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FOUR CORNERS POETRY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Saturday, June 13, 2026. Durango Public Library This is an all-day event with workshops, panel discussions, readings, and book signings. Look forward to seeing folks there.

Story Keepers Book Club w/ Brittney Ann Marris (Diné & Choctaw) Join Crisosto Apache for the Story Keepers Book Club June gathering to read from “is(ness)” and have a discussion. Homa Café + Bar, 415 S Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Tuesday, June 9, 2026, from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Everyone who wants to be a poet and live a poet’s life. 3 concepts of colloquy to fold into life: Respect-to be seen, Reception-to be heard, & Responsibility-is action. Leads to the 3 questions and becomes a way of believing. -Crisosto Apache © Copyright 2025

I gave a radio interview, talked about pets & read a couple of poems of our cats. Mon., May 25th at 3pm on KGNU. Here's how you can listen: 88.5 FM – Boulder, Boulder County & N. Denver 1390 AM – Greater Denver 99.1 FM – Central Denver 98.7 FM – Ft. Collins 93.7 FM – Nederland & Peak to Peak Highway

I have never seen a hummingbird chicken. On account, they are small birds to start, and the thought that never entered my mind.

LINK in the bio: Linktree-RSVP Afternoon Poetry Open Mic Join us for an Afternoon Poetry Open Mic! Bring a poem or just stop by to enjoy local poets. Time and Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 2 - 4 PM Willow and Fern Coffee Shop, 315 S 4th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601 Moderated by Words to Power

DENVER POET’s DAY -a FREE day pr poetry, poets, and community- Sunday, 10:30 am to 6:30 pm Belmar Park Amphitheater @ Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park at 801 S. Yarrow Street in Lakewood, CO. (Our set begins from 2:00 pm Ashley Bunn, Kevin Foote, Eli Whittington, Varinia Rodriguez)

LINK in the Bio: Linktree East Window’s Banned Book Club Boulder Presents: UNALIVE: Readings on Suicide Curated by Charlotte Piper with Aimee Herman, Hillary Leftwich, and Crisosto Apache Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM More info at: www.eastwindow.org/events

LINK in bio: Linktree-RSVP DENVERSE event. The Corner Beet,1401 N Ogden St, Denver, CO Wednesday, May 27, at 7 pm. 2nd annual Podium to Page. Get a chance to read, publication, & cash prize! Everyone is welcome. The event ft. a reading by contributor Nancy Viera. Space is limited.

Link in bio: Linktree South Broadway Press features Ashley Howell Bunn's new book release, “burning, breaking, building”. Mutiny Comics and Coffee, 3483 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113 Tuesday 6/2 from 6-8 pm. Also featuring Crisosto Apache, Huascar Medina, and Aspen Everett

Sundays used 2 B my favorite time of the week, because I used the time to read books. The past year, Sunday, became a day I dread, leaving me with haunting thoughts & feelings. No matter what, they didn't pass, even with distractions. I don't read anymore on Sunday. Maybe in time, that will change.

On April 27, 2026, I sat down with Andy O'Leary at PBS-KUVO to talk about poetry and my scope for being Colorado's newest Poet Laureate. We had a great conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W51I...

Follow the link to attend. This should be an interesting chat. www.eventbrite.com/e/strange-hu...

LINK in bio: Linktree CORRECT DAY IN THIS MEDIA POST. Link date incorrect. Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Writing Workshop: 2-4 pm. Capstone Reading Series w/ Melanie Bernstein @melaniensimon & Cosmo Innarelli: 6-8 pm. Adams State University. Alamosa, CO #11thPoetLaureateCrisostoApache #11thCOpoetlaureate

Link in bio: Linktree RESCHEDULED EVENT! I will be in Alamosa, CO, Adams State University for a workshop & reading Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Workshop 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. McDaniel Hall (On campus) Reading: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Xperimental Theatre (on campus) #11thPoetLaureateCrisostoApache #11thCOpoetlaureate

Wednesday & Thursday, April 29 & 30th, spending time w/ the Golden Historical Museum's annual Indigenous Connections Summit. I will give the Thursday AM Invocation then a poetry reading & discuss conversations, community connection, & collaboration. I learned a lot from the discussions & much more.

