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Video: Professional Creative Writing Open House Readings
Faculty members of the Professional Creative Writing program, which I direct at D.U., read at an Open House on March 7, 2018. Presenters included Pat Dubrava, Brian Laidlaw, Tripp Baltz, Page Lambert, Emily Vizzo, Trai (Traci) Cartwright, Tim Earley … and moi. Please note: This video was shot on an iPad statically positioned on a wire display stand. For better or worse, the makers gave the performing writers—professionals all—no guidance about where to stand to remain in the shot. Luckily, we did at least capture the exciting flow of words, and the words are what matter.Read More
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Join Us for a free Creative Writing Open House
Come meet some of our key faculty ( and moi ) in the Professional Creative Writing MA program at University College on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. The Open House will be at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80210. [View Map] We’ll convene in the Williams Recital Salon … enjoy some readings, presentations, banter … and afterward—drinks and snacks.Read More
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Poetry Voice Interview with Moi (and Other Goodies)
When Uche Ogbuji sent me the links to his and Kierstin Bridger‘s latest Poetry Voice podcast (Episode 9 of their series), I have to admit feeling a bit leery about listening to it because it includes an interview the dynamic duo did with me after a reading at BookBar, which featured Kierstin herself and Beth Paulson. Since I default to blather when in conversation, I worried that the interview would be embarrassing in one way or another: inarticulate, crammed with inaccuracies, etc.Read More
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Join Us Saturday, January 7th @ BookBar
Jessica Comola’s first book, Everything We Met Changed Form & Followed the Rest, came out in spring of 2016 from Horse Less Press. Recent work can be found in jubilat, Smoking Glue Gun, Dreginald and Tenderloin. She is currently working towards her PhD in poetry at the University of Denver. Praise for Everything We Met Changed Form & Followed the Rest: “A funny, mournful contempo apocalypse-narrative-Ezekialesque, lightly; fast-morphing Rimbaudian prose, spangly; Celanian neologisms, cast conversationally.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. 
