here - The University of Arizona Poetry Center

Odeum – Robert Reck
The University of Arizona Poetry Center distinguished itself again
this year as a national literary arts organization and as one of Southern
Arizona’s most vital centers for cultural activity. After celebrating our
50th anniversary last year, we turned our attention to the future of the
Poetry Center and our role in shaping the national conversation about
poetry and literature. Presenting our third symposium, “Poetry Off the
Page,” and promoting our unique online digital library, voca, were two of
most significant accomplishments of the year. For our local community
we presented a record number of collaborative projects with Tucson
artists and arts organizations within ongoing programs like our Reading
and Lecture Series as well through special events and exhibitions.
2011-12
People Served by Poetry Center
Library and Programs .........29,361
Individual and group users,
tours, field trips ................ 11,554
Reading Series and events .......5,918
Adult Education ................ 396
K-12 Education and Outreach .....8,412
voca users ....................3,081
Poetry Center Staff
Poetry Center Advisory Board
Gail Browne Executive Director
Renee Angle Program Coordinator for
Contests and K-12 Programs
Wendy Burk Library Supervisor, Senior
Annie Guthrie Marketing Specialist,
Associate
Cybele Knowles Program Coordinator
for Adult Programs
Sarah Kortemeier Senior Library Assistant
Julie Lauterbach-Colby Administrative
Assistant and Development Coordinator
Allie Leach Administrative Assistant
for Contests and K-12 Programs
Bonnie Jean Michalski Editor
Anne Doten Adult Programs and
Marketing Intern
Timothy Dyke K-12 Programs Intern
Hilary Gan K-12 Programs Intern
Christy Delehanty Marketing Intern
Drew Krewer Audio Video Library
(voca) Intern
Gail Browne ex-officio
Mary Wildner-Bassett ex-officio
Dean, College of Humanities
Cybele Knowles ex-officio
Lawrence Evers ex-officio
Acting Head, English Department
Aurelie Sheehan ex-officio
Director, Creative Writing Program
Janice Dewey ex-officio
Instructor, Reading Series Colloquium
Ander Monson (2010-2012)
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing
Joshua Marie Wilkinson (2011-2013)
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing
Dian Li (2011-2013) Associate
Professor, East Asian Studies
Javier Duran (2010-2012)
Director, Confluence: Center for
Creative Inquiry, Associate Professor,
Spanish and Border Studies
Ronald Grant (2011-2012)
Director, Medical Humanities Program
Arianne Zwartjes (2011-2012)
Community Member
Justin Yampolsky (2011-2012)
Graduate Student, Creative Writing
Erica Carlson (2011-2012)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Persona

Library – Jeff Smith
The Library
2011-2012 Awards:
2012 Arts and Business Award from the
Tucson Pima Arts Council (Lumie) for
creativity and innovation in arts education
programming.
Library Journal’s New Landmark Libraries
for 2012 Honorable Mention as one of
seven trendsetting library buildings in the
nation.
Our 50th anniversary commemorative
book, The University of Arizona Poetry
Center: Celebrating 50 Years, won the 2011
Southwest Books of the Year Award from
the Pima Public Library.
The Collection
With over 70,000 items in its entire collection, this year the Poetry Center
added its 40,000th book, a unique-edition artist book by Gail Marcus-
Orlen in memory of her husband, poet Steve Orlen.
voca
We launched Version 2.2 voca in August 2011, in completion of a Digital
Humanities Digital Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Version 2.2 integrates an enhanced collection of descriptive
metadata and enables user registration, tagging, and comments. These
“Web 2.0” features are virtually unknown in other digital collections of
contemporary poetry and allow users to contribute to the rich historical
and scholarly value of the resource. To date we have processed 470
readings and received a Southwestern Foundation grant for next year’s
digitizing of older recordings. We hope to have all of our available
recordings digitized within the next five years.
Preservation Activities in the L. R. Benes Rare Book Room
We completed a comprehensive survey of all Rare Book Room materials
this year and carried out preservation activities including re-boxing and refoldering
fragile items. We also applied for an NEH Preservation Assistance
Grant in May 2012 to fund a general assessment by a preservation
consultant.
