Tom Pickard Reading / October 8, 2008

Tom Pickard reading out of a book into a microphone behind a podium — Tom Pickard

Event report

Poet Tom Pickard read to an audience of more than 175 people in Minsky Recital Hall for the third event of the Fall 2008 New Writing Series on October 8, 2008. Steve Evans introduced the event, which was co-sponsored by the New Writing Series and the Honors College. Pickard read from several of his books in his nearly hour-long set, including The Dark Days of May and his newly published The Ballad of Jamie Allan. After the reading, Pickard took questions one-on-one and sold and signed copies of The Ballad of Jamie Allan to fans.

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Set list

Introduction by Steve Evans

“The Whole Sweep of the Day”

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�쏲ueen�셲 Message��

�쏻aiting Behind the City Crematorium��

�쬔넨껸곶깜쓩꾈껨끅��

�쥡늡김깎��

�쏮aking of a Gothic Moment��

�쏶trung Out on Hangingshaw��

�쏬껸끓꿎곶쓩꾈넨농��

�쏤곶늡꾈넨��

�쏱relude in Blue��

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�쏷he Real Tom Pickard��

�쏽our Recent Chill��

�쏶trange Phenomenon on Fiend�셲 Fell��

�쏝ob�셲 Blues��

�쏛ncient Stone Dressed with Lichen��

�쏡enial is a River in Egypt��

�쥡늡넵낌곗��

�쏶elf Abstracting Poem��

From The Ballad of Jamie Allan

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�쏝elow the ridge below the wind-inscribed stone�╈��

�쏮껸꿎��

�쏤irst of May��

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�쏣xcerpt from a Walter Scott letter�╈��

�쏛 Low Sky��

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�쏦idden Agenda��

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