About Jason Hardung

Jason Hardung's work has or will appear in many journals and magazines including: Cimarron Review, 3AM, Monkey Bicycle, Evergreen Review, Entropy, The Common, Metazen, Word Riot, and The New York Quarterly. He has two books of poetry out on Epic Rites Press and Lummox Press. In 2013 he was named Poet Laureate of Fort Collins. He is currently writing a novel. He teaches the therapeutic value of poetry in juvenile detention facilities, jails, and rehabs in Colorado.

Something About Rage and the Light Dying

Jason Hardung

I hadn’t killed us yet. My dad fidgeted next to me, exhaling loudly every few moments. Always a sensitive kid, I guess I was something of a Doppler radar of other’s emotions and my father’s nerves were transmitting microwave signals to my own. DNA to … [Read more...]

Hear That Lonesome Whistle

Jason Hardung

I started drinking while the Wyoming sky was pink and you could still see forever. Earlier that day I found just enough smack to keep me from being sick. It got me moving. It got me out in the sun. It was the first day of summer, the longest day of the … [Read more...]

About Jason Hardung

Something About Rage and the Light Dying

Hear That Lonesome Whistle

Empty Mirror

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