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So our first reader today
is our Eduardo C Corral.

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He's the author
of Slow Lightning,

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which won the 2011 Yale Series
of Younger Poets competition.

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He has been the recipient of
numerous prestigious awards

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and fellowships, including
a Whiting Writer's Award

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and a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship.

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He currently lives
in New York City,

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but he's from Casa Grande.

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Please help me welcome
Eduardo Corral.

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