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Nevertheless
A couple of days back I rescued 20 minutes from a morning otherwise frittered away on routine errands. This rescue was effected in my favorite Denver used book store, where I picked up a copy of Harold Norse‘s Memoirs of a Bastard Angel. I would have snapped up the book in any case, but had there been any doubt the preface, by James Baldwin, would have clinched the deal. Baldwin notes: All that I am equipped to recognize in the effort of any poet is whether or not the effort is genuine.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. 
