Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos
I Am at My Most Creative After the Fact
Alberto Ríos, Arizona’s inaugural poet laureate and recent chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, most recently, Not Go Away Is My Name. Before joining a Zócalo streamed event titled “What Can Poetry Offer Us in Distressing Times,” he called into the virtual green room to talk about the satisfying slowness of Swedish detective fiction, the perspective offered by a humble pencil, and the scariest advice he’s ever received.
