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And welcome to everybody.

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Thank you for coming.

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[INAUDIBLE] is with the Tucson
writers' project, the Tucson

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Pima public library,
and as always

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happens when we are
co-sponsoring an event

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with the U of A Poetry Center
and bring a distinguished

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lecture, we have
some people to thank

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for allowing this to happen.

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We are grateful for the support
of the U of A Poetry Center.

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Hello, Frances, the
literary director.

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We'd also like to thank the
Tucson Pima County Public

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Library and the friends of
the Tucson Pima Public Library

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and funding, which allows
these events to happen.

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Also the U of A
creative writing program

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has been in support
of this program today,

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and we thank you very much.

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In particular our
thanks to also go

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to the staff of the Woods
Memorial Library, who's helped

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to secure the room and
put this program on.

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It's a little bit
hard to imagine

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that anybody has
traveled further

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than our speaker has today.

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I'm pleased to bring you
Professor Michael Schmidt,

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who's the director
of the writing

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school at Manchester
Metropolitan University

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in Manchester, England.

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He's also the founder and
director of the Carcanet Press,

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founder, editorial, and managing
director, Carcanet Press--

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I'll say that twice
just to make sure

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you haven't it since 1969--

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founder and editor of
PN Review since 1972.

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He's a professor of medieval
and renaissance poetry

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who also teaches 17th, 18th,
and 20th century poetry,

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the modern novel,
gay literature,

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as well as creative writing.

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His publications include,
but are not limited to,

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"The Lives Of The Poets", "The
Harbor Book of 20th Century

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Poetry: Volumes One Through
Five" and "The Story

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Of Poetry", and "The
First Poets, the Greeks".

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We're thrilled to have you here.

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Please welcome Professor
Michael Schmidt.

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