LITERATURE BOOKSIGNINGS. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Ann Poyas signs Slots! from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Christina Stemmler, M.D., signs and discusses her Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26. POETRY READING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Join in an open reading of original works, with a featured poet to warm up the floor, every third Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Southern Arizona Coalition of Latino Arts is accepting entries for an upcoming annual exhibition entitled Cuentos del Barrio II: Bodies and Borders, to run May 26 through June 26 at the T/PAC Community Gallery. Submissions may range from poems and prose to performance pieces, with all works focusing on issues of the body and la frontera. Young and unpublished writers are encouraged. Samples of work and an artist's bio must be submitted by March 31. Send prospectus and support materials to Southern Arizona Coalition of Latino Arts, c/o Reina Prado, 415 E. Fifth St., No. 4, Tucson, AZ 85705. Call 792-8831 for information. CALL FOR ENTRIES. The American Poetry Association announces its National Open Poetry Contest. Cash prizes, including a $500 grand prize, will be awarded upon publication. All submissions must be original. Limit entry to one poem, of any style, not exceeding 25 lines. Send poem, with name and address, to American Poetry Association, P.O. Box 1216-W, Highland Park, IL 60035. Submission deadline is April 30. SPRING READING SERIES. The University of Arizona Poetry Center continues its free, public poetry reading series of 1997 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, with readings by Master of Fine Arts candidates in Creative Writing, David Dominguez, Ann Sylvester, Carol Ebbecke and Jason Ott, at the UA Modern Languages Building auditorium. Call 321-7760 for information. WRITERS AT WORK. UA Babcock Building. Located on Helen Street and Warren Avenue. The University of Arizona English Department presents a reading by fiction writer Grace Dane Mazur at 8 p.m. Monday, March 24. She teaches creative writing at Harvard University and Emerson College. Call Alison Moore at 743-7649 for information.

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