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Announcing the Fall 2025 Season at the Poetry Center!
A stunning slate of visiting writers
Poetic Surprises in Ekphrastic Art: Emily Dickinson Inspires a “Rêverie”
Poetry makes its way into my work in different ways. Sometimes a poem will directly influence a piece, or I'll be researching for a piece and find a poem that helps me to better understand my...
Announcing the College of Humanities McCauslin-Smith Gardens!
Come enjoy the newest greenspace at the University of Arizona.
Paper Children
Unearthing the Unwritten in Undocumented Stories
A Visit to the Ai Ogawa Papers
Today, the poet Ai Ogawa, who simply went by Ai, would have been 78 years old.
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April 13, 2017
Rare Books: Sometimes I Pretend...
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April 5, 2017
Rodrigo Toscano dives into our library
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February 27, 2017
Behind Kate Zambreno’s "Book of Mutter": A Shadow Bibliography
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February 22, 2017
Brian Teare's ecopoetic picks
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February 7, 2017
Natasha Stagg's choice from our MFA Thesis Collection
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January 26, 2017
Joy Harjo's picks
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January 23, 2017
The Homesick Imagination: On W.C. Williams’ “To Elsie”
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January 12, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Cecilia Vicuña's Saborami
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January 9, 2017
Lawrence Lenhart's choice from our MFA Thesis Collection
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January 5, 2017
Rare Books: Boxes With Respect by Kimiko Hahn
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December 15, 2016
Where Was I | Adventures in Reading: Julie Swarstad Johnson
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December 12, 2016
Speedway and Swan Episode 32: Ernesto Portillo, Jr.
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December 8, 2016
From the Stacks: Alice Notley
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November 27, 2016
Speedway and Swan Episode 31: Mathias Svalina
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November 18, 2016
Where Was I | Adventures in Reading: Michael Earl Craig
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