Hi, everyone.
We can all take a deep breath.
We did it.
[LAUGHS AND CHEER]
So, yes.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I just want to thank everyone for navigating the changes
that we made in order to ensure that Carolyn Forche, and we,
were warm tonight.
So thank you for doing that.
I'm Diana Delgado.
I'm the literary director, at the Poetry Center,
and we are excited, today, to host
a reading with Carolyn Forche.
So if we could all give a round of applause to welcome Carolyn,
please.
[APPLAUSE]
Before we begin, I just want to run
through a few reminders about this reading
and also about our upcoming readings in February.
So next Thursday, February 13, we'll
be hosting Tiana Clark and Monica Sok.
Tiana Clark, by the way, is a finalist for the 2020 Kate
Tufts Discovery Award for her book,
I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood.
So don't miss that reading.
And then the following week, February 20,
we'll be hosting Ada Limón as part of the Art for Justice
Initiative.
So two, really amazing, readings.
The other note that I have about this reading tonight
is that Carolyn will be signing books after the reading,
and there will be no Q&A. And the books
are right over in the back, there, in that direction.
With that said, I just wanted to share a quick bio
for Pam Uschuk who will be introducing Carolyn Forche.
Pam Uschuk has published six books of poems,
including Crazy Love, winner of an American Book Award,
and Blood Flower, a Booklist notable book in 2015.
Her new collection, Refugee, is due out from Red Hen Press.
Pam Uschuk.
[APPLAUSE]
Good.
Thank you.