Glad you guys are here, glad everyone is here.
Welcome to the Poetry Center.
Welcome to the 53rd annual reading and lecture series.
This is the second reading in this series.
We're really glad everybody is here tonight.
[APPLAUSE] It's so good to have such a large crowd.
So thanks, everyone, for coming.
Two introducers tonight-- I'll just mention both of them.
Annie's going to read first, Richard will read second.
The first is Brian Blanchfield-- he'll
introduce Annie Guthrie-- he's a local poet and a radio
personality, here in Tucson.
[LAUGHTER]
And then Drew Burk will introduce Richard.
And Drew is just a key cog in all things publishing
in the Tucson community, especially
with the ubiquitous Spork Press.
So without further ado, Brian Blanchfield.