I'm Cybele, I'm the coordinator of Poetry Center's reading
and lecture series, and tonight, we're
very excited to share with you, a reading by poet
and memoirist Paul Guest.
The Poetry Center and the University
of Arizona Disability Resource Center,
join forces to co-sponsor and coordinate this event,
and from the DRC, I want to thank Amanda Kraus, Sue Kroger,
Alan Strauss, and Sherry Santee, for working with us
to make Paul's visit possible.
If you don't know of it, I want to just say
a little bit about the Disability Resource Center.
It leads this campus in the creation of inclusive
learning and working environments
and facilitates access discourse and involvement
through innovative services, programs, and partnerships.
The DRC is also the administrative house
of the disability studies collaborative, which
works with representatives from the Sonoran UCEDD
and disability and psycho-educational studies,
to infuse disability awareness into teaching, programming,
and research.
Just in case you got a little lost
there, a very simple example of the positive impact
of the DRC on our campus, is tonight's event.
And I'm excited to tell you that the Poetry Center and the DRC
will be doing more projects together in the future.
Speaking of the Poetry Center.
We're also grateful to our Poetry Center donors,
and the National Endowment of the Arts for providing funding
for tonight's reading.
And I'd also like to thank Poetry Center staff member,
Renee Angle, she's not here.
For being the first person to suggest that
we bring Paul to read at Tucson.
And of course, I thank Paul very much,
for making the journey from Charlottesville in Virginia,
to spend time with us.
So tonight, Paul will read from his poetry.
He'll also read from his memoir.
The reading will be about 40 minutes,
and then we'll have time for a short Q&A. Afterwards,
Paul will sign books up here.
As usual, we have books for sale.
20% off the cover price.
Over here.
And Poetry Center docents, Barrie and Veronica,
would be very happy to help you with your purchase.