I just want to welcome everyone to another amazing poetry
reading at the Poetry Center.
My name is Diana Delgado.
I'm the literary director here.
And I just feel especially honored today
for us to host Arthur Sze before he heads off
to New York City as a--
why am I?
National Book Award.
National Book Award finalist.
So before we even get on with this other stuff,
can we just give a round of applause to Arthur--
[APPLAUSE]
--just for all that you've accomplished
and all that you still have to accomplish.
And I hope you win that award.
And I think everyone feels the same here.
Just a few things before we get on with the reading.
I wanted to share--
if you were here on Tuesday, you may have already
heard this, but I'm going to say it again
because it's important--
we offer classes and workshops for free at the Poetry Center.
If you were to go to our website and go to the Education link,
we have over seven workshops that we are offering over
in the spring that, if you have a need to take the class
and you can't afford it, you just sign up.
And there's likely a 50% chance, depending,
that you'll be able to take the class for free.
So I just want to remind everybody about that.
And the deadline to apply for that scholarship,
for that need-based scholarship, is going to be in November 21.
So just remember that part.
The other thing I want to mention
is if you haven't been to the Center
for Creative Photography, you should go there now--
not now now but sometime later in the week.
Because November 23 is the last day
that you will be able to see this exhibition.
And we're actually not clear where it's going to go.
But we're hoping-- there's rumor--
that it's going to New York.
But we're actually not sure.
But please go and see it.
It's an amazing compilation of portraits.
And we also have Children of Grass
that is there for sale that was published by Schaffner Press.
So please make sure you're aware of those two things.
And the other thing that I wanted to mention that I'm
trying to remember now--
let's see.
Maybe that it's your birthday?
Oh!
It's my birthday today.
[LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE]
Oh, my god, yes.
Yeah, it's my birthday today.
It's kind of weird.
After a while, you get a little bit older, and you're like,
I don't want to talk about my birthday anymore.
But it's actually been a really amazing day
that I spent here in Tucson.
And I'm always happy to be here.
So thank you, Tyler, for reminding me
that it's my birthday.
Thank you.
I'm now going to invite Katherine Larson, who's
going to introduce Arthur Sze.
[APPLAUSE]