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Celebration of Dave Oliphant
April 21, 2005 ACC celebrated the retirement of Dave Oliphant, ACC Adjunct faculty member. Oliphant taught at ACC for 25 years. Also teaching at the Univeristy of Texas, Oliphant has had a distinguished career as poet, publisher and editor. As part of the celebration Tom Zigal and Paul Christensen spoke about their long friendships with Oliphant and his important place in the literature of Austin and Texas.
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Distinguished guests. |
From left to right: U.T. Professor Don Graham, ACC Professor John Herndon, A&M Professor Paul Christensen,
novelist Tom Zigal, poet, publisher and ACC Professor Dave Oliphant, (unknown), A&M Professor Chuck Taylor, ACC Professor Lyman Grant, novelist Donald Skrabanek, poet Ken Fontenot, and playwright/performer David Gene Fowler. |
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Dave and Maria Oliphant. David has commemorate their lifelong love affair in the volume Maria Poems.
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Lyman Grant introduces Tom Zigal and Paul Christensen.
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Tom Zigal, novelist and speech writer for University of Texas President Larry Faulkner, discusses his friendship with Dave Oliphant and their years editing The Pawn Review. |
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U.T. Professor Dan Graham, A&M Professor Chuck Taylor, novelist Tom Zigal, and writer/ACC Professor Dave Oliphant. |