University of Arizona Poetry Center

9 days into the Sealey Challenge: what are you recommending?

Let's hear your !

More from reading list contributors Ada Limón, Adrian Matejka, Jennifer Chang, Mahogany Browne, and Natalie Shapero:

https://poetry.arizona.edu/files/2026_sealey_challenge_reading_list_-_10th_anniversary.pdf

This exquisite collection of digital chapbooks from Poets House showcases 10 free chapbooks from the “Mimeo Revolution,” a period stretching from the early 1960s through the mid-1980s when small-press publishing proliferated.

Such a gift to find a resource like this for the !

Poets House

https://digitalcollections.poetshouse.org/digital-collection/chapbook-collection/mimeo-revolution

New postcards just dropped, with artwork by Tucson artist Jessica Gonzales.

"Poetry means taking control of the language of your life."
— June Jordan

Get your set of free postcards here: https://forms.gle/pFDbHBHzNKv8nfon7

Happy Sealey Challenge!

In honor of the 10th Sealey Challenge summer, we've curated some favorite Voca readings spanning the 1980's to the 2020's.

https://poetry.arizona.edu/blog/10-voca-10-sealey

Will poetry change the world? No one asks this about football.
—Evie Shockley

Read poems and win prizes! This year's BINGO board was curated by 2025 Sealey Challenge participants, and we have wonderful giveaways from Copper Canyon Press, Graywolf Press, Four Way Books, Alfred A. Knopf, and Wave Books.

Get your bingo card here:https://poetry.arizona.edu/files/2026_sealey_bingo_1.pdf

And submit to our BINGO google form to enter the drawing 👏 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDFooLcEtSJvaavnGSwsZXK3nVLI4Dq10XpgNpdQHcOA8TMA/viewform

Are you a Tucson local? Join us for a Sealey Challenge book swap! Celebrate the halfway point of the challenge and exchange books to keep your Sealey Challenge going.

August 13, 6 - 8 PM
Bar Crisol, 169 W Simpson St.

One of the best things about the is the chance to join a vast community of poetry lovers—sharing what you're reading, giving encouragement, and celebrating the amazing literary luminaries out there!

Remember, the point of the Sealey Challenge isn't perfection—the point is to spend time with
poetry! Whether you read 31 poems or 31 books this August, all time spent with poetry is
meaningful 💖

There’s no wrong way to