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Front cover of the magazine Folder, no. 3, featuring an abstract painting in blue and orange.
August 16, 2023
Digital Exhibit: Little Magazines
Articles
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
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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
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