Thomas Hubbard
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Thomas Hubbard, Mixedblood (Cherokee/Miami/Anglo) poet, writer
Thomas Hubbard authored Nail and other hardworking poems, Year of the Dragon Press, 1994 and Junkyard Dogz, (2002). His poetry has appeared in various literary journals such as Emeralds in the Ash, Omniscient, PoetsWest, Square Lake, Vox Populi 2001, Mute Note Earthward, (Washington Poets Association Anthology of 2005) Arabesques Review: International Poetry and Literature Journal, and ToToπos Poetry International Fall 2006, Albani: Indigenous Poetry. His short story, "Dog Salmon" was published (spring, 2007) in Red Ink. He presented instruction at Whidbey Island Writers Conference in March, 2007. A poem is scheduled for publication in Harvest International: A Journal Where Writers From Around The World Meet In Community in fall, 2007. An Essay, "Citizen, Subject, Slave," is scheduled for publication in Raven Chronicles in September, 2007. He also reviews books. His most recent reviews appeared in Raven Chronicles, November 2004.
A mixed-blood descendant of Cherokee, Irish, Miami and English ancestry, Hubbard grew up among factory workers and went to work in a glass factory, making bottles and jars. After six years in factories around the country, hitch-hiking for months on end during layoffs, he quit the trade and earned a teaching degree in English and Sociology, graduating Ball State University in 1969. Because of his anti-war involvement with SDS and underground newspapers, he was employable only in very needy schools. His teaching career began in Gary. Over the next twenty years he was in and out of teaching mostly in ghetto schools, working also as a carpenter, blues musician and freelance writer (Dallas Times herald, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Magazine, and various other publications) and attending various graduate schools. During these years he fathered four sons. He arrived in Seattle in 1991, newly divorced and broke.
After his father's death in 1994 Hubbard began a memorial project. Over the next five years he compiled, edited and in 2000, published Children Remember Their Fathers, an anthology of works by performance poets from around the country. Most of the poems in CRTF were gathered from slam poets during his appearance at the National Poetry Slam in Ann Arbor, 1995, as winner of the Seattle Grand Slam. In 2002, Hubbard retired from teaching written expression in Tulalip Reservation's Heritage School to focus on his Gazoobi Tales imprint, publishing works of merit that might not get a reading elsewhere. Gazoobi Tales has published poetry books by John Kulm, M. Anne Sweet, Tiffany Midge, Mary Eliza Crane and Jennifer Haggerty plus a CD by Dave Caserio. Hubbard recently completed an audio CD of his Junkyard Dogz and INJUNZ, a chapbook.
Published in Red Ink, Arabesques Review: International Poetry and Literature Journal, ToToπos Poetry International Fall 2006, Albani: Indigenous Poetry and Other Voices International Poetry Anthology as well as in numerous other print and online publications. He has featured for the Distinguished Writer Series in Tacoma; Burning Word Poetry Festival on Whidbey Island, WA; presented workshop at Whidbey Island Writers Conference; featured for Whatcom Poetry Series, Seattle Slam, Olympia Poetry Network, and numerous other venues; he also reviews books for Raven Chronicles and other publications. Two poems were published in I Was Indian, Susan Deer Cloud Ed, 2009; a short story and two poems are in current issue (spring 2010) of Yellow Medicine Review, Ralph Salisbury, Ed. A poem is scheduled for summer 2010 issue of Florida Review. Hubbard is current poetry editor (a rotating position) for Raven Chronicles.
Writing available online
To be, or not to be from the Other Voices website
That Injun Panhandling at Pioneer Square from the Other Voices website
PROOF from the Other Voices website
Raymond Moses, Early June from the Other Voices website
Grapefruit at the Peace Arch from the Other Voices website
Closure from the Other Voices website
Awards
Thomas was the winner of the Seattle Poetry Grand Slam in 1995.
Books by Thomas Hubbard or containing his work
INJUNZ, Gazoobi Tales
Junkyard Dogz, Gazoobi Tales.
Nail, and other hardworking poems, Year of the Dragon Press.
Children Remember Their Fathers, (as editor), Gazoobi Tales.
Anthologies
ToToπos Poetry International Fall 2006, Albani: Indigenous Poetry Oregon State University
Mute Note Earthward, Washington Poets Association, 2005.
I Was Indian (before being Indian was cool) Foothills Publishing
Yellow Medicine Review Spring 2010
See Also
PoetsWest (directory)
Poets & Writers Magazine (directory)
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