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Good evening.

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David Dominguez was born and
raised in Fresno, California.

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He was educated at California
State University, Fresno,

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and the University of
California, Irvine,

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and received his MFA from
the University of Arizona.

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His chapbook "Marcoli
Sausage" was published

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by the Chicano Chapbook Series.

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He has also been published in
various magazines and journals,

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such as Faultline, Crab
Orchard Review, Luna,

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Bloomsbury Review, and Solo.

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In addition, his poetry
appears in the anthology, How

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Much Earth: The Fresno Poets.

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He has taught at Long
Beach City College

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and now teaches
writing and literature

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at Ridley College in
California's San Joaquin

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Valley.

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Dominguez's book
Work Done Right is

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the story of a young
man named Abraham Tovar.

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He works in a sausage
factory and seeks

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to find his personal
place, his own history.

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Through vivid imagery
and rich language,

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Dominguez explores
the human condition

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through juxtapositions
between nature and human,

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inducing a longing
for what is familiar.

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It asks of the
reader, who has wanted

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to accomplish more in life.

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Work Done Right is
where vivid life

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is discovered in the mundane.

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In the unraveling
narrative, true meaning

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appears when desire
meets the unexpected.

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Abraham discovers
himself in slender hands,

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grinding pork, missing fingers,
a red pickup truck, a Magnolia

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tree, and repaired railroads.

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In Dominguez's poetry,
the human spirit

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is defined in both tender
and rustic moments.

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He artfully crafts a union
between simple and boundless

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ideas.

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The reader celebrates along
with Abraham's revelations

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because, indeed, the reader
experiences a personal victory

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as well.

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Through the Spanish language
and cultural elements,

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Dominguez requires multilayered
meaning in each word.

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His images offer
hope in oneself,

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that the body can replenish all
that the world has taken away.

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Honoring place and peeling
away judgment on employment,

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relationships, and
heritage, Dominguez

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accomplishes a poetic
journey that must be taken.

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It is my pleasure to
introduce David Dominguez.

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