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I'm glad you guys are here.

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Glad everyone is here.

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Welcome to the Poetry Center.

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Welcome to the 53rd annual
reading and lecture series.

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This is the second
reading in this series.

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We're really glad
everybody is here tonight.

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It's--

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[APPLAUSE]

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--so good to have
such a large crowd,

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so thanks everyone, for coming.

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Two introducers tonight.

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I'll just mention both of them.

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Annie's going to read first,
Richard will read second.

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The first is Brian Blanchfield,
he'll introduce Annie Guthrie.

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He's a local poet and a radio
personality here in Tucson.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And then Drew Burk
will introduce Richard.

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And Drew is just a key cog
in all things publishing

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in the Tucson
community, especially

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with the ubiquitous Spork Press.