I’ve never been one to advertise my (many) failures, but I admit to enjoying Bill Knott’s posting, on an earlier incarnation of his blog, of selected rejection slips he’d gathered over the years. Some of them were outright hilarious. But I’m posting the following not to highlight the blindness of an editor, but to show what a genuinely kind rejection should look like.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. 
