Tucson Festival of Books | Gabriel Palacios

Gabriel Palacios (he/him/his)

Gabriel Palacios was born in Tucson, Arizona and earned an MFA from the University of Arizona, where he was the recipient of the Minnie Torrance Award for Poetry, selected by giovanni singleton. He works as a college writing instructor and serves as a contributing editor for Diagram. His most recent book is "A Ten Peso Burial For Which Truth I Sign."

Arizona author

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan, Hispanic or Latinx

Scheduled events:

The Poetics of Place

From the pastoral to the postmodern — from Paterson, New Jersey, to the Sonoran Desert — poets have always sought to explore the reflexive relationship between person and place. Today our authors will discuss home, displacement, and the interplay between place and imagination.

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)

Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store, Main Floor (following presentation)

Panelists: Forrest Gander, Farid Matuk, Gabriel Palacios
Moderator: Gabriel Dozal

Voicing the Archives

Through archival sources, familial stories, and cultural legacies, these poets examine how the past informs the present. By giving voice to forgotten or hidden histories, panelists reveal the deep intersections of place, heritage, and personal narrative in contemporary poetry.

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)

Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store, Main Floor (following presentation)

Panelists: Denise Low, Gabriel Palacios
Moderator: Susan Briante

Book:

A Ten Peso Burial for Which Truth I Sign

Poetry
Fonograf Editions
March 2024
ISBN 9798987589045
104 pages

In A TEN PESO BURIAL FOR WHICH TRUTH I SIGN, debut poet Gabriel Palacios slipstreams through a hauntological, historicized Southwest, to make sense out of the life inherited. More/less