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So now, gonna welcome
up our two poets.

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I'll introduce them at
once and have a seat.

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Remember to write a wish,
don't forget to write a wish.

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We'll put these up in
the patriarchy later.

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So first, Erik Loya-Tolano
is going to come up.

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He is a student
at Sunnyside High

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School here in South Tucson.

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[CHEERING]

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He's the current youth
slam champion for the city.

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What?

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A cool thing about
him is that he was--

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that he saved a
baby bird last week.

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If you want to know more
about Spoken Futures,

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you can look that up whilst
you're here and support them.

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And then Enrique García
Naranjo will join us.

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21-year-old poet, performer
and pocho from Tucson.

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Alliteration.

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His work has been published
in the Acentos Review.

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I haven't published
there, so that's badass.

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Sunday Kinfolk and more.

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He finished his third
Borderlands theater production,

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The Ghosts of Lote
Bravo by Hilary Bettis.

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And look up hashtag #mexellent
to read his amazing L.A. Times

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article on finding
his voice in Tucson.

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Please welcome Erik Loya
and then Enrique García.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Come on up.