Archival Processing and Collection Development
We reached the halfway point on processing the LaVerne Harrell Clark
Photographic Collection, which contains several thousand images taken
by the Poetry Center’s first director, LaVerne Harrell Clark, as well as
correspondence and ephemera. This collection is an important document
of poetic history circa 1962-2000. Processing of the collection is expected
to be completed in the next fiscal year.

yes & so anyway on the seventh day, He created pogo, bat masterson, & a rose colored diving board for His cronies the
sky already strung up shivered like the top of a tent. i mean wow! aint there enough sadness in the world? she doesnt even
hear the band … she falls down on a sidewalk crack / the band leader paying no attention, does a slight curtsy, sneezes.
dont concern yourself with all this pettiness–it will all pass–think big– he now lies in Mrs. Actually’s beauty parlor God rest
his soul & his rudeness there is no strength to give away–everybody now can just have it back bob dylan someone i’m
always delighted to see someone who is welcome to what i have that’s you my friend. i guess i’m just an old-fashioned
spaceman. i have lived with me for a long time and plan to continue. whatever i have passed on has come back to me in
word and deed whatever i have given i have gained and now i shall start the cycle again leonard nimoy waiting
for a ride by the edge of the road, with a brown paper bag to hold my clothes. tonight i’m going home where
i belong, good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise. we’d get up before sun-up to get the work done up, we’ve
stood and we’ve cried as we’ve helplessly watched a hailstorm abeating our crops to the ground. i’ve seen
daddy’s hand break open and bleed and i’ve seen him work until he’s stiff as a board.
we’ve got up before and found ice on the floor where the wind would blow snow through
cracks in the wall. as i looked around me, the more that I did look, the more i realized
that i was viewing God’s coloring book. the greenness in an old man’s hair, the
pink in baby’s cheeks, the blackness in a stormy sky, the brown
in fallen leaves, the purple
haze at sunset dolly parton i am too old to learn the names
of the new killers. that has driven
out the heart’s warm appetite and humbled evolution
and a puke of prayer. i never really
understood what he said but every now and
then i find myself barking with the dog or
bending with the irises or helping out
in other little ways. you’d sing too if you found
yourself in a place like this. the
loveless thud of your own breathing you’d become
a singer faster than
it takes to hate a rival’s charm. i’m speaking to you
‘friend of my
scribbled life.’ the curtains move so beautifully, lace
curtains of some sweet old intrigue: the Devil tempting me to turn
away from
alarming you leonard cohen if i am 2 be true then i must give
my fragile
heart i may receive great joy or u may return it ripped apart. can
u c the pride
in the panther as he glows in splendor and grace toppling OBSTACLES
placed in the way
of the progression of his race the flower blooms with brilliance and outshines
the rays of the sun. in Fear of self-expression it has been this way forever and a day until she came 2
shine with a spark of innocence and questions only 2 be answered with Darkness tupac shakur you & so many more
Art Exhiibition – Jeff Smith
The Library
Library Exhibitions Online
For the Arizona Memory Project we created two digital exhibits, Vintage
Poetry Center Posters (see below) and Portraits of Poets by LaVerne Harrell
Clark, based on recent exhibits displayed on-site at the Poetry Center.
Library Exhibitions in the Jeremy Ingalls Gallery
Writing War, Writing Peace: This exhibition featured children’s books on the
theme of war and peace from around the world, presented in collaboration
with the UA College of Education’s Worlds of Words International
Collection of Children’s and Adolescent Literature, coincided with the Wick
Poetry Center (at Kent State University) traveling exhibit, Speak Peace.
Visions and Versions of Emily Dickinson: A special exhibition that coincided
with the Kore Press Emily Dickinson Big Read.
Celebrity Poets: Presented as part of the Tucson Museum of Art’s Tucson
Rocks project, “a city-wide celebration of rock and roll.”
Sharlot Hall and Hattie Lockett: An Arizona Centennial Exhibition: We
celebrated 100 years of Arizona statehood with an exhibition honoring
two Arizona poets, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943) and Hattie Greene
Lockett (1880-1962). Thanks to the generosity of the Hattie Lockett family
and partnering institutions, this exhibition gathered published volumes and
original materials from their extraordinary lives and work.
