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Thank you, Chris
Nelson, for that.

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I'm humbled.

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And thank you Gail
Browne for inviting me.

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Thank you Joni Wallace for
inviting me through Gail,

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and for your wonderful book.

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I hope everyone will
buy a copy of it.

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Although I don't think there
are enough copies for everyone.

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You could share.

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Send it along and
make a new friend.

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Thanks to the Poetry Center.

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You all know this is a fantastic
place, and it's my first visit.

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And I'd heard
about it for years,

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and I'm so happy to be here and
actually see it and experience

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it.

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So I'm going to
read some new poems,

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and then someone
asked me if I would

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read a Canto from "Dante's
Inferno," my translation.

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And I said I would.

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So those of you who
are sorry to hear

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that because it's a lot of
lines, just try to stay open.

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But I'll read-- I'll
read some of my poems

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on either side of
that, so hopefully it

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won't be too painful.