Tucson Festival of Books

Sophia Terazawa



Kristina Rose

Sophia Terazawa is the author of three poetry collections, "Winter Phoenix,"  "Anon," and the forthcoming "Oracular Maladies," a finalist for the 2023 Noemi Press Book Award. She has also published two chapbooks, "I Am Not a War" and "Correspondent Medley," winner of the 2018 Tomaž Šalamun Prize. "Tetra Nova" is her first novel.

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Awards: Essay Press Digital Chapbook Award, Tomaž Šalamun Prize, Matt Clark Editors’ Choice Prize, Bill Waller Award for Creative Nonfiction, LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Award

Communities: LGBTQ+, Asian American


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 - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Logan Phillips, Sophia Terazawa, Danielle Williams
Moderator: Cameron Quan
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of City of Tucson, Max McCauslin and John Smith, Estelle and Lee Siegman
Memory and Intimacy
Do our memories describe the past or reinvent it? Today, two accomplished poets will allow us intimate access to their histories, traumas, and triumphs, demonstrating how poetry can be a vehicle to confront legacies of violence while embracing radical methods of survival and resistance. (Unfortunately, Laura Da' will not take part in this session as originally planned.)

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Robin Becker, Sophia Terazawa
Moderator: Farid Matuk
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of City of Tucson, Max McCauslin and John Smith, Desert Diamond Casinos

Books:
Tetra Nova
Fiction / Literature
Deep Vellum Publishing
March 2025
ISBN 9781646053568
250 pages

Oracular Maladies
Poetry
Noemi Press
March 2026
ISBN 9781955992701