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March 17, 2007

Regional poet to present at McGovern Center

MITCHELL — MJ McMillan, Murdo, will be the next presenter of the 2006-07 McGovern Center Speakers Series. McMillan will read from his latest collection of poetry, “Poems for the Common Man, Volume II” (Pine Hills Press), at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 at Java City in the McGovern Library on the Dakota Wesleyan University campus. The event is cosponsored by the “Phreno Cosmian.”

“Critics have praised McMillan for his efforts to pen verse that the ordinary man and woman can enjoy in a relevant and meaningful way,” said Don Simmons, director of the McGovern Center. “It is poetry people from any walk of life can appreciate.”

McMillan, a rancher turned poet, describes his work as “plainly written so that the reader need not seek and search for hidden meanings, unlike much of the contemporary poetry published these days.”

Copies of McMillan’s books will be available for purchase in the DWU Campus Bookstore in the McGovern Library during the event. Lunch will be available for purchase at Java City in the library before the reading. For more information about McGovern Center Speakers Series, contact Donald Simmons at 995-2937 or refer to the Web site at www.mcgoverncenter.com for regular program updates.