Logan Phillips
@dirtyverbs.bsky.social
Poet, culture worker, DJ. Tucson, Arizona.
Forthcoming: RECKON (U Arizona Press) 2/15/2026
Interests & work: Landback, socialism, synchronicity, cumbia, drylands farming. 🇵🇸 Dirtyverbs.com/link-in-bio
Forthcoming: RECKON (U Arizona Press) 2/15/2026
Interests & work: Landback, socialism, synchronicity, cumbia, drylands farming. 🇵🇸 Dirtyverbs.com/link-in-bio
Announced! Tucson Book Launch & Reading for RECKON, my new book out in February on The University of Arizona Press.
An auto-ethnography of the American West, featuring essay, poetry, screenplay, photography & more.
Mark your calendars, going to be a special night!
An auto-ethnography of the American West, featuring essay, poetry, screenplay, photography & more.
Mark your calendars, going to be a special night!
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Announced! Tucson Book Launch & Reading for RECKON, my new book out in February on The University of Arizona Press.
An auto-ethnography of the American West, featuring essay, poetry, screenplay, photography & more.
Mark your calendars, going to be a special night!
An auto-ethnography of the American West, featuring essay, poetry, screenplay, photography & more.
Mark your calendars, going to be a special night!
It’s getting real! I’ve read every edition of this catalogue for the last 15 years — stunning to open this one!
2/15/2026 #ReckonBook Launch & Reading at 191 Toole in #Tucson — on the road after that!
#BookSky #PoetrySky #poet #Arizona
2/15/2026 #ReckonBook Launch & Reading at 191 Toole in #Tucson — on the road after that!
#BookSky #PoetrySky #poet #Arizona
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s getting real! I’ve read every edition of this catalogue for the last 15 years — stunning to open this one!
2/15/2026 #ReckonBook Launch & Reading at 191 Toole in #Tucson — on the road after that!
#BookSky #PoetrySky #poet #Arizona
2/15/2026 #ReckonBook Launch & Reading at 191 Toole in #Tucson — on the road after that!
#BookSky #PoetrySky #poet #Arizona
A snap from a pro dev writing session I facilitated with Tucson arts teachers last week — staying connected with our creativity and purpose so as to help our students find theirs.
I love this work.
I love this work.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A snap from a pro dev writing session I facilitated with Tucson arts teachers last week — staying connected with our creativity and purpose so as to help our students find theirs.
I love this work.
I love this work.
This Saturday evening – celebrating the release of environmental activist Russ McSpadden's new book of poems "BORDERLINGS" at Che's Lounge on 4th Ave, #Tucson.
Russ has been doing important work in the borderlands for many years, and I'm honored to publish his debut collection for Artspeak Press
Russ has been doing important work in the borderlands for many years, and I'm honored to publish his debut collection for Artspeak Press
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This Saturday evening – celebrating the release of environmental activist Russ McSpadden's new book of poems "BORDERLINGS" at Che's Lounge on 4th Ave, #Tucson.
Russ has been doing important work in the borderlands for many years, and I'm honored to publish his debut collection for Artspeak Press
Russ has been doing important work in the borderlands for many years, and I'm honored to publish his debut collection for Artspeak Press
Buen día from the Sonoran Spider Lily
September 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Buen día from the Sonoran Spider Lily
In convo w the gallery, we've agreed to make the remaining prints from Radiant Ruin, my just-closed show, available online. My newsletter subscribers got first dibs, but there are several one-of-one metal prints still available
I appreciate the support!
Price sheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I appreciate the support!
Price sheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In convo w the gallery, we've agreed to make the remaining prints from Radiant Ruin, my just-closed show, available online. My newsletter subscribers got first dibs, but there are several one-of-one metal prints still available
I appreciate the support!
Price sheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I appreciate the support!
Price sheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Puro baile - epic danceparty to close out the run of my gallery show Radiant Ruins! Sat. 7-10pm #Tucson #cumbia
Large-scale video projection, good sound & community on a street where some of the most important moments of my life have gone down. Join us!
Last chance to score a print from the show ~
Large-scale video projection, good sound & community on a street where some of the most important moments of my life have gone down. Join us!
Last chance to score a print from the show ~
September 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Friday night 9/12 7pm I'll be offering an artist talk as part of my gallery show RADIANT RUIN. Process, theory, tips, Q&A – we'll get into it all. Free & open to everyone. 382 S. Convent Ave #Tucson #arts #culturework
(Plus mark your calendar for a cumbia dance party Sat 9/20 to close the show!)
(Plus mark your calendar for a cumbia dance party Sat 9/20 to close the show!)
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Friday night 9/12 7pm I'll be offering an artist talk as part of my gallery show RADIANT RUIN. Process, theory, tips, Q&A – we'll get into it all. Free & open to everyone. 382 S. Convent Ave #Tucson #arts #culturework
(Plus mark your calendar for a cumbia dance party Sat 9/20 to close the show!)
(Plus mark your calendar for a cumbia dance party Sat 9/20 to close the show!)
Teaching students instrumentalized writing (“composition”) does them a disservice, especially as this will be the first type of writing replaced by AI.
Instead, we should show our students (and remind ourselves) that writing is a form of exploration, liberation and play.
Instead, we should show our students (and remind ourselves) that writing is a form of exploration, liberation and play.
