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Columbus, Cabrini, Indigenous Peoples, and Me
I meant to post this link to my book Marked Men on Indigenous Peoples Day since my book aims to honor Silas Soule, a soldier who defied orders and refused to let his men participate in the Sand Creek Massacre. I got distracted from posting when I discovered that here in Colorado, Columbus Day, which Indigenous Peoples Day was meant to replace, had been co-opted by yet another replacement holiday: Mother Cabrini Day.Read More
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Bed of Coals
Bed of Coals is a revised and corrected paperback reissue of Joe’s Colorado Poetry Award-winning 8th collection, previously available only in the out-of-print hardback edition. Title: Bed of CoalsISBN: 978-1938853333Publication Date: January 21, 2014Length: 78 pagesBinding: Trade paper “This collection impresses me as far more than skillful, very much lived and intense. Intensity is its strength and the skill is pervasive.Read More
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Launch Reading for Eyes of the Cuervo / Ojos del Crow in Mexico
You know you’re over-committed when you’ve managed to download and edit a launch-reading video and then forgotten to upload it to your website. Yep, I’ve done just that but am correcting the oversight now. Below you’ll see me reading the English originals and my friend Iván Fuentes reading the Spanish translations, where were beautifully done by Patricia Herminia. What you can see are the excellent illustrations done for the book by Sabina Espinet.Read More
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Don’t Miss My U.S. Book Launch Reading with Kyle Laws on Friday, May 25th
In late April I launched my new collection, Eyes of the Cuervo | Ojos del Crow, at the boutique seaside hotel Melody and I have enjoyed every year for more than two decades. (See the YouTube video below.) Eyes/Ojos is a bilingual, illustrated edition translated into Spanish by Patricia Herminia with drawings by Sabina Espinet. It is limited to 250 copies which have been numbered and signed by moi. Now, on May 25th, comes the official U.S. launch of Eyes/Ojos, in the Mad Blood Presents reading series hosted in Evergreen, Colorado.Read More
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Legions of the Sun: Poems of the Great War
Legions of the Sun: Poems of the Great War is Joseph Hutchison’s 3rd edited anthology of poems. Title: Legions of the Sun: Poems of the Great War ISBN: 9781610195041 Publication Date: March 14, 2018 Length: 98 pages Binding: Trade paper From the Introduction: This anthology, consisting mainly of American poets writing during and after the Great War, grew out of a text called “War of Words,” which I created for performance by actors from The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. It was composed to be part of the Center’s 18-month-long commemoration of America’s engagement in that transformational conflict.Read More
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Eyes of the Cuervo / Ojos del Crow
Eyes of the Cuervo / Ojos del Crow is Joseph Hutchison’s 17th collection of poems. Title: Eyes of the Cuervo / Ojos del Crow ISBN: 9781610195034 Publication Date: May 1, 2018 Length: 72 pages Binding: Trade paper Eyes of the Cuervo/Ojos del Crow is a bilingual edition of poems written at one of two “boutique” posadas—Capitán Lafitte or its equally soulful successor, Petit Lafitte—both situated north of Playa del Carmen on the Caribbean coast of México. The poems have been translated into Spanish by Patricia Herminia and illustrated by Colorado artist Sabina Espinet.Read More
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New Fiction in O:JA&L
I haven’t published fiction in a while, so I’m happy to point to a new short story in the beautiful online journal, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters. It’s called “A Real Comedian,” and I hope it inspires a smile or two. Let me add that the editors of O:JA&L do a great job of curating the artwork displayed with every text on the site, which makes it a pleasure to read.Read More
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Chinese Fire
My good friend Joe Nigg, wrote an extraordinary 2016 book, The Phoenix: An Unnatural Biography of a Mythical Beast. It includes a chapter on “Poetic Fire,” which itself includes a poem of mine—rooted in the phoenix image—called “Revenant.” Now, between Joe’s inclusion of “Revenant” and the book’s appearance in print, I revised the poem, making several minor and a few substantial changes. In particular, the arc of the second version became … well, darker … and it was that second, darker version that subsequently appeared in my collection The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015.Read More
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A Landscape Picture in Aesthetica
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2018 just arrived in my mailbox, with a poem of mine among the 40 gathered into next year’s issue, mainly from the Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, with a few of us Yanks sprinkled in, along with some gorgeous work from Greece and Jamaica. The issue includes short fiction by 20 similarly diverse writers, hailing from England, Ireland, Belgium, Brazil, and various other elsewheres.Read More
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Two Items of Shameless Self-Promotion
I feel honored to have a poem in the latest, 17th anniversary issue of Pedestal Magazine. In good company, too, with many poets I admire: Kelli Russell Agodon, Joan Colby, John Bradley, Andrea Hollander, Jared Smith and more. Check it out! ~~~~~~~ Also, I wanted to steer y’all to Goodreads, where—with care and insight—Scots poet and fiction writer Jim Murdoch reviews The World As Is.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
