Starting off with a question, is this water for us?
[CHUCKLES] Thank you very much.
First I want to say, that was such a beautiful introduction.
Thank you, Paola, that was just extraordinary,
and so heartfelt. So thank you.
Thank you Diana, and everyone at the Poetry Center for having us
here.
I'm so excited to be here, all the way from Brooklyn.
And thank you, Aria, for being co-readers tonight.
I am so excited to be here with you and read with you.
Just a sip.
Hello.
OK.
So I'm going to read just a 15 minute selection
from Speculation.
And I like to kind of do it in the narrative order
in which the book was written.
So I'll just kind of be flowing through the book,
and I'll stop at certain moments.