WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.520 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:03.350 align:middle line:84% We have to get very close to the mic. 00:00:03.350 --> 00:00:05.130 align:middle line:90% Good evening, everyone. 00:00:05.130 --> 00:00:08.060 align:middle line:84% As we get ourselves settled, it looks 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:10.460 align:middle line:84% like we have just about enough seats, which 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:13.700 align:middle line:84% is a great thing, that it's a nice problem 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:15.915 align:middle line:90% to have not enough seats. 00:00:15.915 --> 00:00:18.290 align:middle line:84% Just a reminder, if you can silence your phone or turn it 00:00:18.290 --> 00:00:22.490 align:middle line:84% off, that'd be a very nice thing for y'all to do. 00:00:22.490 --> 00:00:23.870 align:middle line:90% My name is Manuel Muñoz. 00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:26.960 align:middle line:84% I'm the director of the Prose Series for this academic year. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.900 align:middle line:84% Welcome to the third reading of the year. 00:00:29.900 --> 00:00:33.890 align:middle line:84% Happy new year, if we have not crossed paths. 00:00:33.890 --> 00:00:37.370 align:middle line:84% And before I welcome Lucy Kirkman, who's 00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:42.320 align:middle line:84% a student in our program to introduce our esteemed guest, 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.410 align:middle line:90% I'm here to give the thanks. 00:00:45.410 --> 00:00:48.560 align:middle line:84% This Prose Series is not possible without the help 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.870 align:middle line:90% of a lot of people. 00:00:50.870 --> 00:00:52.400 align:middle line:84% First and foremost, Poetry Center, 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:54.920 align:middle line:84% thank you for the logistics of just giving us 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:57.620 align:middle line:90% this night and this space. 00:00:57.620 --> 00:01:01.130 align:middle line:84% Creative writing, Aurelie Sheehan, Ander Monson, 00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:04.040 align:middle line:84% especially for these beautiful broadsides. 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.980 align:middle line:84% As we have been here, Ander and I now 10 years, 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:12.740 align:middle line:84% 11 years together, these are becoming collector's items. 00:01:12.740 --> 00:01:14.120 align:middle line:90% I'm telling you. 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:16.490 align:middle line:90% There's just so many beautiful-- 00:01:16.490 --> 00:01:18.020 align:middle line:84% it's a beautiful archive of who's 00:01:18.020 --> 00:01:21.830 align:middle line:84% come through this space in the service of prose. 00:01:21.830 --> 00:01:25.010 align:middle line:84% So one more that he's given to us. 00:01:25.010 --> 00:01:27.500 align:middle line:90% Who else do we have to thank? 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:32.630 align:middle line:84% Over the course of the year, several units across campus of 00:01:32.630 --> 00:01:35.000 align:middle line:90% helped us get funding. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.250 align:middle line:84% That would be department of English, creative writing, 00:01:37.250 --> 00:01:38.780 align:middle line:90% as I said before. 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:42.830 align:middle line:84% The Institute for LGBT studies here on campus, poets 00:01:42.830 --> 00:01:45.020 align:middle line:90% and writers nationally. 00:01:45.020 --> 00:01:47.840 align:middle line:84% I'm very grateful to the Adalberto and Ana Guerrero 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.130 align:middle line:84% Student Center, that was a huge collaboration for us 00:01:52.130 --> 00:01:56.240 align:middle line:84% that they were happy to co-sponsor this year. 00:01:56.240 --> 00:01:58.670 align:middle line:84% Department of Mexican-American Studies as well. 00:01:58.670 --> 00:02:01.040 align:middle line:84% And especially, I want to thank you, 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.440 align:middle line:84% Alison, for this reading for tonight, 00:02:03.440 --> 00:02:07.070 align:middle line:84% the Haury Program in the Environmental Studies 00:02:07.070 --> 00:02:08.870 align:middle line:90% and Social Justice. 00:02:08.870 --> 00:02:12.740 align:middle line:84% Thank you, Alison, for making that possible. 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:14.780 align:middle line:84% And also to remind you on April 11, 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:17.840 align:middle line:84% the final reading for the academic year is Cherríe 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.610 align:middle line:90% Moraga. 00:02:19.610 --> 00:02:21.710 align:middle line:84% What I anticipated in summer is going 00:02:21.710 --> 00:02:23.780 align:middle line:90% to be bigger than I thought. 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:27.650 align:middle line:84% Meaning, she got a starred review in Kirkus just a couple 00:02:27.650 --> 00:02:28.670 align:middle line:90% of weeks ago. 00:02:28.670 --> 00:02:31.970 align:middle line:84% This book is going to be huge, and she's 00:02:31.970 --> 00:02:35.090 align:middle line:84% going to come here, which I think is so fantastic. 00:02:35.090 --> 00:02:38.150 align:middle line:84% So anyway, we'll see you in a couple of months, 00:02:38.150 --> 00:02:40.320 align:middle line:84% or you'll see me in a couple of months. 00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:43.840 align:middle line:90% Until then, Lucy, adelante. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.000 align:middle line:90%