"It is difficult/to get the news from poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is found there."-William Carlos Williams While some writers see art as an escape from politics and the news cycle, others embrace the political. Three poets explore the relationship between politics and poetry.
| Where: | Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Poetry |
| Moderator: | Katie Zale |
Susan Briante is the author of "Defacing the Monument," essays on immigration, archives, and aesthetics and the state. She was the winner of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus Award in 2021....
Diana Marie Delgado is a poet, strategist, and cultural worker with over two decades of experience in the literary arts. She is the editor of Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration and the author of "Tracing the Horse," a New York Times Noteworthy pick....
Jami Macarty is the author of "The Long Now Conditions Permit," winner of the 2023 Test Site Poetry Prize, and "The Minuses," winner of the 2020 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award-Poetry Arizona. She has also published four chapbooks, including "The Whole Catastrophe" and "Mind of Spring," winner of the 2017 Vallum Chapbook Award....
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