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Thank you so, so much.

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I'm really grateful.

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Thank you.

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And thank you all
for being here.

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It's a humbling experience to
be to this wonderful place.

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The second time
to come back here.

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Thank you for having me.

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Truly, it's an honor.

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It's also humbling because
some folks here have known me

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for a very long time.

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Cynthia, I wonder when
did we first meet?

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It was '97?

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'98?

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Yeah.

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Thank you for your patience,
and your kindness, truly,

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and for your poetry.

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Beautiful poetry.

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And of course,
Eleanor, I wouldn't

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be standing here without you.

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Eleanor Wilner, a
great American poet.

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If you don't know her
work, please check it out.

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She chose my first book
and helped take care of my poems

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very, very patiently and
kindly for many years.

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Thank you.