Prose writers Joy Williams and Lydia Millet read Thursday, May 15, at 8 p.m. at the Poetry Center. This reading is sponsored by the Fairy Tale Review Press. Click here for more information,

Last day to register is Friday, May 23. For more information, please click here. Tickets to individual events are now available
at the Poetry Center and The Book Stop.

Beginning May 17, the Poetry Center will be open as follows:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday – 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Closed Saturday and Sunday (except for Poetry Joeys events)
The Poetry Center will be closed to the public during the Conceptual Poetry Symposium, May 29-31.

Maggie Golston and Matt Rotando teach June workshops. Click here for more details.

Shashi S. Bhat of Baltimore, MD was named winner of this year’s contest by judges Delfine Red Shirt and Esther Lee. Honorable mention is Farrah Field from Brooklyn, NY.

The Poetry Center and writer Nancy Mairs are this year’s recipients of the Arizona Literary Treasure Award given by the Arizona Humanities Council. For more information click here. To read the Daily Wildcat article, click here.

Read the latest news and interviews from the Poetry Center. Special Feature includes video of Tucson High junior Erik Hollis reciting poems by Nikki Giovanni and John Clare.

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