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1. Interview with Leslie Scalapino

   ...   Originally published in the University of Arizona Poetry Center Newsletter 22.1, Fall 1997.           'standing' ... playwright Leslie Scalapino came to Tucson to read in the Poetry Center’s Reading and Lecture Series. She was interviewed by Maggie ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 10/06/2021 - 4:35pm

2. An Interview with Dana Alsamsam

   ... Review , Fugue , Cosmonauts Avenue , Tinderbox Poetry , BOOTH , Gigantic Sequins , The Boiler Journal , Bone ... appears in The Rumpus . Dana was a Lambda Literary Poetry Fellow in the 2018 Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. ...

   sgzemski - 12/14/2018 - 11:44am

3. A Hello from Education Programs Assistant Wren Awry

   ... as Education Programs Assistant at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. It has been over a decade since I left the program, and since then I’ve gone on to write essays, poetry, and journalism; pursue a BA degree in Creative Nonfiction; and teach ...

   dgoblirsch - 09/05/2017 - 2:21pm

4. Sandra Cisneros

   ... reader and instructor and cannot be reached through the Poetry Center. Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, ...  Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, ... Spanish, was published in 2021. In 2022, a new collection of poetry, Woman Without Shame , her first in 28 years, will be published by ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 12/06/2023 - 9:55am

5. Norman Fischer

   ... Writers’ Workshop, Norman Fischer has been publishing poetry since 1979. He holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writer’s ... He periodically leads creative writing workshops and gives poetry readings. He has taught at Harvard, Yale, Brown and Stanford ...

   coh-web - 11/22/2024 - 3:39pm

6. "Border Boy" by Alberto Ríos

   ... from 8th-12th grade. Sequence of Activities: Poetry Background: Answer the following questions: I'm curious, do you like poetry? Why or why not? What makes a poem, a poem? Tell me about the ...

   dgoblirsch - 09/28/2022 - 11:50am

7. K-12 Field Trips

   The UA Poetry Center offers field trips for 4th-12th grade students, which center our ... are accepted. Preparing students for a visit to the Poetry Center is important. This prep sheet   will help you and your ... Not in Tucson, or not able to make a field trip to the Poetry Center? Check back in September for virtual field trip ...

   sgzemski - 08/04/2026 - 8:41am

8. Enchantment, Resistance, Too-Muchness: Some Thoughts on Repetition

   ... poets are warned against repetition: the discreteness of poetry, and the fact that a reader can theoretically hold the whole experience ... shaping of attention. Ross Gay, visiting the Poetry Center in 2017. Listen: "to the mulberry tree" ...

   mgoodrich - 05/15/2026 - 9:05am

9. Prize Winner Spotlight: Lucille Clifton

   ... Hughes who then published them in his 1970 anthology The Poetry of the Negro. Hughes is often credited with discovering Clifton and ... author as she was a poet. She authored 14 collections of poetry in addition to 18 children’s books, 8 of which were a part of her ...

   leeladenver - 10/22/2022 - 1:48pm

10. Speedway & Swan Episode 26: Corina Copp

    ... joins host Brian Blanchfield for an episode of “painted poetry,” fast as New York, with “a musical brightness and a gesture ... “Lolita in Wonderland,” How to Laugh . Adventures in Poetry, 2014.   The FCC made me do it x4: The uncensored line in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/06/2021 - 4:35pm

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