Tucson Festival of Books

Meet the New Poet Laureates


Join us as Mayor Regina Romero introduces the new Tucson Poet Laureate and the new Arizona Poet Laureate for their inaugural readings. Both laureates will serve as official ambassadors for poetry, building a public life for poetry in Southern Arizona and throughout the state.


Panelist
Laura Tohe

An award-winning poet and writer, Laura Tohe was born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and grew up speaking both Diné bizaad/Navajo language and English. She is a professor emerita of English at Arizona State University, where she taught for 24 years....

Arizona author


Book:
Tséyi' / Deep in the Rock
Deep in the Rock : Reflections on Canyon de Chelly
Laura Tohe
Poetry
University of Arizona Press
January 2005
ISBN 9780816523719
49 pages
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