Readings Archive
Since 1962 The University of Arizona Poetry Center has played host to a variety of readings. The Poetry Center has sponsored poets laureate and community members alike (with many of them returning to read multiple times). This is a comprehensive list of those readings.
MLA indicates Modern Languages Auditorium.
| Name | Description | Location |
Reading Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Anderson | Reading | PMM Auditorium | 04/28/1965 |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | PMM Auditorium | 11/28/1967 |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | MLA | 02/13/1970 |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | Pima College | 02/22/1972 |
| Ai | Reading | Pima College | 03/16/1972 |
| Ai | Reading | MLA | 09/13/1972 |
| Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath Memorial Reading | Reading | Student Union | 09/29/1976 |
| Edward Abbey | Reading | MLA | 02/02/1977 |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | 03/02/1978 | |
| A Tribute to James Wright | 04/02/1980 | ||
| John Ashbery | Reading | MLA | 11/04/1980 |
| Yehuda Amichai | Reading | MLA | 11/19/1980 |
| Dannie Abse | Reading | 03/31/1982 | |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | MLA | 02/15/1984 |
| Ai | Reading | MLA | 03/06/1985 |
| Diane Ackerman | Reading | 11/20/1985 | |
| Barbara Anderson | Reading | 03/02/1988 | |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | MLA | 10/04/1989 |
| John Ashbery | Reading | MLA | 09/12/1990 |
| Gloria E. Anzaldúa | Reading | MLA | 10/23/1991 |
| Sandra Alcosser | Reading | MLA | 11/04/1992 |
| Sherman Alexie | Q&A | MLA | 11/16/1994 |
| Sherman Alexie | Reading | MLA | 11/16/1994 |
| Homero Aridjis | Reading | MLA | 03/22/1996 |
| Jon Anderson | Reading | MLA | 02/19/1997 |
| Claribel Alegría | Readng | MLA | 10/22/1997 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 04/14/1999 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 03/22/2000 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 03/28/2001 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 02/20/2002 |
| Homero Aridjis | Reading | MLA | 02/05/2003 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 03/12/2003 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 03/10/2004 |
| Rae Armantrout | High Tea | Poetry Center Second St. | 09/20/2004 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | Center for Creative Photography | 03/02/2005 |
| Kathleen Alcala | Prose Series | MLA | 04/20/2005 |
| Charles Alexander | Hi-Tea | Poetry Center | 04/25/2005 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 02/15/2006 |
| Beth Alvarado | Reading | MLA | 10/12/2006 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 04/19/2007 |
| Rae Armantrout | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/17/2007 |
| Francisco X. Alarcón | Reading | MLA | 02/07/2008 |
| Jon Anderson Memorial Tribute | Reading | MLA | 02/29/2008 |
| Taha Muhammad Ali | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/27/2008 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | MLA | 04/10/2008 |
| ArtsReach Reading | Reading | El Centro Cultural | 03/26/2009 |
| Sandra Alcosser | Reading | Poetry Center | 10/09/2009 |
| Rosa Alcalá | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/19/2009 |
| Sinan Antoon | Reading | Poetry Center | 02/04/2010 |
| Kim Addonizio | Tucson Festival of Books | Kiva Room, Student Union | 03/13/2010 |
| Howard Altmann | An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends | Centennial Hall | 11/07/2010 |
| Howard Altmann | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/08/2010 |
| Kazim Ali | Next Word Series | Poetry Center | 02/24/2011 |
| Charles Alexander | Tucson Lit Press Fest | Poetry Center | 03/26/2011 |
| Charles Alexander | Lecture | Poetry Center | 09/22/2011 |
| Beth Alvarado | Reading | Poetry Center | 12/05/2011 |
| Samuel Ace | Reading | Poetry Center | 08/22/2013 |
| Renee Angle | Reading | Poetry Center | 07/28/2016 |
| Kim Addonizio | Reader | Poetry Center | 09/12/2019 |
| Rosa Alcalá | Reader | Poetry Center | 01/30/2020 |
| Aria Aber | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/22/2022 |
| Cara Blue Adams | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/17/2022 |
| Rosa Alcalá | Reading | MOCA Tucson | 01/28/2023 |