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Hi, everyone.

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We can all take a deep breath.

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We did it.

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[LAUGHS AND CHEER]

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So, yes.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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I just want to thank everyone
for navigating the changes

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that we made in order to ensure
that Carolyn Forche, and we,

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were warm tonight.

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So thank you for doing that.

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I'm Diana Delgado.

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

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and we are excited,
today, to host

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a reading with Carolyn Forche.

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So if we could all give a round
of applause to welcome Carolyn,

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please.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Before we begin,
I just want to run

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through a few reminders
about this reading

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and also about our upcoming
readings in February.

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So next Thursday,
February 13, we'll

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be hosting Tiana
Clark and Monica Sok.

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Tiana Clark, by the way, is
a finalist for the 2020 Kate

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Tufts Discovery
Award for her book,

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I Can't Talk About the
Trees Without the Blood.

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So don't miss that reading.

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And then the following
week, February 20,

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we'll be hosting Ada Limón as
part of the Art for Justice

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Initiative.

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So two, really
amazing, readings.

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The other note that I have
about this reading tonight

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is that Carolyn will be signing
books after the reading,

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and there will be no
Q&A. And the books

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are right over in the back,
there, in that direction.

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With that said, I just
wanted to share a quick bio

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for Pam Uschuk who will be
introducing Carolyn Forche.

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Pam Uschuk has published
six books of poems,

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including Crazy Love, winner
of an American Book Award,

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and Blood Flower, a Booklist
notable book in 2015.

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Her new collection, Refugee,
is due out from Red Hen Press.

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Pam Uschuk.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Good.

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Thank you.