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Hello.

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Hi.

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Welcome, everybody.

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There are so many of you here.

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I'm so happy to see you all.

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I'm Hannah Ensor.

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I coordinate the reading
and lecture series here,

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that you are
currently attending.

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Tonight's reading is part
of our annual series, which

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remembers poet and publisher
Morgan Lucas Schuldt, who

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lived from 1978 to 2012.

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Philip Metres described
Morgan's poetics as being,

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quote, "one of lyrical fracture,
brokenness as neologism,

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archaicism as innovation."

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End quote.

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Every year, thanks to the
generosity of a private donor,

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we present emerging and
innovative poets in his honor.

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We give ourselves this chance
to remember how important he

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was to poetry, and to Tucson.

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Without further ado, I'd like
to welcome up our introducers

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for tonight, both
poets and friends.

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TC Tolbert will be introducing
Danniel Schoonebeek,

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and Farid Matuk will be
introducing Solmaz Sharif.

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Thank you to TC and to
Farid, and thank you

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to Danniel and to Solmaz.

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We're really excited.