WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.560 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:01.440 align:middle line:90% Hey, everybody. 00:00:01.440 --> 00:00:02.750 align:middle line:90% How are you doing? 00:00:02.750 --> 00:00:03.710 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:00:03.710 --> 00:00:04.707 align:middle line:90% So my name is Tyler. 00:00:04.707 --> 00:00:06.540 align:middle line:84% I work as the director at the Poetry Center, 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:08.623 align:middle line:84% and I just want to shine some of that bright light 00:00:08.623 --> 00:00:10.370 align:middle line:84% back on Laura and the MOCA staff. 00:00:10.370 --> 00:00:13.010 align:middle line:84% It's amazing to have a museum of contemporary art 00:00:13.010 --> 00:00:15.110 align:middle line:84% that's so interested in poets and poetry 00:00:15.110 --> 00:00:19.350 align:middle line:84% and what we can do with textual forms that can become visual, 00:00:19.350 --> 00:00:20.760 align:middle line:90% that can become experiences. 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:23.360 align:middle line:84% And it's a great gift to be able to collaborate around 00:00:23.360 --> 00:00:24.990 align:middle line:90% these kinds of things in Tucson. 00:00:24.990 --> 00:00:26.553 align:middle line:84% So it's a richness that we share. 00:00:26.553 --> 00:00:28.220 align:middle line:84% And thanks for celebrating that richness 00:00:28.220 --> 00:00:30.230 align:middle line:84% by coming out tonight and seeing-- 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:32.428 align:middle line:84% hopefully becoming a member or coming 00:00:32.428 --> 00:00:34.970 align:middle line:84% to join us and hang out and see what's going on at the Poetry 00:00:34.970 --> 00:00:37.160 align:middle line:84% Center or do both because you're alive 00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:39.440 align:middle line:84% and you should do as much as you can. 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:41.090 align:middle line:84% This calendar tells you a little bit 00:00:41.090 --> 00:00:42.510 align:middle line:84% about what's going on at the Poetry Center. 00:00:42.510 --> 00:00:44.180 align:middle line:84% If you're interested in other events or other readings 00:00:44.180 --> 00:00:46.263 align:middle line:84% that are happening, and there's some on the table. 00:00:46.263 --> 00:00:48.990 align:middle line:84% Where books are for sale on the far side over here. 00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:51.297 align:middle line:84% So we have colleagues from the U of A bookstore, 00:00:51.297 --> 00:00:52.880 align:middle line:84% and this calendar is there too, so you 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.160 align:middle line:84% can grab some of CA's work and then 00:00:55.160 --> 00:00:57.840 align:middle line:84% also pick up events that are happening at the Poetry Center. 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.675 align:middle line:84% We have an event next week with the poet Mary Ruefle at 7:00 00:01:00.675 --> 00:01:01.550 align:middle line:90% at the Poetry Center. 00:01:01.550 --> 00:01:04.830 align:middle line:84% I hope some of you might want to come for that. 00:01:04.830 --> 00:01:08.080 align:middle line:84% So a huge thanks again to all the people 00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:09.220 align:middle line:90% who have worked on this. 00:01:09.220 --> 00:01:10.830 align:middle line:84% I will also point out, in addition 00:01:10.830 --> 00:01:12.850 align:middle line:84% to the books that are for sale on the far side, 00:01:12.850 --> 00:01:14.880 align:middle line:84% there's another station of books for sale 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:17.340 align:middle line:84% here with a magical book that has just 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.730 align:middle line:84% arrived from Europe, which is the chapbook that's 00:01:20.730 --> 00:01:24.330 align:middle line:84% associated with the exhibit that's installed here at MOCA. 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:26.410 align:middle line:84% It's made by an artist named Jason Dodge. 00:01:26.410 --> 00:01:27.870 align:middle line:90% The book is called First Light. 