Harvey Mudd
Harvey Mudd is an American poet, writer, and painter who, disillusioned with American politics and culture, lives in France.
Harvey left the United States as a political protest in 2006. The reasons for this move have become worse by orders of magnitude. His roots are American—the values associated with the founding of the republic, his California heritage, and a deep spiritual connection to the land of New Mexico—and these continue to inform his ideas and writing. All the new poems, however, are emotionally located in this time of crisis and in his new home in France.
Harvey Mudd lives in Europe, an expatriation for political reasons. He expresses his deep concerns about the United States via Substack posts titled Random Acts of Resistance. He has published a memoir titled Leaving My Self Behind and six books of poetry, the most recent is titled “How Fast the River Rose.” He is working on a seventh, tentatively called “LA 78.”
