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Hi, everyone.

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Thanks for coming out
on a Thursday night.

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It is my great pleasure to
introduce to you the new season

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of our distinguished visitors
and creative writing series.

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I do have to explain a little
bit about what this series is

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because although it is hosted
here by the Poetry Center,

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they host two of our
readings every year.

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It is a series that's curated
by the creative writing

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department over there on
the other side of Speedway

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in the English building.

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So we have a little
pot of money to bring

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a couple of folks every year.

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And one of those
readings every year

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is maybe our favorite
reading of the year,

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which is an alumni reading.

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So we get to bring back some
of our prestigious alums

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like Josh and Thomas.

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So we have one other
reading next semester

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that I'm very excited
about, and I hope you'll all

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mark your calendars for.

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On February 12 next
year, Fernando Flores

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and Rodrigo Restrepo
Montoya are both coming.

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Fernando Flores is a fantastic
novelist and short story

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writer from the
Rio Grande Valley,

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so that'll be a
great synchronicity

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of one side of
the border talking

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to another side of the border.

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And Rodrigo Restrepo
Montoya is a local novelist

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who I'm very excited
to see read here.

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So please come back
and join us then.

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And now, I'm the introducer
of the introducer

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who is Ander Monson.

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I'll welcome you up.

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