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Welcome, everyone.

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Thank you.

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Welcome, everyone.

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I'm Diana Marie Delgado.

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I'm a poet and the
Literary Director

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here of the Poetry
Center, here at the UA.

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And I'm beyond honored
to host and present

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a co-reading with poets Marcelo
Hernandez Castillo and Marwa

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Helal tonight as part
of our Art for Justice

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Initiative and Morgan Lucas
Schuldt Memorial Reading.

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I want to also thank
our introducers tonight,

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for their gift of generosity.

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Gracias to Farid Matuk, UA
Associate Professor and poet,

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who will introduce Marwa
Helal, and Marla Franco,

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Assistant Vice Provost of
Hispanic Serving Institution

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Initiatives, who will introduce
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.

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I also want to give
a very big shout

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out to the Poetry Center team
who make all of these readings

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possible.

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So thanks to everyone--
introducers, poets,

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Poetry Center team.

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Briefly, I just want
to share a few notes

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about tonight's reading.

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This night's Art for
Justice presentation

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is part of a three-year grant
funded project that commissions

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new work from leading
writers to explore

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the relationship between
poetry and the crisis

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of mass incarceration
in our country,

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in the hope of creating
a new kind of thinking

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with different possibilities.

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More about also the Morgan
Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading

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can be found online.

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But this reading
is meant to feature

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emerging and innovative poets.

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This reading is
presented annually

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as part of the Poetry Center's
Reading and Lecture Series

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and is named after poet
and publisher, Morgan Lucas

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Schuldt.

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And you can read more
about these two initiatives

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on the Poetry Center's website.

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Before we begin
tonight's program,

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I want to share two reminders.

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I want to remind everyone
that we have books for sale.

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So please don't forget to
support not only the poets

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but also our efforts to
make sure that we have books

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here for you to purchase.

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And I also want to show that our
next reading will be occurring

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on Thursday, April
7th and will feature

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poet Donika Kelly as part of
our Reading and Lecture Series.

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Thanks to everyone
for being here.

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I'd like to now
invite Marla Franco up

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to help us introduce
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.

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Let's please give a warm
welcome to Marla, please.

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Thank you so much.

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