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Hi, everyone.

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I'm Diana Delgado.

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I'm the literary director
here at the Poetry Center.

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And we're really, really excited
to host a reading tonight

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for Monica Sok and Tiana Clark.

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[APPLAUSE]

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It's an honor to have them here.

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Just a few things
before we begin.

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I'm going to be very brief.

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Per normal, we're going to
be selling books over here.

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There's something
extra special though

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about this particular
book sales--

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selling books tonight,
because this is the first time

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that Monica's book is actually
even available for purchase.

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They were overnighted
from the publisher.

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I don't even think her friends
have copies of these books yet.

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So this is a pretty big deal.

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So we're going to
have book sales

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after, book signings
here, and we'll have

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a short Q&A that I'll lead.

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I want to remind everyone that
next week we have Ada Limón

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February 20, Thursday, who's
going to be visiting us

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for the Art for
Justice Initiative,

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and Lola Rainey will be
opening up for her as sort

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of the community opener in the
Art for Justice Initiative.

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I would like to now
invite up the Tucson Poet

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Laureate, TC Tolbert, up to
introduce Monica and Tiana.

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TC.

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[APPLAUSE]