Simmons Buntin (He/His)

Chris Richards

Simmons Buntin is the author of Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far and the poetry collections Riverfall and Bloom; as well as co-author of Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places and co-editor of Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the world’s first online literary journal of place, Terrain.org; the president of the nonprofit Terrain Publishing; and a director of marketing and communications at the University of Arizona. He lives in Tucson.

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Awards: Academy of American Poets Prize, Colorado Artist's Fellowship for Poetry

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan

All Parents Matter

Parenting can be a complex journey that doesn’t end when children leave the nest. Navigating the challenges, including adoption, illness, grief, and unconventional parenting roles, are part of the twists and turns in the adventure of parenting.

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Simmons Buntin, Julie Fingersh, Marianne Novy
Moderator: Peter Williams
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of The Stonewall Foundation Fund at the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, Wick Communications

Writing Roots in Tucson

What do stories about religion and class conflict in rural America, expats, natives and tourists in Mexico, and the heartfelt desire to help abandoned children continents away, have in common? All of these amazing books were written by three authors who have called Tucson home.

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Karen Brennan, Elhadj Ndoye, Jamie Quatro
Moderator: Simmons Buntin
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Bank of America, Cynthia W. Devine

Book:

Satellite

Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Trinity University Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781595343116
274 pages