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He wrote that for that
festival when we were

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on the way down on the plane.

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So-- makes sense to
have that touch it.

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Very, very pleased to introduce
to you someone you probably

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already know and love
here, Laura Tohe, Diné,

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the author and co-editor
of five books of poetry,

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Making Friends With Water, No
Parole Today, Sister Nations,

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a book she edited and
collected me in years ago.

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Dancing With The
Wind, Tseyi, is that--

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OK, Deep In The Rock.

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She wrote a commissioned
libretto, Enemy Slayer,

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it's absolutely beautiful, for
the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra,

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which premiered in
Phoenix in 2008.

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She won the Arizona Book
Association's Glyph Award

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for best book and best poetry in
Tseyi Deep In The Rock in 2007.

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She was a 2009 nominee
for the Arizona Art Award

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and teaches at Arizona
State University.

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I'm very happy to
introduce and hope

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you will join me in
welcoming Laura Tohe.

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[APPLAUSE]

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