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Adios, Jake Adam York
A sad day in more ways than one. First, President Obama’s powerful speech at the vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. And then tonight the news that Jake Adam York passed away today from a massive stroke. Jake was just 40, a fine poet with three full-length books to his credit: Murder Ballads, A Murmuration of Starlings, and Persons Unknown. Each book evolved seamlessly from the one that went before. He was going from strength to strength, which many poets do not, and I always looked forward to reading his newest work.Read More
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Congrats to Jake Adam York
I see from this news release that Jake Adam York, a fine poet and editor of the thriving literary journal Copper Nickel, has been awarded a 2013 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.Read More
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Inspiration, Sweat and Tears
I’ve always been skeptical about the value of poets commenting on their own poems. This is purely subjective, based on my own experience: I have rarely said anything useful about my own poems and have often made actively unhelpful observations. But now and again I run across a poet who is uncommonly articulate about his or her own work (W. D. Snodgrass on The Fuehrer Bunker, for example, or Denise Levertov on “The Mutes”).Read More
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All-Star Poetry Reading in Denver December 11th
Well, not “all” All-Stars since I’m reading as well—at 8 p.m.—with Jake Adam York, Chris Ransick, Brian Barker, Mark Irwin, and Sandy Tseng. Be there or be square! (Wait a minute. Does that date me?) And support Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book.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. 
