The Poetry Center awards two residencies each summer to one poet and one prose writer at any stage of their careers. The residency includes a $150 stipend/week and a two to four week stay in a studio apartment located within steps of the Poetry Center’s renowned library of contemporary poetry, during which the writers will develop his/her work. The 2012 deadline is January 27. This is not a postmark deadline. Applications must arrive by this date.

New Guidelines

We’re pleased to announce changes to the summer residency program which...

More visceral than conceptual, this year’s symposium will gather poets for whom the stage and all of its demands, such as voice, projection, sound effects, lighting, body movement, acting, props, and image, all help create a new syntactic breadth for the poetic *voice.* These writers press into new territories in theater, song, film/video, dance, recitation, digital arts, sculpture, book arts and more. Many will be performing, in many cases, original never-seen-before work for the Poetry Center.

Poetry Off the Page: An International Symposium

May 18 - May 20...

Our programs are almost entirely supported by individual contributions and grants. Annual contributions to the Walt Whitman Circle will provide a predictable base of support, ensuring the Poetry Center is able to sustain programs that nourish a love of language and foster an ability to see the world with fresh eyes. Download the Walt Whitman Circle contribution form here and become a member today.

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Visit the Poetry Center and encounter our latest exhibit, which gathers published volumes and original materials from the extraordinary lives and work of these two Arizona poets, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870–1943) and Hattie Greene Lockett (1880–1962), members of the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame. And don't miss a special reception on the evening of Thursday, January 26th, complete with refreshments and a slide show.

Sharlot Hall and Hattie Lockett: An Arizona Centennial Exhibition

January 3 through March 31, 2012
We celebrate 100...

"Tender portrayals of the relationships between his characters and their struggles within this vividly and carefully rendered picture of place and time make Mueenuddin’s work unforgettable." In her review of In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, Lajla Cline, a fiction student in the University of Arizona’s MFA program in creative writing, offers some valuable insights into this award-winning collection of short stories by Daniyal Mueenuddin, who will...

Both poetry and dance spring from the heart of music: the line of melody, the beat of rhythm. In this collaboration between the UA Poetry Center and the School of Dance, the poem and the dance meet and enchant each other with their music. Love Notes is a series of performances, including Richard Siken reading poems from his award-winning collection Crush to music composed just for this occasion, a trio of love poems by Catherine Wing transmuted into solo dance, choreographies set to selections from Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel, and more. Join us during the...

Register for Poetry Off the Page before April 18 for Early Bird Rates:

• $120 General admission
• $50 Student Admission

Price of Admission increases by $30 after 4/18/2012.

Register for Poetry Off the Page here.
Buy tickets for Friday and/or Saturday night performances here.
Reserve a room at the Four...