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Sold-out audience waits for Dessa
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Charismatic Dessa reads from her new chapbook, A Pound of Steam.
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Aby Wolf performs a song inspired by "Dear Sir or Madam."
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Sims answers a question from the audience. He took the inspiration for his song from Dessa's poem "Mercy."
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Benjamin Burwell and Jake Pavek performed Dessa's poem "Kept Company" in the classical style.
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Dessa treated the audience to a couple of songs from her new album, Parts of Speech.
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Dessa signs copies of A Pound of Steam at the book signing.
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Exuberant crowd waits to get their books signed.
Rain Taxi, in partnership with Dessa, is a fiscal year 2013 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.