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Announcing the Summer 2025 Season!
Join us for classes, events, and for the 2025 Sealey Challenge!
Announcing the 2025 Free Time Contest for Incarcerated Writers
Submissions will be accepted June 1st through August 15th. Details inside!
Outdoor improvements coming to the Poetry Center this summer!
The College of Humanities will lead the donor-funded renovations this summer.
Announcing the Fall 2025 Season at the Poetry Center!
A stunning slate of visiting writers
Palestine in a Pomegranate
Reading “Still Life” by Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah
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January 16, 2024
Spontaneous Eulogies: Poetry of Praise as a Natural Vessel for Grieving
Education
January 2, 2024
First-Person/Third-Person: Strategies for Revision
Education
December 12, 2023
Beyond Syllabication: 3 Ways to Help Students Write More Meaningful Haiku
Education
November 21, 2023
Make a Tucson Zine!: An Activity for Kids of All Ages
Education
October 31, 2023
Halloween Poems from Writing the Community!
Education
October 24, 2023
Discovering Community in the Borderlands
Education
October 10, 2023
POL State Finals Head to Flagstaff!
Education
October 3, 2023
Poetry and Play at the Children’s Museum Tucson
Education
September 19, 2023
Kids Create is this Saturday!
Education
September 13, 2023
Join us for an AZ Poetry Out Loud Infosession & Panel!
Education
September 12, 2023
Want zines & zine-making supplies at your southern Arizona library? Request a box!
Education
September 5, 2023
Register for Poetry Out Loud 2024!
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August 8, 2023
Poetry Center Field Trips for 4th-12th Grade Students!
Education
July 26, 2023
BKL Stories: Remembering Doña Carmen Catalan Sardina
Education
July 25, 2023
INSPIRATION IS DANGEROUS
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