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I met Richard Siken when
I was about 22 years old,

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and we worked together
at the Hotel Congress.

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And that sounds really like
boring, pedestrian stuff,

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but Richard has this habit of
making everything into a poem,

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including in his--

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which part do I want to say--

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Best American
winning "These angels

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made no sense working in a
cafe", which I did with him.

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And he's the winner
of many, many awards.

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But more importantly,
he's my favorite poet

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and this is my store, so
we're going to do I want,

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which is give
Richard Siken a hand.

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[APPLAUSE]

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