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UA Poetry Center in May

Name: UA Poetry Center in May
Start: 2021-05-01T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-05-31T17:00:00-07:00
Location: University of Arizona Poetry Center

May 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - May 31, 2021 @ 5:00 pm MST

May Events

Book Objects / April 6 through June 26 / A box of paper gems. A printed silk scarf. A deck of cards. A felted sphere filled with paper seeds. Can these objects be books? The poets, book artists, and publishers represented in this virtual exhibition offer a resounding yes, asking viewers to interact with books in ways that break from the expected. Join us for a detailed look at items from the Poetry Center’s collection that will lead you to rethink just what the word “book” can mean.

Art for Justice: An Evening with Reginald Dwayne Betts / May 13, 5:00 PM / Join us for an Evening with Reginald Dwayne Betts hosted by Literary Director Diana Delgado and with an introduction by Joe Watson. Betts will read and have a conversation with Delgado as part of the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics. The convening’s theme is Art for Justice. Learn more about the Art for Justice project here.

Free Time: Building Community for Incarcerated Writers / May 29, Saturday, 11:00 AM / All prospective mentors must email heyjoewatson@arizona.edu prior to their first workshop to receive instructions to join via Zoom.

Did you miss our recent events? You can watch our Director’s Choice and Institute for Inquiry & Poetics events any time you’d like at our YouTube channel.

Are there particular Global Vaccine Poem responses that moved you? Share with us on social media!

Poetry Potluck #10: Cinnamon Hot Milk Cake for Adrienne Rich

Sara May shares a recipe and a poem, writing: “In the last section, entitled, “Dedications,” Adrienne Rich turns to the readers of this poem and extends her loving eye outward. I think of the mother she evokes, warming milk for her child while she reads the poem, and I feel like Rich sees, knows, remembers my own mother warming milk for me as a child so that I would feel safe for a moment in this difficult world.”

The Poem is a Thing We Ought to Touch: On Reading Poetry with Kids

Our Writing the Community teaching artists read poetry with children all the time. Read Sophie Daws’s account of what happened when she asked kids, “Do you like this poem?”

Miraculous and Mundane: Writing about the Vaccine

Julie Swarstad Johnson shares about her experience volunteering at a vaccination site and shares writing about the pandemic, including from the Global Vaccine Poem.

Social Media Highlight

Have you visited Downtown Tucson’s Haiku Hike yet? Chosen by Tucson Poet Laureate TC Tolbert, these 20 poems are on display downtown, a safe and beautiful experience with poetry. Pictured here is Melanie Madden’s piece:

My finger traces
the edge of a feathery
leaf. Yep, that’s a thorn.

Our mailing address is:

The University of Arizona Poetry Center

1508 E. Helen St.

Tucson, AZ 85721

Details

Start:: May 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am MST
End:: May 31, 2021 @ 5:00 pm MST
Event Categories:: Arizona Calendar of Events, Marana, Arizona Events, Oro Valley, Arizona Events, Tucson, Arizona Calendar of Events

Organizer

: University of Arizona Poetry Center
Phone: 520-626-3765
: View Organizer Website

Venue

: University of Arizona Poetry Center
: 1508 E. Helen St.
Tucson, AZ 85721 United States + Google Map
Phone: 520-626-3765
: View Venue Website