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.)
| Where: | Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  |
| When: | Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Poetry |
| Moderator: | Farid Matuk |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of City of Tucson, Max McCauslin and John Smith, Desert Diamond Casinos |
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....
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....
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