This is a follow-up colloquium session coming off
the marvelous energy of last night's reading,
where we had the great pleasure of seeing humor raised
to the level of art, which happens very rarely,
and was a great nourishment for all of us.
I'd like to remind you that these sessions, which
bring together people from the community and the university
to get to know some of the visiting poets,
are sponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
We're very grateful to them.
And we are very happy to invite you to fill out
a questionnaire that will let them know how this serves you.
We'll pass it out after.
So we'll pass it out after.
I do want to let you know that Billy is on his way
to the airport, so we have to end this promptly at 10:20.
So, and he's just going to be scurried
rudely out of the building, for which we apologize.
So
And I do, too.
But he won't have a chance to sign books after this session.
So we will have to end promptly.
But other than that, this session
is really aimed to meet your needs.
And Billy will make some opening remarks,
and then this will be open for your questions.
And so I'll turn it to you.