Tucson Festival of Books

Women Shaping Poetry


In this session, two acclaimed women will share their innovative approaches to poetry. In a discussion of poetic craft, influences, and futures, panelists will read from their new books and explore the intersections of gender, sexuality, form, voice, and language. (Unfortunately, Felicia Zamora will not be taking part in this session as originally planned.)


Panelists
Robin Becker

Robin Becker is the author of eight books of poetry, including "The Black Bear Inside Me," and the Lambda Award winner, "All-American Girl," both published in the Pitt Poetry series. A Liberal Arts Research Professor Emerita of English and Women’s Studies at Pennsylvania State University, she lives in central Pennsylvania and southwestern New Hampshire....

Carol Moldaw

Carol Moldaw is an American poet and the author of seven books of poetry including "Go Figure," "Beauty Refracted," and "The Lightning Field," winner of the 2002 FIELD Prize. The recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship, she was an artist-in-residence at the Merwin Conservancy in Maui, Hawaii, in 2022....

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Books:
Midsummer Count
New and Selected Poems
Robin Becker
Poetry
University of New Mexico Press
January 2026
ISBN 9780826369338
162 pages

Go Figure
Carol Moldaw
Poetry
Four Way Books
January 2024
ISBN 9781961897045
88 pages