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I'm Aurelie Sheehan,
the director

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of the creative
writing program here,

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and it's a great honor to be
welcoming Rick Moody to Tucson,

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again.

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Before we begin, I'd just like
to tell you a couple of things.

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One is just to
express my gratitude

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to the English department, the
College of Humanities, Poets

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and Writers--

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which is a wonderful
organization

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that's doing kind of a promotion
of various small cities,

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and helping out with some
of their literary events,

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and we're one of them--

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and, most of all, to
the Poetry Center,

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for everything that you do to
make this romance complete.

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So, thank you.

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So without further ado, I'd like
to introduce the introducer.

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Benjamin Rybeck is a second
year MFA student here,

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and one of the editors
of the Sonora Review.

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Benjamin.

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[APPLAUSE]

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