WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.890 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.890 --> 00:00:04.330 align:middle line:84% I was trembling with a little fear on that one. 00:00:04.330 --> 00:00:05.910 align:middle line:84% And I know what Ander is known for, 00:00:05.910 --> 00:00:08.400 align:middle line:84% but Ander, thank you very much for those kind words. 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.610 align:middle line:84% And all of you, thank you for coming. 00:00:11.610 --> 00:00:14.670 align:middle line:84% This is really, really fine proof 00:00:14.670 --> 00:00:19.890 align:middle line:84% of how much you value this center and its vitality 00:00:19.890 --> 00:00:23.130 align:middle line:84% to your cultural and artistic life. 00:00:23.130 --> 00:00:25.890 align:middle line:84% And I'm really glad that lots of members of the university 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:28.240 align:middle line:84% are able to see your presence here. 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:32.880 align:middle line:84% So I'm really glad that we had an overflow crowd. 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.750 align:middle line:84% Gail already spoke about the various readings 00:00:36.750 --> 00:00:39.570 align:middle line:84% we're going to have over the course of this semester, 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:42.600 align:middle line:84% and ways in which you can participate and donate. 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:44.940 align:middle line:84% And I'm going to give you one more. 00:00:44.940 --> 00:00:50.910 align:middle line:84% I have these really, really nice, awesome broadsides 00:00:50.910 --> 00:00:54.030 align:middle line:84% that were created by none other than Ander Monson. 00:00:54.030 --> 00:00:56.970 align:middle line:84% And you can have one of them as a token of tonight's 00:00:56.970 --> 00:01:00.450 align:middle line:90% great evening for a mere $5. 00:01:00.450 --> 00:01:02.175 align:middle line:84% If you have $10, I don't have change. 00:01:02.175 --> 00:01:03.540 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:03.540 --> 00:01:05.160 align:middle line:84% But all of that money, whatever money 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:07.530 align:middle line:84% we collect from the broadsides I have with me 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:09.660 align:middle line:84% tonight, we're just going to directly give it 00:01:09.660 --> 00:01:13.680 align:middle line:84% to the Poetry Center as a small gesture of thanks for giving us 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.190 align:middle line:90% this great evening tonight. 00:01:17.190 --> 00:01:20.490 align:middle line:84% But before I begin, I also just want 00:01:20.490 --> 00:01:27.540 align:middle line:84% to acknowledge one more way in which our community continues 00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:31.200 align:middle line:84% to show how vital we are nationally. 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:33.242 align:middle line:84% I don't want to embarrass you, Eduardo C. Corral, 00:01:33.242 --> 00:01:34.908 align:middle line:84% but could you stand up just for a moment 00:01:34.908 --> 00:01:35.910 align:middle line:90% and say hi to everybody? 00:01:35.910 --> 00:01:37.410 align:middle line:84% And I'll tell everybody who you are. 00:01:37.410 --> 00:01:38.404 align:middle line:90% Wave. 00:01:38.404 --> 00:01:38.904 align:middle line:90% Wave. 00:01:38.904 --> 00:01:39.900 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:44.412 align:middle line:84% Eduardo C. Corral, who is a resident of Casa Grande-- 00:01:44.412 --> 00:01:46.620 align:middle line:84% as I've been saying it-- as I've said that that's how 00:01:46.620 --> 00:01:48.990 align:middle line:84% you're supposed to pronounce it-- 00:01:48.990 --> 00:01:51.840 align:middle line:84% is next year's Yale Younger Poet. 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.340 align:middle line:84% And I think it's really fantastic. 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.496 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:56.496 --> 00:02:01.690 align:middle line:90% 00:02:01.690 --> 00:02:06.190 align:middle line:84% Isn't it really great that someone here, from this area, 00:02:06.190 --> 00:02:10.020 align:middle line:84% is going to command that sort of national stage?