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Welcome, everyone to a
really beautiful night here

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in Tucson, Arizona.

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I'm Diana Marie Delgado.

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I'm the literary director
of the Poetry Center,

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and I'm beyond ecstatic
today to be here

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with you to celebrate
the poetry of Mark Doty.

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Let's hear it for Mark.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Mark is here as part of our
annual Tom Sanders Memorial

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Reading which features
writers who are of importance

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to the University of Arizona.

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And Mark attended the
University of Arizona,

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and he also spent
a lot of time here.

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He and I were just sort of
chatting earlier a little bit

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about time that he
had spent here locally

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and how much Tucson has changed.

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So he can definitely
talk more about that.

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But he really loves
it here, and we're

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so glad that he's
made time to just

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be with us to share his words.

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Mark, I think, has
over 15, 16 books.

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He actually lost count.

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He's like, give or take 10.

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So it's just-- it's such an
honor to be here tonight just

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to celebrate him and
all the other poets

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that we bring
throughout the year.

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I'll be sharing
more announcements

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of what we have in store for
the spring, of our classes,

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our readers that will be coming.

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And I just also
want to remind you

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that Mark will stick
around after the reading

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to sign books.

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So don't miss that opportunity.

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The Poetry Center
has been impacted

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by the losses of some key
advocates to our center,

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and I just want to note the
passing of Helen Schaefer whose

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life will be celebrated
here at the Poetry Center

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this Saturday from 3:00
to 5:00 in the breezeway.

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Everyone is welcome.

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It will also be live-streamed.

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So if you can't
make it, you don't

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have to be here in
person, but you could also

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sort of celebrate
their importance

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to the Poetry Center.

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There is also the recent
passing of Richard Shelton.

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And I just want to acknowledge
that without advocates,

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the Poetry Center
wouldn't exist.

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So I just want to
acknowledge that.

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I will be inviting
now Alison Deming,

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who will say a few words
about Richard Shelton

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and who will also be
here to introduce Mark.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]