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This was a collection that I wrote during the pandemic. After I had written these poems, the artist, Jane Edberg, made paintings in response to the poems. She wasn’t illustrating my work, but instead commented on them through new imagery. I’m a huge fan of her work, and we continue to collaborate on new work.
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Kitkitdizzi is a non-linear memoir because all of our time in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks tends to get tangled up in our memories. There were so many moment of walking and self-discovery that the whole time feels a bit like a dream sometimes. It's also one of the most important things we've ever done in terms of learning about ourselves and the world.
I wrote this almost unconsciously. When I was just kind of doodling in my writing notebooks, I found myself writing about Cyndi and her father and each time they were living the moment between moments, trying to find the significance of the everyday. It was until three years in that I realized I’d been constructing their lives in my own moments between writing projects.
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I feel for Mr. Pembrooke. I was going through a particularly difficult time emotionally, so I wrote about another teacher going through his own difficult stretch. Writing it really helped me move into a new place. I hope reading it helps you.
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So often, I wander in a sort of self-important daze not aware of the fact that the people around me are living their own lives of passion and importance. I live in the Inland Empire, and I wanted to write about others living near and around me whose lives have a kind of Biblical significance to themselves.
In the summers, Annie and I live in a van in the High Sierra where we teach free classes and wander and draw and write. Living off grid for a while grounds me and reminds me of what actually matters in this world. This poetry comes from the intensity of living free from the constant barking daily life.
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Working with Grant Hier was a gift. We wrote this for years, talking about what history is and how almost all of it exists on the peripheries of the history books. We wanted to capture real passions and moments of the people living these lives.
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Ken Johnson and I worked on this together. I work in collaboration in an attempt to get away from my own ego. Ken’s a wonderful person to help me with this quest. He lives a life of exceptional sincerity and thought. I loved talking through these poems with him and I am in awe of his art.
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