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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cora Zaletel
September 03, 2004 Executive Director, 
Development and Communications
(719) 549-2810

Colorado State University-Pueblo announces Southern Colorado Reading Series
      

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  The English and Foreign Language Departments at Colorado State University-Pueblo will present the Southern Colorado Reading Series this fall featuring recognized authors and poets.
Memoirist Anna Cypra Oliver will present the first reading in the series at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 12 in the INFOZONE at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Library.
Oliver’s first book, “Assembling my father: A daughter’s detective story,” was published this summer. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Minnesota.
 
The second reading will feature poet John Latham at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 7 in the Associated Student Government Chambers in the Occhiato University Center.
Latham, a Colorado poet, has published five collections of poetry. His newest collection, Sailor Boy, is expected to be published by the Collective Press in 2005. He has worked extensively in schools and has led many poetry-writing workshops. His first novel, Ditch-Crawl, will be published this fall.
 
Dates for additional readings in the series will be forthcoming.
 
CSU-Pueblo’s English and Foreign Language Department and the Hungry Eye, a student-run publication, are sponsoring the Southern Colorado Reading Series.
    

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