WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.060 align:middle line:90%
Hi, everybody.

00:00:01.060 --> 00:00:01.952 align:middle line:90%
How you doing?

00:00:01.952 --> 00:00:02.910 align:middle line:90%
That's a little shrill.

00:00:02.910 --> 00:00:04.533 align:middle line:90%
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

00:00:04.533 --> 00:00:05.700 align:middle line:90%
Sorry to be a little shrill.

00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:06.660 align:middle line:90%
Good to see you all.

00:00:06.660 --> 00:00:08.052 align:middle line:90%
Happy Thursday.

00:00:08.052 --> 00:00:09.260 align:middle line:90%
Welcome to the Poetry Center.

00:00:09.260 --> 00:00:13.000 align:middle line:84%
We're glad you're here
at the end of October.

00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.840 align:middle line:84%
It's been a really good
month for poetry in Tucson.

00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:17.620 align:middle line:84%
It's getting even
better tonight.

00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:21.800 align:middle line:84%
And so welcome to
all that awaits us.

00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:22.580 align:middle line:90%
My name is Tyler.

00:00:22.580 --> 00:00:24.960 align:middle line:84%
I work here as the Director
at the Poetry Center.

00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.280 align:middle line:84%
We could not be more thrilled
to have our colleagues

00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:28.460 align:middle line:90%
reading with us tonight.

00:00:28.460 --> 00:00:31.600 align:middle line:84%
So a big round of applause
and welcome for Farid Matuk

00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:32.370 align:middle line:90%
and Susan Briante.

00:00:32.370 --> 00:00:35.692 align:middle line:90%
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

00:00:35.692 --> 00:00:36.680 align:middle line:90%


00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:38.600 align:middle line:84%
Two heartbeats of
what happens in Tucson

00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:40.985 align:middle line:84%
with poetry and a
real joy to celebrate

00:00:40.985 --> 00:00:42.860 align:middle line:84%
two new books from both
of them this evening,

00:00:42.860 --> 00:00:44.922 align:middle line:84%
including Susan's book,
which is just out.

00:00:44.922 --> 00:00:46.880 align:middle line:84%
And I think this is the
very first event that's

00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:47.980 align:middle line:90%
happening with that book.

00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:51.040 align:middle line:84%
So we're excited
about all of that.

00:00:51.040 --> 00:00:52.380 align:middle line:90%
Those books are for sale.

00:00:52.380 --> 00:00:53.820 align:middle line:84%
And Susan's books
are so exciting.

00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:55.760 align:middle line:90%
They're for sale in two places.

00:00:55.760 --> 00:00:58.348 align:middle line:84%
So some of them are here,
and some of them are here.

00:00:58.348 --> 00:01:00.140 align:middle line:84%
And this is where you
can find the new one.

00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:02.700 align:middle line:84%
And then Farid's books are all
for sale over here as well.

00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:04.720 align:middle line:84%
So we hope you'll find
your way to those tables

00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:05.660 align:middle line:90%
after the reading.

00:01:05.660 --> 00:01:08.920 align:middle line:84%
And both poets would be really
excited to sign those books

00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:10.180 align:middle line:90%
and to talk with you.

00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:14.118 align:middle line:84%
And so please put your nickels
together and visit that place.

00:01:14.118 --> 00:01:15.660 align:middle line:84%
If you don't have
any money with you,

00:01:15.660 --> 00:01:17.368 align:middle line:84%
you're not going to
go away empty handed.

00:01:17.368 --> 00:01:19.120 align:middle line:84%
And that's because
Ander Monson has made

00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.080 align:middle line:90%
beautiful broadsides for us.

00:01:21.080 --> 00:01:23.240 align:middle line:84%
And I think Ander is
in the back over here.

00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:27.340 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, Ander, so much,
and New Michigan Press.

00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:29.340 align:middle line:84%
If you've been to readings
at the Poetry Center,

00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.300 align:middle line:90%
this sometimes happens.

00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:32.720 align:middle line:84%
And this is one of the
moments when it's happening.

00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:33.880 align:middle line:90%
They're beautiful.

00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:36.540 align:middle line:90%
The first 100 people get them.

00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:38.540 align:middle line:84%
So if you don't have them
and you're interested,

00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:41.123 align:middle line:84%
there are a few extras up here
you can find after the reading,

00:01:41.123 --> 00:01:43.920 align:middle line:84%
and some more that are on
the table in the breezeway.

00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:45.280 align:middle line:90%
I hope you'll grab those.