ARTISTEXTS: Curated by internationally renowned author, book artist, and
visual theorist Johanna Drucker, this exhibition showcased more than 20
artist books created in a deliberate dialogue between design and writing.
Presented in conjunction with our Poetry Off the Page Symposium.
Jeremy Ingalls: Writing About Political Figures: This exhibition featured
poetry and an original radio play, in manuscript, typescript, and published
forms, about political figures including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F.
Kennedy, and Medgar Evers.
Art Exhibitions
Art exhibitions provide a service to local
artists and give community members
a chance to explore, interact with, and
understand the Poetry Center in new ways.
Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to
Vietnamese Children’s Paintings: A touring
exhibition from the Wick Poetry Center at
Kent State University.
Soldiering/Dreams of Wartimes by Noah
Saterstrom and poet Anne Waldman:
A 45-foot frieze of oil paintings with
continuous narrative.
Portraits of Poets by Gwyneth Scally: A
limited-edition series of linoleum-cut,
hand-pulled prints of Wallace Stevens,
Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth
Bishop, and H.D.
The Idea of North by Gwyneth Scally:
A series of new oil paintings exploring
attitudes toward the natural world.
Be Mine: Collaborations between Writers
and Artists: Pairs of Tucson writers and
photographers, painters, videographers,
and musicians collaborated to reconsider
the form of the “valentine.”

Readings & Lectures
2011-12
Poetry Center Reading Series
Survey Results
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Good
14%
How many Poetry Center events have you
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a2ended
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in
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the past
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events
have you attended in the past year?
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19%
Fair
2%
Excellent
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28%
Katharine Larson and Jeffrey Yang
– Cybele Knowles
This year we celebrated the 49th year of our Reading Series, which was
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets and Writers,
the Walt Whitman Circle, and Friends of the Poetry Center. Overall we
presented over 30 readings or lectures by poets and writers. The series
serves a core but expanding audience of writers, educators, students, and
arts appreciators. Typical attendance numbers were between 100 and 250
per reading.
We presented Pulitzer-Prize winning authors Philip Schultz and Carl
Dennis, Ruth Lilly Prize winner Fanny Howe, UA alumnus David Rivard,
Thomas Sayers Ellis, Mary Jo Bang, Joni Wallace, Marie Howe, Paul Guest
(co-sponsored by Disability Resource Center), Next Word in Poetry writers
Jeffrey Yang and Katharine Larson, as well as UA faculty members Manuel
Muñoz, Barbara Cully, Beth Alvarado, and Chris Cokinos.
Special events included: “Love Notes: A Collaboration of Dance and Poetry,”
with Richard Siken and the UA School of Dance, and readings from recent
publications; A Poetic Inventory of Saguaro National Park; I’ll Drown My
Book: Conceptual Writing by Women; and Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous
Americas (in partnership with UA Press). Poets and writers we presented as
part of these anthology readings included Renee Angle, Bhanu Kapil, Laura
Mullen, Judith Goldman, Laura Tohe, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Natalie
Diaz, Orlando White, Laylie Long Soldier, Christopher Cokinos, Matthew
Conley, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Annie Guthrie, Ken Lamberton,
George Life, Kristen Nelson, Logan Phillips, Maria Elena Wakamatsu, Ellen
McMahon, Erin Wilcox, and others.
7-­‐9
13%
4-­‐6
16%
1-­‐3
24%
Lectures: In addition to hosting Emily Dickinson lectures by Charles
Alexander and Susan Aiken, we presented “On Poetry and Accessibility” by
Joshua Marie Wilkinson; a talk on New York School poets by David Rivard;
and “Lost Illusions: On Poetry, Translation, and Literary Publishing” with
Jeffrey Yang, co-sponsored by the East Asian Studies Department.
U of A Affilia*on
What is your UA affiliation?
