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REMINDER: Yuyutsu Sharma, Poet of the Himalayas, at BOOK BAR in Denver
Yuyutsu RD Sharma Just a reminder that Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma, the distinguished poet and translator from Nepal, will present a free-and-open-to-the-public reading at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow—Thursday, January 16—at Book Bar, Denver’s singular book store and wine bar. His presentation, “Evoking the Himalayan Muse,” will center on his new collection, Nine New York Poems: A Prelude to “A Blizzard in My Bones.“ Yuyutsu seems to have read everywhere—from the Seamus Heaney Center for Poetry (Belfast) to the PEN Center in Paris; the Royal Society of Dramatic Arts in London to the Frankfurt Book Fair; and the W.B.Read More
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Three Poets: Watson, Thornlyre, Sharma
I had the pleasure last night of hearing three poets read at Hearthfire Books in Evergreen: Padma Thornlyre and Laura Paul Watson, both of whom live within shouting distance, and Yuyutsu RD Sharma, who came to us from Nepal. Actually, Sharma has been teaching at NYU and is winding up his stay in the U.S. with a series of readings, the last one taking him back to New York. This wandering route is typical of Sharma’s life: he spends half of each year traveling around the planet, reading and teaching, and half in Nepal, hiking in the Himalayas.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. 