00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.880 align:middle line:84%
They have been
scented with a scent.

00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:52.980 align:middle line:84%
And so enjoy the scent
of your broadsides.

00:01:52.980 --> 00:01:57.625 align:middle line:90%


00:01:57.625 --> 00:01:59.000 align:middle line:84%
I want to tell
you about a couple

00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.083 align:middle line:84%
of things that are coming
up at the Poetry Center,

00:02:01.083 --> 00:02:04.730 align:middle line:84%
and then invite up some folks to
help introduce Farid and Susan.

00:02:04.730 --> 00:02:07.250 align:middle line:84%
So the first thing is
that how many of you

00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:09.659 align:middle line:84%
went on the Dream History
tour last Saturday?

00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:10.870 align:middle line:90%
[CHEERING]

00:02:10.870 --> 00:02:11.950 align:middle line:90%
A lot of you did.

00:02:11.950 --> 00:02:12.810 align:middle line:90%
Good work.

00:02:12.810 --> 00:02:15.510 align:middle line:84%
There's another this weekend,
and this is the last.

00:02:15.510 --> 00:02:19.910 align:middle line:84%
It's on this Saturday,
the first, at 11 AM.

00:02:19.910 --> 00:02:21.330 align:middle line:90%
It's at MOCA Tucson.

00:02:21.330 --> 00:02:23.710 align:middle line:84%
So it'll be meeting at the
front entryway to MOCA,

00:02:23.710 --> 00:02:26.130 align:middle line:84%
and then departing
from there for a walk

00:02:26.130 --> 00:02:29.890 align:middle line:84%
through that part of Tucson
and for the imagined history

00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:32.610 align:middle line:90%
of those places in that area.

00:02:32.610 --> 00:02:36.610 align:middle line:84%
And this is done by our
great friend Mathias

00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:39.020 align:middle line:84%
Svalina, who's been delivering
dreams around Tucson--

00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:41.687 align:middle line:90%
[APPLAUSE]

00:02:41.687 --> 00:02:43.270 align:middle line:84%
--and spending the
past month with us.

00:02:43.270 --> 00:02:44.570 align:middle line:84%
And this is also our
last time to really

00:02:44.570 --> 00:02:47.350 align:middle line:84%
hang out with Mathias before
he departs for his next stop.

00:02:47.350 --> 00:02:49.890 align:middle line:84%
So if you haven't been to
those before, please come.

00:02:49.890 --> 00:02:51.350 align:middle line:90%
About a mile and a half walk.

00:02:51.350 --> 00:02:53.590 align:middle line:84%
It's a great time for a
good hat, a water bottle,

00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:55.090 align:middle line:90%
and some good shoes.

00:02:55.090 --> 00:02:57.150 align:middle line:84%
But you'll have a
delightful time.

00:02:57.150 --> 00:02:59.270 align:middle line:84%
And I hope you'll come
and join us for that.

00:02:59.270 --> 00:03:03.070 align:middle line:84%
That's Saturday, the first,
11 AM at MOCA Tucson,

00:03:03.070 --> 00:03:05.430 align:middle line:84%
which, of course, is an
amazing place in its own right,

00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:08.490 align:middle line:84%
but you should plan on
visiting after the walk.

00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:10.810 align:middle line:84%
On the sixth of November,
we'll have our next reading

00:03:10.810 --> 00:03:12.390 align:middle line:90%
back here at the Poetry Center.

00:03:12.390 --> 00:03:14.130 align:middle line:84%
And that's with
Karen Emmerich, who

00:03:14.130 --> 00:03:17.650 align:middle line:84%
will be in town as the keynote
for the American Literary

00:03:17.650 --> 00:03:20.250 align:middle line:84%
Translators
Association Conference.

00:03:20.250 --> 00:03:22.690 align:middle line:84%
So Karen will do a reading
from her translation work

00:03:22.690 --> 00:03:25.830 align:middle line:84%
that Thursday night here at the
Poetry Center later in the week.

00:03:25.830 --> 00:03:28.130 align:middle line:84%
And she'll give the
keynote for the conference.

00:03:28.130 --> 00:03:31.010 align:middle line:84%
The ALTA Conference brings
hundreds of translators

00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:32.510 align:middle line:90%
to Tucson when it happens here.

00:03:32.510 --> 00:03:35.010 align:middle line:84%
It's an amazing collection
of all the people

00:03:35.010 --> 00:03:37.690 align:middle line:84%
doing the work of literature,
going between languages,

00:03:37.690 --> 00:03:42.170 align:middle line:84%
becoming much more possible
across all these different ways

00:03:42.170 --> 00:03:43.550 align:middle line:90%
of speaking and knowing.

