Dan Denton wrote poetry and short stories while working in rustbelt factories, enduring addictions, homelessness, rehabs, and multiple divorces.

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First poem published at age 34; won Toledo City Paper’s annual poetry contest at 36.

His work has appeared in zines, magazines, union trade journals, newspapers, and small press anthologies worldwide.

Voted City of Toledo’s best writer.

Spent over 25 years in the blue collar world, including a decade as a union autoworker.

Served as elected chief union steward and constitutional delegate to the UAW’s annual bargaining conventions.

Took early retirement for health reasons to focus on writing.

Lives in an old, tiny travel trailer dubbed “The Scrapes of Wrath.”

19 years California sober.

Latest novel, The Dead and the Desperate (Roadside Press, 2023), available from most booksellers.

And he is my good friend. A man who speaks truth, and allows life to be …life. A mentor in words and a carefree but emotionally, spiritually, and artistically aligned purpose in communing with what folks along the Route 66 we all are on need and want to hear. Or not. HIS LATEST

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So, on the release of his first-ever pure “poetry”(whatever).. book, we brought along some friends to celebrate. Pontificate as poets do. Here’s a little about the guests.

*Wendy Cartwright is a poet, author, photographer, and freelance journalist who lives in Columbus, Indiana.

*Ted Jackins, poet, musician, and multidisciplinary artist from North Carolina.

Author of multiple collections and chapbooks, most recently But Did You Die? (Two Key Customs). https://etsy.me/4olIGUR

*Michele McDannold has organized and performed poetry events with free-thinking artists across the U.S., most often by road trip but also by plane, train, or chance encounters.

Produces and publishes books when not traveling in her magical Jeep.

Founder of The Literary Underground, Roadside Press, and Citizens for Decent Literature Press.

*Michael Grover, a Florida-born poet, has published over 20 books in the small press. Newest work, Fatherless Children (A Eulogy For My Father), is available from Roadside Press.

Currently lives with cancer and his dog in Dundee, Florida. Not proud of being Florida-born, but works hard to change that perception.

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