April 12-May 7, 2021. Teaching the online workshop “Turn It and Turn It: Exploring Questions of Spirituality & Religion Through Poetry,” 24PearlStreet, Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, ONLINE
April 17, 2021. Reading with Nickole Brown, Headmistress Press’ “The Collectibles,” ONLINE
April 19, 2021. 7 p.m. EST, Reading with Nickole Brown, KGB Bar, NYC, ONLINE
April 20, 2021. 7-8:30 pm EST, a free online generative writing workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown (please email for link: sunjuneliterary@gmail.com).
April, 2021. Reading with Nickole Brown, A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
May 15, 2021. 2-3 pm EST,”All Up In Your Feels,” an online poetry workshop with the Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, taught with Nickole Brown
September 18, 2021. Co-leading a workshop with Nickole Brown, Emrys Foundation & Poetry Society of South Carolina, Greenville, SC
September 19-October 15, 2021: Leading the workshop “In the Beginning: Exploring Questions of Spirituality & Religion through Poetry,” a workshop through SunJune Literary Collaborative, ONLINE
August 2021. Visiting Writer in Poetry, Seattle Pacific University–MFA Program, Seattle, WA
October 24-November 19: Leading the workshop “Turn It and Turn It: Delving into the Sacred with Poetry,” through SunJune Literary Collaborative, ONLINE
November 18, 2021. 7 p.m., reading with Nickole Brown, “Spoken & Heard,” Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, OH, ONLINE
2022
April 12, 2021. Reading with Caroline Poole and Kathleen Kalby, Western Carolina University, LitFest, Cullowhee, NC
February 17, 2022. Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Past Events
April 6, 2021. For Dappled Things
Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
March 28, 2021. Online generative workshop with Nickole Brown, Lit Youngstown, ONLINE
March 23, 2021. Clothes Encounter
Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
March 9, 2021. A Matter of Taste
Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
March 4, 2021. “Art as a Resistance & Resilience,” sponsored by Beloit Poetry Journal, a free online generative writing workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown, ONLINE
March 2, 2021. Reading with Nickole Brown, followed by open mic, Nexus Poets, New Bern, NC, ONLINE
February 23, 2021. Awareness is a Time Machine
Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
February 18, 2021. “Please Come Flying: An Invitation to Teach Poetry,” a workshop for educators with Nickole Brown, Smith College, ONLINE
February 9, 2021: All Up In Your Feelings: writing poems of love, loss, & longing
Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
January 26, 2021. The Name Game. Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
January 18-23, 2021. Conference Faculty, The Palm Beach Poetry Festival, featured guests and faculty include David Baker, Lorna Blake, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Traci Brimhall, Nickole Brown, Eduardo C. Corral, Sally Blumis-Dunn, Vievee Francis, Angela Narcisco-Torres, Gregory Orr, Kevin Prufer, Martha Rhodes, Time Seibles, Brian Turner, Delray Beach, FL, ONLINE
January 12, 2021: Metaphors Be with You. Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
December 29, 2020. Reflection & Resolution, Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
December 15, 2020. The Nose Knows (featured guest: Kate McMullen, Assistant Director of Hub City Press). Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
December 1, 2020. Putting the Body into Embodiment (featured guest: Kelli Russell Agodon, co-publisher of Two Sylvias Press), Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown.
November 24, 2020. Academy of American Poets‘ “Gather in Poems” (video here), with Francisco Aragón, Nickole Brown, Rafael Campo, Geffrey Davis, Toi Derricotte, Aracelis Girmay, Joy Harjo, Robert Hass, Airea D. Matthews, Yesenia Montilla, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ladan Osman, Patricia Smith, Arthur Sze, Ethan Wang, and Seema Yasmin.
November 19, 2020. Beyond Baroque sponsors The Poetry Stage Redux (video here), a series of readings by nationally acclaimed poets from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, with Sara Borjas, Nickole Brown, Cyrus Cassells, Victoria Chang, Cathy Colman, Megan Fernandes, Jane Hirshfield, John Murillo, & Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
November 17, 2020. Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Nickole Brown based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire.
November 3, 2020. Free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Nickole Brown based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire.
October 29-31, 2020. Reading and panels, Dodge Poetry Festival, ONLINE
—October 29, Poems and Conversation (Group Conversation with students)
With Kyle Dargan, Jessica Jacobs, Keetje Kuipers
—October 30, Going Public with Private Feelings (Group Conversation with students)
With Oliver de la Paz, Jessica Jacobs, Keetje Kuipers
–October 31, Festival Poet Reading with Zeina Hashem Beck, Kai Coggin, John Murillo, Ladan Osman, and Emily Skaja. Followed by a live Community Conversation.
