University of Arizona Poetry Center
@uapoetrycenter.bsky.social
“The best living room in America for reading poetry.”
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To celebrate our final school year of the Zine and Zine Libraries theme for our Brave Books Program, we are asking for zine submissions from K-12 students. We accept zines by students of all grades, about any topic!
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
To celebrate our final school year of the Zine and Zine Libraries theme for our Brave Books Program, we are asking for zine submissions from K-12 students. We accept zines by students of all grades, about any topic!
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/celebra...
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/celebra...
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Hurry! Only a few spots remain in this upcoming class!
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hurry! Only a few spots remain in this upcoming class!
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
Celebrating the poet Andrea Gibson, you won't want to miss "Come See Me in the Good Light."
Playing for ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Loft Cinema
Wed Nov 19, 7:30pm
Playing for ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Loft Cinema
Wed Nov 19, 7:30pm
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Celebrating the poet Andrea Gibson, you won't want to miss "Come See Me in the Good Light."
Playing for ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Loft Cinema
Wed Nov 19, 7:30pm
Playing for ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Loft Cinema
Wed Nov 19, 7:30pm
Join us for a free concert, "Silently Louder," this Saturday!
What: New music by nonspeaking autistic songwriters, performed by folksinger Brian Laidlaw
When: Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 1:00pm
Where: Poetry Center
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What: New music by nonspeaking autistic songwriters, performed by folksinger Brian Laidlaw
When: Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 1:00pm
Where: Poetry Center
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/sil...
Silently Louder: New music by nonspeaking autistic songwriters, performed by folksinger Brian Laidlaw
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Join us for a free concert, "Silently Louder," this Saturday!
What: New music by nonspeaking autistic songwriters, performed by folksinger Brian Laidlaw
When: Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 1:00pm
Where: Poetry Center
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/sil...
What: New music by nonspeaking autistic songwriters, performed by folksinger Brian Laidlaw
When: Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 1:00pm
Where: Poetry Center
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/sil...
Hannelore Quander-Rattee Works-in-Translation Reading, featuring Karen Emmerich.
Join us Thursday November 6, 2025 - 7:00pm!
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Join us Thursday November 6, 2025 - 7:00pm!
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Hannelore Quander-Rattee Works-in-Translation Reading: Karen Emmerich
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November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hannelore Quander-Rattee Works-in-Translation Reading, featuring Karen Emmerich.
Join us Thursday November 6, 2025 - 7:00pm!
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/han...
Join us Thursday November 6, 2025 - 7:00pm!
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/han...
Hurry! Only a few spots remain in this upcoming class!
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hurry! Only a few spots remain in this upcoming class!
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
Explore poetry and superbly dark night skies at 7,000 feet in this unique writing workshop focused on poetry and astronomy.
Date: Nov 15, from 3:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $150
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/poe...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The City of Tucson, in partnership with the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona and the University of Arizona Poetry Center, is pleased to announce the open call for the next Tucson Poet Laureate.
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Tucson Poet Laureate(RFQ) - Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
PROJECT OVERVIEW The Tucson Poet Laureate serves as the City’s official ambassador to the literary arts, advancing public appreciation of poetry while reflecting the unique spirit and identity of Tucs...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The City of Tucson, in partnership with the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona and the University of Arizona Poetry Center, is pleased to announce the open call for the next Tucson Poet Laureate.
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Join us for a Dream History Tour!
Saturday, October 25 - 11:00am
Mathias Svalina, poet & writer/deliverer of The Dream Delivery Service, will lead walking tours of Tucson, identifying sites of imaginary, unreal, & bewildered historical events.
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Saturday, October 25 - 11:00am
Mathias Svalina, poet & writer/deliverer of The Dream Delivery Service, will lead walking tours of Tucson, identifying sites of imaginary, unreal, & bewildered historical events.
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Dream History Tour with Mathias Svalina (Departing from the Poetry Center)
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October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us for a Dream History Tour!
Saturday, October 25 - 11:00am
Mathias Svalina, poet & writer/deliverer of The Dream Delivery Service, will lead walking tours of Tucson, identifying sites of imaginary, unreal, & bewildered historical events.
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/dre...
Saturday, October 25 - 11:00am
Mathias Svalina, poet & writer/deliverer of The Dream Delivery Service, will lead walking tours of Tucson, identifying sites of imaginary, unreal, & bewildered historical events.
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/dre...
Join us for a Poetry Reading with Tracy K. Smith, former poet laureate, as part of the Tucson Humanities Festival!
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:00pm
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You're also invited to livestream from anywhere: poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:00pm
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/tuc...
