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Explore Haiku with Gary Schroeder
If you’ve read Gary Schroeder’s wonderful collection of haiku After Rain—and if you haven’t, loosen up that index finger and order a copy here—you’ll want to explore “being present” in his haiku upcoming haiku workshop.Read More
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From the Denver Area Poetry Scene a Quarter Century Back
Thanks to Carson Reed for posting images of this event on his Facebook page.Read More
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Adventures in Reading 2018
Old Reading Room at BookBar (Photo: Tricia M.) Let me admit up front that I’ve included half a dozen books here that were read as part of my work with the Professional Creative Writing program at University College. But they all turned out to be worthwhile reading experiences. Even those I couldn’t quite connect with—Juan Gelman’s The Poems of Sidney West, Ben Lerner’s Angle of Yaw, and Adonis’s powerful Concerto al-Quds, which is also recondite and nakedly anguished by turns—continue to haunt me. This is usually an early indicator of re-readings in the offing.Read More
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A Beautiful Way to Start the New Year
My good friend Gary Schroeder, who co-coordinates the First Saturday Poetry Series at BookBar and who writes marvelous poetry, has a new book, After Rain, coming from Folded Word, a fine indie publisher based in New Hampshire. Gary’s poems are rendered in gorgeous calligraphy by JS Graustein, the moving force behind Folded Word who is also a photographer and writer of fine lyrical prose. And, as you can see from the cover below, I wrote the foreword.Read More
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Nicole Sullivan, Publishers Weekly STAR
Readers and writers in the Denver area know Nicole Sullivan, the owner and presiding genius of a thriving indie book store called BookBar, as a canny businesswoman and supporter of local authors. (Almost since BookBar opened she has steadfastly supported the First Saturday Reading Series which I co-coordinate with my old friend and fellow poet Gary Schroeder.) So it’s perhaps no surprise that she’s caught the attention of the venerable book industry publication Publishers Weekly. Nicole is one of four booksellers to be named a 2016 PW Star Watch Honoree, so be sure to congratulate her next time you’re in the store.Read More
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Adios, E. G. Burrows
I was saddened by John Latta’s report of the death of E. G. Burrows, whose poems have been quiet but articulate companions for many years now. Our paths crossed (via mail, not in person) back when the small press my friend Gary Schroeder and I operated (Wayland Press) was running an annual chapbook contest. Burrows entered the contest and won in 1989, his manuscript having been chosen by that year’s judge, Ted Kooser. We brought out Handsigns for Rain in short order, and it was frankly among the best works we ever saw into print.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. 
