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Welcome to the second annual
Tucson Festival of Books.

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My name is Lisa
Bowden, and I will

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be introducing our readers.

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We would like to thank
the U of A Poetry Center

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and the U of A bookstore for
sponsoring The International

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Stage.

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This reading will last
approximately one hour.

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Tedi will read and Wendy
will do the translation.

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And they have a suite of poems
they'll be reading together.

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And then we'll see
how much time we have,

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if there's time for
questions afterwards.

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After the reading, the
poets will go to Tent C--

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it's up on the board--

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for a book signing in the
Pepper Viner Signing Area

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2, which is just outside
the building, this way.

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So some books will be available
there at the poet signing area

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and also at the
publishers table.

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So I'd like to introduce
Tedi López Mills first.

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She was born in
Mexico City in 1959,

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is a poet, essayist,
and translator.

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Her most recent work,
Muerte en la rua Augusta,

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just recently won the
prestigious Premio Xavier

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Villaurrutia.

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And she has a selection of
poems translated into English

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by Wendy Burk, entitled,
While Light is Built,

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published by Kore Press.

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Her other books include, Segunda
Persona, Contracorriente,

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and Parafrasear.

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Wendy Burk is the author of
a poetry chapbook called The

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Deer, and the translator of
a book of poems by Tedi López

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Mills called While
Light is Built.

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She has received three artist
residencies with the National

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Park Service, and she
is a library specialist

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at the University of
Arizona Poetry Center.

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Please help me welcome Tedi
López Mills and Wendy Burk.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Is this working?

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Can you hear me?