00:03:43.550 --> 00:03:46.650 align:middle line:84%
And so we're thrilled that ALTA
is happening in Tucson again.

00:03:46.650 --> 00:03:48.590 align:middle line:84%
Her keynote is also
open to the public,

00:03:48.590 --> 00:03:50.270 align:middle line:90%
along with some other events.

00:03:50.270 --> 00:03:53.030 align:middle line:84%
And you can learn about those
at literarytranslators.org.

00:03:53.030 --> 00:03:55.070 align:middle line:84%
Some of those are
evening events.

00:03:55.070 --> 00:03:56.850 align:middle line:84%
Some of those are
conference happenings

00:03:56.850 --> 00:03:58.690 align:middle line:90%
that are open to the public.

00:03:58.690 --> 00:04:01.790 align:middle line:84%
Literarytranslators.org is
the way to know about that.

00:04:01.790 --> 00:04:06.090 align:middle line:84%
And most of those are on
site at the Marriott Hotel

00:04:06.090 --> 00:04:08.590 align:middle line:90%
that's in the campus area.

00:04:08.590 --> 00:04:10.370 align:middle line:84%
Some of the other
events are in places

00:04:10.370 --> 00:04:12.490 align:middle line:90%
around town in the evenings.

00:04:12.490 --> 00:04:13.810 align:middle line:90%
Lots going on.

00:04:13.810 --> 00:04:15.810 align:middle line:84%
November 15 at 1
o'clock, we're really

00:04:15.810 --> 00:04:19.410 align:middle line:84%
excited to have a performance
from the poet and musician Brian

00:04:19.410 --> 00:04:20.450 align:middle line:90%
Laidlaw.

00:04:20.450 --> 00:04:22.290 align:middle line:84%
So that's a Saturday
at 1 o'clock

00:04:22.290 --> 00:04:24.170 align:middle line:90%
back here at the Poetry Center.

00:04:24.170 --> 00:04:26.710 align:middle line:84%
Brian works with a group
called Unrestricted Interest,

00:04:26.710 --> 00:04:28.210 align:middle line:84%
and that is a group
that's dedicated

00:04:28.210 --> 00:04:32.170 align:middle line:84%
to neurodivergent listening,
learning, and languaging.

00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:35.850 align:middle line:84%
And Brian collaborates with
poets and non-speaking poets,

00:04:35.850 --> 00:04:38.090 align:middle line:90%
many of whom are here in Tucson.

00:04:38.090 --> 00:04:40.730 align:middle line:84%
And then he works with them to
take their lyrics, their words,

00:04:40.730 --> 00:04:43.070 align:middle line:84%
and creates music,
co-creates music with them.

00:04:43.070 --> 00:04:45.210 align:middle line:84%
So it'll be a performance
of those pieces.

00:04:45.210 --> 00:04:47.710 align:middle line:84%
That's here November
15 at 1 o'clock.

00:04:47.710 --> 00:04:49.790 align:middle line:84%
We're really excited to
have those poets with us,

00:04:49.790 --> 00:04:52.590 align:middle line:84%
and we're really excited to have
Brian's presence here with us.

00:04:52.590 --> 00:04:54.210 align:middle line:84%
It was a very
beautiful performance

00:04:54.210 --> 00:04:55.710 align:middle line:90%
last time Brian was here.

00:04:55.710 --> 00:04:57.168 align:middle line:84%
And we're really
thrilled that he's

00:04:57.168 --> 00:04:59.810 align:middle line:84%
coming back down from Moab,
Utah to do another show here

00:04:59.810 --> 00:05:02.010 align:middle line:90%
at the Poetry Center.

00:05:02.010 --> 00:05:04.690 align:middle line:84%
November 20 at 7 o'clock,
we'll be back here

00:05:04.690 --> 00:05:07.690 align:middle line:84%
at the Poetry Center with the
poets Vievee Francis and Matthew

00:05:07.690 --> 00:05:08.190 align:middle line:90%
Olzmann.

00:05:08.190 --> 00:05:10.130 align:middle line:84%
And then we finish
out the semester

00:05:10.130 --> 00:05:14.210 align:middle line:84%
with two events, December 3 and
4, Wednesday and Thursday, both

00:05:14.210 --> 00:05:16.050 align:middle line:84%
at 7 o'clock here
at the Poetry Center

00:05:16.050 --> 00:05:18.130 align:middle line:90%
with the poet Anselm Berrigan.

