Experiencing the Work of Two Upcoming Readers
Bonnie Jean Michalski on works by Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Mauve Sea-Orchids, by Lila Zemborain, was translated by Rosa Alcalá, author of Some Maritime Disasters this Century. Poetry Center Editor Bonnie Jean Michalski shares her experiences reading these two books.

BJM on Zemborain & Alcalá | Readings & Lectures

Eleni Sikelianos
Melissa Buckheit interviews a visiting poet
Melissa Buckheit, local poet, dancer, curator, and former student of Sikelianos, interviews the poet in anticipation of her reading on December 4th.

Also, on Monday, November 30 at 6 p.m., poet, fiction writer, and Poetry Center volunteer Colleen Burns leads a discussion of the work of Eleni Sikelianos.

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Eleni Sikelianos Shop Talk

Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities
The next meeting of A Closer Look Book Club
Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities was nominated for the Nebula Award and for Best Novel in 1975.  An elegant marriage of fiction and poetry, this slim novel has inspired musicians, visual artists, and architects.  Join Cybele Knowles on Thursday, November 12 for a discussion that promises to unravel at least some of the mysteries of this complex and philosophical masterpiece. A limited number of copies of Invisible Cities will be available for purchase in the Poetry Center library. Copies will be sold for $14; cash only. Inquire at the front desk to purchase a copy.

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Discussions

"Unsettling Certainties"
A new College of Humanities series
The University of Arizona College of Humanities inaugurates a new community series entitled Unsettling Certainties: Conversations in Humanities, Monday, November 9, at 6 p.m. at the Poetry Center’s Helen S. Schaefer Building. The first discussion, moderated by Assistant Professor of English Carlos Gallego, will explore the topic, “Why Does Racism Persist in the United States of America?”

Unsettling Certainties

Student Art Joins an Ongoing Conversation
UA drawing students create art work for "Oh Earth, Wait For Me": Conversations about Art and Ecology
Barbara Penn's undergraduate and graduate students create art to be shown at the Poetry Center in conjunction with our fall Reading and Lecture Series.

Art in Progress

Hit the Stacks!
Join the Shelf-Reading Brigade
Would you like to increase your knowledge of contemporary poetry while having fun, enjoying pizza, and satisfying what Wallace Stevens called “the maker’s rage to order”? Join us on Tuesday, November 17 for the Poetry Center’s Shelf-Reading Brigade. Shelf reading is checking the books on the library shelves to make sure they are in the proper order. On the 17th, we will check all of the books on the main floor of the Poetry Center library. Training and pizza will be provided. We’ll meet in the library at 6 PM and will end no later than 8 PM. Space is limited to 20 shelvers and prior registration is required. To register, email wlburk@email.arizona.edu by November 15.

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