WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.760 align:middle line:84% We will not be doing the Q and A after tonight's reading, 00:00:02.760 --> 00:00:08.039 align:middle line:84% but hold on to your Qs and bring them up here for the As, 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:12.212 align:middle line:84% after you, perhaps, buy one of our readers' lovely debut books 00:00:12.212 --> 00:00:13.170 align:middle line:90% over here at the table. 00:00:13.170 --> 00:00:17.640 align:middle line:84% Marc and Jackie will be happy to sell you one, or several, 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:19.470 align:middle line:90% or a couple, or whatever. 00:00:19.470 --> 00:00:21.970 align:middle line:90% The whole range is possible. 00:00:21.970 --> 00:00:25.620 align:middle line:84% So without further ado, I would like to introduce Ander Monson, 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:27.870 align:middle line:84% who is a writer, and a professor, 00:00:27.870 --> 00:00:32.009 align:middle line:84% and the current director of the U of A MFA Creative Writing 00:00:32.009 --> 00:00:36.840 align:middle line:84% program, disc golf aficionado, sharp dresser, 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:41.200 align:middle line:84% and for tonight's purposes, the curator of the '16-'17 UA Prose 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:41.700 align:middle line:90% Series. 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:43.770 align:middle line:90% So please help me welcome Ander. 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:45.920 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]