WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.340 align:middle line:90% Hello, everybody. 00:00:01.340 --> 00:00:01.840 align:middle line:90% Hello. 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:03.712 align:middle line:90% Can you hear me OK? 00:00:03.712 --> 00:00:04.420 align:middle line:90% How are we doing? 00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:05.140 align:middle line:90% Can you hear me? 00:00:05.140 --> 00:00:05.640 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:06.807 align:middle line:90% Can you hear me in the back? 00:00:06.807 --> 00:00:07.500 align:middle line:90% You can. 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:08.340 align:middle line:90% Hi, Farid. 00:00:08.340 --> 00:00:10.200 align:middle line:90% Good to see everybody. 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:12.880 align:middle line:84% Excellent work on choosing your programming 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:13.980 align:middle line:90% for a Thursday night. 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:15.360 align:middle line:90% I commend you all. 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:17.200 align:middle line:84% Thanks for being here at the Poetry Center 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:20.400 align:middle line:84% for a poetry reading, which is more important than ever 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:22.160 align:middle line:84% to do things, like go to poetry readings, 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.240 align:middle line:84% and to think about poetry, to listen 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:25.660 align:middle line:90% to what poetry can do for us. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:28.240 align:middle line:84% And so I'm grateful to you for choosing this. 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:29.060 align:middle line:90% Thanks for this. 00:00:29.060 --> 00:00:32.580 align:middle line:84% Maybe we give round of applause to poetry and say, thank you. 00:00:32.580 --> 00:00:35.364 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:35.364 --> 00:00:36.760 align:middle line:90% 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.475 align:middle line:84% It's a lucky art form, and we all get to be a part of it. 00:00:39.475 --> 00:00:41.100 align:middle line:84% And you're choosing to do that tonight, 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:42.790 align:middle line:90% and I'm grateful for it. 00:00:42.790 --> 00:00:44.540 align:middle line:84% A few things I want to say really quickly. 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:45.538 align:middle line:90% My name is Tyler Meier. 00:00:45.538 --> 00:00:47.580 align:middle line:84% I work as the director here at the Poetry Center, 00:00:47.580 --> 00:00:51.538 align:middle line:84% with a great team of folks that help run the Poetry Center. 00:00:51.538 --> 00:00:54.080 align:middle line:84% I want to invite you, if you've not been to the Poetry Center 00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:56.680 align:middle line:84% before, when we're open and our library is available to come 00:00:56.680 --> 00:00:58.720 align:middle line:84% visit us, there's a great new exhibit that's 00:00:58.720 --> 00:01:00.160 align:middle line:90% up in the Poetry Center. 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:02.650 align:middle line:84% Come spend some time and come visit the books 00:01:02.650 --> 00:01:05.150 align:middle line:84% and learn about the things that happened in a day to day way 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:08.830 align:middle line:84% at the Poetry Center when you can. 00:01:08.830 --> 00:01:13.750 align:middle line:84% This program tonight is our Tom Sanders memorial reading. 00:01:13.750 --> 00:01:17.510 align:middle line:84% And we offer this in memory of a great supporter of the Poetry 00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:22.230 align:middle line:84% Center of the University of Arizona, of Tucson, of letters 00:01:22.230 --> 00:01:25.030 align:middle line:84% to the editors' columns everywhere. 00:01:25.030 --> 00:01:28.430 align:middle line:84% Tom Sanders, who's a dear friend, 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:30.970 align:middle line:84% and we offer this reading in his memory. 00:01:30.970 --> 00:01:34.010 align:middle line:84% He was a fixture of the Poetry Center's Development Council. 00:01:34.010 --> 00:01:36.750 align:middle line:84% He was a huge part of the work to build this facility when 00:01:36.750 --> 00:01:38.170 align:middle line:90% it was completed in Tucson. 00:01:38.170 --> 00:01:41.270 align:middle line:84% How many of you remember when this building was completed? 