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Poetry Month 2016: Rita Brady Kiefer
Staying Power for Anna Akhmatova Even the swallows knew enough to leave, their wings plotting south in a sky sickened by winter. A sea-girl from Petersburg she drove Russian men mad, her song like balalaikas clinging. Even the muse perched on the bar stool beside her longed to be human, seeing her passion for lindens and bone china, her exquisite sex. Once walking to the cabaret she wept for the child she abandoned: I have other women’s dreams to haunt my mirrors.Read More
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Don’t Miss This Reading by Two of Colorado’s Finest Poets!
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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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Don’t Miss This if You’re in the Denver Area on August 2nd
BookBar 4280 Tennyson Street | Denver, CO 80212 720.443.2227 | www.bookbardenver.comRead More
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Denver Area Workshops & Reading on Thursday, October 29
Writers Studio is pleased to present Thursday Evening Workshops and a Reading on October 29, 2009, with two esteemed Colorado writers, Poet Jared Smith and Poet/Playwright/Writer Rita Brady Kiefer. The events take place on the Arapahoe Community College campus in the Half Moon event center in the Main ACC Building. Workshops begin at 5:30 p.m., and readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Please note that advance reservations are required for the workshops! No reservations are required to attend the reading. Reservations and Fees Workshop and Reading: To reserve your space in a workhshop, please email writerstudio@arapahoe.edu by October 26.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. 
