WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.540 align:middle line:90% Hi, everyone, how are you all? 00:00:02.540 --> 00:00:04.280 align:middle line:90% Good, hooray! 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:05.990 align:middle line:90% Happy Thursday! 00:00:05.990 --> 00:00:09.365 align:middle line:90% Hooray, it's Thursday. 00:00:09.365 --> 00:00:10.990 align:middle line:84% I'm grateful to you all for being here. 00:00:10.990 --> 00:00:13.140 align:middle line:84% Thanks for coming to the Poetry Center on a Thursday night. 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:15.300 align:middle line:84% It's cold everywhere else, but it's suddenly not 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:16.170 align:middle line:90% cold in Tucson. 00:00:16.170 --> 00:00:19.250 align:middle line:84% And that's a relief, so I'm glad you all are here. 00:00:19.250 --> 00:00:20.490 align:middle line:90% Excited that Edgar is here. 00:00:20.490 --> 00:00:24.970 align:middle line:84% Edgar wins the prize for most persistent travel to Tucson. 00:00:24.970 --> 00:00:26.970 align:middle line:84% And I want you to know, before he comes up here, 00:00:26.970 --> 00:00:30.970 align:middle line:84% that he dealt with three canceled flights, and a three 00:00:30.970 --> 00:00:34.140 align:middle line:84% hour delay, and he's still here because of you. 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:36.550 align:middle line:90% So, all right. 00:00:36.550 --> 00:00:39.840 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.350 align:middle line:84% We can applaud poets with the blue collar travel ethic. 00:00:43.350 --> 00:00:45.438 align:middle line:84% So, my name is Tyler, I work here 00:00:45.438 --> 00:00:46.980 align:middle line:84% as the director at the Poetry Center. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:49.272 align:middle line:84% We're really pleased you're here, thank you for coming. 00:00:49.272 --> 00:00:51.810 align:middle line:84% I just want to say a couple of things before we get started, 00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:53.852 align:middle line:84% and then I'll turn things over to our introducer, 00:00:53.852 --> 00:00:56.010 align:middle line:84% and then we'll jump right into poetry. 00:00:56.010 --> 00:00:57.900 align:middle line:84% The big thing I want to mention, if you 00:00:57.900 --> 00:01:00.660 align:middle line:84% don't have one of these delightful and exciting 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:02.430 align:middle line:84% calendars, these will tell you everything 00:01:02.430 --> 00:01:06.000 align:middle line:84% that's happening at the Poetry Center for the spring season, 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:07.840 align:middle line:84% you can find it all online as well. 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:10.270 align:middle line:84% And if anything changes, we can always update the website, 00:01:10.270 --> 00:01:13.400 align:middle line:84% but this is a great reminder, we work really hard to make these. 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.525 align:middle line:84% And if you don't have one, we want you to have one, 00:01:15.525 --> 00:01:17.470 align:middle line:84% and there's some setup right here on my right. 00:01:17.470 --> 00:01:20.410 align:middle line:84% So if you're interested, please come grab one. 00:01:20.410 --> 00:01:23.920 align:middle line:84% They make great paper airplanes that are oversized, 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.640 align:middle line:84% and they can-- large origami structures can be made with 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.550 align:middle line:84% them, as well as learning all about the poetry readings that 00:01:30.550 --> 00:01:33.340 align:middle line:84% are coming-- including the poetry reading that is next 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:33.890 align:middle line:90% week-- 00:01:33.890 --> 00:01:36.130 align:middle line:84% which is with the poet Brenda Hillman, who 00:01:36.130 --> 00:01:37.780 align:middle line:84% will be back here on Thursday night 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.690 align:middle line:84% at the Poetry Center for our Tom Sanders Memorial Reading. 00:01:40.690 --> 00:01:44.770 align:middle line:84% That'll be at 7 o'clock, in this space, at the Poetry Center. 00:01:44.770 --> 00:01:48.160 align:middle line:84% And then on Saturday, we have a reading 00:01:48.160 --> 00:01:50.120 align:middle line:90% from the poet Robert Hass. 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.192 align:middle line:84% In a departure from what we normally do, 00:01:52.192 --> 00:01:53.650 align:middle line:84% timeline-wise, that reading will be 00:01:53.650 --> 00:01:56.200 align:middle line:90% a matinee reading at 3 o'clock. 