Events
YES! A READING FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
me, plus Melanie Almeder, Chelsea Harlan, & an open mic
Vinton Library, Vinton VA
Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:30
"In the mountains, there you feel free."
POETRY CAFE
"Celebrating National Poetry Month"
me, 4 other featured poets, & an open mic!
Raleigh Court Branch Library, Roanoke VA
2112 Grandin Road
Saturday, April 8, 2023 11 a.m.
"mixing memory and desire"
POETRY READING & TALK
"Sassing Homer: Poems That Talk Back to The Iliad & Odyssey"
Michigan State University (on Zoom)
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 4 p.m.
"Yup, he saw a homing sequel / hero. But..."
POETRY READING:
"PWSI Studio International"
hosted by Sudeep Sen & Indran Amirthanayagam
with Dawad Philip, Susana Case, & Peter Robinson
online registration: tinyurl.com/y3sm2v6s
Saturday, April 10, 2021,11 a.m. US EDT
POETRY READING:
"Poetry at the Dali"
with Lola Haskins, hosted by Helen Wallace
on the Dali Museum YouTube channel
The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg FL
Thursday, October 8, 2020 6:00 p.m.
POETRY READING:
"Power of Song and Silence"
Virginia Festival of the Book
with Ilya Kaminsky, John Murillo, & Irène Mathieu
Charlottesville VA
Saturday, March 21, 2020
canceled due to pandemic
POETRY READING
POETRIO at Malaprop's bookstore / cafe
with Catherine Carter & Esteban Rodriquez
Asheville NC
Sunday March 1, 2020 3 p.m.
"Ignore the apocryphal whispers."
Deschutes Lit POETRY READING
with Adriana Rewald, Evan Massey,& Cameron MacKenzie
Deschutes Tasting Room, 315 Market St., Roanoke VA
Thursday, Feb. 20 2020 6:30-8:30 p.m.
"honored blind Demodokos / will lyre-sing other whens"
BOOKMARKS' 8th annual MOVABLE FEAST & PARAPALOOZA
Bookmarks Bookstore / Footnotes Cafe
Winston-Salem NC
Saturday & Sunday, February 8 & 9, 2020
"Each day a gateway."
POETRY WORKSHOP
"Truth, Lies, & Poetry: Saying Stuff Without Shouting It"
Roanoke Regional Writers Conference
Hollins University, Roanoke VA
Saturday January 25, 2020 9 a.m.
POETRY READING and Q&A
"Remaking Myth: Penelope and Lydia Speak for Themselves"
with Becky Gould Gibson
Founders Gallery West, Guilford College, Greensboro NC
Thursday January 23, 2020 7:30 p.m.
"We'll imagine it at will then..."
POETRY READING & FICTION WORKSHOP
University of Southern Mississippi
Wednesday September 25, 2019
grad fiction workshop: 3-5
reading: 7:30
"more, blind Reader, & less than mine. All yours."
POETRY READING & WRITING WORKSHOP
Millsaps College
Tuesday September 24, 2019
"What do I see, what know?"
READING: VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS
4 readings & a Q&A discussion panel celebrating
Mountains Piled Upon Mountains:
Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene
Bluefield State College, Bluefield WV
Friday September 20, 2019 11a.m. - 2 p.m.
"Hear Rocks Sing. That is a sign"
POETRY READING
with Miles Waggener
Joaquin Miller Poetry Series, Rock Creek Nature Center
Rock Creek Park, 5200 Glover Road NW, Washington DC
Sunday June 30, 2019 3 p.m.
sponsored by Cafe Muse / The Word Works
"Know then: what Penelope chooses: Homer says."
Q&A: WRITING & A WRITER'S LIFE
Hollins University, Robertson Library: Hollins Room
Friday April 26, 2019 11 a.m.
"You, scrounging skull-sponge--tell it."
READING & NEW BOOK CELEBRATION
for What Penelope Chooses: Poems
Hollins University Green Drawing Room
Thursday April 25, 2019 8:15 p.m.
"I can't not ask, sing cunning Odysseus at Troy. / I'll be there..."
PANEL
"Talking Back to Homer: Women Poets Re-write the Odyssey"
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference
Portland OR
Saturday, March 30, 2019 4:30
How can Homer's canonical classic be used for subversive lyrical inquiry?
BOOK SIGNING
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference
Portland OR
Friday, March 29, 2019 12-1
Jackson Center for Creative Writing Book Fair Booth
Come say hi and mill around, exclaiming "poetry! o poetry!"
KEYNOTE ADDRESS & WORKSHOP
Virginia Writers Club Annual Symposium
Richmond VA
Friday November 2, 2018 & Saturday November 3, 2018
"Out of the Caldera: Making Creativity Happen"