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1. Community Event: A Day of Kindness and Reflection – Remembering January 8

   In partnership with Tohono Chul Park, Poetry Center docents invite you this special community event. Four years ... Ramada with Docents from the University of Arizona Poetry Center and be inspired to jot a few lines or write a short poem to ... to inspire and read by Julie Lauterbach-Colby from The Poetry Center. Ben’s Bells is all about intentional kindness and ...

   coh-web - 10/27/2015 - 4:23pm

2. Art for Justice: Patricia Smith & Angel Nafis with Special Guest Opener Leilani Clark of BIPOC United-Tucson

   ... Nafis, who will read from their work commissioned for the Poetry Center's Art for Justice grant. After the reading, there will be a short ... award-winning author of eight critically acclaimed books of poetry, including Incendiary Art , winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 10/06/2021 - 4:34pm

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. "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

9. 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

10. 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

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