This article appeared in the March/April 2009 Issue of Contango Magazine. ©2009 by Joseph Hutchison. I’m posting it as a way offering up a strange idea: the notion that art, including poetry, should be useful. Exactly how is debatable, of course, but the awareness of use that informs Jim Bednar’s approach to his art is something I’d like to find an analog for in poetry. ********** “Between Hunger & Dream”: The Artistic Journey of Jim Bednar The Story in a Nutshell Let’s say that a young man, very young, falls in love.Read More