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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest Poetry Centered episode!

Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion, then closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history.

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Dawn Lundy Martin: Our Present, Long Moment - Poetry Centered

Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion. She shares Daniel Borzutzky responding to massacres with a poem that must be written (“Written after a Massacre in the Year 2018”), f...

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · 15d

You never have to miss a poetry reading! Anyone, anywhere can attend Poetry Center readings live from your phone, iPad, or computer!

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Our next reading will feature Josh Riedel and Thomas Dai
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · 21d

the work of poetry is about opening a space—or creating the conditions—for listening, a space for people to be listened to

—Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke)

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Beyond the Obvious: How Does Poetry Create Conditions for Radical Belonging?

BEYOND THE OBVIOUS: How does poetry create conditions for radical belonging? Written for the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics, University of Arizona Poetry Center Learn more here. What if we listened...

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to Richard Siken for making the longlist for the National Book Awards! We're looking forward to his reading this October with Mathias Svalina.

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Tom Sanders Memorial Reading: Richard Siken and Mathias Svalina

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us TONIGHT for a poetry reading with Jennifer Chang!

Sept 4 at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Center — Come in-person or watch via livestream 😊

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Aug 12

Announcing our Fall 2025 Reading & Lecture Series!

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Announcing the Fall 2025 Season at the Poetry Center!

We could not be more excited to announce our Fall 2025 Reading & Lecture Series, featuring an amazing slate of writers! We're grateful for support from the College of Humanities, the W.A. Franke Honor...

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Gorgeous poetry postcards!

Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thrilled to share this year's shiny new #SealeyChallenge postcards, designed by Tucson artist Sophie McTear!

Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 1

Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jul 31

Tomorrow we invite you on a #sealeychallenge journey to read 31 books of poetry in 31 days. Please stop by the Poetry Center to read as much as you like, as long as you like!

Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 31

The celebration starts tomorrow!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @nicolesealey.bsky.social has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @Nic_Sealey has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jul 29

The #SealeyChallenge is only a few short days away! Excited to celebrate a month of reading poetry in community.

Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 25

“Poetry is the only literary form that can accommodate such a rapid rate of reading; being able to jump seamlessly between voices like this can expand the way we think about the world.”

— Laura Buccieri, Lithub

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 19

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!

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Melissa Goodrich @goodmel.bsky.social · Jan 23

Working at @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social is an incredible gift—because I get to go to readings like this "for work," where Ada Limón casts spells and makes us laugh and launches us directly into space:

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Ada Limón reading poetry in December 2024

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jan 21

Aren't you

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 21

Very few spots remain in this generative workshop taught by Kimberly Blaeser!! Register today!

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 17

We're delighted to share a new episode of Poetry Centered!

Mackenzie Polonyi selects poems that engender bell hooks’ idea of love as a verb—a mycorrhizal, persistent, and complicated act linking us to past and present, near and far.

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Mackenzie Polonyi: Mycorrhizal Love - Poetry Centered

Mackenzie Polonyi selects poems that engender bell hooks’ idea of love as a verb—a mycorrhizal, persistent, and complicated act linking us to past and present, near and far. She discusses Lucille Clif...

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Elizabeth Barnett @elizabarnett.bsky.social · Jan 15

There are introductions...and then there is Lucille Clifton's introduction to "study the masters" when she read @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social. voca.arizona.edu/track/id/66010

"study the masters" | Lucille Clifton - December 2, 1998

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hurry! Few seats remain in this upcoming Poetry Center class!

Geopoetics: Reading & Writing at Planetary Scale with Kathy Wu
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 1:00pm to Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 3:00pm

Register today:
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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 8

P.S. Just because you're not local to Tucson doesn't mean you can't tune in. We livestream all our readings here: poetry.arizona.edu/live

(And later, we store all recordings, broken down into individual tracks on Voca, our audiovisual archive: voca.arizona.edu)

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Reading & Lecture series events will be streamed live here!

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 8

Get excited for the first reading of 2025: featuring Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris!

Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 7:00pm

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Reading: Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jan 7

Submissions open soon for the 2025 Haiku Hike!

The 6th Annual Haiku Hike, presented by the Downtown Tucson Partnership & the University of Arizona Poetry Center, features 20 winning haiku displayed in planters along Congress Street and Stone Avenue.

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Jay Besemer @divinetailor.bsky.social · Dec 18

rambled around the park, listened to the ice on the lagoon crack itself into & out of being, took photos of geese waking up as i went by.

this is my job. i’m a poet.

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Dec 17

Get excited—because general registration for our Spring 2025 classes is NOW OPEN!! These classes are excellent for writers of all levels of experience—but do hurry. They fill fast!

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Spring 2025: Classes and Workshops

Spring 2025 brings a fantastic array of classes and workshops—from writing-intensive generative poetry studios, to lively workshops, and rigorous writing seminars.

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Melissa Goodrich @goodmel.bsky.social · Dec 17

For those who haven't read it yet, there's a great piece unpacking and appreciating HATCH on the Poetry Center's blog! poetry.arizona.edu/blog/jenny-i...

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There are Nights that Feel Like Watching the Water Rise: Jenny Irish’s Hatch

“The metal womb knows nothing of submarines, but that is how she thinks of herself: a submarine…” I was sitting at Gate D1 of the Harry Reid International Airport feeling completely drained when I cra...

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