No affilia@on
43.7%
Volunteer
0.3%
Alumna/us
6.3%
Faculty
5%
Staff
4%
Student
40.7%
We also supported the UA Prose Series presentations by Joan Silber and
UA alumni Monica Drake, Timothy Schaffert, and Daniyal Mueenuddin.
John T. Price was also presented in association with the UA Institute of the
Environment. The UA Prose Series is sponsored by the Creative Writing
MFA Program, the English Department, and College of Humanities.
To build and sustain audiences for the Reading and Lecture Series and
the Poetry Off the Page Symposium, we created tie-in content such as
thematically-related library exhibitions, poetry discussion groups, web
features, and community creative writing workshops.
Special Events and Co-Sponsorships
In addition to regularly scheduled events, the Poetry Center co-sponsored
18 events with organizations such as Sonora Review, POG, Trickhouse, the
Tucson Poetry Festival, UA Creative Writing MFA Program, and the UA
English Department. Over 1,250 people attended these events.

A Closer Look Book Club – Cybele Knowles
Adult Education
Class Project – Cybele Knowles
Poetry Off the Page Symposium –
May 18-20
Our third poetics symposium featured some
of the most intriguing and adventurous
poets working today: those who forge new
literary territory with the help of modern
technologies, and those daring to make
new work that is best “read” off the page or
performed in collaboration or in tandem. We
offered performances, classes, panels, and
exhibitions by The Black Took Collective,
Amaranth Borsuk, Julie Carr, K.J. Holmes,
Jeff Clark, Brent Cunningham, Johanna
Drucker, Christine Hume, Douglas Kearney,
Ander Monson, Julie Patton, Claudia
Rankine, Cecilia Vicuña, Danielle Vogel,
Dan Waber, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson.
The program also included a screening
of poemfilms made specifically for the
symposium. Events took place throughout
the Poetry Center and at The Rogue Theatre
in downtown Tucson and were attended by
people from around
the United States.
Poetry Off the Page
was sponsored
by the National
Endowment for
the Arts and the
Confluence Center
for Creative Inquiry,
with in kind support
from Tucson
businesses Betts
Printing and Sarnoff.
Community Classes and Workshops Program
The Poetry Center continues to offer an extensive roster of classes in the
reading and writing of poetry and literature for writers at every stage of the
process, from beginners to those assembling book manuscripts. Classes
are taught by local poets, graduates of the UA MFA Creative Writing
program, Poetry Center staff, and visiting authors. This year we offered
14 courses, including an introductory poetry workshop, a literature class
on contemporary poetry, as well as workshops in fiction, playwriting, and
non-fiction.
This year Will Inman and Mary Ann Campau memorial funds were
combined for scholarship support of the Classes and Workshops Program.
We awarded nine $75 scholarships.
Shop Talks
This library program largely follows the Poetry Center’s Reading Series
and features one non-living poet each semester. Regular attendees include
community readers, local writers, MFA students, undergraduates, and high
school students. This year’s topics ranged from the poetry of Dylan Thomas
and Leonard Cohen, to Shakespeare’s songs, to explorations of the work of
visiting poets Mary Jo Bang, Thomas Sayers, Ellis, Paul Guest, and Fanny
Howe.
A Closer Look Book Club
Our book club provides an opportunity for in-depth conversation about
literature in an informal setting. This year’s selections explored themes of
revolution, apocalypse, regeneration, and rebirth, from Margaret Atwood’s
Oryx and Crake to Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club and Leslie Marmon Silko’s
Ceremony. Discussions are led by local writers, Creative Writing Program
faculty, and Poetry Center staff.

Joshua Furtado, Stucent – Jeff Smith
K-12 Education & Outreach
Thomas Sayers Ellis Matinee Reading – Cybele Knowles
Poetry Out Loud
Sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts
For the second year, the Poetry Center
partnered with the Arizona Commission on
the Arts to serve as the Southern Arizona
regional partner to Poetry Out Loud, a
national recitation contest sponsored by
the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Poetry Foundation. We offered
poetry residencies for students preparing
to perform at their school competitions
and we sent Poetry Center representatives
to judge nine school competitions and
award prizes. The regional final was held
at the Poetry Center on March 3rd with
host David Fitzsimmons and high school
students from Villa Oasis, Tucson Magnet,
Sunnyside, Cholla, University, St. Gregory’s,
Nogales, Sonoran Science Academy,
Cienega, St. Augustine Catholic, and Tucson
Museum School for Visual Arts. Our first
place winner, Josh Furtado of Tucson
High School, went on to take the Arizona
State Championship and competed in the
National Poetry Out Loud competition held
in Washington D.C.
