Jon Anderson Memorial
with Deborah Bernhardt, Bruce Cohen, Michael Collier, Stuart Dischell, Nancy Eimers, Loren Goodman, Debra Gregerman, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Lanoue, Rich Lyons, Bill Olsen, Steve Orlen, Boyer Rickel, David Rivard, George Shelton, Richard Siken, and Gibb WindahlFriday, February 29, 8 p.m.
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In 1976, he moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he taught in the University of Arizona Creative Writing Program for thirty years. "I love Tucson," he wrote, "everybody worth talking to looks like they're on food stamps, and during the summer something in the city explodes every two or three days." Anderson wrote seven books of poetry, including In Sepia, The Milky Way, and most recently Day Moon. Among his many awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Fellowships, and the Shelley Memorial Award for lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America.
Jon Anderson died on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Northwest Hospital in Tucson after several weeks of illness.
Calendar of Events
Reading
Steve Orlen and Jason Brown Faculty
Thursday, January 17, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Discussion Group
The work of Francisco X. Alarcón. Led by Joshua Garcia.
Saturday, January 26, at 9 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
Poetry Joeys
Tohono O’Odham storyteller Danny Lopez
Saturday, January 26 at 10 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Reading
Pierre Joris on Paul Celan
Saturday, February 2 at 2:30 p.m..
at the Poetry Center.
Reading
Francisco X. Alarcón
Thursday, February 7, 8 p.m.
in the Modern Languages Auditorium
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Poetry Joeys
Francisco X. Alarcón, author of From the Bellybutton of the Moon.
Saturday, February 9, at 10 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Lecture
Francisco X. Alarcón: El Poder de la Palabra / The Power of the the Word
Saturday, February 9, 3 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Lecture
Peter Turchi Talk on “Maps of the Imagination”
Tuesday, February 19, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Poetry Joeys
Voice! with Poetry Center High School Poet-in-Residence Cameron Conaway
Saturday, February 23, at 10 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
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A Memorial Tribute to poet Jon Anderson
with with Deborah Bernhardt, Bruce Cohen, Michael Collier, Stuart Dischell, Nancy Eimers, Loren Goodman, Debra Gregerman, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Lanoue, Rich Lyons, Bill Olsen, Steve Orlen, Boyer Rickel, David Rivard, George Shelton, Richard Siken, and Gibb Windahl
Friday, February 29, 8 p.m.
in the Modern Languages Auditorium
See panel to right
Reading
Mary Ann Campau Fellowship Reading
with Maria Elena Wakamatsu
Thursday, March 6, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Reading
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
Discussion Group
Reading and discussion of the works of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali and Israeli-American poet Peter Cole. Led by Frances Sjoberg.
Saturday, March 15 at 9 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
UA Prose Reading
Junot Díaz
Monday, March 24, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
Reading
Taha Muhammad Ali and Peter Cole
Thursday, March 27, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
Poetry Joeys
Liz Bernays, co-author of Saving Pocket, talks about rescuing a wild baby bunny.
Saturday, March 29, at 10 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Reading
ArtsReach Reading with Native American Youth
Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.
at the Modern Language
Auditorium
Discussion Group
The Work of W.S. Merwin. Led by Barrie Ryan
Saturday, April 12, at 9 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
Lecture
W.S. Merwin on Poetry and the Green World
Thursday, April 17, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center – Live video feed for overflow audiences.
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Student Contest Awards Reading
Saturday, April 19, Noon
at the Poetry Center's Hillman Odeum
Poetry Joeys
Juanita Havill, author of I Heard It from Alice Zucchini
Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
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Corrido Contest Awards Reading
with judge Ernesto Portillo and musician Jacobo Ramirez
At the Chalk Art Festival
Saturday, April 26, 12:15 p.m,
Joel D. Valdez Main Library/Jácome Plaza, (Downtown)
Reading
Persona Reading with contributors to the UA undergraduate literary magazine
Thursday, May 1, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
Discussion Group
The work of poet John Berryman
Led by Joel Arthur
Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m.
at the Poetry Center
Reading
Graduate Reading with MFA candidates from the Creative Writing Program
Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 8, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
New Reading
Prose writers Joy Williams and Lydia Millet
Thursday, May 15, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center
These events are free and open to the public.
Poetry Center programs are funded in part but the National Endowment for the Arts, University of Arizona Foundation and The Friends of the Poetry Center.
