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It's a real honor and
privilege to bring

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the works of so many writers,
so many really terrific poets

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to this collection and a good
handful to the audience here.

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Thank you for coming out.

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And I think you're going to
have a real treat tonight.

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I'm just going to
launch into the readers

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because I think that's
the most important part

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of this collection.

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And the first reader is
going to be Travis Hedge

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Coke who is actually associate
editor as well in the edition.

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He was my right hand man
during the making of the book

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and there are parts he organized
that no one knows but he and I.

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And so sometimes
he'll ask people

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to say what part do you
think I did and let them

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guess but we never divulge.

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Travis Hedge Coke says he
lives and breathes in America.

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He's from mixed ethnicity
of complicated culture.

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He feels reluctant about
mentioning either in bios

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yet is compelled.

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He has publications in Many
Mountains Moving, Mountain

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from the View, Dead Pretty
Boys, Yellow Medicine,

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Birthmark Anthology from
IAIA, Naropa Summer Magazine,

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and Gatherings.

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He's read from New York
City to Amman, Jordan

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and currently
co-edits Future Earth

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an online lit and arts
journal where he happily

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showcases all manner of
great writers, artists,

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and musicians.

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Hedgecock has an MFA from
the University of California

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Riverside and teaches writing
at the University of Nebraska

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Kearney.

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His descent includes Huron,
Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek.

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Travis Hedge Coke.

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[APPLAUSE]

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