WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.810 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:00.810 --> 00:00:02.850 align:middle line:90% Thank you, Cybele. 00:00:02.850 --> 00:00:04.710 align:middle line:84% I'm so excited for tonight's reading 00:00:04.710 --> 00:00:07.560 align:middle line:84% and for the chance to introduce tonight's three rock 00:00:07.560 --> 00:00:12.030 align:middle line:84% stars, Samuel Ace, Polly Rosenwaike-- there you are-- 00:00:12.030 --> 00:00:14.375 align:middle line:90% and Dexter L. Booth. 00:00:14.375 --> 00:00:16.500 align:middle line:84% For those of you who've been to the Poetry Center-- 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:18.720 align:middle line:84% who've been to a reading before here at the Poetry Center, 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:20.820 align:middle line:84% I think you'll agree that it's a great opportunity 00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:22.710 align:middle line:84% to hear poetry and to hear prose read 00:00:22.710 --> 00:00:26.915 align:middle line:84% by amazing local, national, and international talent. 00:00:26.915 --> 00:00:28.290 align:middle line:84% And these readings, these readers 00:00:28.290 --> 00:00:30.780 align:middle line:84% are presented as poets, as writers, 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:33.090 align:middle line:84% and we listen to their poems, their writing. 00:00:33.090 --> 00:00:36.150 align:middle line:84% But in addition to connecting to these poets and writers 00:00:36.150 --> 00:00:38.280 align:middle line:84% through their work, through their presentations 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.740 align:middle line:84% and performances here tonight, I hope 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:44.220 align:middle line:84% that you'll also connect to them as people, because they 00:00:44.220 --> 00:00:48.540 align:middle line:84% are indeed human, even though I heard 00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:52.050 align:middle line:84% that Dexter likes to dress up like a robot 00:00:52.050 --> 00:00:54.570 align:middle line:90% for costume parties. 00:00:54.570 --> 00:00:59.850 align:middle line:84% So I did a little bit of Facebook investigation. 00:00:59.850 --> 00:01:00.780 align:middle line:90% Dexter. 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:02.880 align:middle line:84% Dexter L. Booth lives just a stone's throw 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.850 align:middle line:84% away in Tempe, Arizona, where he teaches poetry 00:01:05.850 --> 00:01:07.950 align:middle line:90% and English composition at ASU. 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:10.110 align:middle line:84% His debut collection Scratching the Ghost, 00:01:10.110 --> 00:01:14.310 align:middle line:84% which won the 2012 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, like Cybele said, 00:01:14.310 --> 00:01:19.025 align:middle line:84% is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in November 2013. 00:01:19.025 --> 00:01:21.150 align:middle line:84% And we have a mailing list, like Cybele was saying, 00:01:21.150 --> 00:01:22.830 align:middle line:90% set up at this table. 00:01:22.830 --> 00:01:27.180 align:middle line:84% And at that table you can include your email address as 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:29.220 align:middle line:90% well as your physical address. 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:33.210 align:middle line:84% And he will send you an email on a listserv, and at that time 00:01:33.210 --> 00:01:36.390 align:middle line:84% you can order his book, I believe, on Amazon. 00:01:36.390 --> 00:01:40.050 align:middle line:84% And there's a PayPal account set up for you. 00:01:40.050 --> 00:01:44.520 align:middle line:84% And Dexter has even agreed to send this book directly 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:46.710 align:middle line:84% to your house, and he will sign his name 00:01:46.710 --> 00:01:49.270 align:middle line:84% and sign a personal note for you. 00:01:49.270 --> 00:01:51.090 align:middle line:90% So that's very sweet. 00:01:51.090 --> 00:01:55.950 align:middle line:84% So you should definitely sign up for the mailing list. 00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:58.950 align:middle line:84% Yeah, so I'd encourage you all to chat with our readers 00:01:58.950 --> 00:02:01.440 align:middle line:84% tonight and to get to know them and to realize 00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:05.100 align:middle line:84% what gems they are to Tucson, to Arizona, and to the larger 00:02:05.100 --> 00:02:08.830 align:middle line:84% national and international writing community. 00:02:08.830 --> 00:02:10.620 align:middle line:84% So the way the reading will work tonight 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:14.160 align:middle line:84% is that we'll have Samuel read first, followed by Polly, 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:16.290 align:middle line:90% and then followed by Dexter. 00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:19.310 align:middle line:84% So please join me in welcoming Polly Rosenwaike, Dexter L. 00:02:19.310 --> 00:02:23.060 align:middle line:84% Booth, and tonight's first reader, Samuel Ace. 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:25.000 align:middle line:90%