GROUPS/ORGANIZATIONS
Creative Writing Center @ Pima Community College
POG (Reading Series)
Trans/Space: A Trans*, Non-binary, and Queer+ Poetry Project
The Tucson Poetry Writers Group - Meetup
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson Poetry Festival
Tucson Poetry Society, LLC (Meets at the downtown library)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Poetry library and community center)
Urban Poetry Pollinators
LOCAL PRESSES/LITERARY JOURNALS
CHAX (Press) - Ed. Charles Alexander
Cutthroat - Ed. Pamela Uschuk
The Destroyer (Online journal)
DIAGRAM (Online journal) - Ed. Ander Monson
Fairy Tale Review (Print journal) - Ed. Kate Bernheimer
Harpy Hybrid Review (Online journal) - Ed. Janel Galnares
Kore Press
Sandscript - Pima Community College (Award-winning student print journal)
Sonora Review (UA literary print journal)
Spork Press
Tanline
Terrain (Online journal) - Ed. Simmons Buntin
Trickhouse (Online journal)
The University of Arizona Press
The Volta (Online journal)
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES AND PRINT SHOPS
Antigone Books (4th Ave.)
Bookman's Used Books (Speedway & Country Club)
Revolutionary Grounds Books & Coffee (Swan & Speedway)
Tiny Town (4th Ave. - great collection of zines!)
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Tucson Festival of Books (March)
Tucson Poetry Festival (April)
University of Arizona Poetry Center - Docent Program
LOCATIONS/VENUES FOR READINGS & WORKSHOPS
Cafe Passe (4th Ave.)
Cartel Coffee Lab (Downtown, hosts Write Wednesdays 5pm)
Club Congress (Downtown)
Conrad Wild Gallery (6th St.)
House of Bards (Speedway & Swan)
La Pilita Cultural Center (Main)
Owls Club (Downtown)
Pima County Public Library (Multiple locations)
Revolutionary Grounds Coffee & Books (Swan & Speedway)
Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center (Downtown)
Tucson Hop Shop (Dodge Blvd.)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Helen & Speedway)
PROGRAMS/CLASSES
Pima Community College (Classes & Workshops)
Poetry Out Loud (K-12)
University of Arizona Creative Writing Program (MFA Program)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Classes & Workshops)
The Writers Studio (Classes)
LISTEN
A Poet's Moment on KXCI (Radio Station 91.3)
Community of Artists (YouTube)
VOCA, the Poetry Center's Audiovisual Archive of Recordings
FOR WRITING INSPIRATION, VISIT:
Arizona History Museum
Arizona State Museum
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
(Woven Words: Poetry installations at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum)
Center for Creative Photography
Presidio Museum
The Mexican American Heritage and History Museum
Mission Garden
MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Mt. Lemmon
Murals and more murals
Tucson Desert Art Museum
Tucson Botanical Garden
Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Musicians Museum
The University of Arizona Museum of Art
University of Arizona Poetry Center
Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson
Creative Writing Center @ Pima Community College
POG (Reading Series)
Trans/Space: A Trans*, Non-binary, and Queer+ Poetry Project
The Tucson Poetry Writers Group - Meetup
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson Poetry Festival
Tucson Poetry Society, LLC (Meets at the downtown library)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Poetry library and community center)
Urban Poetry Pollinators
LOCAL PRESSES/LITERARY JOURNALS
CHAX (Press) - Ed. Charles Alexander
Cutthroat - Ed. Pamela Uschuk
The Destroyer (Online journal)
DIAGRAM (Online journal) - Ed. Ander Monson
Fairy Tale Review (Print journal) - Ed. Kate Bernheimer
Harpy Hybrid Review (Online journal) - Ed. Janel Galnares
Kore Press
Sandscript - Pima Community College (Award-winning student print journal)
Sonora Review (UA literary print journal)
Spork Press
Tanline
Terrain (Online journal) - Ed. Simmons Buntin
Trickhouse (Online journal)
The University of Arizona Press
The Volta (Online journal)
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES AND PRINT SHOPS
Antigone Books (4th Ave.)
Bookman's Used Books (Speedway & Country Club)
Revolutionary Grounds Books & Coffee (Swan & Speedway)
Tiny Town (4th Ave. - great collection of zines!)
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Tucson Festival of Books (March)
Tucson Poetry Festival (April)
University of Arizona Poetry Center - Docent Program
LOCATIONS/VENUES FOR READINGS & WORKSHOPS
Cafe Passe (4th Ave.)
Cartel Coffee Lab (Downtown, hosts Write Wednesdays 5pm)
Club Congress (Downtown)
Conrad Wild Gallery (6th St.)
House of Bards (Speedway & Swan)
La Pilita Cultural Center (Main)
Owls Club (Downtown)
Pima County Public Library (Multiple locations)
Revolutionary Grounds Coffee & Books (Swan & Speedway)
Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center (Downtown)
Tucson Hop Shop (Dodge Blvd.)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Helen & Speedway)
PROGRAMS/CLASSES
Pima Community College (Classes & Workshops)
Poetry Out Loud (K-12)
University of Arizona Creative Writing Program (MFA Program)
University of Arizona Poetry Center (Classes & Workshops)
The Writers Studio (Classes)
LISTEN
A Poet's Moment on KXCI (Radio Station 91.3)
Community of Artists (YouTube)
VOCA, the Poetry Center's Audiovisual Archive of Recordings
FOR WRITING INSPIRATION, VISIT:
Arizona History Museum
Arizona State Museum
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
(Woven Words: Poetry installations at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum)
Center for Creative Photography
Presidio Museum
The Mexican American Heritage and History Museum
Mission Garden
MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Mt. Lemmon
Murals and more murals
Tucson Desert Art Museum
Tucson Botanical Garden
Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Musicians Museum
The University of Arizona Museum of Art
University of Arizona Poetry Center
Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson
If you know of more Tucson-based resources you'd like to see added to the list, or have any other suggestions, please email [email protected].