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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Pack | Reading | 10/31/1979 | |
| Robert Pack | Reading | MLA | 04/10/1974 |
| Robert Pack | Lecture | Student Union | 11/12/1981 |
| Julie Paegle | Tucson Lit Press Fest | Poetry Center | 03/26/2011 |
| Gabriel Palacios | Reading | Poetry Center | 05/02/2024 |
| Grace Paley | Reading | 03/12/1980 | |
| Grace Paley | Reading | Harvill Auditorium | 01/30/1986 |
| Michael Palmer | Reading | MLA | 01/28/2004 |
| Michael Palmer | Lecture | Himmell Park Library | 01/29/2004 |
| Greg Pape | Reading | MLA | 01/19/1994 |
| Greg Pape | Lecture | Student Union | 01/20/1994 |
| Greg Pape | Reading | 09/24/1978 | |
| Greg Pape | Reading | 09/24/1978 | |
| Morgan Parker | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/06/2018 |
| Morgan Parker | Reading | Phoenix Art Museum | 09/05/2018 |
| Nicanor Parra | Reading | Liberal Arts Auditorium | 05/17/1970 |
| Elena Passarello | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/13/2017 |
| Linda Pastan | Reading | MLA | 01/26/1983 |
| Julie Ezelle Patton | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/20/2012 |
| Julie Ezelle Patton | Poetry Off the Page Symposium | The Rogue Theatre | 05/19/2012 |
| Jonathan Penner | Reading | MLA | 09/13/1989 |
| Jonathan Penner | Reading | MLA | 09/05/2001 |
| Jonathan Penner | Reading | MLA | 12/06/1978 |
| Bob Perelman | Reading | MLA | 01/29/1997 |
| Craig Santos Perez | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/18/2014 |
| Loida Perez | Prose Series | MLA | 09/12/2001 |
| Celia C. Pérez | Education matinee | Poetry Center | 05/14/2024 |
| Marjorie Perloff | Conceptual Poetry Symposium | Poetry Center | 05/28/2008 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/30/2003 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | Poetry Center | 05/01/2008 |
| Persona Magazine | 04/14/2010 | ||
| Persona Magazine | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/16/2009 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/26/2006 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/28/1993 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | Kiva Auditorium | 04/29/1992 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/18/2001 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/17/2002 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 05/04/1994 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 05/03/1995 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/19/2000 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 05/01/1996 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/28/2004 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/26/2007 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/30/1997 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/27/2005 |
| Persona Magazine | Reading | MLA | 04/28/1999 |
| Kiki Petrosino | Reading | Poetry Center | 01/31/2019 |
| Carl Phillips | Reading | Poetry Center | 10/25/2018 |
| Carl Phillips | Reading | Poetry Center | 11/01/2012 |
| Logan Phillips | Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals | Poetry Center | 03/02/2013 |
| Rodney Phillips | Hi-Tea | Poetry Center/First Street | 09/20/2004 |
| Tommy Pico | Reading | Phoenix Art Museum | 09/05/2018 |
| Tommy Pico | Reading | Poetry Center | 09/06/2018 |
| Robert Pinsky | Reading | Poetry Center | 04/10/2025 |
| Robert Pinsky | Lecture | Student Union | 03/10/1994 |
| Robert Pinsky | Reading | MLA | 09/10/1980 |
| Robert Pinsky | Colloquium | Swede Johnson | 11/09/2005 |
| Robert Pinsky | Reading | MLA | 03/09/1994 |
| Poetry and Architecture: Form and Function | Discussion | Line and Space | 04/01/2003 |
| Poetry Center Centennial Celebration | 04/14/1985 | ||
| Poetry Out-Loud Finalists | Tucson Festival of Books | 03/14/2009 | |
| Vasko Popa | Reading | MLA | 04/02/1981 |
| Liza Porter | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/25/2010 |
| Ernesto Portillo Jr. | An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends | Centennial Hall | 11/07/2010 |
| Postwar British | Reading | Student Union | 10/09/1974 |
| C.E. Poverman | Fall Reading Series | UA Poetry Center | 09/19/2013 |
| C. E. Poverman | Reading | MLA | 10/04/1989 |
| C. E. Poverman | Reading | MLA | 09/22/1977 |
| D. A. Powell | Tucson Festival of Books | Kiva Room, Student Union | 03/14/2010 |
| Lawrence Clark Powell | Reading | 11/13/1985 | |
| Adélia Prado | Reading | MLA | 10/14/1992 |
| John T Price | Reading | Poetry Center | 03/19/2012 |
| Francine Prose | Prose Series | MLA | 01/19/2005 |
| Publishing in the Twenty-First Century Panel | Tucson Lit Press Fest | Poetry Center | 03/26/2011 |
| Lia Purpura | Reading | Poetry Center | 10/03/2013 |