{"product_id":"begin-where-you-are-the-colorado-poets-laureate-anthology","title":"Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eColorado created its poet laureate post in 1919. This anthology gathers every poet who held the title into one book, with new work set beside the old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoems by all ten of Colorado's poets laureate; paperback, 246 pages, University Press of Colorado, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompiled by Turner Wyatt; edited by Mary Crow, Andrea Gibson, Joseph Hutchison, Bobby LeFebre, David Mason and Julia Seldin; introduction by Khadijah Queen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes poems by Andrea Gibson, Bobby LeFebre, Joseph Hutchison, David Mason and Mary Crow not published before\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso features Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Milford E. Shields, Margaret Clyde Robertson, Nellie Burget Miller and Alice Polk Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems from the early laureates sit beside new work from recent ones, so the book reads as a timeline of one state's poetry across roughly a century. Five recent laureates served as the editorial committee and read through that long record to make the selections. Alongside the poems, contemporary laureates reflect on how holding the post changed their writing and their sense of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders of American poetry, Coloradans curious about the state's literary history, and teachers looking for poems rooted in one landscape will find it useful in a single volume. The publisher describes it as the first anthology of any U.S. state's poets laureate. It is a state's history told by the poets it chose to speak for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Compiler and Editors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurner Wyatt compiled the anthology. Five of the state's laureates, Andrea Gibson, Bobby LeFebre, Joseph Hutchison, David Mason and Mary Crow, formed its editorial committee, with Julia Seldin assisting. The introduction is by Khadijah Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Colorado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48025457590421,"sku":"NEW-ING-1885635974","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784685613.jpg?v=1789784687","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/begin-where-you-are-the-colorado-poets-laureate-anthology","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}