Link in bio: Linktree Gnashing Teeth Publishing “is(ness)” (2025). Poem “there is light there” in “is(ness)” included in National Time Capsule for CO in D.C. “is(ness)” nominated for the Pushcart Prize, blurb written by David Mason. #isnessApache #CrisostoApachePoet #11thPoetLaureateCrisostoApache

Link in the bio: Linktree Gnashing Teeth Publishing “Ghostword” (2023) winner 2023 Betty Berzon Emerging Writers Award and a finalist for CO Authors League poetry finalist, & a Pushcart Prize nominee & blurb by Arthur Sze.. #ghostwordApache #CrisostoApachePoet #11thPoetLaureateCrisostoApache

LINK IN MY BIO: Linktree Listen to the latest podcast at Lip Chicken Poetry hosts Larry Holgerson and Christine Hogg, Fort Collins, CO. www.krfcfm.org/shows/lip-ch... Great conversation, & they asked great questions about my experience and my poetry. I am looking forward to another conversation.

You will have to purchase a copy to read the rest of my poem. The issue is well worth it! My latest publication. An excerpt from my epic-style book-length manuscript, "Let, Blood Let," published in the Spring 2026 issue of Denverse Magazine. The beautifully rendered illustrations by Casey Rooney.

Link in the bio: Linktree Go to Gnashing Teeth Publishing and grab copies of my two books, “is(ness) (2025), and “Ghostword” (2023). “Ghostword”, winner of the Publishing Triangle’s 2023 Betty Berzon Emerging Writers Award and a finalist for the 2023 Colorado Authors League Award in poetry.

"After the silence of the first blank page, a whispered shock: a portrait of the author, engraved from a photograph, thoroughly unlike the expected likeness of a poet." www.themarginalian.org/2026/04/18/w...

LINK in the bio: Linktree Happening 2nite, Wed, April 15, 2026. SPREAD THE WORD! MAKE SOME TIME! Reading w/ former Poet Laureate, Joseph Hutchinson, Boulder Book Store in Boulder from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. This is going to be a great reading. COME OUT AND JOIN US, YOU WON’T REGRET IT! #poetrymonth

We broke the mold of a regular reading and had our poems interact in conversation. What a great way to read poems for our reading series with Aerik Francis, Adams County Poet Laureate, and Matt, the owner of West Side Books in Denver.

Come out and join us if you can! As part of April Poetry Month, Aearik Francis @phaentompoet (Adams County Poet Laureate) and I will be reading together at West Side Books in Denver on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Come check it out. #poetrymonth

I'm not sure I quite get Blue Sky yet. Which is why I'm not posting often. Any suggestions welcome.

The Front Range Forum Program -- presents -- National Poetry Month – 2026 Wednesday, April 1, 2026 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senior Center Twinberry Auditorium 1200 Raintree Dr., Fort Collins 80526 Lorrie Wolfe, Beth Lechleitner, Lynn Kincanon, John Calderazzo, & Veronica Patterson

Our poetry can help heal us, can keep us going, can inspire us, can push us to act. #AlaskaSky #Alaska

Hi all, a big ask. I am not sure if my request will B successful. I am looking 2 see if any subscribers 2 the Mountain Gazette magazine are willing to sell their copy of the Fall 2025, 204 issue. The issue sold out. I have a poem published in the issue and wanted a copy for archival. Send me a DM.

Last night @ Denver Indian Center for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), I met Denise Lajimodiere, the Poet Laureate of North Dakota. I read "there is light there" from my book "is(ness)". I read the poem in honor of Indigenous elders who survived this era.

