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So first reading for us this
afternoon is Maria Melendez.

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She's the editor and publisher
of Pilgrimage Magazine.

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She lives in Pueblo, Colorado.

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She has taught creative
writing and American literature

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at the Utah State University
and St. Mary's College

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in Notre Dame.

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And she has worked with
California poets in the schools

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and as a writer in residence
at the UC Davis Arboretum.

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Her collection of
poetry, how long she'll

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last in this world which was
published by the University

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of Arizona press in 2006 was
named finalist for the 2007

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Penn center USA literary award.

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And you'll see in that
interestingly enough.

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I think a lot of
environmental consciousness

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which I'm wondering.

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I assumed that must have come
from her time at the arboretum.

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Her most recent book of
poetry is Flexible Bones.

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It's the third
collection and also

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published by the University
of Arizona Press.

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She currently serves
as contributing editor

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for the Latino
Poetry Review and is

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acquiring editor for Momotombo
Press a chapbook publisher

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featuring prose and poetry
by emerging Latino writers.

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We're very happy to
have Maria with us.