WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.958 align:middle line:90% My name's Tyler. 00:00:00.958 --> 00:00:03.000 align:middle line:84% I work here as the director at the Poetry Center. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.990 align:middle line:84% Really glad to see all of you here. 00:00:04.990 --> 00:00:08.077 align:middle line:84% Thanks for coming out tonight to come to this prose reading 00:00:08.077 --> 00:00:08.910 align:middle line:90% with James Hannaham. 00:00:08.910 --> 00:00:10.577 align:middle line:84% We're really excited that James is here. 00:00:10.577 --> 00:00:13.080 align:middle line:84% Grateful to the Prose Series for their partnership 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.180 align:middle line:84% with the Poetry Center and bringing great writers 00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:17.070 align:middle line:84% into this space and sharing them with us. 00:00:17.070 --> 00:00:19.650 align:middle line:84% So we're very, very happy and pleased about that. 00:00:19.650 --> 00:00:21.550 align:middle line:84% Excited about what's happening tonight. 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:23.863 align:middle line:84% My pleasure to introduce my friend, Alison Deming, 00:00:23.863 --> 00:00:26.280 align:middle line:84% who will tell you a little bit more about the Prose Series 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:27.570 align:middle line:90% and get us on the road. 00:00:27.570 --> 00:00:29.370 align:middle line:84% So without further ado, Alison Deming. 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:31.220 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]