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I'm so happy to be
running for president,

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and I'm grateful to all
of you for coming out

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to this fundraiser.

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Just kidding.

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My name is Tyler.

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I work here as the director
at the Poetry Center.

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I'm glad to see so many of you
coming out on a Tucson summer

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night for this
reading in particular.

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Grateful for that.

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Two amazing readers.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Two amazing readers.

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To introduce Vickie
and to introduce Erin,

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we have two wonderful
faculty members here

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at the U of A. Great friends
of the Poetry Center.

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Introducing Erin, who's
going to read first,

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is our friend
Ander Monson, who's

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a professor of English and
creative writing here at the U

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of A, as well as the director
of the creative writing MFA

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program here at the university.

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And then Adela Licona
is here, and she

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is a professor of English
at the university as well.

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She's also the interim
director for the Institute

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for LGBT Studies here at the
U of A. Big year, big job,

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amazing collaborator for us
here at the Poetry Center.

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We're very excited
about both of them.

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So we'll welcome
Ander first for Erin,

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and then we'll have
Adela for Vickie.

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Please help me
welcome Ander Monson.

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[APPLAUSE]

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