WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.980 align:middle line:90% Hello, everybody. 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:01.820 align:middle line:90% Welcome. 00:00:01.820 --> 00:00:02.390 align:middle line:90% Hello. 00:00:02.390 --> 00:00:03.590 align:middle line:90% How is everybody? 00:00:03.590 --> 00:00:04.670 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:00:04.670 --> 00:00:05.540 align:middle line:90% Hooray. 00:00:05.540 --> 00:00:06.650 align:middle line:90% Good to see folks. 00:00:06.650 --> 00:00:07.610 align:middle line:90% Happy Thursday. 00:00:07.610 --> 00:00:08.922 align:middle line:90% Glad people are here. 00:00:08.922 --> 00:00:10.130 align:middle line:90% Welcome to the Poetry Center. 00:00:10.130 --> 00:00:10.880 align:middle line:90% My name is Tyler. 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:12.380 align:middle line:90% I work here as the director. 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.230 align:middle line:84% We're happy to see people here and availing themselves 00:00:15.230 --> 00:00:16.370 align:middle line:90% of a great poetry reading. 00:00:16.370 --> 00:00:18.245 align:middle line:84% It's going to be a great one tonight from one 00:00:18.245 --> 00:00:20.330 align:middle line:84% of my favorite poets, so glad everybody's 00:00:20.330 --> 00:00:22.370 align:middle line:84% made this good choice to be here with us. 00:00:22.370 --> 00:00:23.870 align:middle line:84% A couple of housekeeping things want 00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:27.150 align:middle line:84% to say before we get going, and that is about some upcoming 00:00:27.150 --> 00:00:28.400 align:middle line:90% programs at the Poetry Center. 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:30.320 align:middle line:90% So two upcoming readings. 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:32.180 align:middle line:84% We're in a slate right now where there 00:00:32.180 --> 00:00:34.820 align:middle line:84% are six readings in a row, so your Thursdays 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:36.380 align:middle line:90% are set for the next six weeks. 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:37.880 align:middle line:84% I'm just going to tell you about two 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:39.380 align:middle line:84% of the ones that are coming up next. 00:00:39.380 --> 00:00:43.730 align:middle line:84% So next week on Thursday night on the 26th of October, 00:00:43.730 --> 00:00:46.580 align:middle line:84% we have Eileen Myles who'll be visiting. 00:00:46.580 --> 00:00:48.980 align:middle line:84% That's back here at 7:00 at the Poetry Center. 00:00:48.980 --> 00:00:52.310 align:middle line:84% And then following that, the first Thursday in November, 00:00:52.310 --> 00:00:55.638 align:middle line:84% we have the poets Adam Davis and Manuel Paul López, 00:00:55.638 --> 00:00:57.680 align:middle line:84% and we're really excited about that reading, too. 00:00:57.680 --> 00:00:59.513 align:middle line:84% And then there more to come and beyond that, 00:00:59.513 --> 00:01:02.750 align:middle line:84% but have those on your list and plan your Thursdays. 00:01:02.750 --> 00:01:03.710 align:middle line:90% Come see us. 00:01:03.710 --> 00:01:08.945 align:middle line:84% I'll be looking for each of you back here on those days. 00:01:08.945 --> 00:01:12.260 align:middle line:84% To anticipate Eileen's visit, this Saturday at the Poetry 00:01:12.260 --> 00:01:14.420 align:middle line:84% Center, our docents lead poetry circles, 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:17.870 align:middle line:84% which are conversations that are informal. 00:01:17.870 --> 00:01:18.898 align:middle line:90% A packet is prepared. 00:01:18.898 --> 00:01:20.690 align:middle line:84% You get a chance to look at the poet's work 00:01:20.690 --> 00:01:22.190 align:middle line:84% and explore it with other people who 00:01:22.190 --> 00:01:25.190 align:middle line:84% are curious about what the poets are up to, and so that one will 00:01:25.190 --> 00:01:28.880 align:middle line:84% be about Eileen's work at 1:00 this Saturday 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:31.220 align:middle line:84% here at the Poetry Center back in this space as well. 00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:32.720 align:middle line:84% So if you're interested in learning a little bit more 00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:34.490 align:middle line:84% about that in advance of their visit, 00:01:34.490 --> 00:01:37.100 align:middle line:84% you can do that by visiting the poetry circle 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:39.350 align:middle line:84% and coming and learning a bit more. 00:01:39.350 --> 00:01:42.290 align:middle line:84% Also, next week on Tuesday night, 00:01:42.290 --> 00:01:45.020 align:middle line:84% there's a talk by the artist Favianna Rodriguez. 