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Hi, everyone.

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I'm Diana Delgado.

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I'm the literary director
here at the Poetry Center,

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and we're really, really excited
to host a reading tonight

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for Monica Sok and Tiana Clark.

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It's an honor to have them here.

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Just a few things
before we begin.

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I'm going to be very brief.

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Per normal, we're going to
be selling books over here.

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There's something
extra special though

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about this particular
selling books tonight

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because this is the first time
that Monica's book is actually

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even available for purchase.

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They were overnighted
from the publisher.

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I don't even think her friends
have copies of these books

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yet, so this is a
pretty big deal.

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We're going to have book sales
after, book signings here,

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and we'll have a short
Q&A that I'll lead.

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I want to remind everyone
that next week we

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have Ada Limon,
February 20, Thursday,

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who's going to be visiting
us for the Art for Justice

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Initiative, and Lola Rainey
will be opening up for her

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as sort of the community
opener in the Art for Justice

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Initiative.

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I would like to now
invite up the Tucson poet

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laureate, TC Tolbert, up to
introduce Monica and Tiana, TC.

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