Recently the University began "podcasting" the events through its Web site.

The program for the February event includes the following readers and works: Michael Barrett, "A Pilgrim's Tale"; Peter Bailey, "The Oven Bird," by Robert Frost and "A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts," by Wallace Stevens; John Berbrich, "To the twins"; Robert DeGraaff, "Blythe Spirit"; Jake Dillon, "Heroes"; Paul Doty, "Memory Brooms" and "Vision of Judgment," by Lord Byron; Joseph Duemer, "Debriefing" and "i sing of olaf glad & big," by ee cummings; Sarah Gates, "Houses"; Albert Glover, "White Phosphorous," by Alice Notley; Duriel E. Harris, "Meditations"; Dale Hobson, "Million Buddhas"; Oscar Sarmiento, "Carta abierta Rafael en Bagdad/Open letter for Rafael in Baghdad"; and Robert Strong, "The Gun Proverbs" and "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain.

For more information, contact modern languages and literatures, at 315-229-5154.

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