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I want to welcome
to the stage a poet.

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A longtime fan of
Poetry Out Loud,

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she served as a judge and MC
in past years' competitions.

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She holds an MFA in
poetry from the U of A.

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She's a library specialist
here at the University

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of Arizona Poetry Center.

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Her work has appeared,
or is forthcoming,

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in Ploughshares, Barrow Street,
Fairy Tale Review, Sentence,

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Spiral Orb, and
The Feminist Wire.

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Please welcome the
poet, Sarah Kortemeier.

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[APPLAUSE]

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