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Hi, welcome to the first
evening of the spring

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2005 visiting poets and
writers reading series.

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I'm Frances Sjoberg, Literary
Director of the Poetry Center.

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And we're thrilled to kick
off, tonight, this season,

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with David Dominguez, Brenda
Shaughnessy, and Gary Copeland

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Lilley.

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These poets were
selected to read

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as part of our
series, Emergence,

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The Next Word in Poetry,
because we at the Poetry Center

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believe their work
heralds a dynamic era

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for American poetry.

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Our readers will be
introduced tonight

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by graduate poets in the
University of Arizona's

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creative writing program.

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They are Jodi Kendall, Dawn
Pendergast, and Josh Fox.

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We didn't review the
reading order tonight,

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so we're going to do it in
that order, if that's OK.

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David, and then
Brenda, and then Gary.