00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:41.790 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:01:41.790 --> 00:01:42.370 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:01:42.370 --> 00:01:43.950 align:middle line:90% Some of you. 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:45.950 align:middle line:84% And so we're excited to celebrate 00:01:45.950 --> 00:01:49.190 align:middle line:84% Tom's memory and his legacy with this annual event 00:01:49.190 --> 00:01:50.850 align:middle line:90% that we do at the Poetry Center. 00:01:50.850 --> 00:01:52.622 align:middle line:84% And in particular, we try to honor 00:01:52.622 --> 00:01:54.830 align:middle line:84% voices that have a close connection to the University 00:01:54.830 --> 00:01:56.750 align:middle line:90% of Arizona through this work. 00:01:56.750 --> 00:02:00.190 align:middle line:84% So thanks for being here and helping us to do that tonight. 00:02:00.190 --> 00:02:02.030 align:middle line:84% We're especially excited for these two 00:02:02.030 --> 00:02:04.310 align:middle line:90% poets that are here with us. 00:02:04.310 --> 00:02:07.430 align:middle line:84% And so Richard Siken has traveled all the way 00:02:07.430 --> 00:02:11.070 align:middle line:84% from the east side of Reid Park to be with us this evening, 00:02:11.070 --> 00:02:12.590 align:middle line:90% which is lucky. 00:02:12.590 --> 00:02:15.830 align:middle line:90% And so he was just on time. 00:02:15.830 --> 00:02:18.155 align:middle line:84% We're really thrilled to celebrate his latest book, all 00:02:18.155 --> 00:02:19.530 align:middle line:84% of his work with his latest book, 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:23.030 align:middle line:84% I Do Know Some Things, which we just found out earlier this week 00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:28.430 align:middle line:84% on Tuesday, was named as a finalist for the National Book 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:29.330 align:middle line:90% Award this year. 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:32.740 align:middle line:84% So a big round of applause for Richard. 00:02:32.740 --> 00:02:35.290 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:02:35.290 --> 00:02:36.190 align:middle line:90% 00:02:36.190 --> 00:02:37.910 align:middle line:84% And thanks for helping us wish him well 00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:39.810 align:middle line:84% as he travels on after this reading, 00:02:39.810 --> 00:02:42.630 align:middle line:84% and eventually goes to New York for the finalist ceremony 00:02:42.630 --> 00:02:45.710 align:middle line:84% for the National Book Awards later in November. 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:48.030 align:middle line:84% We're also thrilled, equally, to welcome back 00:02:48.030 --> 00:02:51.590 align:middle line:84% Mathias Svalina to Tucson, who has been delighting us 00:02:51.590 --> 00:02:54.950 align:middle line:84% with his capacious imagination for years. 00:02:54.950 --> 00:02:59.030 align:middle line:84% Mathias will create iterations of two projects while he's here. 00:02:59.030 --> 00:03:02.870 align:middle line:84% And so I'm wondering how many of you have had dreams delivered 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:05.190 align:middle line:90% to you in the past? 00:03:05.190 --> 00:03:06.010 align:middle line:90% Some of you have. 00:03:06.010 --> 00:03:07.610 align:middle line:84% Some of you are like, what's he talking about? 00:03:07.610 --> 00:03:09.193 align:middle line:84% Some of you have had dreams delivered. 00:03:09.193 --> 00:03:12.000 align:middle line:84% How many of you have gone on a dream history tour in the past? 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:12.720 align:middle line:90% OK, great. 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:14.720 align:middle line:84% The good news is you can do both of these things 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:16.440 align:middle line:84% now, if you've not done it before. 00:03:16.440 --> 00:03:18.700 align:middle line:90% And this is your opportunity. 00:03:18.700 --> 00:03:20.580 align:middle line:84% This October, Mathias will be delivering 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:24.140 align:middle line:84% dreams, which is a project where he creates individual dreams 00:03:24.140 --> 00:03:26.140 align:middle line:90% for a series of subscribers. 00:03:26.140 --> 00:03:28.580 align:middle line:84% You'll get your own dream every day during the term 00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:32.740 align:middle line:84% of the delivery service, which is October 12 to the 26th. 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:36.165 align:middle line:84% And there are options to sign up for a nominal fee. 00:03:36.165 --> 00:03:37.540 align:middle line:84% And you can learn about over here 00:03:37.540 --> 00:03:39.420 align:middle line:84% from my friend, Damien, who's got information 00:03:39.420 --> 00:03:40.860 align:middle line:90% about this on my right. 