Hello and good evening.
Thanks for coming out.
My name is Ander Monson, and I'm
directing the UA Prose Series.
So it's my privilege to introduce the introducer here.
But first, I'd like to thank the English
Department for their support of the series
and the Poetry Center, obviously, for their support,
and all the logistical things that they do,
and this amazing space that we're in, and putting up
Alan Heathcock, and many, many, many other things that
are worth mentioning.
A brief announcement that our next event
is going to be a Monday night, April 22.
We have two first time nonfiction authors reading--
Brent Hendricks, who's a Tucsonan, and Nicole Walker.
Both of whom have really interesting books of nonfiction
and are also poets.
And that'll be at 7:00, Monday, April 22, in this very room.
So please come back for that.
That should be great.
So we're going to have an introduction, then
Alan Heathcock.
And if you have questions, we'll try
to leave a few minutes afterwards for Q&A
if you would like to ask questions to save them up
until that point.
As you know, there are books over here.
So please feel free to grab one.
If you don't have one already, you'll
want one by the end of the night.
So without further introduction, the introducer,
Garett Faulkner, will come and introduce Alan Heathcock
tonight.
Thanks for coming.
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