Richard Hugo's guest appearances

Richard Hugo

KUOW Seattle News and Information

Essential American Poets

Breakfast In Montana

Poetry Moment

Henrietta Goodman

Jane Kenyon

William Carlos Williams

Ed Lahey

Carl Sandburg

Hayden Carruth

Natalie Peeterse

Billy Collins

W.S. Merwin

Mark Gibbons

Melissa Kwasny

Chris La

James Welch

Robert Creeley

Adrienne Rich

OwlTail

Maya Jewell Zeller grew up in the Northwest. She has taught writing and literature to high school and college students, fourth graders, and senior citizens, and has been a writer-in-residence in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Recipient of a 2016 Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, her work has also won awards from Sycamore Review , New South, New Ohio Review, Dogwood, Florida Review and Crab Orchard Review , and has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes.

Maya Jewell Zeller reads "Letter to Richard Hugo (1)" by M.L. Smoker

For this episode, we discuss two mysteries, the first being Death and the Good Life, one of only two novels written by notable Montana poet Richard Hugo, who was instrumental in developing the reputation for the Creative Writing department at the University of Montana. The second is a terrific mystery called A Bloom of Bones, by Allen Morris Jones, who is currently the editor of Big Sky Journal, as well as the publisher for Bangtail Press and a wonderful writer in his own right. Both of these novels feature protagonists that poets, which makes for an interesting discussion.

Episode 2: Allen Morris Jones and Richard Hugo

Recordings of poet Richard Hugo, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1975, Library of Congress, Washington DC.﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

<p>Recordings of poet Richard Hugo, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1975, Library of Congress, Washington DC.﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿</p> <p>Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.</p>

Richard Hugo: Essential American Poets