After serving for over a decade as the Poetry Center’s Executive Director, Gail Browne will officially step down on June 30. We can think of no better going-away gift for Gail than by making a gift to the Poetry Center in her honor. Our goal is to raise $100,000 between now and June 30th, 2013, and we call upon you to help us. Please consider a gift today as a symbol of gratitude to Gail. 

Registration for Summer Classes and Workshops at the Poetry Center is open! 'Poetry in Letterpress Print' is the last class with available seats. Learn the basics of letterpress printing through the process of handsetting and printing your original work on Vandercook Proof presses. You can register online. Hurry seats are filling fast!

Tyler Meier, Managing Editor of The Kenyon Review and co-director of the Young Writer's Program, will take over as the new Executive Director of the University of Arizona Poetry Center on August 5th. Meier brings years of experience as a poet, administrator and teacher to his new position at the Poetry Center. Meier will replace Gail Browne who has served as the Executive Director of the Poetry Center since 2002.

Arizona Public Media features Social Justice Poets, our current library exhibit. The exhibit showcases poems, photographs, and original documents representing the deep relationship between poets, their poetry, and their causes. Check out Exhbit Celebrates Progressive Poets on AZPM's website and peruse this collection of challenging work by progressive poets at the Poetry Center. The exhibit is open now and runs until June 26th. 

The University of Arizona Poetry Center seeks enthusiastic individuals to serve in its vibrant docent program. Poetry Center docents provide groups and institutions with a positive and engaging introduction to the Poetry Center as a living archive. Please read through the information and qualifications listed here, where you will also find a downloadable application. Applications will be accepted for review until July 26.