[CLAPPING]
Thank you so much for that moving, deeply moving
introduction, I teared up a little.
It's not difficult to make me do that,
but that was really moving.
Thank you.
Can everyone hear me OK?
Thank you so much, everyone, for being here.
I'm really honored to be a part of this storied series,
and to have some time here in the cottage,
and to share these poems with you.
I've been traveling all year, sharing
the book in different parts of the country,
and even abroad luckily enough, and it feels really right
somehow to close out this year of touring here
with all of you.
So I'll read from the book, the book is in three sections,
and I'll just trace us through the book letting
the work speak for itself.
Thank you so much again for being here.