He wrote that for that festival when we were
on the way down on the plane.
So-- makes sense to have that touch it.
Very, very pleased to introduce to you someone you probably
already know and love here, Laura Tohe, Diné,
the author and co-editor of five books of poetry,
Making Friends With Water, No Parole Today, Sister Nations,
a book she edited and collected me in years ago.
Dancing With The Wind, Tseyi, is that--
OK, Deep In The Rock.
She wrote a commissioned libretto, Enemy Slayer,
it's absolutely beautiful, for the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra,
which premiered in Phoenix in 2008.
She won the Arizona Book Association's Glyph Award
for best book and best poetry in Tseyi Deep In The Rock in 2007.
She was a 2009 nominee for the Arizona Art Award
and teaches at Arizona State University.
I'm very happy to introduce and hope
you will join me in welcoming Laura Tohe.
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