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Rediscovering a Major Colorado Poet
I just finished reading an extraordinary collection of poems by the long-overlooked Colorado poet Belle Turnbull. Certainly no better poems have been written about the lives of people wooed into the mountains by a vision of wealth—from gold, silver, molybdenum, and other elemental substances—and a primal sense of personal liberty. Edited by David J. Rothman, an excellent poet in his own right, and Vonnegut aficionado Jeffrey Villines, this book belongs in the library of every poet and certainly every reader who cares about poetry of the American West.Read More
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Poetry Month 2015: Headwaters Poetry Festival
Click Here for More Information The first annual Headwaters Poetry Festival kicks off this April at the Gunnison Arts Center. In coordination with Western State Colorado University’s Department of Communication Arts, Languages & Literature, we are excited to present an inspiring collection of readings, panel discussions and workshops. Visiting poets from the Western Slope include Wendy Videlock, Art Goodtimes, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Kyle Harvey along with local poets David Rothman, George Sibley, Alan Wartes, Toni Todd, Elizabyth Hiscox, Mark Todd and Douglas Jones.Read More