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Good evening, everyone.

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I'm Diana Delgado, and I'm very
excited for tonight's reader,

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Li-Young Lee, who is reading
as part of our Tom Sanders

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Memorial Reading Series
here at The Poetry Center.

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OK, it sounds like
the breezeway is off.

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OK, let's work on that.

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Just bring it closer.

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OK, how about now?

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Yeah.

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Yeah?

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OK, I'm going to also raise
my voice, too, a little bit.

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Hi, everyone.

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Diana Delgado here.

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We're really excited
today to present

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Li-Young Lee as part of the
Tom Sanders Memorial Reading.

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It's also a really
exciting reading for us

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here at The Poetry
Center because this is

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our first reader in the spring.

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Yay.

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[APPLAUSE]

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We took a really
long holiday break,

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and now we're back and rolling.

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And we have a lot of really
great things happening here.

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So just as a reminder, I just
want to talk a little bit first

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about the Tom Sanders Reading.

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The Tom Sanders Memorial Reading
is an annual presentation

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in The Poetry Center's
Reading and Lecture Series.

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It was established by the
generosity of Tom's friends

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in 2017.

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And this event
features writers who

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were former students at the U
of A, writers who were formerly

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are currently members
of the U of A faculty

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or U of A press authors.

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Tom Sanders was a
long standing member

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of the University of Arizona
Poetry Center's Development

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Council, and he
played a major role

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in the effort to raise funds for
the Helen S. Schaefer Building

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and in establishing and growing

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The Poetry Center's
programs endowment.

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His interest in poetry
was lifelong and stemmed

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from a deep love of
language and communication.

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He was a prolific letter
writer and often shared

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his opinion in letters
to the editors,

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both the Arizona Daily Star
and the Arizona Wildcat.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Sounds amazing.

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[LAUGHTER]

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He would often share a
poem that he had recently

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discovered as part of
the business proceedings

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at Poetry Center Development
Council Meetings.

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He loved reading
and believed deeply

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in the value of education
and the power of books.

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We are excited to present
Li-Young Lee tonight

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in the annual Tom
Sanders Memorial Reading.

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Before we start,
I would also like

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to give another thanks to Tom.

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Tom, are you here?

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Tom from Arizona Flower Market?

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Yay.

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OK, Tom sort of did like a very
embarrassed wave back there.

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But Tom owns a flower shop,
and Tyler and I recently

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ran into him over
in Tucson Village.

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I don't know if you've
ever been there.

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There's a really cool
flower shop there.

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And he created this amazing
bouquet for the reading.

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[APPLAUSE]

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So I just want to
thank Tom, and I also

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want to thank the
Tom Sanders Memorial

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Reading for offering us the
opportunity to host poets.

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So thank you.

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I appreciate it.

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Two reminders-- we do
have books for sale,

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and there will be a short Q&A
at the end of the reading.

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And I want to remind you
that our next reading is

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Thursday, January 30.

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And that is going to be the
Hannelore Quander-Rattee

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Reading, Thursday, January 30,
with Rosa Alcala, at 7:00 PM,

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Thursday.

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So don't forget that part.

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Yay.

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Now I'd like to invite Allison
Deming, poet and professor here

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at the U of A to
introduce Li-Young Lee.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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