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The Poetry Center
has long wanted

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to invite to Tucson, DA Powell.

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And we're fortunate that
he's with us here today.

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He's the author of four
poetry collections.

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The first three books
form a trilogy--

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Tea, Lunch and
Cocktails, the latter

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of which was a finalist for
the 2004 National Book Critics

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Circle Award.

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His most recent book,
Chronic, published in 2009,

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received the Kingsley
Tufts Award recently,

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and was also nominated for the
National Book Critics Circle

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Award.

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He's the recipient
of many prizes,

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and he is the former
Briggs-Copeland Lecturer

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at Harvard University.

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He now teaches in the English
department at the University

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of San Francisco.