Upcoming Events
Check back here for updates on future readings and workshops.
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Past Events

• May 19, 2018 | Workshop Leader, "Time to Write," Compose Creative Writing Conference, Clackamas Community College
• April 26, 2018 | Featured Speaker, "Finding Your Poetic Roots," American Association for Women in Community Colleges, Salem, OR
• February 17, 2018 | Featured Reader, Chemeketa Writes poetry reading, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
• February 15, 2018 | Workshop Leader, "Writing With Everything You've Got," Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
• October 20-23, 2016 | Invited Reader at Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark, NJ
• May 31, 2016 | Featured Reader at Barnes & Noble Poetry Group, Vancouver, WA 
• February 25, 2016 | Featured Reader at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
• February 18, 2016 | Featured Reader at Salem Poetry Project Reading, Salem, OR
• February 5, 2016, Reading with Danielle Deulen and Scott Nadelson at the Book Bin, Salem, OR
• February 4, 2016 | Featured Reader at Poetry Night at the Velvet Monkey Tea House, McMinnville, OR
• November 18, 2015 | Creative Writing Faculty New Books Celebration, Willamette University, Salem, OR
• November 12, 2015 | Visiting Writers Series Reading,Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
• November 7, 2015 | Wordstock at Portland Art Museum
• October 29, 2015 | Another Read Through Bookshop, Portland, OR
• May 30, 2015 | Airlie Press reads at Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR
• April 18, 2015 |  Featured reader, Terroir Creative Writing Festival, McMinnville, OR Campus of Chemeketa Community College
• October 20, 2014 |  Featured reader, Soapbox Poetry Series, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
• October 15, 2014 | Featured reader, Pacific University Writers Series, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
• June 11, 2014 | Featured reader, Milwaukie Poetry Series
• May 18, 2014 |  Public Act of Poetry workshop, Willamette Writers Coast Branch, Newport, OR
• May 15, 2014 | Featured Reader, Third Thursday Poets, Salem, OR
• May 15, 2014 | Radio interview, KMUZ 88.5 FM Maureen Clifford's "Thunderous Thursdays" 
• May 3, 2014 | Prose Poetry presentation, Northwest Poets' Concord, Newport, OR
• April 1, 2014 | Featured Reader, Springfield Public Library, Springfield, OR
• March 20-21, 2014 | Visiting Writer, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
• February 27, 2014 | Moderator, How Do You Grade a Poem?, AWP Conference, Seattle, WA
• February 6, 2014 | Featured Reader, Poetry Night at the Velvet Monkey, McMinnville, OR
• October 4, 2013 | Soapbox Reading Series, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
• August 8, 2013 | Ghost Town Poetry Series, Cover to Cover Books, Vancouver, WA
• May 21, 2013, 7 p.m. | Figures of Speech Reading Series, In Other Words Bookstore, Portland, OR
• May 6, 2013 | Interview on OPB'sThink Out Loud with Dave Miller, Portland, OR
• April 27, 2013 | Small Press Panel Discussion, Terroir Creative Writing Festival, McMinnville, OR
• April 26, 2013 | Book Bin Poetry Reading Series, Salem, OR
• April 20, 2013 | Reading with Donna Henderson at Grass Roots Books & Music, Corvallis, OR
• April 13, 2013 | The Poetry of Obsession Panel with Major Jackson and Maxine Scates, Get Lit! Festival, Spokane, WA
• April 10, 2013 | Loggernaut Reading Series with Michael Martone and Jay Ponteri, Ristretto Roasters, Portland, OR
• April 6, 2013 | "Other Shoes" Writing Workshop and Reading, Manzanita Writers' Series, Hoffman Center, Manzanita, OR
• March 7, 2013 | AWP Conference Panel: "The Chapbook as Gateway," Hynes Convention Center (Rm 108), Boston, MA
• February 23, 2013 | Reading for Wild Women, Recite! at The River Gallery, Independence, OR
• January 15, 2013 | Windfall Reading Series, Eugene, OR
• November 10, 2012 | Book launch for Congress of Strange People, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
• November 8, 2012 | Poetry reading with Chris Anderson, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
• October 26, 2012 | Poetry reading with Chris Anderson, Auntie's Bookstore, Spokane, WA
• October 17, 2012 | New Voices Showcase with Natalie Serber, Willamette University, Salem, OR
• October 13, 2012 | Poetry Stage reading, Wordstock Festival, Portland, OR
• September 16, 2012 | CALYX reading | Powell’s City of Books, Portland, OR
• April 14, 2012 | Airlie Press Poets Reading | Willamette University Library, Salem, OR
• May 15, 2012 | Figures of Speech Reading Series | In Other Words Bookstore, Portland, OR
• August 28, 2011 | Garden Reading with The Peregrines | Salem, Oregon
• July 10, 2011 | Studio Series Reading | Stonehenge Studios, Portland, OR
• April 30, 2011 | CanyonArts Festival (joint reading with The Peregrines Writers) | Mill City, OR
• March 17, 2011 | Third Thursday Poets (joint reading with Airlie Press) | Salem, OR
• November 4, 2010 | Institute for Continued Learning | Willamette University
• August 30, 2009 | Burnside Review All-Oregon Reading | Portland, OR
• June 21–27, 2009 | Young Artists at Centrum | Creative Writing Intensive Workshop
• April 18, 2009 | Silverton Poetry Festival Featured Poets Reading
• February 27, 2009 | Untitled [Intersection] | NW Publishers' Forum
• February 11 - 14, 2009 | AWP Bookfair | Blood Orange Review table
• November 18, 2008 | Windfall Reading Series | Eugene, OR
• March 30, 2008 | The Hudson Valley Writers' Center | Sleepy Hollow, NY
• November 20, 2008 | Third Thursday Poets | Salem, OR
• July 18, 2008 | Port Townsend Writers' Conference | Panel on Literary Journals
• July 15, 2008 | Port Townsend Writers' Conference | Panel on Collaboration
• April 13, 2008 | Third Place Books | Lake Forest Park, WA
• April 3, 2008 | University of Idaho | Moscow, ID | Poetry Reading
• March 31, 2008 | The Cornelia Street Cafe | New York, NY