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OK.

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Now, I'm very honored to
introduce Eric Magrane, one

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of my favorite people.

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Eric has been an
artist in residence

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in three National
Parks here in the US.

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His poetry has been
published widely,

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including recent work in
the journals Versal, Saw

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Palm, and Fourth River.

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And his artwork is in the
recent exhibits, "Object Poems,"

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at 23 Sandy Gallery
in Portland, Oregon;

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"The Preserve," which was
in Big Cypress National

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Preserve in Ochopee,
Florida; and "Mesquite,"

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here at Tohono Chul Park.

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A naturalist and
birder, Eric has

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taught environmental education
in the White Mountains

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of New Hampshire.

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He has worked as a senior
hiking guide and staff

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naturalist for Canyon Ranch.

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And for us at the
Poetry Center, he's

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taught classes such as
Ecopoetics, Birds and Poems,

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and Poetry Goes for a Hike.

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He is the creator and
curator of a poetic inventory

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of Saguaro National Park.

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His collaborations also include
work in several other genres,

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such as Borderlands Theater's
Tucson pastorela and the song

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cycle "(F)light," which
premiered in Portland,

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Maine in 2011.

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He has received grants from
the Tucson Pima Arts Council

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and the Arizona
Commission on the Arts.

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He's the editor of
Spiral Orb, an experiment

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in permaculture poetics.

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He lives in Tucson, Arizona
with the poet Wendy Burk

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and with two cats
and three chickens.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Eric's latest publication
is a wonderful hybrid thing.

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It's part poem,
part instruction.

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That's all I can say about it.

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It's available from the feature
section of the Poetry Center

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website.

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It's titled, "Various
Instructions for the Practice

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of Poetic Field Research,"
and encourage you

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to go to the features section
of the Poetry Center website

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and get a copy for yourself, and
let it inspire and guide you.

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So everyone, please,
help me give a very big

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welcome to Eric Magrane.

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[APPLAUSE]

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