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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Canfield | Voices in British and American Poetry | 02/10/1982 | |
| Geraldine Connolly | Tucson Festival of Books | Kiva Room, Student Union | 03/14/2010 |
| Billy Collins | Tucson Festival of Books | Student Union | 03/14/2009 |
| Sandra Cisneros | Spanish/Portuguese Reading | 04/16/1991 | |
| Robert Creeley read by Jane Miller | Reading | MLA | 10/06/1999 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/25/2009 |
| Thomas Centolella | Reading | MLA | 02/18/1998 |
| Michael Cuddihy | Reading | Student Union | 10/14/1970 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/19/2008 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/11/2001 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Center for Creative Photography | 04/29/2006 |
| Barbara Cully | Reading | MLA | 09/27/2000 |
| Barbara Cully | Reading | MLA | 11/30/1994 |
| Criss Cannady | Reading | 09/24/1978 | |
| Robert Creeley | Reading | Math Physics Auditorium | 12/04/1963 |
| Marilyn Crispell | Reading | Pima Community College | 03/28/2013 |
| Corrido Contest Awards Reading | Reading | Joel Valdez Library | 04/26/2008 |
| Corrido Contest Awards Reading | Reading | MLA | 04/14/2004 |
| Robert Coover | Reading | MLA | 11/12/1975 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Student Union | 04/18/1979 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Kiva Auditorium | 04/03/1991 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/09/2003 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/03/1996 |
| CAConrad | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/13/2014 |
| Marilyn Chin | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/16/2023 |
| Sandra Cisneros | Reading | Health Sciences Innovation Building | 11/10/2022 |
| Lorna Dee Cervantes | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/15/2022 |
| Anthony Cody | Reading | Poetry Center | 08/11/2022 |
| Victoria Chang | Reading | Poetry Center | 10/06/2022 |
| Sylvia Chan | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/19/2018 |
| Francisco Cantú | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/19/2018 |
| Sandra Cisneros | Reading | Phoenix Art Museum | 12/01/2017 |
| Jos Charles | Reading | Poetry Center | 07/27/2017 |
| Eduardo C. Corral | Reading | Tucson High School | 09/06/2013 |
| Corrido Contest Awards Reading | Reading | El Centro | 04/25/2009 |
| Lucy Corin | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/06/2014 |
| Clark Coolidge | Reading | Temple Lounge, Temple of Music and Art | 11/19/2013 |
| Christopher Cokinos | Reading | Poetry Center | 12/05/2011 |
| Barbara Cully | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/01/2011 |
| Contemporary Fairy Tale Reading | Reading | Poetry Center | 12/01/2010 |
| Ann M. Cummins | Reading | Poetry Center | 01/20/2011 |
| Corrido Contest Awards Reading | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/17/2010 |
| John Ciardi | Reading | Liberal Arts Auditorium | 04/28/1963 |
| Robert Creeley | Reading | MLA | 12/04/2002 |
| Denise Chávez | Reading | Student Union | 03/29/1988 |
| Lucille Clifton | Reading | MLA | 12/02/1998 |
| L. D. Clark | Reading | MLA | 11/03/1982 |
| Neil Claremon | Reading | 01/06/1971 | |
| Sandra Cisneros | Reading | Student Union | 01/20/1988 |
| John Ciardi | Reading | Liberal Arts Auditorium | 03/22/1971 |
| Marilyn Chin | Reading | MLA | 10/23/1996 |
| Barney Childs | Reading | 10/26/1961 | |
| Alan Cheuse | Reading | MLA | 10/30/1991 |
| Maxine Chernoff | Reading | MLA | 11/03/1993 |
| Denise Chávez | Reading | MLA | 09/12/2001 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 03/24/1999 |
| Lorna Dee Cervantes | Reading | MLA | 03/27/1991 |
| Rosemary Catacalos | Reading | Pima Community College | 04/06/1994 |
| Nina Cassian | Reading | MLA | 09/05/1990 |
| Cyrus Cassells | Reading | MLA | 03/06/1996 |
| Raymond Carver | Reading | MLA | 03/15/1979 |
| Anne Carson | Reading | MLA | 02/21/2001 |
| Hayden Carruth | Reading | Center for Creative Photography | 10/05/1992 |
| Henry Carlile | Reading | MLA | 04/11/1984 |
| Rafael Campo | Reading | MLA | 04/12/2006 |
| Shannon Cain | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/08/2012 |
| Lucille Clifton | Reading | MLA | 09/23/1987 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 03/23/1994 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/09/1997 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | Kiva Auditorium | 03/11/1992 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/10/2002 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 03/29/1995 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 04/15/1998 |
| Contest Awards | Reading | MLA | 03/10/1993 |
| Billy Collins | Reading | MLA | 03/07/2001 |
| Michael Collier | Reading | MLA | 10/04/1995 |
| Peter Cole | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/27/2008 |
| Judith Ortiz Cofer | Reading | MLA | 09/25/1991 |
| Joshua Clover | Reading | MLA | 04/26/2000 |
| Lucille Clifton | Reading | MLA | 10/12/1983 |
| Lucille Clifton | Reading | MLA | 10/22/1975 |
| Lucille Clifton | Reading | St. Phillp's Church | 11/01/2007 |
| Tiana Clark | Reader | Poetry Center | 02/13/2020 |
| Ann Cummins | Prose Series | MLA | 04/21/2004 |
| Oscar Casares | Prose Series | MLA | 10/30/2006 |
| Julie Carr | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/20/2012 |
| Brent Cunningham | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/19/2012 |
| Julie Carr | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | The Rogue Theatre | 05/19/2012 |
| Brent Cunningham | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | The Rogue Theatre | 05/19/2012 |
| Creativity and Illness Panel | Panel | CCP | 02/07/2006 |
| Briceida Cuevas Cob | Native Voices Symposium | MLA | 06/14/2007 |
| Allen Crawford | Lecture | Poetry Center | 10/09/2014 |
| Allen Crawford | Lecture | Phoenix Art Museum | 10/08/2014 |
| Eudardo C. Corral | Fall Reading Series | UA Poetry Center | 09/05/2013 |
| Michael Cuddihy | Cultural Heritage Reading | Tucson High | 10/01/1975 |
| Barbara Cole | Conceptual Poetry Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/28/2008 |
| Wystan Curnow | Conceptual Poetry Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/28/2008 |
| Graca Capinha | Conceptual Poetry Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/28/2008 |
| Billy Collins | Colloquium | Swede Johnson | 03/08/2001 |
| Anne Carson | Colloquium | Swede Johnson | 02/22/2001 |
| Clark Coolidge | Colloquium | Tubac Room, Student Union | 11/19/2013 |
| Colloquium on Translation with Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá | Colloquium | Poetry Center | 11/20/2009 |
| Billy Collins | An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends | Centennial Hall | 11/07/2010 |
| Jennifer Lee Carrell | An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends | Centennial Hall | 11/07/2010 |
| Contemporary British Writers | UA Museum of Art | 09/30/1979 | |
| Jaime Clarke | AME Auditorium | 04/19/2001 | |
| Laverne Harrell Clark | 11/20/1997 | ||
| Mariah Shield Chief | 11/07/2011 | ||
| Contest Awards | 05/05/2000 |