kristin o'keeffe afterwards. [applause] >> dance, everybody. welcome to the "dr. mutter's marvels" book event. i'm so thrilled to be here. editor to finish riding this book because i got a grant to support riding this book and i lived in new york city and $25,000 does not pay anything in new york city. but it does in austin. thank you for your cheap tacos come your public transportation. today i'm going to give you a talk about what i love about mutter. at local poets read from the book so you get a chance of what it's like. i'm an obsessive nerd and i'm excited about the subject matter site take a long time. ps there's gory images so i apologize in advance if you need anything bread for dinner. the book is about thomas mutter. it's a cold destination. it's a museum for medical oddities. they would say unusual pathological specimen. i grew up in philadelphia and i went to see the fourth grade to sixth grade, eighth grade all throughout high school, never knowing the sorry plight was founded and that is what got me interested in the story i ride in dr. mutter. the