00:05:18.130 --> 00:05:20.930 align:middle line:84%
He'll be giving a
lecture on the Wednesday

00:05:20.930 --> 00:05:23.450 align:middle line:84%
and then reading from
his poetry on Thursday.

00:05:23.450 --> 00:05:25.310 align:middle line:84%
And that will finish
us out for the season.

00:05:25.310 --> 00:05:26.830 align:middle line:90%
It's been a good season.

00:05:26.830 --> 00:05:29.210 align:middle line:84%
A big round of applause
to my colleagues

00:05:29.210 --> 00:05:32.610 align:middle line:84%
at the Poetry Center that
put a lot of energy and work

00:05:32.610 --> 00:05:34.730 align:middle line:90%
into this.

00:05:34.730 --> 00:05:37.330 align:middle line:84%
I will also say, one
thing that will also

00:05:37.330 --> 00:05:40.570 align:middle line:84%
be happening this
winter, the Poetry Center

00:05:40.570 --> 00:05:43.190 align:middle line:84%
has had some upgrades
to its HVAC system.

00:05:43.190 --> 00:05:47.250 align:middle line:84%
So we are promising a
warmer library for you

00:05:47.250 --> 00:05:51.130 align:middle line:84%
in the colder parts of
Tucson, the colder months.

00:05:51.130 --> 00:05:52.930 align:middle line:84%
But the second half
of that work will

00:05:52.930 --> 00:05:55.710 align:middle line:90%
happen over the winter break.

00:05:55.710 --> 00:05:58.420 align:middle line:84%
We'll be close to
the public starting--

00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:00.055 align:middle line:90%
December 13 is a Saturday.

00:06:00.055 --> 00:06:01.680 align:middle line:84%
Once we have our
normal hours that day,

00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:02.840 align:middle line:90%
we're going to be closed.

00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:05.520 align:middle line:84%
We'll reopen on January 6, and
that'll give the pipefitters

00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:08.020 align:middle line:84%
a lot of time to do the work
they need to do in our ceilings

00:06:08.020 --> 00:06:09.260 align:middle line:90%
during that stretch.

00:06:09.260 --> 00:06:12.180 align:middle line:84%
When you come back in
January, expect greatness.

00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:13.820 align:middle line:90%
So we're looking forward to it.

00:06:13.820 --> 00:06:16.980 align:middle line:84%
And we're excited to open up
again for you all at that time

00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:17.720 align:middle line:90%
as well.

00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:19.428 align:middle line:84%
But there will be a
little stretch there.

00:06:19.428 --> 00:06:22.660 align:middle line:84%
We will be closed to the public
so that we can be a job site.

00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:24.160 align:middle line:84%
Farid going to
read first tonight.

00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:25.540 align:middle line:90%
And Susan will read second.

00:06:25.540 --> 00:06:28.020 align:middle line:84%
To welcome them, Farid will
be introduced by Mathias,

00:06:28.020 --> 00:06:28.520 align:middle line:90%
I mentioned.

00:06:28.520 --> 00:06:30.580 align:middle line:84%
So he's been delivering
dreams to many of us

00:06:30.580 --> 00:06:32.340 align:middle line:90%
in Tucson for the past month.

00:06:32.340 --> 00:06:33.940 align:middle line:84%
Most recently the
author of the book

00:06:33.940 --> 00:06:36.580 align:middle line:84%
Thank You, Terror, and a
forthcoming story collection

00:06:36.580 --> 00:06:38.445 align:middle line:90%
that will come out in December.

00:06:38.445 --> 00:06:39.820 align:middle line:84%
And then Susan
will be introduced

00:06:39.820 --> 00:06:42.900 align:middle line:84%
by Raquel Gutiérrez, who's the
author of the essay collection

00:06:42.900 --> 00:06:45.220 align:middle line:84%
Brown Neon and the
forthcoming poetry

00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:49.140 align:middle line:84%
collection in early December
from Noemi Press, Southwest

00:06:49.140 --> 00:06:50.660 align:middle line:90%
Reconstruction.

00:06:50.660 --> 00:06:53.700 align:middle line:84%
Please help me welcome
first, Mathias, to tell us

00:06:53.700 --> 00:06:54.470 align:middle line:90%
more about Farid.

00:06:54.470 --> 00:06:57.710 align:middle line:90%
[APPLAUSE]