Logan Phillips

I think about that book at least once a week. I wish there were more like it.

Tonight’s the night, Tucson! Doors open at 6:30. It’s going to be a special one.

191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Poetry records? Yes! Red lathe cut 7”s, special edition of 50.

10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book

Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20.

dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon

YouTube video by Gat Moony Gat Moony - Thin Skin (Official Music Video)

I love the work of Tucson-based singer songwriter Gat Mooney. Her new vid dropped today youtu.be/9eWx2GYq8DM?...

Make art. Make art to support the art. Get other people paid while making art to support the art. Repeat.

S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work.

Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole

#ArtistLife

“It's almost not accurate to call it a book-it transcends genre, mixing history, personal narrative, myth, memoir, and poetry.”
-JAVIER ZAMORA

Today marks publication day for ‘RECKON,’ my new book out on University of Arizona Press. 7 years in the making - poetry, photography, essay & more.

What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out -

Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold

100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.

One of the most striking snd powerful parts of the halftime show

When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.

Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.

Fuck ICE

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

“A Journey of Improvisation” in the Classroom: 3 Claims for Poetry from Tracy K. Smith This blog post was shared by Writing the Community teaching artist Logan Phillips, on Tracy K. Smith's latest release: Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times. The Poetry Center's K-12 Education Departmen...

I wrote about 3 takeaways from Tracy K. Smith's latest brilliant book, "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times" for the University of Arizona Poetry Center.

poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...

Tucson tonight at 6:30, come out for John Haskell and Sharon Wahl in the very first @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social reading at 6:30pm at 600 S. Meyer (a couple blocks west of 5 Points in Barrio Viejo)

With the new book coming out, I have a lot going on at this year's Tucson Festival of Books – panels / readings, a workshop, and several book signing sessions. Here's the full list! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...

Boooook meeerrrrch - Only available through Monday! Order at ReckonBook.com

Tucson

NOW: GENERAL STRIKE TUCSON. Largest protest I’ve ever seen in this city in 15+ years

ICE OUT! Fed building Tucson 2pm

A long way home - AZ Luminaria One Tucson family’s harrowing journey from Venezuela through the heart of the anti-immigrant policies of México and the U.S.

Yesenia had walked thousands of miles through the Darién Gap and through Mexico to get a modicum of safety and security for her children in Tucson. Then a traffic stop destroyed it all

@jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation

azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...

Five Songs: A Poetry Playlist by Logan Phillips | UAPress A poetry playlist by Logan Phillips, author of “Reckon,” featuring five tracks that illuminate the author’s creative process.

Over on the University of Arizona Press blog I wrote about five songs (OK actually 7 songs) that helped me get through the writing of RECKON (I'm now shipping copies btw!)

Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry

uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...

Sometimes posting on here is like speaking into the void. But I'll keep doing so in the hopes its reaching folks.

Shut. It. DOWN! Join in. Spread the word!

Which style is your fav? ReckonBook.com

I’m doing a couple projects as a teaching artist with the University of Arizona Poetry Center — will DM you!

Helped students write and/or perform poetry at three different Tucson area high schools today 😅 Kids are so amazing. And I am so tired lol

Southwest Reconstruction by Raquel Gutiérrez | Noemi Press Southwest Reconstruction is Raquel Gutiérrez’s debut poetry collection, a disquieting journey through the uncharted dreamspace of memory and loss, expulsion and shelter, family and recognition. Enacti...

Southwest Reconstruction: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...

RECKON: www.dirtyverbs.com/reckon

Headed back to #Bisbee! Join us Sat. 2/21 at Central School Project for a poetry double-header: Raquel Gutiérrez and myself reading from our recently published books, Southwest Reconstruction @noemipress.bsky.social & RECKON (U. Arizona Press).

Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