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Hi, everyone.

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We'll go ahead and
we'll get started.

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And I feel unusually nervous,
because there are so many

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of you so densely packed.

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But instead, I'll
just be grateful

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that you've come out
again for poetry.

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This is one of the reasons
why Tucson is so great.

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So thank you for coming.

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For tonight's reading,
by G.C. Waldrep,

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last night he gave
a fantastic talk.

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It was entitled "On the
Unveiling: Parable, Apocalypse,

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and Spiritual Practice
in Contemporary Poetry,"

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and we're so pleased to
have him back tonight.

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I have just a few announcements
before we get started.

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I don't think there
are any empty chairs,

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but if you want to
come up into the front

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and sit down on the
floor, you could do that.

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OK, for making tonight's
event possible,

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I want to thank Poets
and Writers, and also

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the Poetry Center's donors.

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If you're already
a donor, I thank

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you so much for being
an essential part

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of this glorious place,
spirit, community,

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and creative endeavor
that is the Poetry Center.

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If you're not already
a donor, please

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consider making a contribution
to this reading series.

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There are many ways
to support the center,

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from putting a
contribution in the box

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that we always have over
there at our events,

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to joining our Walt
Whitman donor circle.

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And if you're
interested in learning

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about how you can give,
our development coordinator

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Julie Lauterbach-Colby would
be happy to talk to you.

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Julie you want to--

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Yes, that's Julie.

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The people now see
you, they know you, OK.

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Tonight, G.C. will read
for about 40 minutes,

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and then we'll have a short
Q and A, and after that, he'll

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sign books up here
at the podium.

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We have books for sale 20%
off the cover price thanks

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to the aforementioned
Julie who works very, very

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hard to get books to
sell at all our readings.

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And also thank you to
Docents Veronica and Whitney

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for selling books tonight.

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G.C. will be introduced
by Joshua Marie Wilkinson.

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So Josh joined the creative
writing faculty here

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at the U of A just last year--

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well, that's a year and a
half that he's been here.

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Our eyes are still
adjusting to his shine,

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because it's really bright.

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He is a poet with five
books to his name.

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His next book, Swamp Isthmus,
is forthcoming from Black Ocean

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in 2013, and we're waiting
impatiently for that.

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He has directed a
documentary film.

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He has edited
several anthologies,

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and is at work on some new ones.

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He founded and edited
several really important

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poetry websites, first
Rabbit Light Movies,

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which is now a part of the
all encompassing Volta.

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He is the founder and co-editor
of a literary press named

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Letter Machine
Additions, and he also

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responds to my emails
really promptly.

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I don't know how he does it all.

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He is a wonder, basically.

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So please help me
welcome Josh Wilkinson.

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[APPLAUSE]

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