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A Don’t-Miss Reading at Bookbar on Saturday, September 7th
Two stellar poets at Bookbar: 4280 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212. For more information, call 303-284-0194.Read More
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Bed of Coals—Signed Copies Available Now…
Note too that I’ve set aside 10 copies for any Perpetual Birder or friend of same who would like to review Bed of Coals in print or in pixels. Just email me at joe[at]jhwriter.com and let me know.Read More
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An Old Friend is Back in Town…
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You’re Invited to Enjoy A Friday Evening of Poetry in Support of Girls’ Education
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Press Release: Malala Anthology Coming October 9!
For the past year Andrea Watson and I have been working with Diane Kistner at FutureCycle Press on a Good Works anthology of poems for Malala Yousafzai. All proceeds benefit the Malala Fund, which is devoted to helping girls go to school and raise their voices for the right to education. Full details below. Note the link under the press release: the online version includes a sampling of poems from the book. The book will be released on October 9, and I urge you to put a reminder on your calendar to buy a copy or three.Read More
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Interesting Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions FutureCycle Press is now reading poetry and flash fiction written in the English language for books, chapbooks, and anthologies to be published globally in both print-on-demand and Kindle ebook formats. We read year-round, simultaneous submissions are okay, and we try to respond within three months or less. Detailed guidelines and to submit: www.futurecycle.submittable.com. Catalog: www.futurecycle.org.(Tip: Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature is a great free way to get a feel for what we like.Read More
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Happy New Year!
What better way to start the year than with this series of aphoristic poems by David Giannini? They appear in the first of what I hope will be many issues of Talisman Magazine online, where you’ll also find a clutch of unpublished late poems by the inimitable Samuel Menashe; a group of strange and resonant poems by Lale Müldür, translated from the Turkish by Lisa Bourbeau; and an excerpt from the never published but nevertheless legendary novel Junior Birdman (“The Holy Grail has but one drop left in it: the spirit of childhood”), by William J.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. 
