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Susan mentioned Tim
O'Brien and Heather

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Aronson will be reading
in about five weeks

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here in this auditorium.

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And, it's now my
pleasure to introduce

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Nancy Mairs, our next reader.

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Her books include--

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In All the Rooms in the Yellow
House, which was a National

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Book Award winner, excuse
me, Western States Book Award

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winner in 1984; her book
of essays, Plaintext;

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and she is working
on a new book, which

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is forthcoming in about a year
called, Housebound: An Erotics

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of Place and Space.

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She's extremely nervous
tonight because she's

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reading something in progress.

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So you have to give her
your full attention,

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lots of applause and strokes
for what she's going to read.

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She's also admitted to me
that every night she goes home

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from her studio at 6 o'clock
and she spends an hour watching

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Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

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[LAUGHTER]

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And she's very
embarrassed by this

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but my guess is probably
several other people

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in the room do that.

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Can we have a show of hands.

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Who watches Wheel
of Fortune here?

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There's a few.

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She's going back
behind the curtain.

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Anyway, I hope you enjoy
the rest of the reading.

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Thank you for coming.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
Nancy Mairs.

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[APPLAUSE]

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