WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.900 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.900 --> 00:00:02.490 align:middle line:90% So on to tonight. 00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:06.060 align:middle line:84% We are so very pleased to share Ilya Kaminsky with you. 00:00:06.060 --> 00:00:07.920 align:middle line:84% He will read for about 40 minutes, 00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:10.740 align:middle line:84% and then we'll have a short Q and A session, and then 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:11.550 align:middle line:90% the book signing. 00:00:11.550 --> 00:00:14.070 align:middle line:84% He'll be signing books right here. 00:00:14.070 --> 00:00:16.410 align:middle line:84% Ilya will be introduced by Hannah Ensor, 00:00:16.410 --> 00:00:18.870 align:middle line:84% a poetry MFA student here at the U of A. 00:00:18.870 --> 00:00:22.170 align:middle line:84% She has poems published in Bat City Review, Cut Bank 00:00:22.170 --> 00:00:26.310 align:middle line:84% and Dislocate, as well as online at Evening Will Come, Sport 00:00:26.310 --> 00:00:28.590 align:middle line:90% Press and Network Awesome. 00:00:28.590 --> 00:00:31.020 align:middle line:84% Some days she plays music with John Melillo 00:00:31.020 --> 00:00:34.200 align:middle line:84% as Algae and Tentacles, and also serves on 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:37.320 align:middle line:84% the board of directors of Casa Libre en la Solana 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.420 align:middle line:84% on the advisory board for the Poetry Center, 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:42.730 align:middle line:84% and is a poetry editor for the Sonora Review. 00:00:42.730 --> 00:00:44.640 align:middle line:84% Hannah is clearly amazing person. 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.790 align:middle line:84% Really looking forward to reading her first book sooner 00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:49.020 align:middle line:90% rather than later. 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:51.000 align:middle line:90% Please help me welcome Hannah. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.450 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]