WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.050 align:middle line:90% Hello, everybody. 00:00:01.050 --> 00:00:02.420 align:middle line:90% How are you doing? 00:00:02.420 --> 00:00:03.920 align:middle line:90% OK? 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:07.420 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:07.420 --> 00:00:08.286 align:middle line:90% 00:00:08.286 --> 00:00:10.130 align:middle line:84% It's so nice to be here with you, 00:00:10.130 --> 00:00:13.903 align:middle line:84% on this beautiful November evening in Tucson. 00:00:13.903 --> 00:00:17.010 align:middle line:90% 00:00:17.010 --> 00:00:18.510 align:middle line:84% I'm looking, I'm scanning the crowd, 00:00:18.510 --> 00:00:21.560 align:middle line:84% and it's like a commercial for down jackets, which 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:24.118 align:middle line:84% means we're in Tucson and it's a little chilly. 00:00:24.118 --> 00:00:25.410 align:middle line:90% But I'm glad you guys are here. 00:00:25.410 --> 00:00:28.230 align:middle line:84% Thanks for coming to be warmed up by what this will be. 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:30.740 align:middle line:84% And we're really excited to have this crowd here 00:00:30.740 --> 00:00:33.410 align:middle line:84% tonight, on a Thursday night, at the Poetry Center, 00:00:33.410 --> 00:00:37.560 align:middle line:84% in April, in National Poetry month, which we can applaud-- 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:38.990 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:38.990 --> 00:00:40.790 align:middle line:84% --for two terrific poets that have 00:00:40.790 --> 00:00:44.180 align:middle line:84% been heartbeats of what poetry has been in this state 00:00:44.180 --> 00:00:45.360 align:middle line:90% for a long time. 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:48.050 align:middle line:84% And so it's a great gift to be able to present both of them 00:00:48.050 --> 00:00:50.960 align:middle line:84% together tonight, here in Tucson, at the Poetry Center. 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.060 align:middle line:84% They're both great friends, so it's a delight 00:00:53.060 --> 00:00:54.150 align:middle line:90% from that perspective. 00:00:54.150 --> 00:00:56.842 align:middle line:84% But their work extends far beyond in ways 00:00:56.842 --> 00:00:58.550 align:middle line:84% that we're thrilled to be presenting here 00:00:58.550 --> 00:00:59.490 align:middle line:90% at the Poetry Center. 00:00:59.490 --> 00:01:03.470 align:middle line:84% So please, I'll introduce them shortly, but a round of applause 00:01:03.470 --> 00:01:05.760 align:middle line:84% and welcome to Alison Deming and Sally Ball. 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.966 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:01:08.966 --> 00:01:10.340 align:middle line:90% 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:12.210 align:middle line:84% If we haven't met, my name is Tyler. 00:01:12.210 --> 00:01:14.700 align:middle line:84% I work as the director here, at the Poetry Center. 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:15.790 align:middle line:90% I'm glad you're here. 00:01:15.790 --> 00:01:18.082 align:middle line:84% I want to tell you about some things that are coming up 00:01:18.082 --> 00:01:19.920 align:middle line:84% at the Poetry Center after this program 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:21.490 align:middle line:84% so you can have them on your radar, 00:01:21.490 --> 00:01:23.380 align:middle line:84% be thinking about coming back to see us. 00:01:23.380 --> 00:01:26.280 align:middle line:84% It will probably be warmer for all of these, 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.240 align:middle line:90% so just so you know. 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:30.060 align:middle line:84% On April 10, the next reading that's 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:34.240 align:middle line:84% happening in the Poetry Center is with the poet Robert Pinsky, 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:35.488 align:middle line:90% former US poet laureate. 00:01:35.488 --> 00:01:37.030 align:middle line:84% We're thrilled that that's happening. 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:40.200 align:middle line:84% So that's back here at 7 o'clock on April 10 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.060 align:middle line:90% here, at the Poetry Center. 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:45.490 align:middle line:84% On the 19th, if there are small humans in your life, 00:01:45.490 --> 00:01:49.570 align:middle line:84% children ages 0 to 10, or even 12, 00:01:49.570 --> 00:01:51.960 align:middle line:84% we have a program called Kids Create that we do every 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:52.870 align:middle line:90% semester. 00:01:52.870 --> 00:01:55.360 align:middle line:90% This Kids Create is on April 19. 