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Conceptual Poetry Conceptual Interview
Annie Guthrie delves into
Conceptual Poetry and Its Other, eliciting responses to gnarly and deceptively
simple questions dreamt up by Poetry Center staff and conceptual artist Peter
Ciccariello. Charles Bernstein, Craig Dworkin, Kenneth Goldsmith, Susan Howe, Marjorie
Perloff, and Cole Swensen respond.
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 Stanza Bonanza: A Conversation
Peg Hartman and Kathy
Barry from the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind Library discuss the many ways that
students can experience poetry in their library. ASDB will receive an Elementary Kit, a
Middle School Kit, and a High School Kit from the Stanza Bonanza Book Drive.
Read the Interview | Donate a Book | About Stanza
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 Poetry and the Green
World a talk by WS Merwin
Hear WS Merwin on the topic of
poetry and the natural world in this talk co-sponsored by the Center for Biological
Diversity. Thursday, April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Poetry Center.
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 A Year in Two Days with Dana Elkun
Northrop Frye suggested that
each season of the year is associated with a different literary tone. In this weekend
writing course, poet Dana Elkun will lead you through poems to discover the expansive
tonal range we live through in a year. A series of writing experiments will help you to
generate new poems that will draw you out of your habitual season.
Register for the
class | Full
course description |
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 Corrido Contest Winners Announced
We're pleased to announce the
winners of the 8th Annual Bilingual High School Corrido Contest judged by Ernesto
Portillo, Jr. 1st place goes to Gamaliel Rabago, a 10th grade student at Desert View
High School for "El angel ilegal," about a poor migrant who discovers something one
night that will drastically change his life. 2nd Place goes to Daena Arvisu, a 9th grade
student also from Desert View High School for "The Corrido of El Mallate and Solarte,"
about the relationship between a man and his horse and how their friendship is tested
through certain events. 3rd Place goes to Ariel Romero, a 10th grade student from
Rincon High School for "El corrido Pat Tillman el valiente," on how Pat Tillman's brave
actions to serve in the war have made him a hero in the author's eyes. Congratulate the
winners and hear the corridos performed by musicians Jacobo Ramirez and Bwiya-Toli at
the Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, April 26 at Noon on the Jacome Plaza downtown.
About the Festival | Contest guidelines | Listen to a
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 Chapbooks: An Exhibition
Come by the Poetry Center to see
a special display of more than 70 chapbooks from our collection. The term “chapbook”
refers to a pocket-sized or short booklet or pamphlet. The term was formalized by
bibliophiles of the nineteenth century as a variety of ephemera. Our exhibit includes
chapbooks from 1948 through the present and features authors from Robert Frost to Hoa
Nguyen. There are publications from local presses (Chax and Kore), national presses
(Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn) and international presses (Book Thug, Toronto). Many
of the items on display are rare or out of print. The exhibit will show from March 20-
April 10, 2008.
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 Patron Spotlight: Martha B. Hopkins
Martha B. Hopkins has been
coming to the Poetry Center for more than 25 years. Find out what keeps this geologist
coming back for more!
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 In Memoriam: LaVerne Harrell Clark
Writer, photographer and first
Director of the Poetry Center, LaVerne Harrell Clark, died in her hometown of
Smithville, Texas on February 24. LaVerne is an important figure in Poetry Center
history, responsible for initiating our photo archive and taking the author photos for
our first "wall of poets," a gallery of black and white portraits.
Read the memorial | In the
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 Poetry Center Named Arizona Literary Treasure
The Poetry Center received the
2008 Arizona Literary Treasure Award from the Arizona Humanities Council. Juliana Yoder,
Executive Director of the Arizona Humanities Council notes, “The time is right to
honor the University of Arizona Poetry center, a true Arizona treasure, as it has just
opened its new breathtaking facility. The Poetry Center’s new home embodies almost
five decades of work for and inspired by poetry.” We are delighted to be in the
company of their 2008 Individual Literary Treasure Award recipient Nancy Mairs, a Tucson
poet and writer and a longtime friend of the Center.
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 Tucson High School Student wins Statewide Poetry Out Loud Contest
Congratulations to Erik Hollis,
a Poetry Club member from Tucson High School. Erik won first place at the 2008 Poetry
Out Loud State Finals for his recitation of "Walking Down Park" by Nikki Giovanni and
"I Am!" by John Clare. Matthew Lunt of St. Gregory College Preparatory Academy, took 2nd
Place for his recitations of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 and Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket
in California." Hollis heads to Washington DC to compete in National Competition on
April 29. We wish him luck! Erik will also open for W.S. Merwin at the Poetry Center on April 17, 8pm, when Merwin will lecture on the Natural World.
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