News at Eleven: [William Wonderful] was teaching creative writing

at Pima Community College when his life started taking unexpected turns. In 2005, Wonderful found out he had prostate cancer. He retired from teaching and worked to beat the cancer. Meanwhile, he was struggling to balance a failing personal relationship and reluctantly turning to substances. He ran out of money and found himself homeless for almost two years.

Wonderful quickly realized not only how he got into his situation, but also how to get out of it.

"I cut expenses and really starting pushing my poetry," he says.

from The State Press: The Peddling Poet

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