00:01:45.020 --> 00:01:47.060 align:middle line:84% So if you noticed in the breezeway, 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:51.620 align:middle line:84% there are all these giant, really beautiful stickers, 00:01:51.620 --> 00:01:53.450 align:middle line:90% but more than stickers. 00:01:53.450 --> 00:01:57.740 align:middle line:84% And so they are different species of the Sonoran desert 00:01:57.740 --> 00:02:02.345 align:middle line:84% that have suffered from the border wall's presence-- and so 00:02:02.345 --> 00:02:03.720 align:middle line:84% about their movement and how they 00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:05.040 align:middle line:90% interact with desert spaces. 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.370 align:middle line:84% And Favianna uses part of this in her artwork 00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:11.850 align:middle line:84% to think about how we think about the places where we are 00:02:11.850 --> 00:02:13.770 align:middle line:84% and some of the challenges and possibilities. 00:02:13.770 --> 00:02:16.602 align:middle line:84% And so that will fully be completed 00:02:16.602 --> 00:02:18.060 align:middle line:84% by Tuesday of next week, and she'll 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:22.590 align:middle line:84% be doing a talk from here at the Poetry Center about her work 00:02:22.590 --> 00:02:24.330 align:middle line:90% at that time. 00:02:24.330 --> 00:02:26.550 align:middle line:84% So that's all the things that are coming up. 00:02:26.550 --> 00:02:28.467 align:middle line:84% There are many more you can learn all about it 00:02:28.467 --> 00:02:32.397 align:middle line:84% at the Poetry Center's calendar, and that's poetry.arizona.edu. 00:02:32.397 --> 00:02:34.230 align:middle line:84% And that's the best place to find all the up 00:02:34.230 --> 00:02:37.230 align:middle line:84% to date information about what's happening at the center. 00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:38.850 align:middle line:90% Books are for sale. 00:02:38.850 --> 00:02:40.500 align:middle line:84% And there are three of Tim's books, 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:41.760 align:middle line:90% and they're all excellent. 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:43.020 align:middle line:84% And so I hope you'll come and spend 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:44.370 align:middle line:90% some time with those afterwards. 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:46.320 align:middle line:84% We won't have a Q & A, so a great choice 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:48.425 align:middle line:84% is to go spend all the money you have on books, 00:02:48.425 --> 00:02:49.800 align:middle line:84% and then come up and talk to Tim. 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.500 align:middle line:84% And I'm sure he'd be happy to sign them afterwards 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:54.570 align:middle line:90% after the reading. 00:02:54.570 --> 00:02:57.090 align:middle line:84% It's my pleasure to introduce my friend who's 00:02:57.090 --> 00:02:59.050 align:middle line:84% going to tell us a little bit more about Tim 00:02:59.050 --> 00:03:01.290 align:middle line:84% and welcome him up to the podium. 00:03:01.290 --> 00:03:03.540 align:middle line:84% And that's my friend Sara Sams who's 00:03:03.540 --> 00:03:06.090 align:middle line:84% an associate professor here at the University of Arizona 00:03:06.090 --> 00:03:08.945 align:middle line:84% and the author of the poetry collection Atom City. 00:03:08.945 --> 00:03:11.070 align:middle line:84% A great friend of the Poetry Center, please help me 00:03:11.070 --> 00:03:12.330 align:middle line:90% welcome Sara. 00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:15.840 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.000 align:middle line:90%