Montana Poet Laureate Michael Earl Craig will reveal the intricacies of his poetic process, using images and drafts to display how what might read like a simple poem actually involves multiple rounds of detailed consideration. As Dara Wier writes of Earl Craig: "He represents a perfect combination of so many of the things poetry exists to do: honor humanity, honor place and time, honor the dead, console the living, entertain us, delight us, and lend us hopes and dreams."
