WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.160 align:middle line:90% Hello, everybody. 00:00:01.160 --> 00:00:01.670 align:middle line:90% Welcome. 00:00:01.670 --> 00:00:03.560 align:middle line:90% How are you all? 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:04.310 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:06.230 align:middle line:84% I'm going to see if it's going to stay. 00:00:06.230 --> 00:00:08.930 align:middle line:90% Great. 00:00:08.930 --> 00:00:09.800 align:middle line:90% Amazing. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:11.450 align:middle line:84% It's so nice to see all of Tucson 00:00:11.450 --> 00:00:12.800 align:middle line:90% here for a poetry reading. 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:13.400 align:middle line:90% Good work. 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:15.680 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:18.020 align:middle line:84% If you're just arriving in the back and you want a seat, 00:00:18.020 --> 00:00:19.760 align:middle line:84% there's some seats that are up here on the side. 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.160 align:middle line:84% So you're welcome to come on in and grab a seat, if you like. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:23.690 align:middle line:84% And if you prefer to stand in the back, 00:00:23.690 --> 00:00:24.982 align:middle line:90% you're also welcome to do that. 00:00:24.982 --> 00:00:26.600 align:middle line:84% But there are seats, if you want them. 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.830 align:middle line:90% So come on in. 00:00:27.830 --> 00:00:28.790 align:middle line:90% I'm glad you're here. 00:00:28.790 --> 00:00:31.165 align:middle line:84% You guys-- you've made an excellent choice for a Thursday 00:00:31.165 --> 00:00:31.730 align:middle line:90% night. 00:00:31.730 --> 00:00:33.650 align:middle line:90% So good work, everybody. 00:00:33.650 --> 00:00:35.420 align:middle line:90% You're already doing great. 00:00:35.420 --> 00:00:36.530 align:middle line:90% My name is Tyler. 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:38.840 align:middle line:84% And I work here as the director at the Poetry Center. 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.200 align:middle line:84% We're thrilled to have Paisley Rekdal with us. 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.240 align:middle line:84% And so we'll hear from Paisley shortly, and have 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:45.768 align:middle line:90% an introduction for her. 00:00:45.768 --> 00:00:47.810 align:middle line:84% And it's just a great gift to have her in Tucson. 00:00:47.810 --> 00:00:51.260 align:middle line:84% It's been a wonderful visit already, and lots of gratitude 00:00:51.260 --> 00:00:52.190 align:middle line:90% for it. 00:00:52.190 --> 00:00:53.180 align:middle line:84% But I want to tell you about a couple 00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:55.310 align:middle line:84% of things that are happening at the Poetry Center first, 00:00:55.310 --> 00:00:56.780 align:middle line:90% so just some quick housekeeping. 00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:58.940 align:middle line:84% And then we'll get right onto the good part 00:00:58.940 --> 00:01:01.790 align:middle line:90% of what you're all here for. 00:01:01.790 --> 00:01:03.152 align:middle line:90% There's some people to thank. 00:01:03.152 --> 00:01:05.360 align:middle line:84% So first of all, thanks to all of you for being here. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:07.880 align:middle line:84% Thanks to our Whitman circle group that helps 00:01:07.880 --> 00:01:10.012 align:middle line:84% support all of the readings at the Poetry Center. 00:01:10.012 --> 00:01:11.970 align:middle line:84% If you're interested in learning more about how 00:01:11.970 --> 00:01:13.650 align:middle line:84% you can be part of that group, encourage 00:01:13.650 --> 00:01:15.405 align:middle line:84% you to talk to me after the reading 00:01:15.405 --> 00:01:17.280 align:middle line:84% or come and visit the Poetry Center sometime. 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.447 align:middle line:84% We can tell you about how you can join that and help 00:01:19.447 --> 00:01:23.580 align:middle line:84% us support visits from poets and the makers of this art form 00:01:23.580 --> 00:01:26.100 align:middle line:84% so that we can keep sustaining it going forward. 00:01:26.100 --> 00:01:28.557 align:middle line:84% We also want to thank the Innovations in Healthy Aging 00:01:28.557 --> 00:01:30.390 align:middle line:84% initiative here at the University of Arizona 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:32.610 align:middle line:84% for their support of our reading series, the College 00:01:32.610 --> 00:01:35.100 align:middle line:84% of Humanities for their enduring support of everything 00:01:35.100 --> 00:01:38.370 align:middle line:84% that we do, including our dean, Alain-Philippe Durand, who 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:39.425 align:middle line:90% is here, who's my boss. 00:01:39.425 --> 00:01:41.175 align:middle line:84% So let's give him a big round of applause. 00:01:41.175 --> 00:01:43.620 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:45.780 align:middle line:90% I'll have that on record. 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:47.940 align:middle line:84% I'm going to say, do you remember, they applauded? 00:01:47.940 --> 00:01:49.320 align:middle line:90% So grateful for that. 