October 28, 2020. A night of writing and conversations about Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, hosted by Charlotte Lit’s Wednesdays@Lit Series, ONLINE
October 27, 2020. With Ron A. Austin, reading as the winner of Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award in Poetry, Devil’s Kitchen Literary Festival, (you’ll find the link here), ONLINE
October 26, 2020. aunch for Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Nickole Brown, and guests Laure-Anne Bosselaar, David George Haskell, and Matthew Olzmann, hosted by Malaprop’s, ONLINE
October 7-10, 2020. Teaching and reading with Nickole Brown, Dublin School, Dublin, NH, ONLINE
September 13-October 10, 2020. Teaching“In the Beginning,” a four-week workshop exploring spirituality through reading and writing poetry, Charlotte Lit, Charlotte NC, ONLINE
October 6, 2020. Reading with Nickole Brown, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Rebecca Foust, Gina Franco, Abe Louise Young, Gail Mazur for the launch of the anthology The Map of Every Lilac Leaf: Poets Respond to the Smith College Museum of Art, Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA, ONLINE
September 23, 2020. Reading followed by an open mic, Poetry Open Mic Asheville, Asheville NC ONLINE
September 19, 2020. Reading as one of the Brockman-Campbell Book Award Honorable Mention winners, North Carolina Poetry Society, Southern Pines, NC, ONLINE
August 19, 2020. Reading, Wild and Precious Life Series, ONLINE
August 15, 2020. 1 “In the beginning: Exploring Questions of Spirituality & Religion Through Creative Writing,” writing workshop, Hudson Valley Writers Center, ONLINE
July 24, 2020. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of Georgia-Athens, ONLINE
July 13. Reading with Julie M. Blomke, Gris Muñoz, and Ashley M. Jones, followed by a virtual open mic, Wednesday Night Poetry, FACEBOOK LIVE
June 28-July 11. Poetry Faculty, Sewanee Young Writer’s Conference, ONLINE
June 25. Carolina Poets “Poetry Goes Viral” reading with Keith Flynn and Adrian Rice, ONLINE
May 2. Reading and conversation with Nickole Brown, “Holding Steady: Poems of the Living World and the Spirit,” Jacar Press, ONLINE
POSTPONED: May 13-17, 2020. Faculty, Faith in Arts Institute, UNCA, Asheville, NC
POSTPONED: May, 2020. Reading with Nickole Brown, Sunday Reading Series: Poetry, Prose, & Cocktails, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
POSTPONED: May 6, 2020. Reading with Nickole Brown, DePaul College, Chicago, IL
CANCELED: April 21-27, 2020. Reading and teaching with Nickole Brown, Santa Barbara, CA. Details TBA.
CANCELED: April 20, 2020. 12:30-1:30 pm, Reading with Nickole Brown and Yuyutshu Sharma, Whittier College, Wardman Library, Poets’ Corner, Sponsored by Religious Studies and English/Environmental Studies Programs, California.
POSTPONED: April 18-19, 2020. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA
CANCELED: April 3-5, 2020. Glitterary Festival, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
POSTPONED: March 30-April 2, 2020. Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival, Culowhee, NC
February 22-23, 2020. Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
—February 22, Reading with Richard Chess, Lori Horvitz, and Jacob Paul
—February 23, Leading workshops with Richard Chess
February 3-28, 2020. Teaching the online course “In the Beginning: Exploring Questions of Spirituality & Religion Through Poetry”, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
January 20-25, 2020. Teaching “Poetry as a Practice of Awareness” with Nickole Brown, The Palm Beach Poetry Fesival, featured guests and faculty include Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Reginald Gibbon, Joy Harjo, Major Jackson, Ilya Kaminsky, Dana Levin, Adrian Matekja, Maggie Smith, and Patricia Smith. Delray Beach, FL
November 8-10, 2019. Co-leading a workshop with Nickole Brown, “Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness,” North Carolina Writers’ Network Conference, Asheville, NC
November 2-4, 2019. Columbia Museum of Art and University of South Carolina Sumter, Columbia, SC
–November 3. Reading with Nickole Brown and Ashley M. Jones, Columbia Museum of Art , Columbia, SC
–November 4. Reading with Nickole Brown, USC–Sumter
October 21-25, 2019. Teaching and reading with Nickole Brown, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
October 23, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, “Wednesday Night Poetry,” Kollective Coffee+Tea, Hot Springs, AR
October 11, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
October 10, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of Maine Farmington, Farmington, ME
October 4, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown and Melissa Crowe, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME
October 3, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown and Melissa Crowe, Collected Poets Series, Mocha Maya’s, Shelburne Falls, MA
September 30, 2019. Co-leading a workshop with Nickole Brown, “Re-cognition and Re-vision: Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems,” The Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA
September 27-29, 2019. Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
–Friday, September 27. Reading with Nickole Brown and Richard Foerster
–Saturday, September 28: Co-leading with Nickole Brown the workshop, “Promoting Your First Book of Poems
September 22, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Lauren Clark, and Philip Clark, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Bureau, New York, NY
September 21, 2019. Teaching with Nickole Brown, “Recognition, Revision, and Revelation: Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems,” Poets House, New York, NY
