• Longtime favorite of Garrison Keillor, and appears frequently on "The Writer's Almanac • Has an active electronic presence • Recorded CDs of his poetry with jazz bassist and composer William Parker • Budbill is also a successful playwright • Lived and worked in northern Vermont for 40 years • Most of his poems are based on that landscape and a mythologized version of the community of Judevine. • Is a community activist and political essayist. • Has a Master’s in Divinity from Columbia University and has spent a lifetime investigating Zen philosophy through his poetry. • Has received fellowships from both the Guggenheim foundation and the NEA.