I'm glad you could come out for the first reading
of the season.
If you're not on our mailing list
and would like to have a brochure,
listing the readings for the semester
I put some out on the refreshment table
and I put some up here on the edge of the stage.
We'll be sending out a newsletter God willing,
next week.
And if you're not on our mailing list
and would like to receive a newsletter,
also on the refreshment table I put some 3 by 5 cards.
So if you will give me your name and address,
please be sure to give us the zip code.
We'll send you a newsletter.
Because in the newsletter we attempt
to list the other literary events in town
and there's so many things going on
that I'm not going to name any of them.
Except to say that our next reading
will be in this auditorium on October 5th
and be visiting poet Richard Jackson.
I'd like to thank the Southwest Center and the Department
of Spanish and Portuguese for co-sponsoring tonight's
reading.
Tonight's reading and the subsequent readings
have been made possible by a grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Arizona Commission on the Arts,
and the University of Arizona Foundation.
And we're very thankful for that support.
Jimmy Baca comes to us from Albuquerque.
His most recent book is Martin, published by New Directions.
And coming out from New Directions in a few months
is his new book of poems, Black Mesa Poems.
Earlier he had published some chatbooks and one book
with LSU Press.
His honors include a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship, and before Columbus Foundation's
American Book Award.
It is a great pleasure to introduce
to you Jimmy Santiago Baca.
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