Hi, everyone.
I'm Diana Delgado.
I'm the literary director here at the Poetry Center.
And we're really, really excited to host a reading tonight
for Monica Sok and Tiana Clark.
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It's an honor to have them here.
Just a few things before we begin.
I'm going to be very brief.
Per normal, we're going to be selling books over here.
There's something extra special though
about this particular book sales--
selling books tonight, because this is the first time
that Monica's book is actually even available for purchase.
They were overnighted from the publisher.
I don't even think her friends have copies of these books yet.
So this is a pretty big deal.
So we're going to have book sales
after, book signings here, and we'll have
a short Q&A that I'll lead.
I want to remind everyone that next week we have Ada Limón
February 20, Thursday, who's going to be visiting us
for the Art for Justice Initiative,
and Lola Rainey will be opening up for her as sort
of the community opener in the Art for Justice Initiative.
I would like to now invite up the Tucson Poet
Laureate, TC Tolbert, up to introduce Monica and Tiana.
TC.
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