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15 Facts for 15 Years: Things You Didn't Know About Voca
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Announcing the Fall 2025 Season at the Poetry Center!
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What makes us human is that we marked up walls
We have a right to public art. We have a right to see beautiful things on our property.
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January 9, 2024
A love letter to Voca
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January 5, 2024
Writing Prompt (with Friends): The Surrealist Q & A Game
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January 2, 2024
First-Person/Third-Person: Strategies for Revision
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December 21, 2023
FOR TODAY: An Interview with Carolyn Hembree
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December 13, 2023
Jake Skeets on Poetry Centered
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December 12, 2023
Beyond Syllabication: 3 Ways to Help Students Write More Meaningful Haiku
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December 11, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2024 Reading and Lecture Series
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December 5, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2024 Classes and Workshops!
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November 29, 2023
New on Poetry Centered: Sally Wen Mao
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November 22, 2023
The Quiet Line: Louise Glück and Rooting the Lyric Unsaid
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November 21, 2023
Make a Tucson Zine!: An Activity for Kids of All Ages
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November 16, 2023
Giving Tuesday is almost here!
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November 15, 2023
New on Poetry Centered: Our Little Perfections with host Lauren Camp
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October 31, 2023
Halloween Poems from Writing the Community!
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October 24, 2023
Discovering Community in the Borderlands
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