WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.100 align:middle line:90% Hey, everybody. 00:00:01.100 --> 00:00:02.480 align:middle line:90% How's everyone? 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:03.320 align:middle line:90% Doing OK? 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:04.620 align:middle line:90% You've braved the rain. 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:05.547 align:middle line:90% Good work. 00:00:05.547 --> 00:00:06.380 align:middle line:90% Thanks for doing it. 00:00:06.380 --> 00:00:07.797 align:middle line:84% Glad to see you here on a Thursday 00:00:07.797 --> 00:00:09.920 align:middle line:90% night at the Poetry Center. 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:14.240 align:middle line:84% We are near the end of our fall season at the Poetry Center 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:16.260 align:middle line:90% and so excited about that. 00:00:16.260 --> 00:00:19.292 align:middle line:84% And also excited for everything that looms, that's coming up. 00:00:19.292 --> 00:00:21.000 align:middle line:84% So there's a lot of things that are going 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.200 align:middle line:90% to begin again in January. 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:25.680 align:middle line:84% But before we get there, there's one other important thing 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:28.180 align:middle line:84% that's happening and that's the Anselm will be back tomorrow 00:00:28.180 --> 00:00:29.860 align:middle line:90% night, reading from his poems. 00:00:29.860 --> 00:00:32.439 align:middle line:84% And so we hope you'll come back tomorrow night here 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.160 align:middle line:84% at the Poetry Center, 7:00 o'clock, to hear Anselm read 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:38.160 align:middle line:84% from his poems and from his newest book, 00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:40.547 align:middle line:90% out from books last year. 00:00:40.547 --> 00:00:42.880 align:middle line:84% And in January, some things you can look forward to that 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:45.740 align:middle line:84% are coming up, there's the whole spring season, 00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:48.440 align:middle line:84% and that will include readings from Cameron Awkward-Rich 00:00:48.440 --> 00:00:52.200 align:middle line:84% and Franny Choi, and then also from Eleanor Wilner and Alicia 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.580 align:middle line:84% Ostriker, and then on and on from there. 00:00:54.580 --> 00:00:56.463 align:middle line:90% So lots of good things coming. 00:00:56.463 --> 00:00:57.880 align:middle line:84% If you're not on our mailing list, 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.000 align:middle line:84% I want to make sure you know about those things. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.400 align:middle line:84% I encourage you to go to the Poetry Center's website 00:01:02.400 --> 00:01:04.000 align:middle line:84% and join the mailing list, which is 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.947 align:middle line:84% on our newsletter at the bottom of the page. 00:01:06.947 --> 00:01:08.780 align:middle line:84% Also, you can leave us your mailing address. 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:11.200 align:middle line:84% We'll send you our beautiful calendar, 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:13.360 align:middle line:90% which will delight your fridge. 00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:15.600 align:middle line:84% And you can hang it up there prominently 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:18.360 align:middle line:84% to never forget when good things are happening at the Poetry 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:21.570 align:middle line:84% Center, which is most Thursday nights in Tucson, including 00:01:21.570 --> 00:01:23.050 align:middle line:90% Wednesdays, tonight. 00:01:23.050 --> 00:01:24.350 align:middle line:90% We're really lucky for this. 00:01:24.350 --> 00:01:26.210 align:middle line:84% This is going to be a lecture this evening. 00:01:26.210 --> 00:01:28.752 align:middle line:84% This is offered in partnership with the Bagley Wright Lecture 00:01:28.752 --> 00:01:31.330 align:middle line:84% Series, a group with whom we've collaborated 00:01:31.330 --> 00:01:33.730 align:middle line:84% with in the past at the Poetry Center. 00:01:33.730 --> 00:01:36.350 align:middle line:84% And this is a series that works with poets. 00:01:36.350 --> 00:01:40.690 align:middle line:84% And they want to especially support their contemporary work 00:01:40.690 --> 00:01:44.250 align:middle line:84% and support them as they explore in-depth ways 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:46.388 align:middle line:84% their own thinking about poetry and poetics, 00:01:46.388 --> 00:01:47.930 align:middle line:84% and then to give a series of lectures 00:01:47.930 --> 00:01:50.890 align:middle line:84% that result from the different investigations that they do. 00:01:50.890 --> 00:01:55.170 align:middle line:84% And it's a complete joy to have Anselm Berrigan back in Tucson 00:01:55.170 --> 00:01:57.450 align:middle line:90% to give a lecture to us tonight. 00:01:57.450 --> 00:02:00.330 align:middle line:84% And I'll let him tell you more about that when he comes up here 00:02:00.330 --> 00:02:02.490 align:middle line:90% in a moment. 00:02:02.490 --> 00:02:04.930 align:middle line:84% To help us introduce Anselm, I want 00:02:04.930 --> 00:02:07.130 align:middle line:84% to help welcome up Claire Hong, who's 00:02:07.130 --> 00:02:09.250 align:middle line:84% a great friend of the Poetry Center, one 00:02:09.250 --> 00:02:12.490 align:middle line:84% of our great collaborators who works on many of our youth 00:02:12.490 --> 00:02:14.970 align:middle line:84% programs, working with young people in Tucson 00:02:14.970 --> 00:02:18.250 align:middle line:84% and in our school system, among many other things that Claire 00:02:18.250 --> 00:02:18.970 align:middle line:90% does. 00:02:18.970 --> 00:02:21.730 align:middle line:84% She's also one of the best gardeners that I know. 00:02:21.730 --> 00:02:24.230 align:middle line:84% And so if you're having trouble growing anything, 00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:25.610 align:middle line:90% talk to Claire. 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:27.710 align:middle line:84% She's the author of the book Upend, 00:02:27.710 --> 00:02:31.350 align:middle line:84% which was longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award, many grants. 00:02:31.350 --> 00:02:32.750 align:middle line:90% She was a Stegner fellow. 00:02:32.750 --> 00:02:35.030 align:middle line:84% Please help me welcome our good friend, Claire Hong. 00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:36.450 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:02:36.450 --> 00:02:36.950 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:02:36.950 --> 00:02:38.800 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]