WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.102 align:middle line:84% So thank you all for coming out tonight. 00:00:03.102 --> 00:00:04.019 align:middle line:90% I just have a couple-- 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:05.852 align:middle line:84% there's a number of layers of introductions, 00:00:05.852 --> 00:00:09.150 align:middle line:84% so I'm layer two in your introduction. 00:00:09.150 --> 00:00:10.650 align:middle line:84% First, thanks to New Michigan Press 00:00:10.650 --> 00:00:12.630 align:middle line:84% for the broadsides tonight, which you may see 00:00:12.630 --> 00:00:15.840 align:middle line:90% are an A side, B side affair. 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:18.420 align:middle line:84% So you can take two if you really-- if there are any left, 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:20.760 align:middle line:84% and if you really want both of them for display, 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.480 align:middle line:84% or whatever nefarious purposes you might want to put them to. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.700 align:middle line:84% You can also ask Jenny and Lydia to sign afterwards. 00:00:29.700 --> 00:00:32.640 align:middle line:84% We're saying we're going to skip the Q and A after the reading 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:35.955 align:middle line:84% tonight, but we invite questions one on one 00:00:35.955 --> 00:00:37.830 align:middle line:84% with our writers, who are happy to sign books 00:00:37.830 --> 00:00:39.960 align:middle line:90% and broadsides afterwards. 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.450 align:middle line:84% And they're happy to A if you are happy to Q. 00:00:42.450 --> 00:00:43.290 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:43.290 --> 00:00:46.750 align:middle line:84% Second thing-- yeah, a second shout out, 00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:49.080 align:middle line:84% the next couple of readings are really great. 00:00:49.080 --> 00:00:50.580 align:middle line:84% I'm really looking forward to Ocean, 00:00:50.580 --> 00:00:53.010 align:middle line:84% and I'm really excited over Elena Passarello and David 00:00:53.010 --> 00:00:55.860 align:middle line:84% Shields, here in two weeks for the Prose Series. 00:00:55.860 --> 00:00:57.370 align:middle line:84% Thanks to the English department, 00:00:57.370 --> 00:00:59.460 align:middle line:84% College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:01.500 align:middle line:84% and a grant from Poets & Writers for helping 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:02.910 align:middle line:90% us to put these things on. 00:01:02.910 --> 00:01:05.610 align:middle line:84% We're also really excited to have Lydia and Jenny here 00:01:05.610 --> 00:01:09.450 align:middle line:84% tonight to read from their work, which we liked a great deal. 00:01:09.450 --> 00:01:13.260 align:middle line:84% So last announcement is you should go to the website 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:16.530 align:middle line:90% marchfadness.com tonight. 00:01:16.530 --> 00:01:18.810 align:middle line:84% It's the international championship 00:01:18.810 --> 00:01:22.590 align:middle line:84% of March Fadness, which is a yearly literary music 00:01:22.590 --> 00:01:23.640 align:middle line:90% tournament. 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.560 align:middle line:84% And tonight is the championship game, 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.670 align:middle line:84% featuring Natalie Imbruglia's song "Torn," versus OMC's "How 00:01:30.670 --> 00:01:31.170 align:middle line:90% Bizarre." 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:34.020 align:middle line:90% 00:01:34.020 --> 00:01:37.620 align:middle line:84% They've defeated 69 or 68 other songs to get to this point, 00:01:37.620 --> 00:01:41.070 align:middle line:84% and what they need is your vote by 9:00 AM tomorrow morning. 00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:42.258 align:middle line:90% So go to marchfadness.com. 00:01:42.258 --> 00:01:43.800 align:middle line:84% It's a tournament this year of essays 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:46.530 align:middle line:84% about one-hit wonders from the '90s, hence "fadness." 00:01:46.530 --> 00:01:48.630 align:middle line:84% Next year will be probably "shredness," 00:01:48.630 --> 00:01:50.550 align:middle line:90% being the heavy metal bracket. 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:53.500 align:middle line:84% And we have some more puns in line for that. 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:56.790 align:middle line:84% So please go vote, preferably for OMC. 00:01:56.790 --> 00:01:58.920 align:middle line:90% They really need your votes. 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:02.850 align:middle line:84% Natalie is kicking their ass, sadly. 00:02:02.850 --> 00:02:06.480 align:middle line:84% So the plan for tonight is I'll first 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.110 align:middle line:84% introduce Patrick Cline, who's going to come up and introduce 00:02:10.110 --> 00:02:11.280 align:middle line:90% Jenny Offill. 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.230 align:middle line:84% And then after that, Michelle Repke 00:02:13.230 --> 00:02:15.450 align:middle line:84% is going to give an introduction to Lydia Millet. 00:02:15.450 --> 00:02:18.348 align:middle line:84% And without further ado-- oh, I should also say, 00:02:18.348 --> 00:02:20.640 align:middle line:84% you should really support the Poetry Center if you can. 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:22.110 align:middle line:90% This is a great place. 00:02:22.110 --> 00:02:25.330 align:middle line:84% We're really happy to have a relationship with them. 00:02:25.330 --> 00:02:27.840 align:middle line:84% And you should help put your money where your butt is. 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:29.220 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:29.220 --> 00:02:32.670 align:middle line:90% Which means in their pockets. 00:02:32.670 --> 00:02:35.090 align:middle line:84% All right, I'm just going to get off the stage.