conversation

Track

Dominguez, Angel. Desgraciado (the collected letters). New York: Nightboat Books, 2022, pp. 127-128.

Reading

Ofelia Zepeda reads from Where Clouds Are Formed (2008). This reading was originally given with Christopher Burawa.

Reading

Franz Wright discusses a wide range of topics, including Rilke, translation, and the writing life.

Reading

Stephen Dunn and Dave Smith read from their poems.

Reading

Poetry Center Interim Director Mark Wunderlich and Events Coordinator Karen Falkenstrom talk about the history of the Poetry Center from 1960 to 1995 on The Topic of Tucson, hosted by Vicki Doyle. They discuss the art of poetry and read a few favorite poems from writers in the Poetry Center's 1995-1996 reading series.

Reading

As part of the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics, Peter J. Harris, Michael Warr, Luivette Resto, and Luis J. Rodriguez read from and discuss collected and uncollected work, including from their books Bless the Ashes (Harris, 2014), The Armageddon of Funk (Warr, 2011), Ascension (Resto, 2013), Unfinished Portrait (Resto, 2008), Borrowed Bones: New Poems from the Poet Laureate of Los Angeles (Rodriguez, 2016), and From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer (Rodriguez, 2020). Diana Marie Delgado leads a conversation to conclude the event.

Reading

Following a full reading, Sandra Cisneros and Manuel Muñoz discuss Cisneros' work. The full reading is only available for viewing in person at the Poetry Center.

Reading

As part of the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics and the Art for Justice series, Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, and Hanif Abdurraqib read from and discuss their writing centered on police violence, the carceral justice system, and racial injustice towards Black Americans. Sealey specifically reads excerpts from her then-unpublished manuscript The Ferguson Report: An Erasure (2023). Diana Marie Delgado leads a conversation throughout the event.

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