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[APPLAUSE]

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Well, I'm delighted to be here.

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And thank you so much for that
really lovely introduction.

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And thank you also
especially to Tyler and Paola

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at the Poetry Center,
and to Michael Spurgeon

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of the Borchard Foundation,
who has been so generous.

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And a special shout out to
Alison Hawthorne Deming,

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who has just made my
trip super special.

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So it's been a treat
to see her and to get

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to know everybody here.

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I've never been
to Tucson before.

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It's a fabulous city.

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You're all very lucky.

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So thank you for welcoming me.

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I originally
intended to read just

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from my most recently published
translation, the novel,

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You Dreamed of Empires, by the
Mexican writer, Álvaro Enrigue.

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But as I thought
it over, I realized

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that this was an
excellent opportunity

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to read a sampling of work.