Library

New reception area and gallery space, 2021

December 17, 2021
Preserving the Poetry Center, From 2015-2021
Articles

Poetry Center Archivist and Outreach Librarian Julie Swarstand Johnson adjusts materials in one of the new cases.

September 8, 2021
A New Exhibition Space in the Library
Features

A label encouraging people to take home the colorful broadside displayed around the sign on a grey wall.

June 3, 2021
More Than Books Under Glass
Articles

Eighteen colorful books of poetry arranged on a brown wooden table.

February 18, 2021
Celebrating Black History Month with New Books
Features

Poet W. J. Herbert wears a blue shirt and smiles in front of a background of trees.

January 28, 2021
Inspiration in the Stacks: Four Questions for W. J. Herbert
Interviews

Poet Rita Dove wears a hat and sits by a fountain outside the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson, Arizona.

October 29, 2020
Celebrating American Archives Month
Features

A color photograph of a spoon, a box, a bookmark, and some multicolored yarn.

October 1, 2020
Writing Prompt: The Pillow Book and the Art of the List
Features

Ivy Johnson's As They Fall, which resembles a stack of playing cards

September 3, 2020
Embracing Chance: Ivy Johnson’s As They Fall
Features

Excerpt from Joe Brainard's poem "I Remember"

August 27, 2020
Writing Prompt: I Remember
Features

August 20, 2020
Making Space for Books: Finishing Up the Job
Articles

Photo of puddles on a bike path

July 30, 2020
Monsoon Season in the Library
Features

Weathergram from lone goose press reading "In dark of night--Mexican long-tongued bats raid hummingbird nectar"

July 16, 2020
Make Your Own Weathergrams
Features

broadside by Jamaal May

June 17, 2020
Broadsides as News
Features

Photo of chalk labyrinth drawn in the Poetry Center breezeway

June 10, 2020
Visit: Poetry in the Labyrinth
Features

Photos of the Poetry Center's library staff

June 4, 2020
Ask Us: The Librarians Are In
Features