WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.976 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:00:02.976 --> 00:00:48.750 align:middle line:90% 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:51.714 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:51.714 --> 00:00:53.690 align:middle line:90% 00:00:53.690 --> 00:00:54.660 align:middle line:90% Hey, everybody. 00:00:54.660 --> 00:00:55.970 align:middle line:90% How are you doing? 00:00:55.970 --> 00:00:56.660 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:00:56.660 --> 00:00:57.900 align:middle line:90% Happy Thursday. 00:00:57.900 --> 00:01:01.340 align:middle line:84% I stayed up all night making that video, so maybe 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:02.250 align:middle line:90% more applause. 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:03.766 align:middle line:90% It was a really good video. 00:01:03.766 --> 00:01:06.260 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:08.925 align:middle line:84% That's the promo video for Tucson Humanities Festival, 00:01:08.925 --> 00:01:10.550 align:middle line:84% which we're in the middle of, and we're 00:01:10.550 --> 00:01:12.200 align:middle line:84% excited that this event is part of that 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.270 align:middle line:84% as well, doubling up with the Poetry Center's Reading Series. 00:01:15.270 --> 00:01:17.390 align:middle line:90% I did not make that video. 00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:18.420 align:middle line:90% My name is Tyler. 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:19.590 align:middle line:90% I work at the Poetry Center. 00:01:19.590 --> 00:01:21.620 align:middle line:90% I mostly write emails. 00:01:21.620 --> 00:01:25.460 align:middle line:84% But my colleagues did and the marketing and Alumni Relations 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:27.230 align:middle line:84% staff at the college, and they do 00:01:27.230 --> 00:01:29.070 align:middle line:84% a lot of work for the Humanities Festival. 00:01:29.070 --> 00:01:31.460 align:middle line:84% And Amanda Hunt is here, and a lot of her team members 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:33.180 align:middle line:84% are here, Eric Swedlund and others. 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:35.730 align:middle line:84% So round of applause for them for all their work-- 00:01:35.730 --> 00:01:39.560 align:middle line:84% Bruno-- and putting together these events, 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:41.360 align:middle line:90% which we're grateful for. 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:44.430 align:middle line:84% We also have some deans in the house. 00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:46.910 align:middle line:84% So I want to say a quick hello and thank you for coming. 00:01:46.910 --> 00:01:48.712 align:middle line:84% To Dean Durand, who's here as the Dean 00:01:48.712 --> 00:01:49.920 align:middle line:90% of the College of Humanities. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:51.590 align:middle line:84% Dean McAllister and Dean Warner, thank 00:01:51.590 --> 00:01:53.850 align:middle line:84% you guys for coming and being here with us. 00:01:53.850 --> 00:01:55.110 align:middle line:90% A round of applause. 00:01:55.110 --> 00:01:57.830 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:57.830 --> 00:02:01.420 align:middle line:84% So every year on October, the College of Humanities 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:04.060 align:middle line:84% celebrates National Arts and Humanities Month 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:06.340 align:middle line:84% with the Tucson Humanities Festival, which began 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:08.419 align:middle line:90% in 2019 as a Humanities Week. 00:02:08.419 --> 00:02:11.530 align:middle line:84% And it's grown into the festival work that happens now. 00:02:11.530 --> 00:02:13.300 align:middle line:84% The theme this year is well-being, 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:14.810 align:middle line:90% as you saw in the little video. 00:02:14.810 --> 00:02:17.380 align:middle line:84% And this highlights the crucial ways in which the Humanities 00:02:17.380 --> 00:02:19.550 align:middle line:84% and Health Sciences can collaborate, 00:02:19.550 --> 00:02:22.523 align:middle line:84% can overlap, and can find generative possibilities. 00:02:22.523 --> 00:02:24.190 align:middle line:84% And we're so excited to think about this 00:02:24.190 --> 00:02:26.830 align:middle line:84% and think about this in the context of Brandon Som's 00:02:26.830 --> 00:02:28.930 align:middle line:84% work, who's traveled to be with us here today 00:02:28.930 --> 00:02:32.410 align:middle line:84% and come back to Tucson on the heels of his Pulitzer Prize 00:02:32.410 --> 00:02:33.740 align:middle line:90% winning book, Tripas. 