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OK.

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My name is Cybele Knowles.

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I'm the coordinator of the
Poetry Center's reading lecture

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series.

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So last summer,
when we first heard

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about Eric Magrane's poetic
inventory of the Saguaro

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National Park, we said, ooh,
this is going to be wonderful.

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And then, when we found out
that the inventory would

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be published as a special
issue of Spiral Orb, which

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is an online literary
journal edited by Eric,

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we're like, OK, great.

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We have no excuse.

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We must have a reading.

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And so glad that we
said that and did that

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because the inventory
turned out to be even more

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wonderful than we imagined.

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Really.

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It's such an inclusive
collection, not only of

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the native species
of the park but also

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of the many and varied talents
of the poets and writers who

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reside here as well.

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For me, the inventory makes
me feel pride, delight, wonder

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and awe.

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We have a big night
tonight so I'll just

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make a few announcements
and introduce Eric,

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who will tell you more about
the inventory and what it is

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and how it came to be.

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First of all, does
everyone have a program?

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If you don't have a
program, raise your hand.

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Then we can get you one.

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Need over here.

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OK.

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I'd like to thank the
Poetry Center's donors

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for providing funds to pay
for the programs and then

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for the lovely reception.

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If you're not a Poetry
Center donor already,

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please consider becoming one.

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We always need your help to
keep this reading series free.

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Also I have a
special instruction

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for tonight's readers.

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We're recording this
reading for inclusion

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in Voca, our online
audio-video library.

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We'd love to include
your reading.

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If you haven't done so already,
stop by that little author

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table over there where you'll
find a permission release

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with your name on it.

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Fill it out and sign
it and then we'll

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let when your
reading's up online.