[APPLAUSE]
There's always a moment that I have
when I come up to a podium, in which I look inside the podium
and I think, I'm going in there.
[LAUGHTER]
After an introduction like that, I
thought that I'm going to stay in there
the whole time, the whole time.
Thank you, Jess.
That was really nice.
Thank you guys for coming tonight.
Thank you to Jane Miller for letting me open for you
tonight.
My hero.
True.
Thanks to Ander Monson for making beautiful broadsides.
It surprised me.
It surprised Jane.
Gorgeous.
And thank you.
It's nice to be with such amazing colleagues and friends.
Thank you to the Poetry Center for having us.
Let's see.
Who do I recognize in the way back?
How's the volume out there?
You guys OK?
Farid, Susan, welcome.
I want to say welcome, also, to Tyler Meier.
It's just great to have new faces around here.
Gail, we love you, wherever you are.