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My Year in Books (2017)
This year’s list is longer than usual, in part because I created two literature courses for the Professional Creative Writing program I direct at D.U.’s University College, a process that entailed lots of reading.Read More
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Rediscovering a Major Colorado Poet
I just finished reading an extraordinary collection of poems by the long-overlooked Colorado poet Belle Turnbull. Certainly no better poems have been written about the lives of people wooed into the mountains by a vision of wealth—from gold, silver, molybdenum, and other elemental substances—and a primal sense of personal liberty. Edited by David J. Rothman, an excellent poet in his own right, and Vonnegut aficionado Jeffrey Villines, this book belongs in the library of every poet and certainly every reader who cares about poetry of the American West.Read More
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Poetry Month 2016: David J. Rothman
An Apology for Poetry I apologize. I thought we were in a foreign country. I was inspired by the exotic landscape. The jagged green mountains that framed What I had believed to be Arcadia— That scene seemed to make all of our gestures Meaningful, precise, and accurate. It’s so much harder than I thought. I’m sorry. The music must have gone to my head. The guitar, from which each note must be strongest At the moment it begins, confused me, Filling my body with notions of love That were completely inappropriate. I guess I wasn’t paying attention.Read More
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Reminder: Every Stanza Tells a Story
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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. 
