WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.230 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.230 --> 00:00:03.160 align:middle line:90% Hello, everybody. 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:04.470 align:middle line:90% Welcome to the Poetry Center. 00:00:04.470 --> 00:00:05.460 align:middle line:90% I'm Hannah Ensor. 00:00:05.460 --> 00:00:07.140 align:middle line:90% I'm the event's coordinator. 00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:08.670 align:middle line:84% I'm really excited for this reading. 00:00:08.670 --> 00:00:11.530 align:middle line:84% We all are really excited for this reading. 00:00:11.530 --> 00:00:15.300 align:middle line:84% It's our first UA Prose Series Reading of the semester. 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:16.379 align:middle line:90% Yay. 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:18.570 align:middle line:90% It's Willy Vlautin. 00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:20.560 align:middle line:90% Thank you all for being here. 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:22.320 align:middle line:84% I'd like to invite up Kate Bernheimer. 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.110 align:middle line:84% She's our Prose Series Coordinator this semester. 00:00:25.110 --> 00:00:28.827 align:middle line:84% She is author, publisher, and teacher extraordinaire herself. 00:00:28.827 --> 00:00:30.660 align:middle line:84% The only thing that I'll say about her right 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.910 align:middle line:84% now is that if you were here with us last week, 00:00:32.910 --> 00:00:35.520 align:middle line:84% you got to witness a really remarkable reading 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.610 align:middle line:84% from her new book, How a Mother Weaned 00:00:38.610 --> 00:00:40.020 align:middle line:90% Her Girl From Fairy Tales. 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:41.980 align:middle line:84% It's also well worth checking out. 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:43.770 align:middle line:84% You missed the 20% off from last week, 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.290 align:middle line:84% but maybe Kate can cut you a deal. 00:00:46.290 --> 00:00:47.940 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:47.940 --> 00:00:49.380 align:middle line:90% We're lucky to have her here. 00:00:49.380 --> 00:00:51.120 align:middle line:84% We're lucky that she invited Willy. 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:52.200 align:middle line:90% Help me welcome Kate. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.500 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:56.000 align:middle line:90%