Readings & Talks

2007 Februay 27, 2007—Smith College, Northampton, MA. Time & place, TBA. With Sarah Manguso. (Poetry Reading and Q&A) February 28-March 4, 2007—AWP Conference, Atlanta, GA. "The National Book Critics Circle Panel on the State of Book Reviewing" with David Orr (NBCC), Jeff Shotts (Graywolf Press), Joy Katz, John Freeman (NBCC), Jerry Harp, and Michael Theune. (Panel Discussion) March 8, 2007—Schlafley Bottleworks, St. Louis, MO. 8pm. With Wayne Miller and John Gallaher. (Poetry Reading) March 18—The Poetry Factory, St. Joseph, Michigan.  Poetry Reading with Mary Ann Samyn. 2pm. April 5, 2007.  Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. (Poetry Reading) April 17, 2007—Wichita State University Library. (Poetry Reading) April 29, 2007—Oberlin, Ohio.  With John Gallaher and Wayne Miller. Time and place tba. (Poetry Reading) May 6, 2007 at 2pm. The Writers Place. Donn Irving Reading at the Riverfront Poetry Series, Kansas City. (OK, this isn't my reading, but it'll be worth hearing.  Donn Irving passed away earlier this year and a bunch of us are trying to promote his new book of stories, Escape Into the Sea, soon out from Carnegie Mellon.) June 1, 2007—New York, NY: The Center for Book Arts.  Reading with D. A. Powell. August 3, 2007—Gist Street Reading Series, Pittsburgh, PA. James Simon's Sculpture Studio. 305 Gist Street. With John Gallaher and Wayne Miller. 7:30pm. August 4, 2007—Macs Backs Paperbacks, Coventry Road, Cleveland Ohio. 7pm.  Reading with John Gallaher and Wayne Miller. 7pm. September 7, 2007—Kansas City, MO. The Writers Place.  With Wayne Miller.  8pm. September 28-29, National Festival of the Book, Washington, D. C. October 18, University of Colorado at Denver. October 19, Colorado State University.  Fort Collins, CO. November 19, KGB, 85 E. 4th Street, New York City. 7:30 PM. With Wayne Miller & Joy Katz. 2008 January 30, AWP-New York City. Four Way Books Reading. April 13, 2:00 pm, 308 Bowery & Bleecker, New York City, Four Way Books Reading at the Bowery, with Wendy Rawlings, Matt Schwartz and Marie Howe. April 14, 7:30 pm. Between A&B, 510 E. 11th Street, New York City. With Ed Hirsch and J. Allyn Rosser. April 24, University of Missouri @ Columbia. Cherry Street Artisan, 7:30pm. May 6, Orr Street Studio Reading, Columbia, Missouri. May 17, Kansas City Book Festival. June 8, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. John Walrdron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St. 8pm. June 30, Bologna, Italy.  The Amobolognia Poetry Feestival.   July 11, Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri. September 23, University of Pennsylvania. European Poets anthology panel and reading. September 30, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford. October 15-18, ALTA: American Literary Translators Association panel on international editing. Specifics, tba. October 27, Boston, MA, Blacksmith House, 8pm. November 19. Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus. 7:30PM.  With Major Jackson. November 20. New York City. Four Way Books Reading. Specifics tba. 2009 February 18-21, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Specifics, tba.