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Congratulations, Bobby LeFebre!
I’m excited to announce that our new Colorado Poet Laureate, Bobby LeFebre, was announced today at the State Capitol building by the man who selected him, Governor Jared Polis.Read More
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Celebrate Armistice Day with “War of Words”
Click here to order or reserve tickets. Just $5 each! On Veterans Day, November 11, One Night Stand Theater will present a theatrical piece I created called “War of Words,” first performed at the Arvada Center earlier this year. November 11 is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I. With that in mind, “War of Words” features poetry of “The Great War,” primarily poetry by Americans such as Carl Sandburg, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, and many others.Read More
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The Drama of War-Time Poetry
The performance of “War of Words” went off without a hitch last night in the Black Box Theater at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Having written the script, I was surprised by how moving it was—how the century-old poems sprang to life with such power and subtlety from the mouths of the five actors. Among the many enlivening elements were smoothly delivered accents—Hardy’s Dorset English, Apollinaire’s bon vivant playfulness, the taut Germanic sounds of Trakl, and the sly Chicagoan cadences of Carl Sandburg.Read More
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War of Words (and Others) with a Discount Offer
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Discoveries in Writing the Script for “War of Words”
Ticket sales have begun for “War of Words,” based on a script I wrote/assembled by four Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities actors, under the guiding hand of director Lynne Collins. The preceding slash mark means that much of the script consists of poems by North Americans, written in response to WWI, with an original narration linking and, I hope, illuminating the work of these poets. I started researching poetry of the period over a year ago, with the aim of presenting poetic reactions to the U.S. entry into that war from this side of the Atlantic.Read More
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On the Arvada Center’s WWI Series of Events including “War of Words”
For more on the “War of Words” poetry performance Philip mentioned in his interview, click here.Read More
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An Alert from the Poetry Early Warning System
This is far in advance, I know, but I’m hoping you’ll all put this event on your calendars then jump on those devices to snag tickets! The event is a performance by four Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities actors of a script I’ve written/assembled, which aims to flesh out the conflicting and conflicted reactions to the U.S. entry into WWI by twelve North American poets.Read More
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Adios, John Ashbery
John Ashbery reading the full text of “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”—among the many of his poems that I’d wager people will still read with pleasure in 100 years.Read More
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Poetry and Art in Evergreen
Many thanks to Padma Thornlyre and Where the Books Go for conceiving of and supporting this expanded presentation series, which will include literature, visual art, music, and … well, who knows! The possibilities are exhilarating to contemplate.Read More
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A Skelton in My Closet
Both the Latin and the Middle English are delicious….Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 17 books, including a translation of flash fictions by Mexican author Miguel Lupián, and co-edited two anthologies. He lives in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. He teaches at the University of Denver's University College, where he currently directs three programs: Professional Creative Writing, Arts & Culture Management, and Global Community Engagement. 
