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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you, Cybele.

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I'm so excited for
tonight's reading

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and for the chance to
introduce tonight's three rock

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stars, Samuel Ace, Polly
Rosenwaike-- there you are--

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and Dexter L. Booth.

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For those of you who've
been to the Poetry Center--

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who've been to a reading before
here at the Poetry Center,

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I think you'll agree that
it's a great opportunity

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to hear poetry and
to hear prose read

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by amazing local, national,
and international talent.

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And these readings,
these readers

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are presented as
poets, as writers,

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and we listen to their
poems, their writing.

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But in addition to connecting
to these poets and writers

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through their work,
through their presentations

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and performances
here tonight, I hope

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that you'll also connect to
them as people, because they

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are indeed human,
even though I heard

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that Dexter likes to
dress up like a robot

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for costume parties.

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So I did a little bit of
Facebook investigation.

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Dexter.

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Dexter L. Booth lives
just a stone's throw

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away in Tempe, Arizona,
where he teaches poetry

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and English composition at ASU.

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His debut collection
Scratching the Ghost,

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which won the 2012 Cave Canem
Poetry Prize, like Cybele said,

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is forthcoming from Graywolf
Press in November 2013.

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And we have a mailing list,
like Cybele was saying,

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set up at this table.

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And at that table you can
include your email address as

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well as your physical address.

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And he will send you an email
on a listserv, and at that time

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you can order his book,
I believe, on Amazon.

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And there's a PayPal
account set up for you.

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And Dexter has even agreed
to send this book directly

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to your house, and
he will sign his name

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and sign a personal
note for you.

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So that's very sweet.

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So you should definitely
sign up for the mailing list.

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Yeah, so I'd encourage you
all to chat with our readers

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tonight and to get to
know them and to realize

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what gems they are to Tucson,
to Arizona, and to the larger

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national and international
writing community.

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So the way the reading
will work tonight

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is that we'll have Samuel
read first, followed by Polly,

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and then followed by Dexter.

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So please join me in welcoming
Polly Rosenwaike, Dexter L.

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Booth, and tonight's
first reader, Samuel Ace.

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