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Let the Goodtimes Roll
I’m excited by the prospect of a new collection of poems from Art Goodtimes, Dancing on Edge: The McRedeye Poems.Read More
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My Year in Books (2016)
As I did at the end of 2015, I’m laying out my past year’s book reading in the spirit of sharing the often haphazard journey of mind and heart that is my chief solitary pleasure. (There are other pleasures, of course, not solitary at all, but they don’t involve this particular addiction.) Again, the books listed below are ordered according to when I read them. I won’t comment on all of these titles because all of them are well worth reading.Read More
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A Luminous Night and the Following Day
I had the enormous pleasure of reading at Lithic Bookstore/Gallery and Press in Fruita, Colorado, a few miles from the Colorado/Utah border. Hosted by the owners, Danny Rosen and Kyle Harvey, both considerable poets in their own write, the reading was not only well attended but lively, various, and fundamentally joyful. In addition to reading with Danny and Kyle, there were the extraordinary Jack Mueller, Jennifer Rane Hancock, Sandra Dorr, and Frank H. Coons. I also got to meet—finally, after years of being a fan—poet and visual artist Wendy Videlock.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
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. 
