My most recent books:
The Honey of Earth (Terrapin Books)
Order from Terrapin, Bookshop, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble
Local News: Poetry About Small Towns (MWPH Books). Anthology co-edited with Tom Montag
available soon from Amazon, or direct:
Cost is $18 per copy; two or more copies, $14.40 each; 4 or more copies: $10.80 per copy. Check payable to: Tom Montag. Mail to: Tom Montag, PO Box 8, Fairwater, WI 53931
Readings & Other Appearances
(real & virtual)
2022
FEATURE READER: VERSE-VIRTUAL monthly reading series (online). Hosted by Robbi Nester.
19 February 2022
Youtube link
FEATURE READER: Third Thursday Poetry Night
Social Justice Center, Albany NY
21 April 2022
FEATURE READER: Writers' Night Out
Sponsored by North Carolina Writers' Network-West
13 May 2022
On Zoom--Press release here
Zoom Link herehttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83771576960?
2021
CAFFE LENA POETRY NIGHT: Feature poet, along with Kathleen McCoy & Lucyna Prostko, livestreamed on YouTube & Facebook. Hosted by Carol Graser.
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs NY
3 February 2021.
YouTube link
REVIEW of The Honey of Earth by Lynn Domina. September 2021. Link
FEATURE READER: VERSE-VIRTUAL monthly reading series (online). Hosted by Robbi Nester.
18 September 2021
YouTube link
100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE. Group reading (online)
24 September 2021
SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY
"Playing It By Ear," a craft essay. The Strategic Poet. Ed. Diane Lockward. Terrapin Books, October 2021.
2020
REVIEW of The Honey of Earth by Nina Bennett in Broadkill Review Link
POEM FROM LOCAL NEWS featured in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column: Peggy Trojan's "Noon Hour." Column #773: Link
POEM FROM THE HONEY OF EARTH ("The Dogs in Dutch Paintings") featured on The Writer's Almanac. 6 March 2020 Link
POEM FROM THE HONEY OF EARTH ("Listening for Your Name") featured on The Writer's Almanac. 11 March 2020 Link
POEM FROM LOCAL NEWS featured in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column: Scott Wiggerman's "Johnsburg." 16 March 2020. Column #782. Link
[CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC ]
RIPON COLLEGE VISITING WRITERS SERIES
MLK Lounge, Harwood Union, Ripon College
Ripon WI
7:30 p.m.
25 March 2020
REVIEW OF The Honey of Earth by Marilyn McCabe in The Adirondack Daily Enterprise .
1 April 2020. Link
[CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC ]
FEATURE READER: THIRD THURSDAY POETRY NIGHT
Social Justice Center
33 Central Ave.
Albany NY
Open mic 7:30. I read at 8 pm
16 April 2020
RADIO PODCAST/INTERVIEW for The Hive Poetry Collective
KQED, Santa Cruz CA
With Kory Wells, interviewed by Dion O’Reilly Link
4-27-20
Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, etc.
Poems read:
"In Line at the Post Office"
"Most of the Time We Live Through the Night"
"The Dogs in Dutch Paintings"
POEM FROM THE HONEY OF EARTH ("Pale Blues") read for "2nd Wednesday Open Mic" on June 10, 2020. Based in Schenectady, NY, this monthly event is hosted on Zoom during the pandemic. Thanks to host Jackie Craven for posting this YouTube Link
POEM FROM THE HONEY OF EARTH ("The Dogs in Dutch Paintings") featured by Billy Collins on his Facebook Live feed. Reading & brief discussion. Unfortunately, the link to this video clip has expired.
15 June 2020
"POETS TALK POETRY." Inaugural poet for new series at Saratoga Springs Public Library
7-20-20. Recorded Zoom conversation & reading hosted by Librarian Mary Ann Rockwell. Posted online.
Poems read:
Tomas Tranströmer: “Schubertiana.”
Robert Bly: “The Sympathies of the Long Married.”
David Graham: “Most of the Time We Live Through the Night”
REVIEW OF The Honey of Earth by Anne Graue in The Rupture 109 (October 2020). Link
VIRTUAL READING from The Honey of Earth. Tuesday night, Nov. 17, 2020. 35 min. reading, followed by a Q & A chat with viewers moderated by Elizabeth Ducharme. 7pm Central Time. 8 pm Eastern. Sponsored by the Neenah (WI) Public Library.
TWO WAYS TO WATCH:
Watch on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/641694566416084/
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2019
INTERVIEW with Wombwell Review: July 2019
THE WRITERS PROJECT. Reading & class visit.
25 September 2019
SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY
Visual Arts Gallery, Dearlove Hall
12:30 pm
100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE. Group reading.
27 September 2019
SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY
Dearlove Hall
4:30 pm
SKYPE INTERVIEW with PoAnon, a poetry book discussion group
Asheville NC
4 October 2019
100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE. Group reading, Part 2.
13 October 2019
The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls NY
2 pm
WRITERS READ, monthly reading series. With Maria Black. Hosted by David Giannini
15 October 2019. 5:30 pm
Lee Library
100 Main St, Lee MA 01238
FIRST REVIEW OF THE HONEY OF EARTH
"Exemplars," by Grace Cavalieri
Washington Independent Review of Books, October 2019
THE WRITERS CIRCLE. Talk on poetry & reading
Gloversville Senior Center
Gloversville NY
25 October 2019
Noon-1 pm
BRIEF REVIEW of The Honey of Earth
Poetry Spoken Here. Podcast hosted by Charlie Rossiter
1 November 2019
https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-108-maria-mazziotti-gillan-and-david-graham-reviewed?fbclid=IwAR1FOOvND0_yhnagoVAQT3-Ett8zdwsaTIphSUA2Q4WJZJYV0uxplpcz57o
GLENS FALLS CHRONICLE BOOK FAIR
3 November 2019. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Autumn Leaves: The 24th annual Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair at the Queensbury Hotel in downtown Glens Falls (corner of Maple & Ridge Streets).
"WHY POETRY MATTERS": Reading & discussion with Kathleen McCoy & Jackie Craven.
Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair
3 November 2019
Noon-1 pm; Saratoga Room, Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls
CAFFE LENA POETRY NIGHT: Guest MC, filling in for Carol Graser. Feature poets Stuart Bartow & Liv McKee, plus open mic. Doors open at 7; readings begin 7:30 pm
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs NY
4 December 2019.