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:35.295 align:middle line:90% And we're so excited about that. 00:02:35.295 --> 00:02:37.910 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:39.280 align:middle line:90% 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.650 align:middle line:84% And thinking about that book and that work also 00:02:41.650 --> 00:02:44.420 align:middle line:84% as an act of wellness or an exploration of it, 00:02:44.420 --> 00:02:47.470 align:middle line:84% of being in right relationship with the histories that add up 00:02:47.470 --> 00:02:51.460 align:middle line:84% into our existences, or how language or languages can 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:55.850 align:middle line:84% be a site of possibility, not of lack or absence or difference, 00:02:55.850 --> 00:02:58.390 align:middle line:84% but instead something more about doubling the world 00:02:58.390 --> 00:03:00.500 align:middle line:84% or tripling the world's possibilities. 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:02.310 align:middle line:84% And I think Brandon's book does that 00:03:02.310 --> 00:03:04.600 align:middle line:84% and all of his work in the most beautiful of ways. 00:03:04.600 --> 00:03:07.410 align:middle line:84% And so I'm really excited about this event and this reading 00:03:07.410 --> 00:03:08.940 align:middle line:90% tonight. 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:12.730 align:middle line:84% Lots of sponsors to thank for the Humanities Festival. 00:03:12.730 --> 00:03:14.940 align:middle line:84% So especially the Arizona Humanities, which helps 00:03:14.940 --> 00:03:16.390 align:middle line:90% support and make this possible. 00:03:16.390 --> 00:03:19.570 align:middle line:84% Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, the Arizona Theater Company, 00:03:19.570 --> 00:03:22.510 align:middle line:84% the University of Arizona Health Sciences, 00:03:22.510 --> 00:03:24.195 align:middle line:84% and then especially thanks tonight 00:03:24.195 --> 00:03:26.070 align:middle line:84% for collaboration and support from the Center 00:03:26.070 --> 00:03:28.980 align:middle line:84% for East Asian Studies, which is co-sponsoring Brandon's visit 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:29.890 align:middle line:90% to Tucson. 00:03:29.890 --> 00:03:31.690 align:middle line:90% So we'll applaud, everybody. 00:03:31.690 --> 00:03:34.660 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:03:34.660 --> 00:03:35.160 align:middle line:90% 00:03:35.160 --> 00:03:37.620 align:middle line:84% We managed to turn off the heat a little bit 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:39.940 align:middle line:84% for Brandon's visit, which is also a delight. 00:03:39.940 --> 00:03:41.670 align:middle line:84% So enjoy the fact that you may have 00:03:41.670 --> 00:03:45.000 align:middle line:84% to roll a sleeve down or two during the reading. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.905 align:middle line:84% And please be comfortable while you're here. 00:03:47.905 --> 00:03:49.530 align:middle line:84% I'll just mention a couple other things 00:03:49.530 --> 00:03:51.947 align:middle line:84% that are going to happen very quickly before we welcome up 00:03:51.947 --> 00:03:53.730 align:middle line:90% an introduction for Brandon. 00:03:53.730 --> 00:03:57.000 align:middle line:84% Tomorrow, the university is hosting the fall iteration 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.303 align:middle line:84% of their TEDx series, and there are 00:03:59.303 --> 00:04:01.720 align:middle line:84% two presentations that are connected to the Poetry Center. 00:04:01.720 --> 00:04:03.580 align:middle line:84% So I want to make sure you know about them. 00:04:03.580 --> 00:04:06.930 align:middle line:84% One is my terrific colleague, our library director 00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:08.980 align:middle line:84% here at the Poetry Center, Sarah Kortemeier, 00:04:08.980 --> 00:04:12.540 align:middle line:84% will be speaking at that presentation about the work 00:04:12.540 --> 00:04:15.198 align:middle line:84% to caption our Voca archive, which is literally 00:04:15.198 --> 00:04:16.740 align:middle line:84% putting the language that's connected 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:19.680 align:middle line:84% to 6 million words of poetry that have been spoken 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.840 align:middle line:84% and Poetry Center spaces over the last 64 years. 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:28.150 align:middle line:84% That project was a project of the whole library staff. 00:04:28.150 --> 00:04:31.060 align:middle line:84% And it is complete now, historically. 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:33.340 align:middle line:84% So now the work is about captioning going forward. 00:04:33.340 --> 00:04:35.820 align:middle line:84% And we're so thrilled to be in this moment 00:04:35.820 --> 00:04:38.130 align:middle line:84% with that, this moment for the archive for what 00:04:38.130 --> 00:04:42.303 align:middle line:84% it means, knowing all of the words that are in that space. 00:04:42.303 --> 00:04:44.470 align:middle line:84% So if you're interested in learning more about that, 00:04:44.470 --> 00:04:48.130 align:middle line:84% Sarah will be speaking about that at the TEDx Talk tomorrow. 00:04:48.130 --> 00:04:50.670 align:middle line:84% It's from 2:00 to 5:00 at Centennial Hall. 00:04:50.670 --> 00:04:52.620 align:middle line:84% I don't think you have to stay the whole time. 00:04:52.620 --> 00:04:54.280 align:middle line:84% And you can learn more about that. 00:04:54.280 --> 00:04:57.760 align:middle line:84% The tickets are $5 by just looking up TEDx Tucson. 