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Let’s Have Some Fun in Crestone!
I’m excited to be joining so many fantastic poets in Crestone! The full festival runs Thursday through Sunday, February 21-24. Work commitments are keeping me from basking in the entire event and the many tantalizing workshops on offer. My particular workshop, on Saturday, February 23, from 1:00-3:00 p.m., is called The Music of What Happens: Exploring Soundscape. Here’s the description: The music that makes poems memorable springs from the interaction of cadences and the rise and fall of syllable sounds.Read More
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Crestone Poetry Festival (workshop and reading)
I’m excited to be joining so many fantastic poets in Crestone! The full festival runs Thursday through Sunday, February 21-24. Work commitments are keeping me from basking in the entire event and the many tantalizing workshops on offer. My particular workshop, on Saturday, February 23, from 1:00-3:00 p.m., is called The Music of What Happens: Exploring Soundscape. Here’s the description: The music that makes poems memorable springs from the interaction of cadences and the rise and fall of syllable sounds.Read More
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My Year in Books (2017)
This year’s list is longer than usual, in part because I created two literature courses for the Professional Creative Writing program I direct at D.U.’s University College, a process that entailed lots of reading.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 17 books, including a translation of flash fictions by Mexican author Miguel Lupián, and co-edited two anthologies. He lives in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. He teaches at the University of Denver's University College, where he currently directs three programs: Professional Creative Writing, Arts & Culture Management, and Global Community Engagement. 