September 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Teaching students instrumentalized writing (“composition”) does them a disservice, especially as this will be the first type of writing replaced by AI.
Instead, we should show our students (and remind ourselves) that writing is a form of exploration, liberation and play.
Instead, we should show our students (and remind ourselves) that writing is a form of exploration, liberation and play.
August 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
RADIANT RUIN opens Saturday night 7-10pm at Communion on Convent, #Tucson. 21 solid metal prints, each one-of-one, from my NoVoGRAFíAS series. I’ll offer a sound / video / spoken word performance piece at 8pm.
DJ’s, food truck & more. Free, with books (& these prints) for sale.
DJ’s, food truck & more. Free, with books (& these prints) for sale.
August 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
RADIANT RUIN opens Saturday night 7-10pm at Communion on Convent, #Tucson. 21 solid metal prints, each one-of-one, from my NoVoGRAFíAS series. I’ll offer a sound / video / spoken word performance piece at 8pm.
DJ’s, food truck & more. Free, with books (& these prints) for sale.
DJ’s, food truck & more. Free, with books (& these prints) for sale.
Grateful to have been in the front row when mayor & council did the right thing. This is what people power can do — broad coalitions & united fronts giving pressure & cover for moral decisions.
In #Tucson we just avoided a generational mistake. More work to do, but people have been reminded: WE WIN
In #Tucson we just avoided a generational mistake. More work to do, but people have been reminded: WE WIN
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Grateful to have been in the front row when mayor & council did the right thing. This is what people power can do — broad coalitions & united fronts giving pressure & cover for moral decisions.
In #Tucson we just avoided a generational mistake. More work to do, but people have been reminded: WE WIN
In #Tucson we just avoided a generational mistake. More work to do, but people have been reminded: WE WIN
Combining elements of photography, collage, sigilism and visual poetry, these images come from the intersections of dream logic and the quotidian built environment, exploring cycles of capitalist colonialism and concurrent time, as witnessed from the vantage of Phillips' home in downtown Tucson, AZ
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Combining elements of photography, collage, sigilism and visual poetry, these images come from the intersections of dream logic and the quotidian built environment, exploring cycles of capitalist colonialism and concurrent time, as witnessed from the vantage of Phillips' home in downtown Tucson, AZ
“… The prints are drawn from Phillips' work in the triptych of the "urban psychogeography spellbooks" NoVoGRAFÍAS 02, 03 & 04…”
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“… The prints are drawn from Phillips' work in the triptych of the "urban psychogeography spellbooks" NoVoGRAFÍAS 02, 03 & 04…”
“RADIANT RUIN is the closing ritual for the most recent cycle of NoVoGRAFIAS by Logan Phillips. A gallery show curated by Phillips and Sydney Ballesteros of COMMUNION featuring a set of metal prints, each in an edition of one, never to be reproduced in this format…”
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“RADIANT RUIN is the closing ritual for the most recent cycle of NoVoGRAFIAS by Logan Phillips. A gallery show curated by Phillips and Sydney Ballesteros of COMMUNION featuring a set of metal prints, each in an edition of one, never to be reproduced in this format…”
Announced: new gallery show Sat. 8/16 at Communion on Convent, #Tucson! The opening will feature a performance of spoken word / video projection / sound sculpting, plus DJ’s.
21 one-of-one metal prints from the NoVoGRAFíAS series. Can’t wait.
21 one-of-one metal prints from the NoVoGRAFíAS series. Can’t wait.
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Announced: new gallery show Sat. 8/16 at Communion on Convent, #Tucson! The opening will feature a performance of spoken word / video projection / sound sculpting, plus DJ’s.
21 one-of-one metal prints from the NoVoGRAFíAS series. Can’t wait.
21 one-of-one metal prints from the NoVoGRAFíAS series. Can’t wait.
a worthwhile practice to give attention to one beautiful (off screen!) occurrence each morning.
Hedgehog #cactus. #Tucson #desert #SonoranDesert
Hedgehog #cactus. #Tucson #desert #SonoranDesert
July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
a worthwhile practice to give attention to one beautiful (off screen!) occurrence each morning.
Hedgehog #cactus. #Tucson #desert #SonoranDesert
Hedgehog #cactus. #Tucson #desert #SonoranDesert
"POETRY IS LIKE THIS" (excerpt) by the legendary Simon J. Ortiz. Another line in the poem: "Earth is free after all even though we doubt miracles"
I led a writing session for #Tucson community members last night and we wrote outwards from this #poem.
#SocialPoetics #PoetrySky
I led a writing session for #Tucson community members last night and we wrote outwards from this #poem.
#SocialPoetics #PoetrySky
July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"POETRY IS LIKE THIS" (excerpt) by the legendary Simon J. Ortiz. Another line in the poem: "Earth is free after all even though we doubt miracles"
I led a writing session for #Tucson community members last night and we wrote outwards from this #poem.
#SocialPoetics #PoetrySky
I led a writing session for #Tucson community members last night and we wrote outwards from this #poem.
#SocialPoetics #PoetrySky
Take me back to Baboquivari, keep me lost to all but those who know where to look
April 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Take me back to Baboquivari, keep me lost to all but those who know where to look
Some readings & notes from the session –
April 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Some readings & notes from the session –
