Also known as: foxthepoet
CFG is a Montana-born boy raised in Arizona to be a poet, artist, and writer with unending wanderlust. He's fascinated with art and other shiny things, a good story will keep him captivated as he soaks you in. In truth, he is good at only three things: using language, kissing and driving. He is assistant managing editor of Larson Newspapers, which publishes the Sedona Red Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra, and formerly the newspapers' chief copy editor and arts columnist. He has been unofficially named "The Voice of the Underground," for his arts column "Sedona Underground." He is a coordinator of GumptionFest, an annual grassroots arts festival held in Sedona every year since 2005. More than 100 artists and bands exhibit their work to more than 1,200 people. He was chairman of the city of Sedona Child and Youth Commission. He won the 2004 Northern Arizona grand slam, the 2005 Arizona All-Star Poetry Slam, and a member of the 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2010 Flagstaff National Poetry Slam Teams. He hosts the bimonthly Sedona Poetry Slam and the biweekly Sedona Poetry Open Mic. He believes that all slam poets are Jedis.
