Simmons Buntin

How does the experience of beauty — the seeking and obtaining — inform the landscape and our place in it?

Simmons Buntin, the author of Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, is a tall drink of water who seeks a certain beauty in all of his pursuits, whether writing, editing the award-winning online journal Terrain.org, lecturing, making photographs, managing projects and teams, or even walking the dogs. That seeking — that seeing — is a professional and creative pursuit well beyond the surface of things, something akin to truth. And quite often: humor.

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Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 4-6 p.m. @ Century Room, Hotel Congress, Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona Poetry Center Offsite Summer Social: Monsoon-themed Open Mic

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 | 7 p.m. @ Tucson Small Business Center, Tucson, AZ
Tucson Essay Club Work Talks 3

In the Wide World Around Us

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