Upcoming Events
July 2-15 2017. Faculty, Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
September 21-22 2017. Reading, craft talk, and workshop, Casper College Literary Conference, Casper, WY
September 26, 2017. Reading, with Nickole Brown. The Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA
December 9, 2017. Workshop: “How to Read & Perform Your Work” co-taught with Nickole Brown. Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC
May 19, 2018. A Sibling Rivalry Press-sponsored reading with Bryan Borland, Nickole Brown, and Seth Pennington, Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival, Greensboro, NC
Past Events
Readings & Workshops
April 19, 2017. Asheville Wordfest, reading with Nickole Brown, Elizabeth Meade, Jadwiga McKay, and Lori Horvitz, aSHEville Museum, Asheville, NC
May 13, 2017. Workshop: “Vision & Revision in Poetry & Prose,” Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC
March 1, 2017. Reading with Nickole Brown, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington, NC
March 3-4, 2017. Reading and workshop, “The Art of Revision: Tips & Tricks for Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems,” Press 53’s Gathering of Poets, Winston-Salem, NC
March 5, 2017. Reading with Nickole Brown, Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
February 20-21, 2017. Reading & workshop with Nickole Brown at Eastern Carolina University, Greensville, NC
AWP Conference, Washington, DC:
Thursday, February 9, 2017. “The Poet Confronts History: The Art of Research for Creative Writing. (Robert Strong, Cole Swensen, Brian Teare, Jessica Jacobs, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)”
Thursday, February 9, 2017. “Headmistress Press: Tribute to Lesbian Poets,” with Ann Tweedy, Celeste Gainey, Ching-In Chen, JP Howard, Laura Foley, Nickole Brown, and Robin Becker, Wall of Books
January 8, 2017. Poetrio Poetry Reading, Malaprop’s, Asheville, NC
November 19, 2016. With Nickole Brown, taught”Writing Beyond Yourself: Persona Poems,” Jacar Press: Writers Teaching Writing Series, followed by a reading, Cary, NC
November 1, 2016. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
November 3-6, 2016. Reading and teaching, Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel Island, FL
September 16, 2016. Reading with Steven Manual, Peter O’Leary, and Nickole Brown, MadHat Press’ “Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes,” Asheville, NC
October 1, 2016. Reading, Vandercooked Poetry Nights, Asheville Bookworks, West Asheville, NC
August 28, 2016. Reading with Nickole Brown, Meta Commerse, Mandy Gardner, Lori Horvitz, Lockie Hunter, and Melanie McNair, 8th Annual Queer Girls Literary Reading, The Mothlight, West Asheville, NC
September 4, 2016. Reading with Nickole Brown & teaching “Writing Beyond Yourself: The Art & Craft of Persona Poems,” Charlotte Center for Literary Arts, Charlotte, NC
September 8-10, 2016. Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Reading and “Writing Beyond Yourself: The Art & Craft of Persona Poems,” co-taught with Nickole Brown, Burnsville, NC
June 7-July 7, 2016, Co-teaching Poetry Workshop, Writing Workshops in Greece. Thasos, Greece
June 2-3, 2016, Reading & Craft Lecture. Converse College MFA, Spartanburg, SC
April 1, 2016, AWP Los Angeles, Iron Horse Literary Review reading, Los Angeles, CA
March 1, 2016. “An Evening with Hendrix-Murphy Creative Writing Faculty: Hope Coulter, Jessica Jacobs, and Tyrone Jaeger.” Hendrix College, Conway, AR
November 13-14, 2015. Reading & Seminar, with Nickole Brown, The Poetry Society of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
October 9, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown and Nancy Jensen. Special guest Jenna Goldsmith. InKY Series, Louisville, KY
October 9, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of Louisville, The Honors Center, Louisville, KY
October 7, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY.
