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Good evening.

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Welcome to the Poetry Center.

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It's wonderful to see just
a a large crowd on a summer

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evening.

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My name is Renee Angle.

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I'm the program
coordinator here,

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and I'd like to welcome
you to tonight's

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reading featuring our summer
resident, Harmony Holiday

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and Matthew Rotondo, who
is one of our instructors

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in our Classes and
Workshops program.

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Since 1994, the Poetry
Center's residency program

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has offered emerging poets,
fiction and nonfiction

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writers, an opportunity
to develop their work.

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This summer, we're
hosting two writers,

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and Harmony Holiday
is one of them.

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You're here to hear her read her
work tonight with Matt Rotondo,

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who is teaching a
workshop on surrealism

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this summer through the
Classes and Workshops program.

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The other summer resident
we'll be hosting this season

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is fiction writer Mary Jones.

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She will read from
her work on July 21st

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along with Classes and Workshops
instructor, Elizabeth Frankie

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Rollins.

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I hope you can join us for that.

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Throughout the year,
the Poetry Center

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offers non-credit
creative writing workshops

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in many genres,
as well as classes

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on poetics, poetry movements,
and individual poets.

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Classes are held in the
evenings and on weekends

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and are taught by
talented local writers.

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Our summer classes
have already begun,

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but we're offering many exciting
workshops and one poetry class

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next year.

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Check our website in
August for details,

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including new information
on scholarships.

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We did have some tough
technical difficulties

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in getting Matt and
Harmony's books here

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for tonight's
reading, but we expect

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to have them here next week.

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So stop by the Poetry Center
library to purchase a copy.

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I'll be introducing both poets
up front tonight, and then,

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turning the mic over to them
for the rest of the evening.

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Matt will read first, and
Harmony will read second.