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Wow.

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Well, it's hard to follow
such a generous introduction.

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Thank you so much, Susan.

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And I have many
thanks to offer here.

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But I'll keep it very short.

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But I am so grateful to
everyone at the Poetry Center,

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to Tyler and to
Paola and to Julie

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and to everyone I've
been working with,

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everyone who has
brought me here.

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And this place, I had
the great privilege of--

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I wasn't even really steering
the ship at that point.

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It was a self-driving
car, I have to say.

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I got to sit in the
seat for a year.

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And it was 30 years ago
that I was here in Tucson.

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And I came here and I fell in
love with the Poetry Center,

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with its mission,
with what it does,

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and with the people
who made this possible.

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Tucson is one of the great
literary cities of this country,

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and it is a great
joy to return here.

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So thank you to everyone.