11/4/2003 Lanier Speakers Series- Upper Paleolithic Imagination and the Construction of the
Underworld

Clayton Eshleman, esteemed poet, prize-winning translator, founder/editor of seminal poetry
magazines Caterpillar and Sulfur, and Professor Emeritus at East Michigan University will give
a lecture and slide presentation on the prehistoric cave art of the Dordogne and other caves
in southwestern Europe. On Eshleman's exploration of cave art, Gary Snyder says, "with
visionary imagination, informed poetic speculation, deep insight, breathtaking leaps of mind,
Eshleman draws out the underground of myth, psychology, prehistory, and the first turn of
the human mind toward the modern." Park Hall 265 at 4:30 p.m.  Reception follows in Room
261.

11/6/2003 Lanier Speaker Series- Creative Writing Program: Clayton Eshleman, "The Art of
Editing Literary Magazines"

Clayton Eshleman, founder and editor of Caterpillar (1967-73) and Sulfur (1981-2000) will
discuss his experience in editing these seminal magazines.  Creative Writing Program
provides coffee and breakfast goodies.  Park Hall 261, 10-11:30 a.m.