00:04:57.760 --> 00:04:59.460 align:middle line:90% The other speaker will be-- 00:04:59.460 --> 00:05:01.920 align:middle line:84% that's connected to the Poetry Center is the artist 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:05.820 align:middle line:84% Jodie Chertudi, who's one of the muralists in the Speedway Mural 00:05:05.820 --> 00:05:07.740 align:middle line:84% Project, in the corridor of Speedway, that 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:09.160 align:middle line:90% happened over the summer. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:10.960 align:middle line:84% And she'll be talking about her work, 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:14.050 align:middle line:84% taking a poem from the local poet, Logan Phillips, 00:05:14.050 --> 00:05:19.420 align:middle line:84% and imagining that into a 75-foot long wall. 00:05:19.420 --> 00:05:22.710 align:middle line:84% And how she did that, how text becomes visual. 00:05:22.710 --> 00:05:24.540 align:middle line:84% So I hope you'll join us for those. 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:26.590 align:middle line:84% Two readings coming up at the Poetry Center. 00:05:26.590 --> 00:05:29.220 align:middle line:84% We'll be back here next week with the poet 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:32.070 align:middle line:84% Tilsa Otta and her translator Farid Matuk, who's 00:05:32.070 --> 00:05:36.520 align:middle line:84% a faculty member here at the U of A. Tilsa is a Peruvian poet. 00:05:36.520 --> 00:05:39.540 align:middle line:84% This will be a bilingual reading in Spanish and English. 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:40.900 align:middle line:90% We're really excited about this. 00:05:40.900 --> 00:05:42.910 align:middle line:84% And it's a collaboration with Graywolf Press, 00:05:42.910 --> 00:05:45.730 align:middle line:84% who's celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. 00:05:45.730 --> 00:05:47.435 align:middle line:84% So hope to see you back here next week, 00:05:47.435 --> 00:05:50.140 align:middle line:84% 7 o'clock on Thursday at the Poetry Center. 00:05:50.140 --> 00:05:52.060 align:middle line:84% And then beyond that, on November 7, 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:54.540 align:middle line:84% we have a visit from Griffin Poetry Prize winner 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:56.950 align:middle line:84% and Kingsley Tufts Award winner, Roger Reeves, 00:05:56.950 --> 00:05:59.580 align:middle line:84% who'll be here in Tucson on November 7. 00:05:59.580 --> 00:06:03.430 align:middle line:84% Both of those at 7 o'clock free here at the Poetry Center. 00:06:03.430 --> 00:06:06.350 align:middle line:84% It is my pleasure now, or I should say one other thing. 00:06:06.350 --> 00:06:08.630 align:middle line:84% We'll forego a Q&A after the reading, 00:06:08.630 --> 00:06:10.340 align:middle line:84% but Brandon's excited to sign books. 00:06:10.340 --> 00:06:12.260 align:middle line:84% And there are books for sale over on my right, 00:06:12.260 --> 00:06:15.310 align:middle line:84% so hope you will come and avail yourselves of those books 00:06:15.310 --> 00:06:18.010 align:middle line:84% and then come up and meet Brandon afterwards and connect 00:06:18.010 --> 00:06:19.420 align:middle line:90% with him a little bit. 00:06:19.420 --> 00:06:21.795 align:middle line:84% It is a great pleasure for me to introduce the person who 00:06:21.795 --> 00:06:23.712 align:middle line:84% will tell you a little bit more about Brandon, 00:06:23.712 --> 00:06:26.000 align:middle line:84% and that is my colleague and friend and collaborator, 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.580 align:middle line:90% Jacqueline Barrios. 00:06:27.580 --> 00:06:30.310 align:middle line:84% Barrios is a faculty member in the Applied and Public 00:06:30.310 --> 00:06:32.960 align:middle line:84% Humanities Department here at the University of Arizona. 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:36.100 align:middle line:84% And among her many interests, which are awesome-- 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:38.530 align:middle line:84% and I encourage you to learn more about her and her work-- 00:06:38.530 --> 00:06:42.080 align:middle line:84% are the pursuits are the Lit Lab project. 00:06:42.080 --> 00:06:45.190 align:middle line:84% This is a hub site that fuses site specific research 00:06:45.190 --> 00:06:47.440 align:middle line:84% with the interpretation of literary texts 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:50.500 align:middle line:84% in order to document, animate, and uplift 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:53.360 align:middle line:84% the life worlds of communities who read them. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:54.350 align:middle line:90% It's incredible. 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:55.892 align:middle line:84% And there's a book that she's working 00:06:55.892 --> 00:06:57.610 align:middle line:84% on that's coming out of that project that 00:06:57.610 --> 00:07:00.500 align:middle line:84% will be coming from the University of Iowa Press. 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:02.180 align:middle line:84% So please help me welcome my colleague, 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:03.370 align:middle line:90% Dr. Jacqueline Barrios. 00:07:03.370 --> 00:07:05.220 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]