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1. Poetic Surprises in Ekphrastic Art: Emily Dickinson Inspires a “Rêverie”

   ... work grappled with poetic surprise, drawing inspiration from poetry. I spoke with her about the poetic process of her visual art. ... These pieces are so textured, and textured even more by the poetry addition. As a poet, I often turn to paintings for inspiration. I’ve ...

   mgoodrich - 01/28/2026 - 2:05pm

2. Announcing our Art for Justice '19 -'20 Ambassadors

   ... Literary Director The University of Arizona Poetry Center is pleased to announce our year two ambassadors in its multi-year ... stay in the system. Ambassadors were selected by the Poetry Center’s Art for Justice Leadership team, which includes poet and ...

   dianadelgado - 03/26/2020 - 2:46pm

3. Thinking Its Presence Conference Evening Presentations

   ... and seven other collections and chapbooks who is the Jackson Poetry Prize winner for 2017 and a 2016 Pushcart Prize winner; a recipient of a ... Experiment Writing, 2016  (Wesleyan U. Press)  Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin  (WW Norton) and  ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 09/20/2018 - 11:54am

4. Speedway & Swan Episode 13: Chris Nealon

   ... joins host Brian Blanchfield for an episode that features poetry conjoining contradictory affect—rage and tenderness, or gratitude and ... voca recorded reading, April 11, 2005. University of Arizona Poetry Center. Jean Valentine | “Song,”  Shirt in Heaven . Copper ...

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

5. Writing the Community: Teaching Creative Writing to K-12 Youth

   ... Metaphors Using Personification by Saraiya Kanning, Poetry Center Education Intern When I heard Alberto Álvaro Ríos read from his “Desert Bestiary Sonnets” at the UA Poetry Center in fall 2015, I found myself tickled by the surprisingly apt ...

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

6. Introducing the LaVerne Harrell Clark Photographic Collection

   The University of Arizona Poetry Center is excited to announce the launch of the LaVerne Harrell Clark ... portraits of poets by the University of Arizona Poetry Center’s first director, LaVerne Harrell Clark. Many of the portraits were captured on site at the Poetry Center and other locations in Tucson, and many are previously ...

   sgzemski - 09/20/2016 - 1:10pm

7. Speedway & Swan Episode 14: Srikanth Reddy

   ... Chicago and joins host Brian Blanchfield for an episode of poetry that rummages through, burnishes, and repurposes touchstones of Western ... 2015. Mark McMorris | “A Place Made of Thought,” PEN Poetry Series, PEN America Blog, 2015. Gertrude Stein | from  Tender ...

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

8. Forrest Gander in Phoenix

   The Poetry Center is proud to present Forrest Gander, who will read from his work. ... Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004). Forrest Gander read at the  UA Poetry Center  on March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. People:  ...

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

9. "Selenography" by Joshua Marie Wilkinson

   ... By Julie Swarstad Joshua Marie Wilkinson's books of poetry include Lug Your Careless Body out of the Careful Dusk (2005) which won the Iowa Poetry Prize, and Selenography (2010). He has edited multiple anthologies ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 07/19/2016 - 2:33pm

10. Reading: Matthew Zapruder

    ... Matthew Zapruder is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Father’s Day (Copper Canyon, 2019), as well as two books of prose: Why Poetry (Ecco, 2017) and Story of a Poem (Unnamed, 2023). He is editor at ...

    tmeier - 12/02/2023 - 9:05am

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