Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate (2014- 2019), has published 19 poetry collections, including The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015 (NYQ Books, 2016), Marked Men (WordTech Communications LLC, 2016), and the narrative sequence Bed of Coals (FurtureCycle Press). His poems have appeared in over 100 journals-including Agni Review, American Poetry Review, Pedestal Magazine, Poetry (Chicago), and Poetry Salzburg Review-and in numerous anthologies, including New Poets of the American West and A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford. Joe directs the Professional Creative Writing program at the University of Denver's University College.