00:03:40.860 --> 00:03:43.580 align:middle line:84% If you're within a four-mile radius of the Poetry Center, 00:03:43.580 --> 00:03:47.460 align:middle line:84% Mathias delivers these dreams by bicycle to you every day 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:49.000 align:middle line:90% in a small pink envelope. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.500 align:middle line:84% If you've not done it, I promise you 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:53.420 align:middle line:84% you'll be delighted and astonished by what happens. 00:03:53.420 --> 00:03:55.605 align:middle line:84% The dream history tours, they'll be two of those 00:03:55.605 --> 00:03:56.480 align:middle line:90% while those are here. 00:03:56.480 --> 00:03:59.580 align:middle line:84% And these are both real and imagined iterations, 00:03:59.580 --> 00:04:03.940 align:middle line:84% where those two things intersect about the history of a place. 00:04:03.940 --> 00:04:07.060 align:middle line:84% And one will depart from the Poetry Center on October 25 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.740 align:middle line:84% at 11:00 AM, and one will depart from MOCA Tucson, 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:14.300 align:middle line:84% a great partner in this work, on November 1 at 11:00 AM. 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:15.960 align:middle line:90% Those are both free experiences. 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.783 align:middle line:84% And I promise you, no tour will be as good as this tour. 00:04:18.783 --> 00:04:20.700 align:middle line:84% And you'll learn something new about the place 00:04:20.700 --> 00:04:23.100 align:middle line:84% where you make your life, your home, 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:25.700 align:middle line:84% through the surrealism of Mathias Svalina. 00:04:25.700 --> 00:04:26.820 align:middle line:90% So join us for those. 00:04:26.820 --> 00:04:29.980 align:middle line:84% And you can learn more about those at poetry.arizona.edu. 00:04:29.980 --> 00:04:32.940 align:middle line:84% And sign up to get dreams delivered to you over here 00:04:32.940 --> 00:04:35.340 align:middle line:90% after the reading. 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:38.180 align:middle line:84% This construction project that's out to my right, that 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:40.600 align:middle line:84% was a giant alleyway for many, many years, 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:42.660 align:middle line:84% for our whole history in this building, 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:46.200 align:middle line:84% will soon be a garden area and park-like space. 00:04:46.200 --> 00:04:47.700 align:middle line:84% And I promise you, the next time you 00:04:47.700 --> 00:04:50.160 align:middle line:84% come to the Poetry Center, that will be the case. 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.700 align:middle line:84% And that will be named the McCauslin-Smith Gardens here 00:04:52.700 --> 00:04:53.880 align:middle line:90% at the Poetry Center. 00:04:53.880 --> 00:04:56.240 align:middle line:84% Over time, it's going to grow into a beautiful new area. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.290 align:middle line:84% So a round of applause for construction projects that end. 00:04:59.290 --> 00:05:01.860 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:05:01.860 --> 00:05:03.700 align:middle line:90% 00:05:03.700 --> 00:05:05.520 align:middle line:84% And those cheers were from my staff 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:08.340 align:middle line:84% because we've heard a lot of construction noise and equipment 00:05:08.340 --> 00:05:09.880 align:middle line:84% while we've been waiting for this to be done. 00:05:09.880 --> 00:05:11.297 align:middle line:84% We're excited for this and excited 00:05:11.297 --> 00:05:14.563 align:middle line:84% to welcome you back to the Poetry Center with that space. 00:05:14.563 --> 00:05:15.980 align:middle line:84% Coming up, there's a couple things 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:17.468 align:middle line:84% I want to make sure you know about. 00:05:17.468 --> 00:05:19.010 align:middle line:84% If you don't have our calendar, these 00:05:19.010 --> 00:05:20.790 align:middle line:84% are available on the table in the breezeway. 00:05:20.790 --> 00:05:21.810 align:middle line:84% This will tell you everything that's 00:05:21.810 --> 00:05:24.370 align:middle line:84% happening at the Poetry Center that's coming up soon. 00:05:24.370 --> 00:05:28.090 align:middle line:84% On October 23, we have a reading with the former US Poet 00:05:28.090 --> 00:05:31.110 align:middle line:84% Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, behind her new book, 00:05:31.110 --> 00:05:34.410 align:middle line:84% Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times. 