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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 stars,

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Samuel Ace, Polly Rosenwaike--

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There you are. --and
Dexter L. Booth.

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For those of you who've been
to a reading before here

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at the Poetry Center,
I think you'll

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agree that it's a great
opportunity to hear poetry

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and to hear prose read by
amazing local, national,

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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
Facebook investigation.

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And while Polly
lives in Michigan,

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she's our current Summer
resident in fiction

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here at the Poetry Center.

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She's living in right across
the way in our guest cottage

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until the end of August, so you
can ring her doorbell, or not.

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Polly says no, yes.

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And she's also
generously offered

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to host some office
hours while she's here,

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and she's hosting her last
session this upcoming Monday,

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August, 26th from
four to seven PM

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in the Poetry Center's library.

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And I brought her sign-up
sheet for her last session,

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and it's over at
the reading table

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right here, info table
over there with the lamp.

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And you can sign up
for half-hour shifts

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to talk to Polly.

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This one-on-one time,
you can talk to her,

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get to know her as a writer.

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You can talk about writing,
book reviewing, teaching,

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the MFA
experience, submitting

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work for publication, or
just bitch about the heat

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because Polly's visiting
us from Michigan,

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so I'm sure she'll be happy
to commiserate about the heat

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and other relatable stuff
like monster-sized cockroaches

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living in the guest cottage.

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- Not anymore.

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- Not anymore [INAUDIBLE].

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But really, we're delighted to
share this opportunity with you

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all and hope that
you'll take advantage

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of this great opportunity.

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As I said, Polly is visiting
from Ann Arbor, Michigan,

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and there, she teaches
English and creative writing

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at Eastern Michigan University.

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And her stories have appeared
in Prairie Schooner, Indiana

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Review, Beloit Fiction
Journal, and elsewhere.

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And her story "White
Carnations" will

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be included in the PEN/O Henry
Prize Stories later this year.

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

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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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