Well known Southwest poet in the Gary Snyder tradition Author of numerous books of poetry, modern American haiku, essays, and hand-colored limited-edition broadsides, Brandi is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry, two Witter Bynner Foundation residencies, and numerous state arts councils awards to teach poetry in the schools. A former Peace Corps worker, he lived in Ecuador, Alaska, Mexico, and in the California Sierra Nevada mountains, before moving to New Mexico in 1971. A prolific visual artist, his work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. He lives with his wife, poet and aikido practitioner, Renée Gregorio. He continues to teach, as he always has, apart from the academy, as an itinerant scholar and lecturer.