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Get Lit! in Trinidad … on the Historic Santa Fe Trail
I’m very much looking forward to The Fifth Annual Corazón de Trinidad Literary Festival! I’ll be joining some terrific writers for readings and workshops, including PW Covington, Kate Kingston, Kathryn Winograd, Aaron Abeyta, Ginna Pollack & Senora Banana, Lindy Simmons, SETH, Michele Battiste, and the inimitable Art Goodtimes. Join us for all or part of this 3-day event.Read More
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The March 2022 Issue of BRISTLECONE is here!
Click here to read online and/or download the free PDF of our third issue.Read More
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Calls for Submissions: Two Poetry Prize Opportunities
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Kick Off Poetry Month with Two Gadflies in San Francisco
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A Free Online Reading of Poems in Remembrance of the Holocaust: January 27th
On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time, the Colorado Poets Center (CPC) and Judyth Hill are hosting a Poetry Reading entitled Poems in Remembrance of the Holocaust. The following Colorado Poets Center poets will be reading: Judyth Hill, David Rothman, Art Goodtimes, Gail BenEzra, Lynda La Rocca, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Robert Cooperman, and Natalie Giarratano. You must register for the reading in advance through this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Atpf_ P5DSG2DVUGebUuzoQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the email containing information about joining the webinar.Read More
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PoemFest “Good Medicine” Reading—**Updated with Link**
I’ll be one of 30 poets reading “good medicine” poems at the 2021 virtual PoemFest celebration via Zoom from 4:30-6:30 Mountain Time. Poets include: Juliana Aragon Fatula, Esther G. Belin, Debbi Brody, Nathan Brown, Julie Cummings, Lawton Eddy, Barbara Ford, Art Goodtimes, Jane Hilberry, Joseph Hutchison, Mark Irwin, Laurie V. James, Kate Kingston, Lynda LaRocca, Jessica Helen Lopez, Don McIver, Anne MacNaughton, Tori Miner, Juan Morales, Craig Nielson, William Pitt Root, Danny Rosen, David Rothman, Susan Tichy, Jesse Tsinajinnie Maloney, Pam Ushuk, Wendy Videlock, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and Gary Worth Moody.Read More
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Let the Goodtimes Roll
I’m excited by the prospect of a new collection of poems from Art Goodtimes, Dancing on Edge: The McRedeye Poems.Read More
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Let’s Have Some Fun in Crestone!
I’m excited to be joining so many fantastic poets in Crestone! The full festival runs Thursday through Sunday, February 21-24. Work commitments are keeping me from basking in the entire event and the many tantalizing workshops on offer. My particular workshop, on Saturday, February 23, from 1:00-3:00 p.m., is called The Music of What Happens: Exploring Soundscape. Here’s the description: The music that makes poems memorable springs from the interaction of cadences and the rise and fall of syllable sounds.Read More
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News from Talking Gourds
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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
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. 
