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I'm Steve Ochoa
from KQED TV news

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13 and honored and
delighted to be here

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and we thank you for
your participation.

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We would first of all
like to welcome you

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to the first annual and
certainly the beginning

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of a lifelong learning
and authorship

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here at the
University of Arizona.

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It's the first annual
Tucson festival of books.

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And I'd be remiss
if first of all, I

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didn't thank our
sponsors, Barnes and Noble

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for this wonderful setup, and
our dear friend from the Poetry

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Center.

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I had Bill Viner on
the air the other day

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and he said, Steve
he said, I don't

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know if anybody will be coming.

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Yesterday, they reported
between 25,000 and 30,000 people

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came to the inauguration.

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[APPLAUSE]

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So welcome.

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You're part of a
phenomenal number.

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We have a wonderful program
for you this morning

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and I've had the good fortune
of meeting now Robert Shelton

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and Ken Lamberton.

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And I think when
they're finished,

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you're going to
be just mesmerized

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by their personal stories but
also by their creative writing

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talents.

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The-- I'm sorry, Richard.

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Who did I say?

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Robert?

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Typical journalist.

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Not scripted up here.

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So sorry about that, Richard.

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We're going to have--

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Richard will read a little
bit about 20 minutes then

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our friend Ken Lamberton will
read for about 20 minutes,

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and then we'll leave
it up to all of you

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to ask some great questions
and they're happy to respond.

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Let me give you a little
background on Richard Shelton.

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He is a Regents Professor
teacher here at the University

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of Arizona, retired.

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He retired in-- I
think Richard, it

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was 2007 after serving
here for many, many years.

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You may know him for his
first non-fiction book,

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Going Back to Bisbee.

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But prior to that, he had
written over 12 poetry books

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and he's going to do some
reading from a book called

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Crossing the Yard.

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As you probably
know, Richard has

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spent 30 years within
the prison system

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having workshops for prisoners.

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And I think you're going to find
him very, very much engaging.

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And then on the opposite
end of the spectrum,

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we have a wonderful guy
named Ken Lamberton.

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And Ken Lamberton was actually
a graduate of Richard Shelton's

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workshops and so you're going
to find that fascinating.

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And he's written a couple of
books, one called Time of Grace

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that he's going to
be talking about

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and then also one called,
Wilderness and Razor Wire.

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So let's please welcome first
to the podium Richard Shelton.

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[APPLAUSE]

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