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Music Hello, and welcome back to Big Mood, Little Mood.

I am your host, Danny Amlavery, and with me in the studio this week is my dear friend, Colette Arrand, a transsexual poet from Athens, Georgia.

She's the author of The Poetry Collection, Hold Me Gorilla Monsoon, and as the editor of Fan Fight, the wrestling section of

Fanbite Media.

Collette, welcome to the show.

Hello, thank you.

I feel very tempted to laugh at myself because not two minutes ago, I was confident about two

things, one of which was, I wouldn't have to ask you any questions about your bio,

and the other was that I was sure you had been on the show before when it was dear prudence.

And now I'm not so sure about either of those things, because I just realized, I don't know that

I've ever said your last name out loud before. And I don't know if I said it right. You didn't,

but that's okay. It happens. Good. Good.

This is one of my cherished time-honored traditions is when I have dear friends on the show.

I don't pronounce their last names correctly.

This was how I found out.

I didn't know Calvin's last name last year.

How do I pronounce your last name, Colette?

My last name is just pronounced Aaron, like running one.

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