Family Days
In order to accommodate our growing community of children and their
families, this year the Poetry Center expanded its Poetry Joeys program
into Family Days. Once a month on Saturday, the Poetry Center opened
specifically for K-12 children and their families beginning at 10 a.m. with
Poetry Joeys creative writing workshops for three different age groups:
infants, 4-6 year olds, and 7-10 year olds. After Poetry Joeys workshops
concluded, we offered a variety of performances, visual art, and writing
activities until 1:00 p.m. To bring attention to our new format, we invited
special guests throughout the year, including the Owl and the Panther
Project, Voices, Inc., 9 Queens, Spork Press, Creative Machines, the Physics
Factory, Opening Minds through the Arts, and the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam.
12th Annual High School Bilingual Corrido Contest
Sponsored by Walt Whitman Circle Members, TCI Wealth Advisors
This year our Corrido Contest received 400 entries, 100% more than last
year. The 2012 winners were selected by Eduardo Corral, Casa Grande
resident and recent winner of the Yale Younger Poetry Series Award. In
addition to winners and honorable mentions, we selected 50 entries to
receive semi-finalist awards. First place went to Getsemany Miranda de la
Cruz from Nogales High School, second place to Ramon (R.J.) Mendoza from
Peoria High School, and third place to Jamie Navarrete from Nogales High
School. Honorable Mentions were awarded to Allison Ford and Joey Simpson
from Benson High School and to Steven Mabante from Rio Rico High School.
Matinee Program
We revived our matinee program for middle and high school students to
provide the opportunity for students to meet with our visiting poets. In
the fall, Thomas Sayers Ellis read to students from City High, Paulo Fiere
Freedom School, and Tucson Museum School. In the spring, Paul Guest read
to middle school students from Paulo Fiere Freedom School.
Summer Camp
The Poetry Center’s summer camp program offered week-long workshops
focused on producing poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in addition to creating
one-of-a-kind artist books and book objects. The camp program was
co-sponsored and supported by the UA Outreach College.
Resources for Teachers and Parents
In addition to customized Library Field Trips, the Poetry Center offered
specialized programs showcasing current exhibitions. In the fall we offered
field trips on Emily Dickinson and Speak Peace; in the spring we featured
the Arizona Centennial Celebration, focusing on the Sharlot Hall and Hattie
Lockett library exhibition and other literature by Arizona writers.
Family Days with Creative Machines – Julie Lauterbach-Colby
In addition to online curricula, and a quarterly e-newsletter, the Poetry
Center offered WordPlay, a blog with real-time lessons, activities, book
reviews, and other materials for teaching artists, classroom teachers, and
parents. Over the year WordPlay received 3,740 visits.

Cottage Courtyard – Cybele Knowles
Our Online Audience
Summer Residency
Since 1994 the Poetry Center has sponsored a summer writers’
residency contest. Visitors stay in the Center’s guest quarters for up to
one month. This year a panel of judges selected poet Genine Lentine
and non-fiction writer Harrison Candalaria Fletcher. In an effort to
provide more opportunities for local writers to read at the Poetry
Center, Genine gave a reading with local poet Christopher Nelson and
Harrison read with fiction writer Naomi Benaron.
Supporting University of Arizona Students
Poetry Center Internship Program
As part of the Creative Writing MFA Program’s Writer as Citizen
Project, we provided opportunities for three graduate students to
receive hands-on experience in the areas of arts administration and
arts education. Funding was provided by the Graduate College to the
English Department.
Student Contests
In the fall, the Hattie Lockett poetry prize for undergraduate seniors
was awarded to Christy Delehanty for “sink,” Joe Loeffler for “historical
trends in upwind migration and reproductive patterns,” and Cameron
Louie for “The Irregular Twin.” Poet and UA alumnus T.C. Tolbert
judged.
