Logan Phillips
@dirtyverbs.bsky.social
Poet, culture worker, DJ. Tucson, Arizona.
Forthcoming: RECKON (U Arizona Press) 2/15/2026
Interests & work: Landback, socialism, synchronicity, cumbia, drylands farming. 🇵🇸 Dirtyverbs.com/link-in-bio
Forthcoming: RECKON (U Arizona Press) 2/15/2026
Interests & work: Landback, socialism, synchronicity, cumbia, drylands farming. 🇵🇸 Dirtyverbs.com/link-in-bio
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Today marks publication day for ‘RECKON,’ my new book out on University of Arizona Press. 7 years in the making - poetry, photography, essay & more.
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
Tonight’s the night, Tucson! Doors open at 6:30. It’s going to be a special one.
191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.
191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.
February 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Tonight’s the night, Tucson! Doors open at 6:30. It’s going to be a special one.
191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.
191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Poetry records? Yes! Red lathe cut 7”s, special edition of 50.
10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book
Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20.
dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon
10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book
Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20.
dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon
February 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Poetry records? Yes! Red lathe cut 7”s, special edition of 50.
10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book
Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20.
dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon
10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book
Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20.
dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon
I love the work of Tucson-based singer songwriter Gat Mooney. Her new vid dropped today youtu.be/9eWx2GYq8DM?...
Gat Moony - Thin Skin (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Gat Moony
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February 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I love the work of Tucson-based singer songwriter Gat Mooney. Her new vid dropped today youtu.be/9eWx2GYq8DM?...
Make art. Make art to support the art. Get other people paid while making art to support the art. Repeat.
S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work.
Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole
#ArtistLife
S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work.
Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole
#ArtistLife
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Make art. Make art to support the art. Get other people paid while making art to support the art. Repeat.
S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work.
Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole
#ArtistLife
S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work.
Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole
#ArtistLife
Today marks publication day for ‘RECKON,’ my new book out on University of Arizona Press. 7 years in the making - poetry, photography, essay & more.
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Today marks publication day for ‘RECKON,’ my new book out on University of Arizona Press. 7 years in the making - poetry, photography, essay & more.
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -
Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold
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100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
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One of the most striking snd powerful parts of the halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
One of the most striking snd powerful parts of the halftime show
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When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
I wrote about 3 takeaways from Tracy K. Smith's latest brilliant book, "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times" for the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...
“A Journey of Improvisation” in the Classroom: 3 Claims for Poetry from Tracy K. Smith
This blog post was shared by Writing the Community teaching artist Logan Phillips, on Tracy K. Smith's latest release: Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times. The Poetry Center's K-12 Education Departmen...
poetry.arizona.edu
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I wrote about 3 takeaways from Tracy K. Smith's latest brilliant book, "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times" for the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...
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Tucson tonight at 6:30, come out for John Haskell and Sharon Wahl in the very first @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social reading at 6:30pm at 600 S. Meyer (a couple blocks west of 5 Points in Barrio Viejo)
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Tucson tonight at 6:30, come out for John Haskell and Sharon Wahl in the very first @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social reading at 6:30pm at 600 S. Meyer (a couple blocks west of 5 Points in Barrio Viejo)
With the new book coming out, I have a lot going on at this year's Tucson Festival of Books – panels / readings, a workshop, and several book signing sessions. Here's the full list! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...
Tucson Festival of Books | Logan Phillips
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
With the new book coming out, I have a lot going on at this year's Tucson Festival of Books – panels / readings, a workshop, and several book signing sessions. Here's the full list! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...
Boooook meeerrrrch - Only available through Monday! Order at ReckonBook.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Boooook meeerrrrch - Only available through Monday! Order at ReckonBook.com
NOW: GENERAL STRIKE TUCSON. Largest protest I’ve ever seen in this city in 15+ years
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
NOW: GENERAL STRIKE TUCSON. Largest protest I’ve ever seen in this city in 15+ years
ICE OUT! Fed building Tucson 2pm
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
ICE OUT! Fed building Tucson 2pm
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Yesenia had walked thousands of miles through the Darién Gap and through Mexico to get a modicum of safety and security for her children in Tucson. Then a traffic stop destroyed it all
@jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation
azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...
@jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation
azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...
A long way home - AZ Luminaria
One Tucson family’s harrowing journey from Venezuela through the heart of the anti-immigrant policies of México and the U.S.
azluminaria.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Yesenia had walked thousands of miles through the Darién Gap and through Mexico to get a modicum of safety and security for her children in Tucson. Then a traffic stop destroyed it all
@jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation
azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...
@jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation
azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...
Over on the University of Arizona Press blog I wrote about five songs (OK actually 7 songs) that helped me get through the writing of RECKON (I'm now shipping copies btw!)
Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry
uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...
Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry
uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...
Five Songs: A Poetry Playlist by Logan Phillips | UAPress
A poetry playlist by Logan Phillips, author of “Reckon,” featuring five tracks that illuminate the author’s creative process.
uapress.arizona.edu
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Over on the University of Arizona Press blog I wrote about five songs (OK actually 7 songs) that helped me get through the writing of RECKON (I'm now shipping copies btw!)
Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry
uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...
Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry
uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...
Sometimes posting on here is like speaking into the void. But I'll keep doing so in the hopes its reaching folks.
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes posting on here is like speaking into the void. But I'll keep doing so in the hopes its reaching folks.
Shut. It. DOWN! Join in. Spread the word!
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Shut. It. DOWN! Join in. Spread the word!
Which style is your fav? ReckonBook.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Which style is your fav? ReckonBook.com
Helped students write and/or perform poetry at three different Tucson area high schools today 😅 Kids are so amazing. And I am so tired lol
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Helped students write and/or perform poetry at three different Tucson area high schools today 😅 Kids are so amazing. And I am so tired lol
Headed back to #Bisbee! Join us Sat. 2/21 at Central School Project for a poetry double-header: Raquel Gutiérrez and myself reading from our recently published books, Southwest Reconstruction @noemipress.bsky.social & RECKON (U. Arizona Press).
Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇
Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Headed back to #Bisbee! Join us Sat. 2/21 at Central School Project for a poetry double-header: Raquel Gutiérrez and myself reading from our recently published books, Southwest Reconstruction @noemipress.bsky.social & RECKON (U. Arizona Press).
Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇
Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇
Tonight in Tucson ~ good people, good tunes, chill vibe. Come check out La Esquina on 9th St, especially if you haven’t already
Join me this Saturday for an evening that will start with deep cuts and evolve into irresistible bangers from across the globe. FREE 8-midnight at La Esquina on 9th St, Tucson. #DJ
I won’t be DJing as often this year as I’ll be on book tour (yeeeee - see 2nd slide for the big one!) so let’s hang.
I won’t be DJing as often this year as I’ll be on book tour (yeeeee - see 2nd slide for the big one!) so let’s hang.
January 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Tonight in Tucson ~ good people, good tunes, chill vibe. Come check out La Esquina on 9th St, especially if you haven’t already