POETRY IN ACTION

Presents

poets

Sheila Murphy

and

Barbara Henning

Saturday, November 18, 8pm

(please note the later than usual start time!)
 
 Dinnerware Gallery
 

101 W. Sixth Street
(corner 6th St. & 9th Ave., enter on 9th Ave.)
 

Admission: $5; Students $3
 

Sheila E. Murphy's most recent collections of poetry are  Incessant Seeds (Pavement Saw Press, 2005) and Proof of Silhouettes (Stride Press, 2004). Her book Letters to Unfinished J. was a winner of the 2001 Gertrude Stein Award. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she co-founded and coordinated the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series.

Barbara Henning is the author of two novels, six books of poetry and a series of photo-poem pamphlets. Her most recent book is a novel, You, Me and the Insects (Spuyten Duyvil, 2005). She has a book forthcoming from United Artists Books. In the 90's, Barbara was the editor of Long News in the Short Century.  She recently moved to Tucson from New York.

Poetry in Action 2006-07:

Coming Up:

November 18: poet Sheila Murphy and poet/artist Barbara Henning (8pm)

February 24: poet Alice Notley and filmmaker Pablo Toledo

March 17: writer Cristina Rivera Garza and poet Brent Cunningham

March 31: poet Harryette Mullen (this event will begin at 5pm); Harryette Mullen will also present a paper Saturday morning as part of the Arizona Quarterly Annual Symposium)

April 7: poets Cynthia Hogue and Hoa Nguyen

all events take place Saturday evenings, 7pm, at Dinnerware Gallery, 101 W 6th Street,

in Tucson's Downtown Arts District, unless otherwise noted

Harryette Mullen's appearance is co-sponsored by The Arizona Quarterly, The University of Arizona Poety Center, and Chax Press

Alice Notley's appearance is co-sponsored by The University of Arizona Poetry Center and Chax Press

Already Happened:

October 14: poets Elizabeth Robinson, Jaime Robles, Susanne Dyckman, Michelle Auerbach, Catherine Wagner (these writers will also be presenting papers at the Rocky Mountain MLA Convention in Tucson)

October 22: poet Linh Dinh

POG events are sponsored in part by grants from the Tucson/Pima Arts Council, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. POG also benefits from the continuing support of The University of Arizona Poetry Center, the Arizona Quarterly, Chax Press, and The University of Arizona Department of English. 

Thanks to our current and recent Patrons and Sponsors:

We're also grateful to hosts and programming partners

·         Casa Libre en La Solana Inn & Guest House

·         Dinnerware Contemporary Arts gallery

·         Las Artes Center