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And it's my pleasure to
introduce the library director

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here at the Poetry Center,
the wonderful Wendy Burk who

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will tell us a little
bit more about Giancarlo

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and then turn
things over to him.

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Please help me
welcome Wendy Burk.

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Hello, everyone.

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Thank you so much
for being here.

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So this fall, when I arrive
at the Poetry Center,

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and when I head
home for the day,

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I take time in the morning and
in the evening to look closely

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at the joyous, rebellious,
angry, meditative,

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melancholy works that you see
here, works of contemporary,

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Peruvian, avant garde poetry
and art exhibited together

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for the first time
in Birú Pirú Perú.

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And what I find
myself thinking about

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is how much I'd like
to be in a conversation

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with the poets and artists such
as Cristians Luna, Tilsa Otta,

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and the Anima Lisa collective.

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If you haven't seen the
Anima Lisa collective,

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make sure you go
into the corridor

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and check out the amazing
video work displayed there.

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But we're really lucky
tonight because we

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do get to be in that
conversation thanks

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to Giancarlo
Huapaya, the curator

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of this magnificent exhibit
and an important member

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of the community of
writers and artists

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whose work is gathered
in this exhibit.

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So he's a scholar of this work,
he's a publisher of the work,

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and he's a creator of the work.

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He's born in Lima,
residing in Phoenix,

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author of the books
"Estado y Contemplación",

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"Canción de Canción
se Gana", "Polisexual"

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and "Taller Sub Verso".

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And he's also the editor of
the anthology Pulenta Pool:

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Peruvian poets in the
United States, which

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was published by Hostos Review.

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As a curator of
visual poetry, he

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has presented exhibitions
in Mexico City

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and in San Francisco.

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And previously, he was the
advisor of the editorial

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and music industry policies
of cultural industries in Lima

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and was the director of
the Lima Poetry Festival

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during its first three years.

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He is also founder and editor
of Cardboard House Press,

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a non-profit publishing
house for Latin American

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and Spanish literature
and translation, one

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of the many amazing small
presses working in Phoenix

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for whom I have so
much admiration.

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And you can see and buy
these books here tonight.

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And I guarantee that you'll find
them breathtaking in their form

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and important and
thought-provoking

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in their content.

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So please do go visit Kurt
and Janet right over there

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at that table and check
out that amazing work.

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We asked Giancarlo to describe
his performance tonight.

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And he gave a really
wonderful answer

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that I'm going to repeat
to you just because I

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want to say it out loud myself.

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He said, I'm going to create
a sound and visual piece

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with populist discourses from
the noisiest political scene

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in the world.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So I hope you're as excited as
I am to experience the noise

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and get to be a part
of this conversation.

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Let's all welcome
Giancarlo Huapaya.

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