WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.840 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:02.882 align:middle line:84% Thank you all for coming out tonight. 00:00:02.882 --> 00:00:05.340 align:middle line:84% I'm Ander Monson and I direct the Creative Writing Program, 00:00:05.340 --> 00:00:09.210 align:middle line:84% and I'm also coordinating the prose series this year. 00:00:09.210 --> 00:00:10.860 align:middle line:84% And thanks for the Poetry Center, 00:00:10.860 --> 00:00:13.740 align:middle line:84% to having us as part of what is possibly 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:18.390 align:middle line:84% the best year of readings I've ever seen at the Poetry Center. 00:00:18.390 --> 00:00:21.130 align:middle line:84% Looking at the schedule, that's the way it looks to me. 00:00:21.130 --> 00:00:25.020 align:middle line:84% So thank you so much for making space for us tonight. 00:00:25.020 --> 00:00:28.140 align:middle line:84% So tonight, we have two readers who are going to read. 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:33.090 align:middle line:84% In order, we have Karen Brennan and then Julie Iromuanya. 00:00:33.090 --> 00:00:35.620 align:middle line:84% And I want to say, yeah, thanks a lot for coming out. 00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:37.380 align:middle line:90% We're really excited. 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:41.580 align:middle line:84% Karen's an alum of the UA and a writer that I admire greatly. 00:00:41.580 --> 00:00:45.400 align:middle line:84% And, of course, Julie is one of our faculty members. 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:50.130 align:middle line:84% So first, we'll have Karen being introduced by Jessica Malordy. 00:00:50.130 --> 00:00:54.380 align:middle line:84% And then second, we'll have Manuel Muñoz introducing Julie 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:56.600 align:middle line:90% Iromuanya tonight.