Poet Eric Scott Sutherland is the author of five full-length collections of poetry: tall tales (1999), the psychonaut sails (2000), incommunicado (2007), pendulum (2014) and his latest, Earth Is My Church (2020).
He created the now legendary Holler Poets Series, a monthly celebration of literature and music that ran 100 consecutive months, from May 2008 through September 2016. During the third anniversary celebration in 2011, he was officially proclaimed Poet Laureate of Al’s Bar.
Eric's poetry has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize- "plague" from pendulum and "Kentucky is my body" from Earth Is My Church. His latest collection was nominated for the Weatherford Award, given annually for Appalachian Book of the Year.
He created the now legendary Holler Poets Series, a monthly celebration of literature and music that ran 100 consecutive months, from May 2008 through September 2016. During the third anniversary celebration in 2011, he was officially proclaimed Poet Laureate of Al’s Bar.
Eric's poetry has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize- "plague" from pendulum and "Kentucky is my body" from Earth Is My Church. His latest collection was nominated for the Weatherford Award, given annually for Appalachian Book of the Year.
