We are proud to present, in partnership with The University of Arizona Press, in celebration of the 100th publication in the Sun Tracks Series, a reading featuring Luci Tapahonso, Danielle Williams and Sherwin Bitsui. This reading is also the inaugural reading for the Poetry Center's Ofelia Zepeda Reading for Indigenous Poets. 

Launched in 1971, Sun Tracks was one of the first publishing programs to focus exclusively on the creative works of Native Americans. The series has included more than eighty volumes of poetry, prose, art, and photography by such distinguished artists as Joy Harjo, N. Scott Momaday, Simon J. Ortiz, and Carter Revard.

Luci Tapahonso is a professor emerita of English Literature (UNM) and the inaugural Diné Nation Poet Laureate. She authored six award-winning books, including A Radiant Curve, Blue Horses Rush In, and three children’s books. She also taught at the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona. 

Danielle P. Williams is a Black and Chamorro poet, essayist, translator, and spoken-word artist from Columbia, South Carolina whose work traces identity, heritage, and belonging across cultures and generations. She is the author of the chapbook Who All Gon' Be There? and the poetry collection Chamorrita Song.

Sherwin Bitsui is the author of four collections of poetry, The Next Sky, Dissolve, Flood Song, and Shapeshift. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, an American Book Award, and the PEN Book Award. He is Diné of the Todí¬ch’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tlizí¬laaní¬ (Many Goats Clan), and has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and the Native Arts & Culture Foundation.

In addition to the in-person reading, all Reading & Lecture Series events are streamed live on our website.