Winners of the spring poetry contest prizes were selected by poet and
UA alumna Kristi Maxwell. The winners included: Melissa Goodrich’s
“Rattles” (Academy of American Poets Prize), Blake Whalen-Encalarde’s
“Keep” and Kelly Scherwitzki’s “Acquired” (Margaret Sterling Awards),
Emelia Reuterfors’ “Nested in Barbed Wire, Your Teeth Whistle” and
Jordan Young’s “Lament For the Dead” (Poetry Center Prizes).
The LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Award was also offered this year.
Writer and editor of Fairy Tale Review Kate Bernheimer selected
Lawrence Lenhart’s “PANTHA” for the $1,000 prize.
Readings
The Poetry Center also continued its long-standing tradition of
presenting a reading for Persona, the undergraduate journal of art and
literature as well as readings by this year’s graduates from the Creative
Writing MFA Program.
2011-12 Poetry Center Website
Total number of web visitors. .......57,082
Unique web visitors ..............26,554
Number of page views . ..........145,674
Most frequently viewed pages:
Homepage
Quick-look Calendar of Events
Readings & Lectures
Poetry Off the Page Symposium
Classes & Workshops
Summer Residency
About
People
Visitors by Country:
U.S. (53,294)
Canada (560)
U.K. (503)
Philippines (247)
Australia (216)
India (211)
Mexico (190)
Germany (107)
France (98)
Italy (83)
Spain (74)
Visitors by City:
Tucson (33,892)
New York (1,205)
Phoenix (1,173)
Chicago (577)
Los Angeles (502)
Marana (408)
Tempe (380)
San Francisco (371)
Scottsdale (358)
Albuquerque (332)
Our Web Site “Features” Section
This year we added seven general features and
six Poetry Off the Page Symposium features
to the website. These included book reviews,
interviews, recommended reading lists, a
response to a Poetry Center art exhibition, and
reviews of poetry in “off the page” mediums
such as poemfilms. Especially notable is a brief
interview with Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
followed by a list of his favorite poets, which
was reposted on the Mayor’s blog.
e-News
Our general interest email list grew from
about 2,800 to 3,208 this year, and we added
targeted lists, including Classes & Workshops,
Book Club, and Shop Talk, so that we can
tailor our announcements.
Our weekly “Coming Up at the Poetry Center”
announcements are consistently opened at a
rate of 24-29%.

Docents – Benjamin Bessick
Fundraising Activity
Programs Endowment
James Hensley/Dorrance Foundation Scholarship Program, $5,000
Writer As Citizen Program – Poetry Center/Creative Writing Internships
Peggy Shumaker and Joseph Usibelli, $10,000
Special Gift
Richard and Lois Shelton for the Steve Orlen Memorial Fountain, $9,000
Building Fund
Pledges and New Gifts, $33,028
Library
Southwestern Foundation for digitization of recorded readings, $15,000
Volunteers
Over 70 volunteers, including 14 docents,
assisted with all programs of the Center, from
front desk reception to support of the library
and all events. Volunteer support is critical
to the Poetry Center’s ability to present its full
range of programming.
Total volunteer hours: 3,988
Using the State of Arizona estimate of $19.71
(as of 2010) per hour rate, the total value of
volunteer hours last year was $78,603.48.
Fundraising for Programs
Walt Whitman Circle
This year we launched our new giving circle, The Walt Whitman Circle,
with an official event on November 12, themed around our “Celebrity
Poetry” library exhibition. We reached our goal of 100 members and
raised $51,754.
Friends of the
Poetry Center,
$13,336
Grants, $25,400
Sponsorships,
$8,938
Walt Whitman
Circle, $51,754
Earned Income,
$19,177
Friends of the Poetry Center
Our fall and spring appeals raised $13,336.
