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Hello and welcome.

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My name is Renee Angle.

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I'm the program coordinator
here at the Poetry Center.

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I'm standing in tonight for Gail
Browne, our executive director.

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Before we begin, I have a
couple of announcements.

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Please join us tomorrow at 3:30
for the Next Word in Poetry:

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A Panel Discussion on New
Trends and Contemporary Poetry,

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featuring Mónica de la Torre,
Bhanu Kapil, and Ben Lerner.

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That will take place
at the Poetry Center.

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We'll be announcing our
spring series in mid-December.

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Please check our website
for those details.

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And I'd like to thank our
sponsors for the reading

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series--

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the National Endowment for
the Arts and the Friends

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of the Poetry Center.

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And speaking of the Friends
of the Poetry Center,

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you too, can befriend
if you haven't already.

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What better way to
stimulate Tucson's economy

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than to support programs
like tonight's reading?

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You may already be aware
of the economic impact

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nonprofit and arts organizations
have on our country's economy.

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It is significant.

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Your contributions do make
a difference, especially

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in these harsh times.

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If you have already made a
contribution, we thank you.

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And you can find a
brochure-- it's blue--

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on the table in the entrance to
the theater when you come in,

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if you'd like to
make the donation.

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Tonight's reading titled,
"The Next Word in Poetry"

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is a special component
of our reading series.

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We invite three emerging
writers whose work

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we find particularly
intriguing, to read

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and be in discussion
with us on new trends

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in contemporary poetry.

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Tonight these poets are Mónica
de la Torre, Bhanu Kapil,

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and Ben Lerner.

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They will be introduced
by graduate students

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in the creative
writing department--

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Meagan Lehr, Drew Krewer,
and Jamison Crabtree.

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We're going to begin tonight
with Mónica de la Torre.

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And she will be
introduced by Meagan Lehr.

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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS]

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