The Poetry Center was founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden. It is one of the most long-lived and nationally renowned literary arts institutions in the United States. Since founding director Ruth Witt-Diamant with esteemed poets Robert Duncan and Josephine Miles initiated The Poetry Center's pioneering poetry reading series, the Center has presented nearly one-hundred continuous seasons of outstanding contemporary poets and writers reading from their works. With its companion project, The American Poetry Archives, the Center has amassed well over 2,000 original recordings of poets and writers reading from their works. The Poetry Center today represents an irreplaceable collective record of the past half-century of American literary accomplishment.

Address
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California 94132
Phone: 415-338-2227
Fax: 415-338-0966