Grants
National Endowment for the Arts, $20,000
Arizona Commission on the Arts, $5,000
Poets and Writers, $400
Reading Series Sponsorships
Center for Disability Resources, $2,438
East Asian Studies, $300
Confluence (Symposium), $3,500
Arizona Humanities Festival, $1,000
College of Humanities (indirect cost refund), $1,700
Earned Income
Poetry Off the Page Symposium Fees, $6,300
Creative Classes and Workshops Tuition Net Profit, $6,600
Book/Gift Kiosk Net Profit, $1,017
Summer Residency Program Fees, $1,160
Summer Camp (Outreach College), $1,440
Love Notes (School of Dance), $2,550
Misc., $110
Poetry Center Development Committee
Randall Rodman Holdridge Chair
Helen S. Schaefer Co-Chair
Christine Baines
Colleen Burns
Alison Deming
Norma Feldman
Jim Hannley
Jim Hensley
Jimmye Hillman
Tony Luebbermann
Matthew Meyer
Tom Sanders
Lois Shelton
Richard Shelton
Susan Wallach
Jim Walsh
Lisa Wise
Ex-Officio
Gail Browne Poetry Center Executive Director
Bill Finley College of Humanities Development Officer
Mary Wildner-Bassett College of Humanities Dean
Julie Lauterbach-Colby Poetry Center Development Coordinator

Members as of June 30, 2012
Lifetime Membership
Colleen and Jim Burns
Lois and Richard Shelton
Peggy Shumaker and Joseph Usibelli
Sponsor Circle
Jimmye and Helen Hillman
Robert and Lisa Swift
Nancy Warfield
Director’s Circle
Anonymous
Kate Bernheimer and Brent Hendricks
Gail Browne and Frances Sjoberg
Winifred Bundy and Joe E. Smelt
Norma and Stanley Feldman
James and Louise Glasser
Randall Rodman Holdridge
William and Leslie Holmes
Melanie and Peter Maier
Maurynne Maxwell and Yvonne Morris
Tom Sanders and Chris Treptow
Helen and John Schaefer
Mildred Strassberg
Susan and Les Wallach
Carol Whiteman
Benefactor Circle
Archibald and Laura Brown
Thomas Cobb
Ann Dernier and Chris Smith
Larry Evers and Barbara Grygutis
Paul and Dolores Gohdes
Edwin and Mary Hartman
John Hudak
Richard and Terri Johnson
Matthew Meyer
Donald Pitt Family Foundation
Michael Rattee
Stacey Richter
Joan Robles
Hale and Holly Thomas-Hilburn
Henry Tom and Lillian Bazan
Timothy and Kathryn Torrington
Bill and Brenda Viner
John Wahl and Mary Lou Forier
Nancy Wall
James and Judy Walsh
Mary Wildner-Bassett
Sustainer Circle
Susan Aiken and Chris Carroll
Barbara Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kirk Astroth
Christine Baines
Denise Barnes, Mary Ellen Barnes and David Barnes
David Black
William and Susan Boyd
Dianne Bret Harte
Wendy Burk and Eric Magrane
Sherrye and Kimble Cohn
Geraldine and Stephen Connolly
Corinne Cooper
Barbara Cully
Shawn and Kimberly Daly
Caroline and Terry Daniel
Dino and Elizabeth DeConcini
Alison Deming
Curtis and Elizabeth Dunshee
Dennis Evans
Elizabeth Evans and Stephen Reitz
Karen and Laura Soon Kee Falkenstrom
Bill Finley
William Fry and Raymond Thompson
Judith Gausnell
John Gray and Nancy Silvas
Agnes Griffen
Jonathon and Christine Gross
Bruce Gungle
Marilyn Halonen
Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley
Jorgen and Cynthia Hansen
James Hensley
Amanda Hunt and Chris Chavez
John Iurino and Joni Wallace
Gayle and Frederick Jandrey
Bonnie and Greg Kuykendall
Linda Lou Lamb
Julie and Eric Lauterbach-Colby
Tony and Susan Luebbermann
Thomas and Kerstin Miller
Ann-Eve Pedersen and Peter Eckerstrom
Marjorie Perloff
Rodney Phillips
Pamela Portwood and Mark Taylor
Boyer Rickel
Barrie Ryan
Robin and David Shambach
Harriet Silverman
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