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Poetry reading set for Tuesday

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The editors of a new UI Press poetry anthology will read selections from it Tuesday during a night of poetry and then turn the microphone over to others who want to read their own or someone elses poetry.

During the event, which will take place from 7 to 9 p.m., the books editors, Kevin Stein and G.E. Murray, will read from the book, “Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry,” said Danielle Dupuis, publicity manager for the UI Press.

The evening of poetry, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the “Authors Corner” on the second floor of the Illini Union Bookstore, 809 S. Wright St., Champaign. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Dupuis at (217) 244-4689 or dupuis@illinois.edu.

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