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Emma Ramey is an
old friend of mine.

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She was also in the MFA program
at the University of Alabama.

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And her work is some of the
best poetry that I've read.

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She's one of the best
thinkers that I've met,

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and we were thrilled to publish.

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We have a very small
chapbook of hers called

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"A Numerical Devotional."

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And in her-- and which is a
great chapbook although I'll

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say that I'm assuming
many of the works

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that you're going to hear
tonight from Emma are newer,

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and her voice has
really developed

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and become something else also.

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I mean, it's still
recognizably Emma Ramey work,

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it's still hilarious,
it's still depressing,

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and they're going to be doing
this humor writing workshop

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here in a little while.

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And I'll let you
into the secret.

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All the best funny work is
also the most depressing.

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You have to have that void under
it, and both of these poets

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I'm honored to have published.

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They're the reason
I started the press

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and they're the
reason that I continue

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to publish and to grow.

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So I'm going to welcome
Emma Ramey first and then

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Jason Bredle.

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[APPLAUSE]

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