Arturo Magaña publishes book of poems set in local U.S. Mexico border region
October 11, 2023Yuma, AZ (October 11, 2023) – When choosing a major in college, Arturo Magaña Amaya didn’t think he could go to school to become a writer. So, he decided to study urban planning and anthropology instead.
But that didn’t stop him from pursuing his love of writing. Over the next 14 years that followed, he continued down other career paths, but his one constant was writing during any spare moments he could find.
AWC’s Writer’s Harvest: Feeding Body and Mind
February 23, 2017Alberto Ríos, Arizona Poet Laureate to Visit Campus
Yuma, AZ (February 23, 2017) –The Creative Writing School of Arizona Western College will be presenting “Writer’s Harvest” on Wednesday, March 1st at 6:30pm in the AWC Theater. The event will include a silent auction and a poetry reading by Alberto Alvaro Ríos, Poet Laureate of Arizona and National Book Award Finalist. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Yuma Community Food Bank.