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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 Month 2016: Lynn Wagner
Neruda O you marvelousmaker of music whose succulent Spanishcelebrated all the ten thousandthousand things of our timeworn worldwhen you wrote open-heartedodes: knowing songs on such smalland strange objects as piscine scissors,soft woolly socks, y perro y gato,plato y pan. Neruda, you neverknew a thing you didn’t like.Dutiful diviner of unsettle sorrowshaped as a guitar. Childlike, youcharmed us, cataloging joy in this or thathumble gem; ever weighing our wantsfinding them wanting. O wooer of wonderwhat should we do? Teach us,the terrible materialists to answer life’sappetites with awe. For nothing is simplynominal. No, a cache for loveis kept in common things.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. 
