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Poetry Center and Partners Present The Tucson Dream-History Tour with Poet Mathias Svalina

Walk with us and imagine alternate city histories

Announcing Spring 2022 Classes & Workshops

Scholarships open January 10 and General Registration begins January 18

Announcing the Spring 2022 Reading & Lecture Series

Check out our upcoming season

portrait of 2022 poets

Poetry Center Announces $135,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Caption Audiovisual Archive Voca

This project will greatly increase the accessibility, usability and searchability of the recordings housed on Voca.

cartoon hands holding digital devices, the center one reading "CC" for closed captioning

Poetry Center Awarded Continuing Art for Justice Grant

We are thrilled to continue our initiatives and pivot to new endeavors

portrait of Danielle Badra and the cover of her book Like We Still Speak

December 4, 2021
2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize Winner: Speaking with Danielle Badra on "Like We Still Speak"
Interviews

Tiana Nobile and the cover of her book Cleave

November 19, 2021
Shifting the Paradigm: An Interview with Tiana Nobile on "Cleave"
Interviews

November 9, 2021
Putting It Down: A Conversation with Truong Tran & book of the other
Features, Interviews

October 5, 2021
An Interview with Edie Jarolim
Interviews

drawing of various types of birds on beige paper

September 17, 2021
There is No One Way to be a Human or a Bird: An Interview with Amie Whittemore
Interviews

September 10, 2021
An Interview with Christopher Citro
Interviews

August 11, 2021
An Interview with Dava Sobel
Interviews

illustration of JD Scott and the cover of Mask for Mask

June 10, 2021
An Interview with JD Scott
Interviews

April 24, 2021
An Interview with Jennifer Calkins
Interviews

April 2, 2021
An Art for Justice Interview with Flowers & Bullets Co-Founder Tito Romero
Interviews

February 17, 2021
An Art for Justice Interview with Sonoran Prevention Works Executive Director Haley Coles
Features, Interviews

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

Cover of the poetry collection "when the signals come home" next to a black and white portrait of poet Jordan E. Franklin

January 22, 2021
An Interview with Jordan E. Franklin
Interviews

The cover of Adam Clay's "To Make Room for the Sea" and a black and white photo of Adam Clay

November 6, 2020
An Interview with Adam Clay
Interviews

Photo of a poem written on ledger paper, with two work gloves in the top of the frame.

September 24, 2020
Poetry in the Mailbox: An Interview with Ron Kovatch
Interviews