Craig Arnold, whose first book, Shells, was W. S. Merwin’s first selection as judge of the Yale Younger Poets Series in 1998, has gone missing on the island of Kuchinoerabu-jima in southern Japan. He disappeared on Monday, April 27 (Japanese time) after hiking up to the island’s volcano as part of research on a book he is writing about volcanos. A search is underway and has been extended through this Sunday. I wanted to add that Arnold, who teaches at the University of Wyoming, has been keeping an online journal of his experiences in Japan here. Like all his work, it’s well worth reading. Our good thoughts go out to his family in this time of anxiety.
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. 