You're also invited to livestream from anywhere: poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join us for a Poetry Reading with Tracy K. Smith, former poet laureate, as part of the Tucson Humanities Festival!
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:00pm
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/tuc...
You're also invited to livestream from anywhere: poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:00pm
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/tuc...
You're also invited to livestream from anywhere: poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
Claire Hong’s piece “Landlines" takes us on a visual journey through color, family, and the natural and cosmic world that bridges the past, present, and future.
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Claire Hong | University of Arizona Poetry Center Collaboration – “Landlines”
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October 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Claire Hong’s piece “Landlines" takes us on a visual journey through color, family, and the natural and cosmic world that bridges the past, present, and future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXx9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXx9...
Check out the latest Poetry Centered episode!
Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion, then closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history.
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Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion, then closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history.
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Dawn Lundy Martin: Our Present, Long Moment - Poetry Centered
Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion. She shares Daniel Borzutzky responding to massacres with a poem that must be written (“Written after a Massacre in the Year 2018”), f...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check out the latest Poetry Centered episode!
Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion, then closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history.
www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion, then closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history.
www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
You never have to miss a poetry reading! Anyone, anywhere can attend Poetry Center readings live from your phone, iPad, or computer!
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Our next reading will feature Josh Riedel and Thomas Dai
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm
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Our next reading will feature Josh Riedel and Thomas Dai
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm
September 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You never have to miss a poetry reading! Anyone, anywhere can attend Poetry Center readings live from your phone, iPad, or computer!
poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
Our next reading will feature Josh Riedel and Thomas Dai
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm
poetry.arizona.edu/readings/live
Our next reading will feature Josh Riedel and Thomas Dai
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm
the work of poetry is about opening a space—or creating the conditions—for listening, a space for people to be listened to
—Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke)
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—Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke)
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Beyond the Obvious: How Does Poetry Create Conditions for Radical Belonging?
BEYOND THE OBVIOUS: How does poetry create conditions for radical belonging? Written for the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics, University of Arizona Poetry Center Learn more here. What if we listened...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the work of poetry is about opening a space—or creating the conditions—for listening, a space for people to be listened to
—Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke)
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/beyond-...
—Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke)
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/beyond-...
Congratulations to Richard Siken for making the longlist for the National Book Awards! We're looking forward to his reading this October with Mathias Svalina.
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Tom Sanders Memorial Reading: Richard Siken and Mathias Svalina
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September 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Congratulations to Richard Siken for making the longlist for the National Book Awards! We're looking forward to his reading this October with Mathias Svalina.
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Join us TONIGHT for a poetry reading with Jennifer Chang!
Sept 4 at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Center — Come in-person or watch via livestream 😊
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Sept 4 at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Center — Come in-person or watch via livestream 😊
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September 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Join us TONIGHT for a poetry reading with Jennifer Chang!
Sept 4 at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Center — Come in-person or watch via livestream 😊
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/rea...
Sept 4 at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Center — Come in-person or watch via livestream 😊
poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/rea...
Gorgeous poetry postcards!
Thrilled to share this year's shiny new #SealeyChallenge postcards, designed by Tucson artist Sophie McTear!
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
August 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Gorgeous poetry postcards!
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Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Tomorrow we invite you on a #sealeychallenge journey to read 31 books of poetry in 31 days. Please stop by the Poetry Center to read as much as you like, as long as you like!
The celebration starts tomorrow!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
July 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tomorrow we invite you on a #sealeychallenge journey to read 31 books of poetry in 31 days. Please stop by the Poetry Center to read as much as you like, as long as you like!
Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @nicolesealey.bsky.social has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.
July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @nicolesealey.bsky.social has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.
Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @Nic_Sealey has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @Nic_Sealey has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.
The #SealeyChallenge is only a few short days away! Excited to celebrate a month of reading poetry in community.
“Poetry is the only literary form that can accommodate such a rapid rate of reading; being able to jump seamlessly between voices like this can expand the way we think about the world.”
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
July 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The #SealeyChallenge is only a few short days away! Excited to celebrate a month of reading poetry in community.
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“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
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Working at @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social is an incredible gift—because I get to go to readings like this "for work," where Ada Limón casts spells and makes us laugh and launches us directly into space:
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voca.arizona.edu/reading/ada-...
January 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Working at @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social is an incredible gift—because I get to go to readings like this "for work," where Ada Limón casts spells and makes us laugh and launches us directly into space:
voca.arizona.edu/reading/ada-...
voca.arizona.edu/reading/ada-...