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Adios, Robert Bly
It’s startling to think of Robert Bly moving on, leaving us here without his energy, his restlessness, his exemplary dedication to opening a path toward a different way of imagining the purpose of poetry. Dana Gioia famously asked, “Can poetry matter?” Bly showed that it could matter … that poetry provided a way into the reaches of spiritual life that had been hidden away from us by America’s utilitarian values.Read More
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Bill Tremblay @ the 2019 Columbine Poets Fest
Don’t miss one of Colorado’s finest poets … plus food and drink! What more could you want?Read More
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Mad Blood Presents Reboot Begins on Friday!
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My Year in Books (2016)
As I did at the end of 2015, I’m laying out my past year’s book reading in the spirit of sharing the often haphazard journey of mind and heart that is my chief solitary pleasure. (There are other pleasures, of course, not solitary at all, but they don’t involve this particular addiction.) Again, the books listed below are ordered according to when I read them. I won’t comment on all of these titles because all of them are well worth reading.Read More
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Poetry 2014 at BookBar
I started organizing First Saturday Poetry Readings at BookBar, a thriving indie bookstore in Northwest Denver, back in April 2014, and as the year nears its end I thought it would be useful to list everyone who has participated so far. Saturday, April 5: Andrea Hollander, reading from Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982–2012; Robert Cooperman, reading from Just Drive; and me myself, reading from the paperback reissue of Bed of Coals. Saturday, May 2: David Mason, then Poet Laureate of Colorado, and Chris Ransick, erstwhile Poet Laureate of Denver, in a Laureate Smackdown.Read More
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Join Us in Louisville on August 16th for “Image and Word”
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Bill Tremblay Reading from Magician’s Hat at BookBar June 7th
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Salem 1692
(Click Image to See Full Size) My old friend and fellow poet Bill Tremblay has written the libretto for this “operatic musical,” and in response to an email from me had this to say: Although many Salem women and some men were put to death in the midst of mass hysteria, Previn as composer and I as librettist don’t indulge in creating evil characters. The Rev. Parris, e.g., is a recent widower who feels adrift without the anchor of his wife. When his daughter Elizabeth comes down with a fever Dr.Read More
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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. 
