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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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An Old God and a Demon
Today Bob Arnold posted this wonderful poem by Bertolt Brecht. It reminded me of two others of his that I happen to love, drawn from Bertolt Brecht: Poems, 1913-1956: The God of War I saw the old god of war stand in a bog between chasm and rockface. He smelled of free beer and carbolic and showed his testicles to adolescents, for he had been rejuvenated by several professors. In a hoarse wolfish voice he declared his love for everything young.Read More
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Against Exceptionalism
The Root of All Evil Being at one is god-like and good, but human, too human, the mania Which insists there is only the One, one country, one truth and one way. —Friedrich Hölderlinfrom Hyperion and Selected Poems, trans.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. 
