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
Poetry Joeys
Poet and teacher Taylor Johnson leads an activity from VERSE! Saturday, June 14, 10 a.m.
Poetry Joeys
Writer and teacher Patricia Escarcega leads an activity from VERSE!
Saturday, July 12, 10 a.m.
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.
