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Hi, everyone.

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Thank you so much for
coming out tonight

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to another amazing event,
obviously, I'm biased.

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But thank you for coming
out to another amazing event

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at the Poetry Center.

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Tonight, we are very excited to
host Aria Aber and Shayla Lawz,

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tonight in the Morgan Lucas
Schuldt Memorial Reading.

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I just want to say a few words
about what that reading means.

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The Morgan Lucas
Schuldt Memorial Reading

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features emerging
and innovative poets.

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This event is presented annually
as part of the Poetry Center's

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reading and lecture
series and is

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named after poet and publisher
Morgan Lucas Schuldt.

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You can read more about
his life and his work

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online at the Poetry
Center's website.

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Two things that I just
want to briefly share

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is that our next reading is
October 6 with Victoria Chang.

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And October 13, we
will be also hosting

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Rita Dove, as part of
the Humanities Festival.

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So that is going to
happen on October 13.

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So please come out, enjoy.

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Just two really
beautiful writers

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that I'm hoping that we can
all celebrate here in Tucson.

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Woo.

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[CHUCKLES]

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you.

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I'm now going to go ahead and
invite up the poet as well

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as our event coordinator
here at the Poetry Center,

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Paola, who will be
introducing our first poet.

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So thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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