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An Interview with Edie Jarolim

An interview with writer, archivist, and Blackburn scholar Edie Jarolim.

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University of Arizona Poetry Center to Administer Statewide Poetry Recitation Competition

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Announcing Fall 2021 Programs at the Poetry Center

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Poetry Center Awarded Continuing Art for Justice Grant

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Meet the Teaching Artists: Saraiya Kanning
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Brave Books 2021-2023: Zines and Zine Libraries
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September 28, 2021
Register for Poetry Out Loud!
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September 21, 2021
Virtual Kids Create: September is for Metaphors!
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September 14, 2021
Celebrating Children's & YA Literature of the US-México Borderlands!
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August 31, 2021
K-8 lesson plans for a changing climate
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August 31, 2021
Y/our Words Matter: Zines in the Classroom
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August 17, 2021
Writing Sofia’s Awesome Tamale Day
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August 5, 2021
University of Arizona Poetry Center to Administer Statewide Poetry Recitation Competition
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July 20, 2021
Education Afield: Youth Arts Program
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July 6, 2021
Even When We Bend: 6-12 Anthology
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June 22, 2021
Imagine if We Could Fly: K-5 Anthology
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June 8, 2021
Five Poetry Lesson Plans for Young Artists
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May 25, 2021
If We Could Ask 2020 & 2021 Anything: What Second Graders Have to Say About the Pandemic
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May 11, 2021
Education Afield: High School Poetry on Walls & Borders
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