Tonight's reading.
This reading is the Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading.
The Morgan Lucas Schuldt Reading features
emerging and innovative poets, and this event
is presented annually as part of the Poetry Center's reading
and lecture series.
It's underwritten by a private donor,
and it honors the memory of the poet and publisher Morgan Lucas
Schuldt, who lived from February 1978 to January 2012.
Morgan was the author of two books of poetry, three poetry
chapbooks, two pamphlets, his poems
appeared in more than 30 print and online journals.
They were anthologized in the Best New Poets 2007,
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel,
and Prose Poetry, Flash Fiction: An Anthology.
We're so excited to have Francine and Tarfia here
tonight to continue in this third iteration of this named
reading series.
Thank you guys so much for coming and being with us.
I will step down.
I will introduce Hannah Ensor who does the reading--
who coordinates the reading series for us.
And as a program coordinator at the Poetry Center
she's going to introduce our readers.
Hannah Ensor.
Thanks.