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The World As Is
The World As Is is Joseph Hutchison’s 16th collection of poems.Read More
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The World As Is on a Pedestal
It’s always a pleasure when a reader seems to “get” one’s work, and reviewer Richard Allen Taylor certainly gets The World As Is. See his take on the book at Pedestal Magazine.Read More
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PBS NewsHour Poetry Sends in the Clown(s)
A nicely written interview by Mary Jo Brooks—along with one of my more topical poems rom The World As Is and a recording of me reading it—is now up at the PBS NewsHour Poetry website. I love the title!Read More
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Pushcart Nomination
I’m excited to note that Alexander Pepple, editor of the energetic journal Able Muse, has nominated my poem “Touch” for a Pushcart Prize. (The poem also appears in my new book, The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015.) It’s quite an honor to be nominated in the company of such fine poets as Amanda Jernigan and Scott Ruescher.Read More
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Some Recent Appearances in Print and/or Pixels
Hot Off the Press: Check out my two new bird poems in the latest issue of F(r)iction. * My poem “Ode to Something” appeared in the 12th issue of the beautifully designed Welsh journal The Lampeter Review, which publishes both online and on paper. Sweet! You can go directly to the poem and read it online here. Factoid: The last line of “Ode to Something” (linked above) provides the main title for my new collection, The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015. * Read a passel of my poems at Verse-Virtual.Read More
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Why Does This Feel So Heartening?
Because it’s like the Good Versekeeping Seal, I guess. Click here for the actual virtual page.Read More
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Mark Your Calendar To Spend An Hour with The World As Is
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND DIRECTIONSRead More
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The Worldwide Launch of The World As Is
Over to the right you’ll see a photo of my new, big fat collection of poems, The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015. My author’s copies arrived today from the publisher, NYQ Books, and oh my, NYQ did a beautiful job of production. Many thanks to Raymond Hammond, my editor at NYQ, a gentleman, fellow poet, critic, layout artist, and committed poetry lover who lavished a great deal of time on this project. His good taste and good sense have made the book better from punctuation to page and cover design.Read More
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Details about My New & Selected Poems (the AWP flyer)