Tucson Festival of Books

Logan Phillips



Lance Thorn

Logan Phillips is a poet and cultural worker based in Tucson. He is the author of "Sonoran Strange" and numerous poetry chapbooks and art books, including the NoVoGRAFíAS series. A seasoned performer and collaborator, Phillips has toured his work internationally, working on a wide range of arts, education, and land-based projects. He completed an MFA at the University of Arizona.

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Awards: Top Pick, Southwest Books of the Year 2015

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan


Scheduled events:
Sing, Slam, Shout!
From the musical incantation of lyric to the political rhythms of slam, what role does performance play in bringing poems to life? Join three electrifying poets who expertly translate their words from the printed page to the human voice and hear them discuss their approaches to enacting language.

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Logan Phillips, Sophia Terazawa, Danielle Williams
Moderator: Cameron Quan
Workshop: Hybrid Writing in Memoirs
In this workshop, poet and author Logan Phillips will share strategies and exercises for inviting hybridity into memoir writing, transgressing genre to draw on the strengths of poetry, essay, screenplay, even photography and collage.

Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction

Panelist: Logan Phillips
Moderator: Matthew Landon
Imagined Borders
Poetry allows us to ask difficult questions like: Why do we have borders? What are borders, where do they come from, and how do they shape our language? Three poets investigate these questions, challenging the borders of place, identity, genre, history, and language.

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Susan Briante, Jose Hernandez Díaz, Logan Phillips
Moderator: Gabriel Palacios

Book:
Reckon
Poetry
University of Arizona Press
February 2026
ISBN 9780816555826
172 pages