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Check Out This Podcast Interview and Reading
Last summer an American fiction writer living in the UK, Yvonne Battle-Felton, invited me to her podcast—called Bookable Space—for an interview and reading from Under Sleep’s New Moon. (To read a review of Ms. Battle-Felton’s debut novel, Remembered, click here.) Our conversation was great fun, and I’m happy to share it with you.Read More
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Poetry Reading @ 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 17th, at R Gallery + Art Bar in Boulder
I’ll be reading from my new collection, Under Sleep’s New Moon, as part of the R Gallery Poetry Nights series organized by the Colorado Poets Center. The reading starts at 6:30 pm, hosted by the extraordinary poet, performer, and tech wiz Uche Ogbuji, and my appearance will be followed by an open mike session. R Gallery + Art Bar is located at 2027 Broadway, Boulder CO 80302.Read More
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The Under Sleep’s New Moon Launch (pix & video)
Gathered Around the Fire in the BookBar Garden (https://www.bookbardenver.com/): A histrionic moment: Lexicomania (and All that Jazz) for Joe Nigg We labor with language, our pointed wits flashing like sewing needles in a sweatshop. But it’s no sweat. We like it. It keeps us keen and intensely busy. Of course, it’s not the cloth—which fits or doesn’t, lasts or frays, flows out in patterns already dated or slavishly in fashion—no, not the cloth, but the cadence.Read More
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Does This Mean I’ve Arrived?
My friend, the excellent poet David Giannini, let me know this morning that my new collection, Under Sleep’s New Moon, has squeaked onto the Small Press Distribution poetry best sellers list for September.Read More
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Book Launch Poster—Nice!
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Under Sleep’s New Moon Is About to Arrive…
I’m excited to be launching my new collection of poems, Under Sleep’s New Moon, at one of Denver’s premier indie bookstores, BookBar. The launch is happening on Saturday, October 9, from 7:00–8:00 p.m. BookBar is asking attendees to register ahead of time: see details here. The plan is to hold the reading outside on BookBar’s spacious patio.Read More
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Full Cover — Under Sleep’s New Moon
Just submitted what I hope is the last of my edits to my new collection, which is now with the proofreader.Read More
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New Book Sneak Peek
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Columbus, Cabrini, Indigenous Peoples, and Me
I meant to post this link to my book Marked Men on Indigenous Peoples Day since my book aims to honor Silas Soule, a soldier who defied orders and refused to let his men participate in the Sand Creek Massacre. I got distracted from posting when I discovered that here in Colorado, Columbus Day, which Indigenous Peoples Day was meant to replace, had been co-opted by yet another replacement holiday: Mother Cabrini Day.Read More
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Celebrate Armistice Day with “War of Words”
Click here to order or reserve tickets. Just $5 each! On Veterans Day, November 11, One Night Stand Theater will present a theatrical piece I created called “War of Words,” first performed at the Arvada Center earlier this year. November 11 is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I. With that in mind, “War of Words” features poetry of “The Great War,” primarily poetry by Americans such as Carl Sandburg, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, and many others.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. 
