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The Work of the Poet
From a fine remembrance of Derek Walcott by Bert Almon:
He repeatedly said that forms actually free Read More -
Adios, Tomas Tranströmer
We knew he had suffered a stroke in 1990. We knew he was in poor health. Read More
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Derek Walcott on the Poet’s Voice … and Much More
From a Bill Moyers interview with Derek Walcott:
It takes you all your life to write the way you spe Read More -
Sea Poems of Juan Ramón Jiménez
The great Juan Ramón Jiménez often drew inspiration from the sea, and a great many of his sea poe Read More
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Adios, Wisława Szymborska
“Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, whose simple words and play Read More
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Tranströmer Wins the Nobel
My Introduction to Tranströmer: fromRobert Bly’s Seventies Press,translated by Bly, 197 Read More
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Szymborska’s “The Joy of Writing”
Wisława SzymborskaPhoto: Adam Golec©Agenca Gazeta
THE JOY OF WRITINGby Wisława Szymborsk Read More
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Another Year on the List
The great Syrian poet Adonis appeared on my own Nobel list three years go, and now that th Read More
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Reading Into and the Avant-Garde
Jacket Magazine has published a peculiarly passive-aggressive 4,000-plus word response by Jeffrey S Read More
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Mexico Books 2009: Let the Truth Be Told
I promised in an earlier post to write about the second book I read in Mexico this year, Nicanor Par 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. 
