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UPCOMING EVENTS
Wilsonville Art Festival, Wilsonville, OR, June 2 @ 1:15 (then in poetry booth until 5:30 pm)
PAST READINGS AND LECTURES
Salem Poetry Project, Barrel & Keg, Salem, OR, May 3, 2018
The Book Bin, Salem, OR, April 27, 2018 @ 7:00
AWP Conference Panelist, "Should You Pursue a Creative Writing PhD?" Tampa, Florida, March 8, 2018 @ 1:30 pm
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, November 17, 2017 @ 7:30
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, October, 11, 2017 @ 7:00 pm
NonfictionNow Conference, “At Work in the Apprehensive Art.” Reykjavik, Iceland. June 3, 2017
Marylhurst University Reading Series, Portland, OR, May 11, 2017 @ 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Oakland University, Rochester, MI, March 27, 2017
GMU Alumni Reading, AWP Conference, Washington D.C., February 11, 2017 @ 3:00 pm
AWP Conference Bookfair, Book Signing, GMU table, Washington D.C., February 11, 2017 @ 11:00 am
Barrow Street Press Reading, Art Bar, Washington D.C., February 10, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
Westminster College Poetry Series, Salt Lake City, UT, October 6, 2016
Casa Libre en la Solana, Tuscon, AZ, February 20, 2016
Book Bin Reading, Salem, OR, February 5, 2016
Willamette University, Hallie Ford Reading Series, Salem, OR, November 18, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Magic Barrel Reading, The Whitehead Theater, Corvallis, OR, October 23, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Nonfiction Now off-site reading, Firecreek, Flagstaff, AZ, October 30, 2015 @ 9:00 pm
Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, OH, December 2014
Ohio Poem in Your Pocket Day (Cleveland Public Library), April 2014
Reading in Louisville, KY, April 2014
Salina Spring Poetry Festival, Salina, KS, April 1, 2014
When a Poem Can't Tell the Whole Story (panel), AWP conference, Seattle, WA, February, 2014
Tongue and Groove Series, Clifton House, Cincinnati, OH, January 26, 2014
John R. Milton Writers’ Conference, Vermilion, SD, November 1 & 3, 2013
Borderlands East Reading, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, September 19, 2013
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, May 2013
Eastern Oregon University, OR, March 2013
Earlham College, Richmond, IN, February 2013
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, February 2013
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2013
Ball State, Wednesday, February 2013
Miami University, Oxford, OH, 7:30 pm, Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Union College, Cincinnati, OH, January 2013
Hope College, Holland, MI, November 2012
Albion College, Albion, MI, November 2012
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, October 2012
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD, September 2012
Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, VA, September 2012
Duke University, Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Durham, NC, March 2012
AWP Award Series Winners Reading, AWP Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2012
Brigham Young U., Provo, UT, February 2012
University of Cincinnati, OH January 2012
Santa Fe Institute of Art and Design Reading, Santa Fe, NM, November 2011
U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, April 2011
City Arts Reading Series, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2011
International Visions Gallery, Washington, D.C., February 2011
New Latino Poetics/Politics, AWP conference, Washington, D.C., February 2011
Fellowships for Emerging Writers, AWP conference, Chicago, IL, March 2009
Wisconsin Institute Fellows Reading, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, March 2008
The Power of Poetry: Craft Talk, The Wisconsin Book Festival, Madison, WI, Oct. 2007
George Mason Alumni Reading, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA, Sept. 2007
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wilsonville Art Festival, Wilsonville, OR, June 2 @ 1:15 (then in poetry booth until 5:30 pm)
PAST READINGS AND LECTURES
Salem Poetry Project, Barrel & Keg, Salem, OR, May 3, 2018
The Book Bin, Salem, OR, April 27, 2018 @ 7:00
AWP Conference Panelist, "Should You Pursue a Creative Writing PhD?" Tampa, Florida, March 8, 2018 @ 1:30 pm
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, November 17, 2017 @ 7:30
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, October, 11, 2017 @ 7:00 pm
NonfictionNow Conference, “At Work in the Apprehensive Art.” Reykjavik, Iceland. June 3, 2017
Marylhurst University Reading Series, Portland, OR, May 11, 2017 @ 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Oakland University, Rochester, MI, March 27, 2017
GMU Alumni Reading, AWP Conference, Washington D.C., February 11, 2017 @ 3:00 pm
AWP Conference Bookfair, Book Signing, GMU table, Washington D.C., February 11, 2017 @ 11:00 am
Barrow Street Press Reading, Art Bar, Washington D.C., February 10, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
Westminster College Poetry Series, Salt Lake City, UT, October 6, 2016
Casa Libre en la Solana, Tuscon, AZ, February 20, 2016
Book Bin Reading, Salem, OR, February 5, 2016
Willamette University, Hallie Ford Reading Series, Salem, OR, November 18, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Magic Barrel Reading, The Whitehead Theater, Corvallis, OR, October 23, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Nonfiction Now off-site reading, Firecreek, Flagstaff, AZ, October 30, 2015 @ 9:00 pm
Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, OH, December 2014
Ohio Poem in Your Pocket Day (Cleveland Public Library), April 2014
Reading in Louisville, KY, April 2014
Salina Spring Poetry Festival, Salina, KS, April 1, 2014
When a Poem Can't Tell the Whole Story (panel), AWP conference, Seattle, WA, February, 2014
Tongue and Groove Series, Clifton House, Cincinnati, OH, January 26, 2014
John R. Milton Writers’ Conference, Vermilion, SD, November 1 & 3, 2013
Borderlands East Reading, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, September 19, 2013
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, May 2013
Eastern Oregon University, OR, March 2013
Earlham College, Richmond, IN, February 2013
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, February 2013
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2013
Ball State, Wednesday, February 2013
Miami University, Oxford, OH, 7:30 pm, Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Union College, Cincinnati, OH, January 2013
Hope College, Holland, MI, November 2012
Albion College, Albion, MI, November 2012
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, October 2012
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD, September 2012
Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, VA, September 2012
Duke University, Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Durham, NC, March 2012
AWP Award Series Winners Reading, AWP Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2012
Brigham Young U., Provo, UT, February 2012
University of Cincinnati, OH January 2012
Santa Fe Institute of Art and Design Reading, Santa Fe, NM, November 2011
U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, April 2011
City Arts Reading Series, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2011
International Visions Gallery, Washington, D.C., February 2011
New Latino Poetics/Politics, AWP conference, Washington, D.C., February 2011
Fellowships for Emerging Writers, AWP conference, Chicago, IL, March 2009
Wisconsin Institute Fellows Reading, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, March 2008
The Power of Poetry: Craft Talk, The Wisconsin Book Festival, Madison, WI, Oct. 2007
George Mason Alumni Reading, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA, Sept. 2007