September 17, 2019. Reading with Four Way Books authors Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Patrick Donnelly, Julia Guez, and Maya Phillips, Bryant Park Reading Room, New York, NY
June 27-29, 2019. Reading and teaching, Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole, WY
July 1-5, 2019. Reading and teaching as John Grammer Fellow, Sewanee School of Letters, Sewanee, TN
July 19-21, 2019. Teaching at Writing in Place Conference at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
June 10-14, 2019. Reading and teaching with Nickole Brown, Wake Forest School of Divinity Summer Institute, Eco-tones of the Spirit Conference, Warren Wilson Campus, Swannanoa, NC
–Tuesday, June 11, reading with Nickole Brown and Gary Paul Nabhan
May 20, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, The Asheville Poetry Series, THE BLOCK off Biltmore, Asheville, NC
May 17-18, 2019.Friday, reading with Nickole Brown. Saturday, co-leading a workshop masterclass, Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC
May 10, 2019. Reading with Meta Commerse, Robert Zachary, and Cleaster Cotton, “Art & Politics Exhibit,” Pink Dog Creative, Asheville, NC
May 5, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, “Poetrio,” Malaprop’s Bookstore, Asheville, NC
May 4, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Elizabeth Jacobson, and Nomi Stone, So & So Books, Raleigh, NC
May 3, 2019. Reading with Sandra Beasley, Nickole Brown, Valencia Robin, and Nomi Stone, Bull City Press’ House Party Reading Series, Hillsborough, NC
April 12-14, 2019. Asheville Wordfest. Reading with Nickole Brown, Mildred Barya, and Michael Hettich, ; Teaching a workshop on exploring spirituality through writing, Asheville, NC
May 2, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC
April 9, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
April 7, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, “On an Island Reading Series,” Whidbey Island, WA
April 6, 2019. Teaching with Nickole Brown, “Re-cognition and Re-vision: Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems,” Hugo House, Seattle, WA
April 5, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Open Books, Seattle, WA
April 2, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
AWP 2019 Conference, Portland, OR:
—Friday, March 29. Signing with Laure-Anne Bosselaar at the Four Way Books booth
—Friday, March 29. Book launch with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Nickole Brown, and Melissa Crowe. Norse Hall, Portland, OR
—Saturday, March 30. AWP Panel, “How we need another soul to cling to: Writing Love Poems in Difficult Times,” with Melissa Crowe, Meg Day, Matthew Olzmann, and Tim Siebles
March 20, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of North Carolina–Asheville,Asheville, NC
March 9, 2019. NC Poetry Society Conference, reading with Nickole Brown and co-leading a workshop on “How to Revise a Poem,” Southern Pines, NC
February 21, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of Delaware, Washington, DC
February 19, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
February 17, 2019. Reading with Nickole Brown, “Sunday Kind of Love” sponsored by Split this Rock, Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC
February 16, 2019. Co-leading workshop with Nickole Brown, “Pushing Past Clichés in Love Poems,” The Writer’s Center, Washington, DC
February 12-April 16, Leading the workshop, ” “Exploring Questions of Spirituality & Faith through Poetry & Creative Nonfiction,” Great Smokies Writing Program, Asheville, NC
February 8, 2019. Book Launch reading with Nickole Brown and Melissa Crowe, Asheville, NC
February 1, 2019. Reading and workshop with Nickole Brown, High Point University, High Point, NC
January 21-27, Read and co-led a workshop with Nickole Brown, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL
August to December 2018. Distinguished Writer-in-Residence with Nickole Brown, “Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness,” a poetry workshop for UNC-Wilmington’s MFA Program, Wilmington, NC
October 25, 2018. Reading with Nickole Brown, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
June 26-July 22, 2018. Faculty. Brandeis Collegiate Institute, American Jewish University, Brandeis, CA
May 18-20, 2018. Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival, Greensboro, NC
–LGBTQ panel discussion and reading with John Gosslee, Daisy Hernandez, and Nickole Brown, moderated by Dr. Wayne Johns
–Poetry panel with Cameron Awkward-Rich and Lauren Moseley
April 6, 2018. Reading with Nickole Brown at College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD
March 8, 2018. Off-site AWP readings for Black Earth Institute and Sibling Rivalry Press, Tampa, FL
January 26, 2018. 7:00 pm. Reading with Nickole Brown and Mary Ellen Lough, with music by Lobo Marino, The Embodiment Center of Asheville, Asheville, NC
January 28, 2018. Reading, Sara Lura Mathews Self Distinguished Writer in Residence, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
October 16, 2017. Reading with Nickole Brown, Altamont Poetry Series, THE BLOCK off Biltmore, Asheville, NC
October 2, 2017. Reading with Elizabeth Bradfield and Nickole Brown, East End Books, 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
September 26, 2017. Reading, with Nickole Brown. The Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA
September 21-22 2017. Reading, craft talk, and workshop, Casper College Literary Conference, Casper, WY
September 14, 2017. Reading, with Nickole Brown. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
July 2-15 2017. Faculty, “Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness,” Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
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
May 2013, first reading with Nickole Brown, 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
