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Hi.

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He is a musician, a
vegan, a poet, a teacher,

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a collaborator.

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Among these things,
Philip Jenks is the owner

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of some sweet blue shoes.

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Philip Jenks's work has been
described as strange, original,

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terrifying.

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A man concerned with
connectivity, humanity,

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boundaries, ethics, and words.

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His second book, My
First Painting Will Be

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'The 'Accuser'-- which
is a great title--

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is formally tight.

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Rhyme creates music.

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Short but densely-packed lines,
imaging, a soundscape we,

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the reader, are entered into.

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A prayer we mutter
alongside the poems,

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a crying out in their midst.

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We are the accuser
and the accused.

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And yet, inside these strange,
hauntingly beautiful poems,

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we get the feeling that
there is something else.

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Some compassion, maybe.

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Some kernel of grace.

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We have a lot to learn from
his pages, which also include

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a book titled On The
Cave You Live In,

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and two chapbooks, The Elms Left
Elm Street and How Many of You

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Are You, and, most
recently, Little Visceral

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Carnival, a collaborative
work with Simone Muench.

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Please join me in
welcoming Philip Jenks.

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[APPLAUSE]

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