Confirmed. Off to the land of blue, John Waters, in March 2026 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday). I’ll be in Baltimore for AWP. This is going to be a quick trip. AWP must be popular this year. I think this trip is going to feel more like a 1-night stand. Hopefully, I will connect with some of you there.

Here is an interview I did with Radha Marcum, author of "Pine Soot Tendon Bone" (Washington Prize 2023). "I do think that imagery comes first. When I start to think about a concept, it's always the images that come first." poettopoet.substack.com/p/in-dialog-...

Join award-winning author Todd Mitchell in a conversation about the Creative Process and Creative Practice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Ln...

East Window (Boulder, CO, USA) Writers on Resistance Hillary Leftwich, Rajiv Mohabir, and Crisosto Apache Thursday, 1-29-2026, 7-9 PM. An evening of writers speaking to the moment we live in. Reading pieces that reflect approaches to resistance, care, and truth-telling. youtu.be/ZodO3HbFuZ0?...

You can listen to my interview with Colorado Public Radio about my laureate acceptance, following the press conference. Wednesday, January 29, 2026. www.cpr.org/2026/01/28/c...

News coverage of my laureate acceptance. Wednesday, January 28, 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBE-...

Linktree in my bio. The secret is out now. I am excited to be named Colorado's 11th Poet Laureate for 2026 - 2027 by Governor Jared Polis @govofco. I join the ranks of the great poets who preceded me. To be honest, this news came as a total surprise—I never dreamed I’d be in this position.

Thursday evening I received stupendous. I would have never thought I would be taking on this task for what I am about to do! I am terrified but mostly excited. There are a few who already know, but that is all I can say for now because... "it's a surprise. Do you like surprises?"

LINKTREE In Bio: East Window’s Banned Book Club 4550 Broadway Suite C-3B2, Boulder, CO 80304 Writers on Resistance, Thursday, 1-29-26 7-9 PM Rajiv Mohabir, Hillary Leftwich, & Crisosto Apache will each read pieces that reflect resistance, care, & truth.

Isis ... ICE both government sanctioned entities ordered (normalized) to murder (assassinate) its citizens without impunity. American citizens stand by and do nothing but post on social media. Maybe, modern American citizens will know what Indigenous people's went through. Something to think about.

A distinguished voice unnecessarily lost to senseless violence. "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs" by Renée Nicole Macklin (Good) poets.org/2020-on-lear...

A podcast series, "Let's Have a Renaissance: The DateKeepers Podcast" [32:37]. I speak about my 2nd book "Ghostword" (Gnashing Teeth Publication) & the influence of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a modernist Japanese writer, & his last manuscript "A Fool's Life". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsps...

I'm seeking a few writers who might be interested in writing a review and have access to publishing the review for my current poetry collection "is(ness). Serious inquiries only. You can message me and I can get you in touch with my publisher. gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/isness/

"In a moment when few films receive that coveted theatrical release—and a lot of great old titles are out-of-service, out-of-print, or out-of-mind to begin with—the stacks are where it’s at. And libraries have begun to capitalize on the people’s nostalgia for objects." lithub.com/have-librari...

“Tone your wants and tastes low down enough, and make much of negatives, and of mere daylight and the skies.” -- Walt Whitman www.themarginalian.org/2021/04/13/m...

THE WILD IRIS, by Louise Glück "You who do not remember passage from the other world I tell you I could speak again: whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice:" www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/29/l...

Book Purchase – LINK R TREE in the bio. is(ness)” is listed as 1 of the books to read & buy in the CLMP’s Year-end Roundups. Instagram: “clmporg: [...] browse 950 books of poetry, [...] published by CLMP member presses in 2025.” www.clmp.org/news/poetry-...

"THANKS" by W.S. Merwin "with the words going out like cells of a brain with the cities growing over us we are saying thank you faster and faster with nobody listening we are saying thank you thank you we are saying and waving dark though it is" youtu.be/hGguF2FmMJA?...