October 4, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Morris Bookshop, Lexington, KY
October 3, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Carmichael’s Bookshop, Louisville, KY
September 30, 2015. Motion Poems Big Bridges film screening, University of Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
September 24, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
September 13, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, with introductions by Barbara Rockman. Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, NM
September 3, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, SOMOS, Taos, NM
August 29, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Ward Library, Ward, CO
August 27, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, Boulder, CO
August 26, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Wolverine Farm Bookstore, The Bean Cycle Coffee Shop, Fort Collins, CO
August 18, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Talking Leaves Books, Buffalo, NY
August 14, 2015. “Black Ocean Bash,” Brookline Booksmith, Reading with Nickole Brown and Susan McCarty. Brookline, MA
August 13, 2015. Reading at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, with Elizabeth Bradfield, Michelle Y. Burke, and Nickole Brown. South Yarmouth, MA
August 8, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
August 6, 2015. Reading with Nickole Brown, Collected Poets Series. Mocha Maya’s, Shelburne Falls, MA
July 25-26, 2015. Teaching a poetry intensive with Nickole Brown, “Writing Beyond Yourself: Persona Poems,“ Poets House, New York, NY
July 23, 2015. 2015 Showcase Reading Series, with Nickole Brown, Betsy Fagin, and Emily Hunt, Poets House, New York, NY
June 30, 2015, Faculty reading, Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, Sewanee, TN
June 15, 2015, Reading with Nickole Brown, Altamont Poetry Series, NC Stage Theater, Asheville, NC
May 28, 2015, Reading with Nickole Brown, Malaprops Bookstore/ Cafe, Asheville, NC
May 2, 2015, Asheville Wordfest, with narrator Alli Marshall, and readers John Hoppenthaler and Greg Brown, Asheville, NC
April 25 2015, Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock, AR
April 18, 2015, Book signing with Nickole Brown, Wordsworth Books, Little Rock, AR
April 10, 2015, Launch party for Pelvis with Distance and Nickole Brown’s Fannys Says, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN
April 9, 2015, Book Signing, White Pine Press, AWP Conference, Minneapolis, MN
April 3, 2015, Launch Party with Nickole Brown, Oxford American Annex, Little Rock, AR
March 26, 2015, Radio Interview, “Talk with Me” with Marcia Epstein, Lawrence, KS
March 26, The Raven Bookstore, Big Tent Event, with Nickole Brown and Stefanie Torres, Lawrence, KS
March 25, Prairie Lights Bookstore, with Nickole Brown, Iowa City, IA
March 20, 2015, Montevallo Literary Festival, with Nickole Brown, Amy Lemmon, and Catherine Wing, Birmingham, AL
October 11, 2014, Arkansas Philological Association Annual Meeting, with Sarah Bloom and Nickole Brown, Little Rock, AR
October 4, 2014, AIDS Memorial Quilt Reading with Sibling Rivalry Press, University of Central Arkansas, with Nickole Brown, Bryan Borland, Philip F. Clark, Seth Pennington, and Sarah Rawlinson, Conway, AR
June 6, 2014, Taos Poetry Festival, Taos, NM
May 8, 2014, “Poets ‘Out’ Loud,” sponsored by Center for Artistic Revolution & The Oxford American, with poets including Bryan Borland, Nickole Brown, and Seth Pennington, Little Rock, AR
April 25, 2014, “Pub or Perish,” Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock, AR
August 2013, The Fishnet House, Grand Maris, MI,
January 6, 2013, Vouched Presents, Indy Reads Bookstore, with poet Kathleen Rooney, Indianapolis, IN
February 2012, Indiana Review‘s Middle of Everywhere Reading Series, Bloomington, IN,
April 2012, The Fullnesss of Everything book launch, sponsored by Tiny Hardcore Press, with Tyler Gobble, Christopher Newgent, and Layne Ransom, Muncie, IN,
February 25, 2012, Louisville Literary Conference, Louisville, KY
March 2010, Slice Magazine launch for Issue #6, Brooklyn, NY
Presentations
April 21, 2015, Hendrix College, Shop Talk with Nickole Brown, “Writing Others’ Lives: Poet as Researcher, Biographer, and Anthropologist,” Conway, AR
AWP Conference 2013, Organizer and panelist, “’Every Calling is Great When Greatly Pursued: Managing and Motivating Editorial Volunteers,” Boston, MA
Spring 2012, Speaker, Purdue Student English Association, “On the Pathways to and Practice of Publishing,” West Lafayette, IN
AWP Conference 2012, Co-organizer and panelist, “When Change is the Only Constant: How Grad Student-Run Journals Can Thrive Despite the Constant Turnover,” Washington D.C.
Fall 2011, Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, Panelist, “IUPUI Fall Editors Panel,” Indianapolis, IN
