Welcome
to the 23rd annual TUCSON POETRY FESTIVAL
October
6-9, 2005
The
year 2005 marks the 23rd year of the Tucson Poetry Festival!
Thursday, October 6th, through Sunday, October 9th, the
longest running literary arts event of its kind in the Southwest
will bring some of America's most important poets and artists
to Tucson to celebrate contemporary poetry in an accessible
format that includes poetry readings, small group sessions
with Guest Poets and Local Painters, an open microphone
reading, and a panel discussion on the theme Poetry and
Painting.
For the first time,
the Tucson Poetry Festival has invited a guest Artistic
Director to select the featured
poets, adapt the theme to their work and points of view,
and plan the program of the festival. For this task, we
have selected one of Tucson's finest poets, Charles
Alexander.
--Teresa Driver,
Executive Director
