Events
Upcoming Events
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Saturday, February 22, 2025, 4 p.m.
Launch for the new issue of SALT: Old School Truth & Beauty--Poetry and Commentary, Unity of Santa Barbara Chapel, 227 E. Arrellaga St., Santa Barbara, CA
What a delight to participate in the launch reading and celebration for the beautiful journal SALT, issue 7! I will be reading my poem "What It's About," published in this issue. The reading is free and open to the public. If you're in the area, please come by!
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Tupelo Press's Eleventh Annual 30/30 Project Alumni Reading, AWP, Los Angeles
I'm thrilled to be participating in this event during AWP 2025! Alumni of the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project committed to one month of writing a poem a day to raise funds for this valuable independent press. Stay tuned for further details.
Previous Events
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Harry's Poetry Hour, online, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
I'm honored to have been invited to be a featured reader on Harry's Poetry Hour this day! The program is available online and streamed to residents and staff at MPTF, a residence for retired workers from the motion picture and television industry. The reading is archived on Harry's Poetry Hour's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIF863Q47iM&list=PLGrV6jQvCMauqL4T6l6itRmTcdR_hP-Hq&index=219
Thanks to host Harry E. Northrup, to MPTF Studios Director Jennifer Clymer, and to the entire Creative Chaos team!
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Redwood Writers Fiction Anthology Reading, 1:00 p.m.
I was delighted to be invited to read from my story "Promises" among other writers whose short fiction was selected for the Redwood Writers 2024 Anthology titled Transitions. What a welcoming and inspiring gathering of the California Writers Club, Redwood Writers, in northern California!
Friday, April 26, 2024
Presentation at Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher Writing Festival, Port Angeles, WA, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
My craft talk is titled "Evoking Our Familiar Places in Writing." Come hear my presentation along with those by two other panelists on related topics!
Monday, April 8, 2024
Launch and Celebration for the San Diego Poetry Annual 2023-24, Point Loma Library, San Diego, CA, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Words to Uplift poetry reading, San Diego Writers Festival, 3:15-4:45 p.m.
I'm honored to have been invited to read at this event of the San Diego Writers Festival, taking place at the Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave., Coronado, CA 92118, at the outdoor stage in the Quad!
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Launch for the new issue of SALT: Old School Truth & Beauty--Poetry and Commentary, Blue Whale Poetry Series, Unity of Santa Barbara Chapel, 227 E. Arrellaga St., Santa Barbara, CA, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Online Launch for the fall 2023 issue of the online journal Inlandia: A Literary Journey, 1:00-3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
September 2023
Thank you to everyone who provided encouragement and donated in support of my participation in Tupelo Press's 30/30 Project in September 2023!
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Riverside City College's MUSE reading, online, 6:30 p.m.
Featured poet. Open mic, also!
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, 6:00 p.m.
I'm thrilled to be reading with the amazing poet, writer, and teacher Cecilia Woloch at Chevalier's Books, 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles 90004. For more information, click here!
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Featuring at Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, Ugly Mug Cafe, Orange, CA, 8:00 p.m.
Ugly Mug Cafe, 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866. $4 cover fee. For more info, click here. Open reading, too!
NEW! YouTube videos of two poems from my feature at the Ugly Mug:
Reading from Field of Everlasting
California Writers Club, Orange County Branch, Members Open Mic
December 3, 2022, at the Anaheim Packing Co.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
At the Studio Theatre at St. Denis Building, 3433 Cahuenga Blvd West, Los Angeles, CA 90068. Reading along with host Alex M. Frankel, who is launching his new book of short stories. Open reading, too!
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Cecilia Woloch & Friends Reading Series, Online, 12 noon (Pacific Time)
I was honored to be reading with the brilliant poets Joan Larkin and Cecilia Woloch!
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Log in to hear readings by contributors to the recent issue of About Place Journal as well as a panel discussion about the issue's theme: Navigations: A Place for Peace.
