Welcome to the Poetry Center.
My name is Hannah Ensor.
I'm the reading and lecture series coordinator here.
I'm really happy to see you all out here.
I'm going to rush to introduce Ander Monson up
to introduce the Prose Series, and the introducers,
and the readers.
But first I just want to make sure one thing is
on your radar.
If you don't already have this penciled in
and circled onto your calendar, at this time,
next week, next Thursday at 7:00 PM here in this room--
next Thursday is the 20th, right?
April 20th, Thursday, 7PM, the one,
the only Mary Ruefle will be here reading things to us,
poems, prose things.
Whatever she decides to read, she will be reading to us here.
So that's one to make sure you don't miss.
I think that's really it.
So Ander is a friend of this place and a lot of things.
I was trying to figure out in advance all
of the many things I could say about you,
but I think maybe it's easier if I say none of them.
But Ander's really great and he's
going to come up and tell you a little bit
about the introducers.