00:05:34.410 --> 00:05:36.630 align:middle line:84% And that reading will happen nearby. 00:05:36.630 --> 00:05:39.470 align:middle line:84% It's going to be in the Health Sciences Innovation Building, 00:05:39.470 --> 00:05:42.025 align:middle line:84% about a five-minute walk from the Poetry Center. 00:05:42.025 --> 00:05:44.150 align:middle line:84% Some of our events have happened there in the past. 00:05:44.150 --> 00:05:46.692 align:middle line:84% If you've got questions about that, come and ask me about it. 00:05:46.692 --> 00:05:48.460 align:middle line:84% It's about five minutes from here on foot. 00:05:48.460 --> 00:05:49.710 align:middle line:90% And we're thrilled about that. 00:05:49.710 --> 00:05:51.830 align:middle line:84% That's October 23, Thursday night, 00:05:51.830 --> 00:05:54.810 align:middle line:90% 7 o'clock in the HSIB Building. 00:05:54.810 --> 00:05:56.450 align:middle line:84% And then on October 30, we're really 00:05:56.450 --> 00:05:58.690 align:middle line:84% excited to welcome two of our great colleagues 00:05:58.690 --> 00:06:01.890 align:middle line:84% in the creative writing program, Farid Matuk and Susan Briante, 00:06:01.890 --> 00:06:03.970 align:middle line:84% behind their wonderful new books that 00:06:03.970 --> 00:06:06.790 align:middle line:84% will be back here at the Poetry Center at 7 o'clock. 00:06:06.790 --> 00:06:10.570 align:middle line:84% Please come join us for both of those readings coming up. 00:06:10.570 --> 00:06:13.410 align:middle line:84% I want to make sure that I thank the amazing Ander 00:06:13.410 --> 00:06:15.050 align:middle line:84% Monson and the New Michigan Press 00:06:15.050 --> 00:06:17.613 align:middle line:84% for making the free broadsides for us this evening. 00:06:17.613 --> 00:06:19.030 align:middle line:84% So if you've grabbed one of those, 00:06:19.030 --> 00:06:21.570 align:middle line:84% did anybody not get one of those broadsides? 00:06:21.570 --> 00:06:22.650 align:middle line:90% You all did. 00:06:22.650 --> 00:06:23.790 align:middle line:90% What a gift. 00:06:23.790 --> 00:06:26.090 align:middle line:90% Everyone's been blessed. 00:06:26.090 --> 00:06:28.630 align:middle line:84% So Ander does these out of the goodness of his heart. 00:06:28.630 --> 00:06:31.890 align:middle line:84% And these memorialize the reading in a really special way. 00:06:31.890 --> 00:06:34.510 align:middle line:84% There's work from both Richard and Mathias on those. 00:06:34.510 --> 00:06:36.590 align:middle line:84% If you're missing some of those and they're looking for them, 00:06:36.590 --> 00:06:39.007 align:middle line:84% we've got maybe a couple extra that we can share with you. 00:06:39.007 --> 00:06:40.650 align:middle line:84% We'll try to connect you with those. 00:06:40.650 --> 00:06:42.270 align:middle line:84% We're thrilled that Ander does this. 00:06:42.270 --> 00:06:42.910 align:middle line:90% And thanks so much. 00:06:42.910 --> 00:06:45.077 align:middle line:84% And let's give him a big round of applause, as well. 00:06:45.077 --> 00:06:47.878 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:06:47.878 --> 00:06:50.690 align:middle line:90% 00:06:50.690 --> 00:06:52.430 align:middle line:84% After the reading, we'll skip a Q and A. 00:06:52.430 --> 00:06:54.490 align:middle line:84% But both authors are excited to sign books. 00:06:54.490 --> 00:06:56.630 align:middle line:84% And Richard's books will be for sale over here. 00:06:56.630 --> 00:06:59.098 align:middle line:84% Mathias is or for sale over here on my right. 00:06:59.098 --> 00:07:00.890 align:middle line:84% Come up and buy those books, and both poets 00:07:00.890 --> 00:07:04.530 align:middle line:84% will be excited to talk with you and sign books for you. 00:07:04.530 --> 00:07:05.658 align:middle line:90% I'm going to sit down. 00:07:05.658 --> 00:07:07.450 align:middle line:84% I'm going to welcome up two colleagues that 00:07:07.450 --> 00:07:09.390 align:middle line:84% will do-- that will introduce our poets, 00:07:09.390 --> 00:07:11.010 align:middle line:84% and that's Ander Monson and Susan 00:07:11.010 --> 00:07:13.410 align:middle line:84% Briante, again, both colleagues in the creative writing 00:07:13.410 --> 00:07:14.517 align:middle line:90% programs. 00:07:14.517 --> 00:07:16.350 align:middle line:84% We're thrilled that they're here to help us. 00:07:16.350 --> 00:07:19.010 align:middle line:84% Please help me welcome up Susan Briante, who will tell us 00:07:19.010 --> 00:07:20.753 align:middle line:90% more about Mathias Svalina. 00:07:20.753 --> 00:07:21.670 align:middle line:90% Thanks for being here. 00:07:21.670 --> 00:07:23.520 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]