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McWhirter Wins the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize
In the wake of my earlier post regarding my mentor George McWhirter’s arrival on the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize short list, there is this extraordinarily wonderful news from last night’s event in Toronto: George McWhirter wins $78,000 for the international prize for his translation of Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence, written in Spanish by Mexican poet Homero Aridjis (New Directions Publishing).Read More
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Bristlecone Magazine Returns!
After a hiatus in which the editors of Bristlecone worked to re-imagine the magazine’s PDF/blog format, the new web-based May 2024 issue is available at https://www.bristleconemag.com. In this issue you’ll find new work by Lila Bear, Kathleen Cain, Robert Cooperman, Megan de Guzman, David Anthony Martin, George McWhirter, Thomas Reeve, Linda Whittenberg, and Jon Kelly Yenser. We’re excited not only because of the issue’s powerful poetry but because the new format allows readers to comment on the poems. Comments will be curated so that published observations serve both the poets and other readers.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. 