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.650 align:middle line:84% He is going to mostly read from new translations 00:01:59.650 --> 00:02:02.710 align:middle line:84% that he has made from the Nobel Prize winning 00:02:02.710 --> 00:02:04.870 align:middle line:90% Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz. 00:02:04.870 --> 00:02:07.150 align:middle line:84% So he's excited to share those with us. 00:02:07.150 --> 00:02:08.710 align:middle line:90% That's Saturday at 3:00. 00:02:08.710 --> 00:02:10.780 align:middle line:84% Brenda Hillman is Thursday at 7:00. 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:13.660 align:middle line:84% And so those are the two things that are coming up next. 00:02:13.660 --> 00:02:15.700 align:middle line:84% Edgar taught a fantastic course last night-- 00:02:15.700 --> 00:02:16.990 align:middle line:90% did anybody take that course? 00:02:16.990 --> 00:02:18.130 align:middle line:90% Were you here for that? 00:02:18.130 --> 00:02:20.650 align:middle line:84% Some of you were, good work, well done. 00:02:20.650 --> 00:02:23.080 align:middle line:84% There are lots more classes happening at the Poetry Center 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:23.657 align:middle line:90% this spring. 00:02:23.657 --> 00:02:25.240 align:middle line:84% If you're interested in those classes, 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.023 align:middle line:84% this is also the tool you can use to learn about those. 00:02:28.023 --> 00:02:29.440 align:middle line:84% They're affordable, they're great, 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:31.420 align:middle line:84% and they feature a lot of wonderful visiting 00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:35.620 align:middle line:84% and local poets teaching wonderfully at high levels, 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:36.730 align:middle line:90% to all kinds of Tucsonans. 00:02:36.730 --> 00:02:38.860 align:middle line:84% So we hope you'll avail yourself of those 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:42.650 align:middle line:90% and sign up for classes. 00:02:42.650 --> 00:02:46.150 align:middle line:84% If you're interested, also this Saturday at 1 o'clock 00:02:46.150 --> 00:02:47.650 align:middle line:84% back here at the Poetry Center, we 00:02:47.650 --> 00:02:49.360 align:middle line:90% have one of our poetry circles. 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.340 align:middle line:84% So these are informal conversations 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:53.230 align:middle line:90% about poets and their work. 00:02:53.230 --> 00:02:55.540 align:middle line:84% This Saturday happens to be about Robert Hass. 00:02:55.540 --> 00:02:58.210 align:middle line:84% And so if you're interested at all in his work 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:01.480 align:middle line:84% or learning more about it before his visit, 00:03:01.480 --> 00:03:04.060 align:middle line:84% it's a chance to learn about it-- no preparation necessary. 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:06.400 align:middle line:84% A packet of poems will be prepared for you, 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.340 align:middle line:84% and then the conversation will be led by one of our docents, 00:03:09.340 --> 00:03:12.440 align:middle line:84% who is sitting right here-- and it's Mark. 00:03:12.440 --> 00:03:14.980 align:middle line:90% Hooray! 00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:17.470 align:middle line:84% Free, open to the public, 1 o'clock on Saturday, 00:03:17.470 --> 00:03:19.730 align:middle line:84% and I hope you'll come and join us. 00:03:19.730 --> 00:03:22.780 align:middle line:84% It is a pleasure to introduce a great friend of the Poetry 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:25.360 align:middle line:84% Center, who's going to come up and introduce Edgar, 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.030 align:middle line:84% and this is the poet Gabriel Dozal. 00:03:28.030 --> 00:03:30.880 align:middle line:84% Gabriel is the author of the wonderful book, The Border 00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:33.670 align:middle line:84% Simulator, out this year from Penguin Random House-- 00:03:33.670 --> 00:03:35.110 align:middle line:90% terrific book. 00:03:35.110 --> 00:03:36.970 align:middle line:84% He is a lecturer in the Writing Program 00:03:36.970 --> 00:03:38.530 align:middle line:84% here at the University of Arizona. 00:03:38.530 --> 00:03:40.660 align:middle line:84% We are very lucky to be in his orbit. 00:03:40.660 --> 00:03:42.760 align:middle line:84% Please help me welcome Gabriel Dozal. 00:03:42.760 --> 00:03:44.610 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:03:44.610 --> 00:03:47.000 align:middle line:90%