Local News: Poetry About Small Towns (MWPH Books). Anthology co-edited with Tom Montag
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Readings & Other Appearances
(real & virtual)
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 Earthby 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/
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.