Hello, everyone.
Welcome, come in, come in.
Glad you're here.
Glad you're here to watch literature defeat basketball,
which is as it should be.
You've made the right choices.
Your souls are more complete, I appreciate this.
We're glad you're here.
Thanks for coming.
There'll be a Q and A after the reading,
and so please think about questions as you're listening.
And we're excited about that.
I just want to welcome Kate Bernheimer, who's here.
She's my favorite fairy tale, and she'll introduce
and we'll move forward.
Kate?