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:51.408 align:middle line:84% And then also gratitude to the Honors College 00:01:51.408 --> 00:01:53.700 align:middle line:84% here at the U of A for their support of what we do here 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:54.930 align:middle line:90% in the reading series. 00:01:54.930 --> 00:01:57.000 align:middle line:84% Coming up next week on Thursday, back 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:58.800 align:middle line:84% in this space at 7 o'clock, we're 00:01:58.800 --> 00:02:00.780 align:middle line:84% going to have a visit from the poet Yanyi. 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:02.550 align:middle line:84% We're very excited about Yanyi's visit 00:02:02.550 --> 00:02:05.520 align:middle line:84% to Tucson, and that they'll be coming to read from their work. 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:06.870 align:middle line:90% We're really pleased for that. 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:08.580 align:middle line:90% So that's here at 7 o'clock. 00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:11.039 align:middle line:84% There's a live stream that's available as well. 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:11.880 align:middle line:90% Come back for that. 00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:14.790 align:middle line:84% We'll be excited to see everybody back at that time. 00:02:14.790 --> 00:02:17.430 align:middle line:84% This weekend, if you have young people in your life, 00:02:17.430 --> 00:02:19.020 align:middle line:84% we'll have our Kids Create program. 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:20.520 align:middle line:84% If you've never been to that and you 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.020 align:middle line:84% have young people involved in your life, 00:02:22.020 --> 00:02:23.370 align:middle line:90% this is a great place to come. 00:02:23.370 --> 00:02:25.140 align:middle line:84% We make the Poetry Center entirely 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:26.730 align:middle line:90% into a kid-centric space. 00:02:26.730 --> 00:02:29.850 align:middle line:84% And there are age-based reading activities, there's music, 00:02:29.850 --> 00:02:31.350 align:middle line:90% there are healthy snacks. 00:02:31.350 --> 00:02:32.760 align:middle line:90% It's a great day for everybody. 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:34.980 align:middle line:84% So that starts at 10 o'clock on Saturday. 00:02:34.980 --> 00:02:36.840 align:middle line:84% We'll hope to see you here for that. 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.540 align:middle line:84% And then at 1 o'clock, we have one of our poetry circles. 00:02:39.540 --> 00:02:42.253 align:middle line:84% These are informal conversations about poets. 00:02:42.253 --> 00:02:44.670 align:middle line:84% And this is a poet who's going to be reading at the Poetry 00:02:44.670 --> 00:02:45.690 align:middle line:90% Center in October. 00:02:45.690 --> 00:02:48.330 align:middle line:84% So that conversation will be about Timothy Donnelly. 00:02:48.330 --> 00:02:50.040 align:middle line:84% Again, Donnelly will be here in October 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:51.480 align:middle line:90% to read from his new book. 00:02:51.480 --> 00:02:53.580 align:middle line:84% And our docents, George Subiti is 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:55.470 align:middle line:84% going to lead that conversation for us. 00:02:55.470 --> 00:02:57.600 align:middle line:84% Those-- no preparation necessary. 00:02:57.600 --> 00:02:58.377 align:middle line:90% Please come. 00:02:58.377 --> 00:03:00.960 align:middle line:84% You'll get a packet of poems and a bunch of inquisitive people 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.700 align:middle line:90% to speak about poems with. 00:03:02.700 --> 00:03:06.180 align:middle line:84% That's at 1 o'clock here at the Poetry Center as well. 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:07.440 align:middle line:90% So lots going on. 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:10.350 align:middle line:84% It's my pleasure to welcome up a colleague, who's 00:03:10.350 --> 00:03:12.270 align:middle line:84% going to introduce Paisley to all of us. 00:03:12.270 --> 00:03:15.000 align:middle line:84% This is my colleague, Julie Swarstad Johnson, 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.155 align:middle line:84% who is the archivist and outreach librarian here 00:03:17.155 --> 00:03:18.030 align:middle line:90% at the Poetry Center. 00:03:18.030 --> 00:03:19.800 align:middle line:84% So I get to work with her every day. 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:21.630 align:middle line:90% And that's a great gift. 00:03:21.630 --> 00:03:24.330 align:middle line:84% She's also a terrific poet, and the author of the book 00:03:24.330 --> 00:03:25.530 align:middle line:90% Pennsylvania Furnace. 00:03:25.530 --> 00:03:28.350 align:middle line:84% And she's co-edited the anthology, Beyond Earth's Edge: 00:03:28.350 --> 00:03:30.530 align:middle line:90% The Poetry of Spaceflight. 00:03:30.530 --> 00:03:34.110 align:middle line:84% She does all of these things and more at the Poetry Center. 00:03:34.110 --> 00:03:36.020 align:middle line:84% So we're really grateful for Julie, 00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:38.520 align:middle line:84% and want to welcome her up here to introduce Paisley Rekdal. 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:39.020 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:03:39.020 --> 00:03:40.940 align:middle line:90% So yeah.