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Tonight's celebration
of multilingual poetry

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responds to one of the central
tenets of the Poetry Center's

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mission--

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to sustain, enrich, and advance
a diverse literary culture.

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Over the years, we've presented
numerous international writers,

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many bilingual readings
in many languages.

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And, most significantly,
in 2007 we

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partnered with the American
Indian Language Development

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Institute and Ofelia Zepeda
to offer Native Voices--

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Indigenous Language
and Poetry Symposium,

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in which writers
from across the US

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came here to Tucson
to share their work,

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lead classes, and engage in a
conversation with one another.

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In just a moment, I'm going
to ask Renee Angle-- who,

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along with Wendy Burk
from the Poetry Center,

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organized tonight's reading
and translation project--

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to come here and talk
to you about this event.

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But before I do, I want
to just mention briefly

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that we continue to celebrate
the poetry of our border region

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throughout this
month of September.

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In a few weeks, we're
going to premiere

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our new anthology, A Decade
of Young Corridistas,

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featuring 11 years of
prize-winning poems

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from our bilingual credo contest
for high school students.

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And on Saturday,
October 2, we're

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going to present a benefit
to support that program.

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On October 2, here
in the Odeum, you're

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going to hear great music
by local groups such as Los

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Changos Feos Grupo iMas,
and Mariachi Tapatio.

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So please, please visit
our table in the back.

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Turn around.

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See the sign.

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It's beautiful.

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It's huge.

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[LAUGHTER]

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They'll be happy to talk
to you about this benefit,

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sell you a ticket.
$15 is all we're

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asking for an adult ticket.

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You'll have a great time, so.

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This event is made possible
by the Friends of the Poetry

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Center.

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Not everyone knows that programs
of the center like these

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are entirely supported by
grants and by the Friends

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of the Poetry Center.

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So please do consider supporting
our benefits this fall

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and becoming a Friend
of the Poetry Center.