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Thanks for coming.

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I have some quick notes that
I'll just quickly reference

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about the Poetry Center, and
then I'll turn things over

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to Larry Evers.

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My name is Tyler Meyer.

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I work here as the executive
director at the Poetry Center.

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Some things that are coming
up-- the Festival of Books.

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We can't avoid it.

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It's coming, and
it's this weekend.

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The Poetry Center
will have a booth

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there along with almost
everyone else in Tucson,

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and ours is number 299.

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And so please come visit us.

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There will be a rendering
of a giant cactus,

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as well as things you can put
on the back of a cactus wren

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and stick to the cactus,
which will be lovely.

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It sounds cryptic,
but follow up.

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Come find us.

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Booth 299.

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We'll be closed on both
Saturdays during spring break.

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And so that's the
14th and on the 21st.

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But our regular hours
will be in place

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during the week of spring
break during that week.

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So Monday to Friday, we're open.

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The Saturdays, we're closed
on the 14th and the 21st.

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So get your fix during the week.

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The next two upcoming
events at the Poetry Center,

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just so you know, in
the Reading Series.

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Elizabeth Evans will
be reading on March 16

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here in this room at 7:00 PM.

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And the next reading in this
series will be Natalie Diaz,

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and she'll be reading here
on April 2, again at 7:00 PM.

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We're really excited
about both of those.

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Make sure you have them on
your calendar and come back.

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Without further ado, I
will introduce Larry Evers,

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who will tell us more.

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Thank you for being here.