00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:56.440 align:middle line:90% It's a Saturday. 00:01:56.440 --> 00:01:58.240 align:middle line:90% It'll be from 10:00 to noon. 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:00.280 align:middle line:84% There's writing workshops, there's music, 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.520 align:middle line:84% there's snacks, all the good things that one 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:03.690 align:middle line:90% needs to have a good time-- 00:02:03.690 --> 00:02:05.380 align:middle line:90% writing, music, snacks. 00:02:05.380 --> 00:02:06.960 align:middle line:90% That's like a good time. 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:08.820 align:middle line:84% So that's happening from 10:00 to noon here, 00:02:08.820 --> 00:02:09.820 align:middle line:90% at the Poetry Center. 00:02:09.820 --> 00:02:11.350 align:middle line:90% It becomes a kid-centric space. 00:02:11.350 --> 00:02:13.800 align:middle line:84% The library gets turned over to the kids that are here. 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:15.190 align:middle line:90% We're really excited about that. 00:02:15.190 --> 00:02:17.430 align:middle line:84% Hope you might come back for that if there 00:02:17.430 --> 00:02:20.730 align:middle line:90% are such humans in your life-- 00:02:20.730 --> 00:02:24.780 align:middle line:84% children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, et cetera. 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:27.540 align:middle line:84% Then on May 1, we have one of our last readings in the series, 00:02:27.540 --> 00:02:29.640 align:middle line:84% and that's with the translator, Natasha Wimmer. 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:31.140 align:middle line:84% And we're really excited about this. 00:02:31.140 --> 00:02:32.810 align:middle line:84% How many people know Natasha Wimmer? 00:02:32.810 --> 00:02:34.550 align:middle line:90% You're in for a good-- 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:35.085 align:middle line:90% Please come. 00:02:35.085 --> 00:02:36.210 align:middle line:90% You're going to be excited. 00:02:36.210 --> 00:02:38.990 align:middle line:84% So Natasha is a great translator from the Spanish. 00:02:38.990 --> 00:02:40.070 align:middle line:90% Translates fiction. 00:02:40.070 --> 00:02:41.570 align:middle line:84% This is one of the-- a collaboration 00:02:41.570 --> 00:02:45.260 align:middle line:84% with the MFA program and their Distinguished Visiting Writers 00:02:45.260 --> 00:02:46.080 align:middle line:90% series. 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:50.300 align:middle line:84% And so Natasha has translated the Nobel laureate, Mario Vargas 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:51.290 align:middle line:90% Llosa. 00:02:51.290 --> 00:02:55.080 align:middle line:84% She's translated the Chilean novelist, Roberto Bolaño, 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.860 align:middle line:84% and then most recently, the Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue, 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:02.780 align:middle line:84% a book You Dreamed Of Empires, which was a 2024 New York Times 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:04.190 align:middle line:90% 10 Best Books of the Year. 00:03:04.190 --> 00:03:05.940 align:middle line:84% We're really thrilled that she'll be here. 00:03:05.940 --> 00:03:08.250 align:middle line:84% That will likely be a somewhat bilingual reading, 00:03:08.250 --> 00:03:10.740 align:middle line:84% and we're so excited for Natasha's presence in Tucson, 00:03:10.740 --> 00:03:12.490 align:middle line:84% and for her practice as one of the leading 00:03:12.490 --> 00:03:14.570 align:middle line:90% translators in the country. 00:03:14.570 --> 00:03:16.590 align:middle line:84% We do have some books for sale this evening, 00:03:16.590 --> 00:03:18.105 align:middle line:90% but we don't have all of them. 00:03:18.105 --> 00:03:18.980 align:middle line:90% And this is a regret. 00:03:18.980 --> 00:03:22.200 align:middle line:84% An error was made in getting Sally's books here on time, 00:03:22.200 --> 00:03:24.590 align:middle line:84% so we want to make sure that you know that there'll 00:03:24.590 --> 00:03:27.090 align:middle line:84% be book sales afterwards, if you're interested in that work. 00:03:27.090 --> 00:03:29.425 align:middle line:84% Sally's books are on the QR codes that are right here, 00:03:29.425 --> 00:03:30.800 align:middle line:84% and then other books are for sale 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:32.563 align:middle line:90% over on the table on my right. 00:03:32.563 --> 00:03:34.980 align:middle line:84% And I know that both authors would love to speak with you. 00:03:34.980 --> 00:03:37.590 align:middle line:84% Afterwards, we're going to forego a Q and A, 00:03:37.590 --> 00:03:39.110 align:middle line:84% but come up and talk to the poets 00:03:39.110 --> 00:03:41.620 align:middle line:90% after we're done this evening.