In Episode 2, I talk with Kevin Craft about wilderness, writing, and his new role as a poet-in-residence for the Terminus Project in Olympic National Park. A complete bio is below as well as links to things we discussed in our conversation.
Kevin Craft lives in Seattle and directs the Written Arts Program at Everett Community College. His previous books include Solar Prominence, selected by Vern Rutsala for the Gorsline Prize from Cloudbank Books (2005) and Vagrants & Accidentals, published in the Pacific Northwest Poets Series by the University of Washington Press (2017). He is the recipient of fellowships from Artist Trust, The Camargo Foundation, The Bogliasco Foundation, PLAYA, and MacDowell, among others. In 2022 he was an Artist in Residence at Olympic National Park. Editor of Poetry Northwest from 2009 – 2016, he now serves Publisher and Executive Editor of Poetry NW Editions.
Terminus Project: Olympic National Park
Kevin’s Poem “The Cameron Glacier: Cantata for a Melting”
More of Kevin’s work here. His third book of poems, Traverse, will be coming out with Lynx House Press this in 2023.
Additional notes: Reporting form for the Western toad.
All episodes were recorded at Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle, WA and edited at my farm in the Skagit Valley called Harmony Fields. Thank you to sound engineer Ayesha Ubayatilaka.
We have four fascinating conversation in season one that will be released weekly-ish, starting on April 22nd on Substack!
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