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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you, Julie.

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Thank you for those stellar
and lunar and planetary amazing

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poems.

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I'm going to do
something real quickly.

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I want to take a picture of you
all for Derek who, as you know,

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couldn't be here in person
but is right behind me.

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Hey, Derek.

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And let me just--

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I don't know if he can see you.

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I'll send these to him.

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Smiles, everyone.

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Smiles.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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It is my pleasure to introduce
the very large Derek Sheffield.

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As of three Derek--

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[LAUGHTER]

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As of three days ago--
actually, hold on.

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Since Derek is not
here in person,

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I have his books to
showcase as I introduce him.

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As of three days
ago, Derek Sheffield

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is the winner of a 2024 Pacific
Northwest Booksellers Award

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for Cascadia Field Guide--

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Art, Ecology, Poetry,
which I have right here

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and which you can buy
over there for $25.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Congrats, brother.

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His other collections
include Not

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for Luck, selected by Mark
Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books

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Poetry Prize, and Through the
Second Skin, which I have here.

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And then, but wait, there's
more, Dear America--

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Letters of Hope,
Habitat, Defiance,

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and Democracy, which I must
say is a really amazing book.

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And I don't just
say that because I'm

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one of the coeditors.

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I say that because you can
buy it right over there.

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[LAUGHTER]

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He teaches in Western Colorado
University's Low Residency MFA

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program, edits poetry for some
journal called terrain.org,

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and can often be found in the
woods along the eastern slopes

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of the Cascade Range near
Leavenworth, Washington.

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Derek, thank you for being
part of our celebration,

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whether you are
in person or not.