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We have a poetry reading
to do, so let's do that.

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On my right, I'll just
say a couple last things,

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there are books for
sale after the reading.

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And I know Cam and Franny
would be happy to sign those.

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So make your way to
the book buying table

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and come up with
those afterwards

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and get those signed
before you head out.

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Cameron's going to read first,
and Franny will read second.

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I'm going to just
quickly acknowledge

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both of the introducers,
and then we'll

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get this show on the road.

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So Melissa Goodrich is
going to introduce Franny

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after Cameron goes.

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Melissa Goodrich is the
author of the books,

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The Daughter of Monsters, and
with Dana Diehl, the book,

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The Classroom.

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She is also the Poetry Center's
digital strategy and marketing

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coordinator.

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Lucky us.

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Lucky you.

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I don't know if you know
it, but lucky all of us.

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So if you find out
about things online,

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know about the Poetry
Center is because Melissa

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has put a lot of love and
care into that, getting it out

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into the world.

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Incredibly grateful for it.

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And she'll come up and
introduce Franny in a moment.

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But to introduce
Cameron now, I want

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you to help me welcome TC
Tolbert, Tucson's poet laureate,

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for a little bit longer.

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Maybe a penultimate
laureate event right now.

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Maybe not.

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But the author most recently
of the wonderful chapbook,

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The Quiet Practices, please
help me welcome TC Tolbert.

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[APPLAUSE]

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