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Adonis and the Literary Elite
I’m always grateful for news about the great Syrian poet Adonis, though this article by Charles McGrath is just perfunctory enough to be annoying. The author compares Adonis—a poet who has dragged Arabic poetry into modernity and taken an intellectual stand against the violent and regressive forces in contemporary Arab culture—to the likes of Paul Muldoon and Jorie Graham, who—so far as I know—have never (unlike Adonis) taken political stands that landed them in prison or produced poems that both radically critique the culture from which they spring and offer a positive alternative vision.Read More
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Charles McGrath on Mailer
I’ve not been the biggest Norman Mailer fan over the years, but that may reflect my own considerable limitations. My favorite of his books is still The Deer Park, where his fascination with personal violence is almost entirely absent.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. 
