Trish Hopkinson is a poet and literary arts advocate. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com and provisionally in Colorado, where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets, curates Poetry Happens for KRCL 90.9 FM, and is a Poetry Reader for The Adroit Journal. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and journals, including Sugar House Review, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review; and her fourth chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.
Pleased to see my Best ‘Best of’ Lists article published by Cultured Vultures this morning! Go check it out. Includes some awesome year-end lists and mentions of my favorite slam poet and friend Jesse Parent and one of my favorite filmmakers and all ’round awesome person Ana Lily Amirpour. […]
Pleased to see my Best ‘Best of’ Lists article published by Cultured Vultures this morning! Go check it out. Includes some awesome year-end lists and mentions of my favorite slam poet and friend Jesse Parent and one of my favorite filmmakers and all ’round awesome person Ana Lily […]
Fugitive Pieces by Howie Good is a beautifully done book of found poems published by Right Hand Pointing Press. All proceeds from the book go to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. “It comes with a big reward–helping where help is needed–and with a bit of art […]
Got some downtime over the holidays? Don’t succumb to burning good writing hours watching TV or snoozing . . . start a new poem or story with these writing prompts. For more writing prompts, select the Writing Prompts category from the drop-down list on the right. If you […]
Word nerds everywhere are going to love this article! It was great to see “blackout poetry” mentioned and I definitely got a kick out of “lumbersexual” and “ammosexual.” Big thanks to Grant Barrett of The Dallas Morning News for having such a great ear and compiling this list: […]
Tami wrote this poem in return for my support of Wasatch Word Smiths slam team in 2013. “Language, My Lover” is a beautifully written piece inspired by Rumi. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my Facebook page. […]
Click here to listen to the tracks and browse RJ’s selection of chapbooks. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my Facebook page. Anatomy of an Overdose "contains 13 poems detailing an EMT’s experience with overdose victims. Each […]
If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my Facebook page. For tips on how to submit, see my Submission Tips page. Berfrois – Poetry Prize CATEGORY: FREE Contest DEADLINE: 12/31/2014 “Between now and 11:59:59 pm GMT on Sunday […]
Back in October my poem “My Monkey Grammarian” was published in a beautiful anthology and tribute to Octavio Paz. For details or to purchase, go to http://chameleonpress.com/octaviopaz/. (See original post: It's official' I've been published in Hong Kong!) Recent press includes a review of Desde Hong Kong: Poets […]
Watch the news clip about Utah’s local slam poetry scene and check out the interview with Jesse Parent. If you’ve never been to a SLC slam poetry event, you're missing out' even if you don't consider yourself a lover of poetry, these events are pretty interactive, engaging and […]
