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1. Prize Winners Spotlight: Nikky Finney

   ... to focus on Nikky Finney, a poet who gave a reading at the Poetry Center on Thursday, February 7, 2019 as part of the Art for Justice ... In 2011 Nikky Finney won the National Book Award for her poetry collection Head Off & Split (Northwestern University Press).  I ...

   sgzemski - 10/28/2020 - 9:44am

2. I Walked Upstairs and Stopped When I Saw Something

   ... Sisson   Back in the fall, I taught a poetry workshop at Pueblo Gardens K-8 School in South Tucson. I worked directly with Ms. Maldonado’s sixth grade class, through the UA Poetry Center’s “Writing the Community” Program, which encouraged ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 01/21/2022 - 11:16am

3. The Poetic Sky (at Kitt Peak National Observatory) with Julie Swarstad Johnson

   ... 12 students. Register here.  Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy. During this special experience at Kitt Peak National ...

   valenzuela9 - 10/21/2025 - 1:44pm

4. Benjamin Alire Sáenz

   ... Secrets of the Universe (Simon and Schuster, 2012) and a poetry collection titled The Book of What Remains (Copper Canyon Press, ... Honor Book, Stonewall Award, Wallace Stegner Fellowship in poetry, Lannan Poetry Fellowship, American Book Award, Paterson Book Prize, ...

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

5. The Place Where Clouds Are Formed: A Reading featuring Ofelia Zepeda, Amber Lee Ortega and Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder

   ... of The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, a visual art and poetry exhibit which examines the intersection of spirituality, migration, and ... Franke Honors College, and from supporters in the Poetry Center's  Walt Whitman Circle  for their underwriting support.   ...

   tmeier - 03/27/2024 - 10:01am

6. Art for Justice Summer Film Series

   ... center around the theme Art for Justice. This past year, the Poetry Center received a $500,000 grant from the Art for Justice Fund , ... efforts to reform the criminal justice system.   The Poetry Center will be bearing witness in a variety of ways, from partnering ...

   sgzemski - 07/25/2018 - 11:22am

7. Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

   ... Salas Rivera is the author of six collections of poetry, including antes que isla es volcán/ before island is volcano (Beacon ... International Latino Book Awards Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award; x/ex/exis (University of Arizona Press, 2021), which won the ...

   valenzuela9 - 11/07/2024 - 7:57pm

8. Brave Books: Zines and Zine Libraries

   ... How will zine-making be part of Brave Books? The UA Poetry Center will distribute zine-making kits to local organizations, as well ... back to us for inclusion in a Spring 2023 exhibit at the Poetry Center. Public health permitting, we’ll also host zine-making pop ...

   dgoblirsch - 06/06/2024 - 3:19pm

9. Letter to Younger/Future Self Poems

   ... Poem Annotation Description (20 mins) Introduce poetry as its own language and annotate the following poems:      Patrick ... message and introduce literary devices used to write poetry. Discuss how poems connect one to another. Individual Writing (15 ...

   dgoblirsch - 06/28/2019 - 12:40pm

10. Power of naming: a nonet writing prompt

    ... third line contains seven, and so on. The last line of nonet poetry contains one syllable. The structure for nonet poetry form is as follows: First line: 9 syllables Second line: 8 ...

    dgoblirsch - 10/05/2022 - 10:55am

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