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Poetry Month 2016: Vijay Seshadri
The Scholar Illusions she didn’t know she had were shattered when she saw in the text she was cleaning up— the corrupt recension of the now lost text— not the cypress of heaven or the morphology of a recurring type or the riverbank where a god dances but her own self’s circumstances, and not in the lover but the miserable sinner who, as the poem trembled to the death of its god, drew back in fear and so came to be noticed by the demon who so resembled her sworn enemy in her department, with his bleak chin and his…Read More
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My Year in Books (2015)
I, too, dislike “best books” lists except when they bring me news of books I want to read but somehow overlooked, which is surprisingly seldom. Over 60-plus years of reading, beginning, as I recall, with Little Golden Books, I’ve developed enough self-awareness to guess correctly about 70 percent of time which books will bring me that mixture of pleasure and revelation that is my particular addiction.Read More
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Video from the Jaipur Literature Festival/Boulder
I had the pleasure of moderating the first panel discussion on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival/Boulder, which ran September 19-20 at the Boulder Public Library. The event attracted some 6,000 visitors over the two days, which is pretty remarkable. Our panel, consisting of Eleni Sikelianos, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, and Vijay Seshadri, addressed the topic of “The Poetic Imagination” with verve and good humor. Because it went so well, I’m pleased to say that the Jaipur Literature Festival/Boulder folks have released videos of many sessions from the Festival, ours included. You can click below to watch it.Read More
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Jaipur Literature Festival, Boulder (Free to All!)
Panel Discussion on “The Poetic Imagination” Saturday, September 19 @ 10:45 am – 11:30 pm I’m excited to be moderating a panel at the first traveling edition of the venerable Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), the world’s largest free-and-open-to-all literary event. Most events will take place at the Boulder Public Library, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302. Click here for a map to the library.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. 
