SpokenHeard with Richard Cambridge and Susan Dobbe Chase

Richard Cambridge’s work has appeared in The Paterson Literary Review, Nantucket Journal, Asheville Poetry Review, and other publications.  He is the author of a collection of poetry, Pulsa— A Book of Books (Hanover Press), of which Robert Pinsky wrote, “Full of heart, sincere ambition and a genuine devotion to the mysteries of language,” and The Cigarette Papers— A Memoir of Addiction (Fern Hill Records), from which he developed a one-man play that opened at The Institute of Contemporary Art, and was hailed by the Boston Globe as “A tour de force.” Cambridge is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. He was a finalist for a residency at the Fine Arts Work Shop in Provincetown, MA.

He was a member of the 1992 Boston Champion Slam Team, and he won the Masters Slam at the 1997 National Poetry Slam.  In 2000 he was voted Best Boston Performance Poet.  In 2003 he received the Cambridge Peace & Justice Award for the contribution of his arts and activism.