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https://twitter.com/ericmbudd/status/879893475138973696 As soon as he walks into the Laughing Goat a chorus of baristas shouts out, “Eric Budd!” He smiles and waves to them, and after he steps away, they continue talking about him. “Who was that?” a customer asks. “Oh my god, that was Eric Budd," a barista says, "He’s running for City Council!” …
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“It's Friday the moon is full airs fuckedup warm, alleyway poetry, and I did an interview with Sarah from the Boulder Weekly who is expected to attend; come?” – Matthew Clifford, poet/accountant/punk rockstar’s post for February ‘17 Full Moon Reading on Boulder Poetry Tribe Facebook group Some Full Moon Readings have just four people come …
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Every other place is different than the place you live. Like Phoenix Arizona. There they have those tall pain-spike cactuses that raise their arms up and go 'yay!' They have palm trees in their shopping centers that invite you to have a beer on the asphalt like a Corona commercial. And they have a great …
The first weekend of Beyond Academia Free Skool Summer Poetry Camp has passed and it was a mixed bag of emotions... June 30th A riotous inspiring good time reading Richard Brautigan’s June 30th, June 30th on Pearl Street with Rob Geisen. July 1st Outside at Boulder Writers Warehouse along the North Boulder Farmers Ditch, the …
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Jack Collom passed away on July 2nd, 2017 at the age of 85. Here's a link to the Daily Camera's write up on him I wrote the following acrostic for Ellie Swensson's Turnout Zine this spring while taking Jack Collom's final Eco Poetics class. I Wouldn’t Be Here If It Weren’t for Jack Collom I don’t …
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Denver's Mathias Svalina is the author of five books, most recently The Wine-Dark Sea from Sidebrow Books. He is an editor for Octopus Books & runs a Dream Delivery Service (www.dreamdeliveryservice.com). Along with being a featured reader for At the Inkwell Denver: Men of Verse June 18th at BookBar, he will be delivering dreams to subscribers in …
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The canon doesn’t represent us; it was written by rich, overeducated, able-bodied, academic cis hetero white guys long, long ago in a villa on a Martha’s Vineyard far, far away. We care about social justice, and hope to write complex characters which challenge power structures we hope to alter. Challenging stereotypes can be difficult, …
