Rick Benjamin Author

Rick Benjamin lives on Chumash land in Goleta, California, and tries to remind himself of that fact that each day as he walks ancient trails near his house. Currently teaching a range of courses at the University of California Santa Barbara, ranging from poetry and community, the wild literature of ecology, and the literatures of both social and juvenile justice, he also finds himself working among elders, with middle-school students at a local Boys and Girls Club, in art museums and in youth detention facilities. Among his works are the books of poetry, Passing Love, Floating World, and Endless Distances. Rick lives with his partner of many years, Margaret Klawunn, and mostly in reach of their twin sons, and daughter. He served as the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 2012 – 2016.