WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.490 align:middle line:90% OK, so on to tonight's event. 00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:05.770 align:middle line:84% Our three readers will each read for 15 minutes. 00:00:05.770 --> 00:00:08.730 align:middle line:84% I believe first we have Sam, and then Polly and then Dexter. 00:00:08.730 --> 00:00:10.920 align:middle line:84% After the reading please, do stick around. 00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:13.860 align:middle line:84% Say hi to our readers, say hi to Tyler, buy a book, 00:00:13.860 --> 00:00:15.540 align:middle line:84% sign up on Dexter's mailing list, 00:00:15.540 --> 00:00:18.450 align:middle line:90% and pick up our fall calendar. 00:00:18.450 --> 00:00:20.220 align:middle line:84% And I'm very pleased now to introduce 00:00:20.220 --> 00:00:24.090 align:middle line:84% the introducer of tonight's three readers, Allie Leach. 00:00:24.090 --> 00:00:27.630 align:middle line:84% She is the Poetry Center's education programs assistant, 00:00:27.630 --> 00:00:29.970 align:middle line:84% which is not really an adequate description. 00:00:29.970 --> 00:00:31.210 align:middle line:90% She does so many things. 00:00:31.210 --> 00:00:33.390 align:middle line:84% She coordinates our summer residency program, 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:35.760 align:middle line:84% manages Wordplay, the Poetry Center's blog 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:37.195 align:middle line:84% for teachers, parents, and others 00:00:37.195 --> 00:00:39.570 align:middle line:84% who are interested in getting children and youth involved 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:40.950 align:middle line:90% with reading and writing. 00:00:40.950 --> 00:00:45.000 align:middle line:84% She serves as a backup to me or backup and partner with me 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:46.500 align:middle line:90% on our reading series events. 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.620 align:middle line:84% She conducts K through 12 field trips in the Poetry Center 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:53.070 align:middle line:84% library, is involved with all our educational programs 00:00:53.070 --> 00:00:56.670 align:middle line:84% for children and youth, and I'm getting tired. 00:00:56.670 --> 00:00:59.190 align:middle line:84% She holds also an MFA in creative nonfiction 00:00:59.190 --> 00:01:00.540 align:middle line:90% from the University of Arizona. 00:01:00.540 --> 00:01:02.910 align:middle line:84% She is a teacher, dancer, and writer, 00:01:02.910 --> 00:01:06.630 align:middle line:84% with work published in South Loop Review, Hot Metal Bridge, 00:01:06.630 --> 00:01:09.390 align:middle line:90% Diagram, and Tucson Weekly. 00:01:09.390 --> 00:01:12.700 align:middle line:84% Allie put this, tonight's event, together. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:14.130 align:middle line:90% So thank you, Allie. 00:01:14.130 --> 00:01:16.170 align:middle line:84% Everyone, please help me welcome her. 00:01:16.170 --> 00:01:18.620 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]