As POG and Tucson adapt to COVID-19, we strive to remember that this pandemic continues to magnify inequalities and disproportionately affect underrepresented communities. If you are in the position to do so, please consider contributing to some of these organizations: Colibrí Center for Human Rights People’s Defense Initiative Indigenous Action Continue Reading
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Hear/Heard/Here: Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman on SoundCloud
listen to the full february 2nd reading Hear the complete readings from both poets on SoundCloud! As part of POG’s effort to continue recording and archiving the work of the artists we host, we’re making them available and easily shareable on SoundCloud–but don’t forget that we also have work over Continue Reading
POG Write-About Murals Project
Hear/Heard/Here: Magdalena Zurawski & Cameron Quan Louie on SoundCloud
listen to the full november 16th reading Hear the complete readings from both poets on SoundCloud! As part of POG’s effort to continue recording and archiving the work of the artists we host, we’re making them available and easily shareable on SoundCloud–but don’t forget that we also have work over Continue Reading
Special Broadside by Local Tucson Artist Maxwell Gay
Thanks to Will Stanier, POG was able to connect with artist Maxwell Lukas Mijnlieff Gay (check out his website here), who created a special broadside for the reading on November 16th! The broadside features excerpts from work by Magdalena Zurawski and Cameron Quan Louie, and it was printed by Will Continue Reading
POG & Friends 2019
Thank you so much to everyone who came! In case you missed it (or you just want to hear it all again), check out the POG SoundCloud to hear the vocal stylings of the 18 incredible local writers who performed at our kick-off event.
Barbara Henning & Maureen Owen: Poets on the Road
We were honored to have Barbara Henning and Maureen Owen read for us last weekend. In Barbara’s words: “At night Maureen and I drove over to the Steinfeld Warehouse for our POG reading. Charles & Cynthia used to have their studio in that building. I remember when I first arrived Continue Reading
POG SoundCloud is Live!
Dear Friends of POG and poetry lovers: We’re excited to announce that the POG SoundCloud page is now up and running! Whether you missed the last reading or you’re trying to remember that one gem-of-a-line, we’re hoping that this simplified audio archive will make it easier for you to enjoy Continue Reading
POG & Friends
We are approaching a decade of POG & Friends presentations. These are the annual kick-off events for the POG year of presentations, and they happen in September or October of each year. This means we have presented well over 100 artists in these POG & Friends events, in brief presentations Continue Reading