00:01:27.870 --> 00:01:29.370 align:middle line:90% It's CA's work. 00:01:29.370 --> 00:01:31.980 align:middle line:84% And they're for sale here for $10 each. 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:36.330 align:middle line:84% And that is Venmo or exact change appreciated. 00:01:36.330 --> 00:01:37.230 align:middle line:90% So come see us. 00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:38.620 align:middle line:84% And there's only so many of them. 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:39.600 align:middle line:84% So if you're interested in that, you 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:41.670 align:middle line:84% can come check those out while you're also 00:01:41.670 --> 00:01:43.920 align:middle line:90% buying the other books too. 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.590 align:middle line:84% I want to introduce a friend and a colleague 00:01:46.590 --> 00:01:48.400 align:middle line:84% and a great collaborator and partner, 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.590 align:middle line:84% TC Tolbert, who's going to come introduce CAConrad. 00:01:52.590 --> 00:01:53.980 align:middle line:90% How many know TC Tolbert? 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:54.900 align:middle line:90% [CHEERING] 00:01:54.900 --> 00:01:56.160 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:01:56.160 --> 00:01:57.220 align:middle line:90% Good work. 00:01:57.220 --> 00:01:59.160 align:middle line:84% If you don't, tonight's your night. 00:01:59.160 --> 00:02:00.700 align:middle line:90% And how lucky are you. 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:02.470 align:middle line:84% You get to know this amazing person. 00:02:02.470 --> 00:02:04.350 align:middle line:84% TC Tolbert's the author most recently 00:02:04.350 --> 00:02:07.440 align:middle line:84% of the chapbook, The Quiet Practices, which was this-- 00:02:07.440 --> 00:02:11.400 align:middle line:84% or the 2023 title for the Chad Walsh Chapbook Series 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.470 align:middle line:90% from Beloit Poetry Journal. 00:02:13.470 --> 00:02:16.650 align:middle line:84% TC is a trans and gender queer monkey goat, 00:02:16.650 --> 00:02:20.160 align:middle line:84% for real, who never ceases to experience 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:23.910 align:middle line:84% a simultaneous grief and deep love anytime she/he 00:02:23.910 --> 00:02:26.490 align:middle line:90% pays attention to the world. 00:02:26.490 --> 00:02:29.620 align:middle line:84% She/he writes poems, works with wood, 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:32.830 align:middle line:90% learns, teaches and wanders. 00:02:32.830 --> 00:02:35.340 align:middle line:84% Sometimes that involves snorkeling. 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:37.140 align:middle line:90% I've worked wood with TC. 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:39.210 align:middle line:90% They're an amazing woodworker. 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:42.450 align:middle line:84% In 2019, TC was awarded an Academy of American Poets 00:02:42.450 --> 00:02:45.690 align:middle line:84% Laureate Fellowship for the work with trans, non-binary, 00:02:45.690 --> 00:02:47.880 align:middle line:90% non-binary and queer folks. 00:02:47.880 --> 00:02:50.400 align:middle line:84% Publications include Gephyromania 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.800 align:middle line:84% from Ahsahta Press in 2014 that's 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.950 align:middle line:84% been rereleased by Nightboat Books more recently 00:02:55.950 --> 00:02:58.090 align:middle line:90% and five additional chapbooks. 00:02:58.090 --> 00:03:00.750 align:middle line:84% TC is also co-editor along with Trace Peterson 00:03:00.750 --> 00:03:04.260 align:middle line:84% of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics 00:03:04.260 --> 00:03:05.650 align:middle line:90% from Nightboat Books. 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:07.620 align:middle line:90% Amazing texts, all of these. 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:09.580 align:middle line:90% TC lives in Tucson with us. 00:03:09.580 --> 00:03:10.810 align:middle line:90% We're very lucky. 00:03:10.810 --> 00:03:12.570 align:middle line:84% Please help me welcome TC Tolbert. 00:03:12.570 --> 00:03:15.920 align:middle line:90% [CHEERING]