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Hello, everyone, and welcome.

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Welcome to tonight's
event where we

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will hear from two distinguished
faculty in the University

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of Arizona's MFA program,
Aurelie Sheehan and Farid

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Matuk.

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I'm Tyler Meier, and I work
as the executive director

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at the University of
Arizona Poetry Center.

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On behalf of the Center,
I welcome everyone

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who's here this evening.

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Thanks for coming.

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I have a couple of quick
announcements before we begin.

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There are books
available for purchase

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after tonight's reading
up at the front.

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You will note that the
holidays are coming very soon,

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and who among us does not
like to give a signed book

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to a person that we love?

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Such an act is a sign of
order in the world, much

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like having a small
hummingbird pause in your hand,

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or recognizing that a
field of timothy grass

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could be a thousand small,
vintage, tiny microphones

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recording the sky.

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May our world have such
order as this in it.

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Sam Ace will introduce
Farid, and Cybele Knowles

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will introduce Aurelie.

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Sam is the author of three
poetry collections including

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Normal Sex, Home in three days.

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Don't wash, and most recently,
Stealth from our very

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own Chax Press, co-authored
with Maureen Seaton.

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He's published widely in
many literary journals,

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and he serves on the board
of directors for POG.

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Farid will read first,
so I'll welcome Sam

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up here to introduce him.

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Sam.

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[APPLAUSE]