The Apostrophe Blog
Below is the list of various readings and panels I have been a part of over the years. Sad to note how many of these venues—particularly brick-and-mortar bookstores—are now gone. Also of note is that participation in these “in-person” activities stopped in the spring of 2020 and are now mostly over Zoom I guess.
Featured Reader, Inland Poetry Prowl 2020. Gallery One, Ellensburg, Washington. April 4, 2020.
Reader at Armin Tolentino’s Book Launch, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon. April 2019.
Member, Publishing Panel, National Unpublished Writers Day. Vancouver Community Library, Vancouver, Washington. January 29, 2017.
Reader at Ghost Town Poetry Open Mike Series at Angst Gallery, Vancouver, Washington. November 10, 2016.
Featured Reader at Nightbird Books, Fayetteville, Arkansas. November 2, 2015.
Reader at Vault Voices featuring Hedgebrook, PDXX Collective, and VoiceCatcher The Vault at O’Connor’s Pub, Portland, Oregon. August 25, 2015.
Reading and book launch of Every Door Recklessly Ajar sponsored by Mountain Writers at Vie de Boheme, Portland, Oregon. August 19, 2015.
Reader. VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices and visions. The Waypost, Portland, Oregon. May 14, 2015.
Featured Reader at Ghost Town Poetry Open Mike Series at Angst Gallery, Vancouver, Washington. February 12, 2015.
Reader at a celebration of the release of Raven Chronicles’ latest journal, Sound Tracks, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington. September 12, 2014.
Reader/panel participant, part of the November 2013 multimedia exhibition, Unnatural Acts: Crimes Against Mother Nature, sponsored by Gathering Crows. Milepost 5 Denizen Gallery, Portland, Oregon. November 10, 2013.
Reader at Verse of Ages: A Multi-generational poetry reading sponsored by the Oregon Writers Colony. TaborSpace, Portland, Oregon. September 5, 2013.
Reader with Cindy Williams Gutierrez, Camille Perry, and Suzanne Sigafoos, Verse in Person Series: A Mellifluence of Poet Multnomah Country Library/NW Portland branch, Portland, Oregon. July 22, 2013.
Reader with Wendy Willis, Figures of Speech Reading Series. In Other Words Bookstore, Portland, Oregon. March 19, 2013.
Reader with Jodie Marion, Mountain Writers Poetry Series. The Press Club, Portland, Oregon, January 16, 2013.
Reader with Kristin Berger, Rain or Shine Coffeehouse Poetry Series. Portland, Oregon, November 8, 2012.
Reader, Mindfair Ben Franklin Bookstore. Oberlin, Ohio, October 21, 2012.
Reader, Lents International Farmers Market Poetry Series. Portland, Oregon, August 26, 2012. Reader, In Response: An Exhibition of Poetry, Photography, and Music. Portland, Oregon, February 4, 2012.
VoiceCatcher 4 Readings: Powells on Hawthorne. Portland, Oregon, November 2009. Angst Gallery. Vancouver, Washington, December 2009. Multnomah County Central Library. Portland, Oregon, March 2010.
Springborne Poetry Reading. Looking Glass Bookstore, Portland, Oregon, July 30, 2009.
Reader with Casey Bush, St. John’s Farmers Market Poetry Series. St. John’s Bookstore, Portland, Oregon, June 2009.
Featured Poet, Stayton Poetry Series. Stayton, Oregon, July 13, 2008.
Fiction Readings—Cornell Writers Series, December 1995; Cornell Editors Group, March 1994; SUNY/Binghamton Graduate Reading Series, April 1993 and May 1991; Binghamton Community Poets Series, November 1992.
The public domain image that illustrates this post is an oil on board painting called “The Poetry Reading” by Luis Álvarez Catalá.
Interests: Reading, writing, not arithmetic. The art and craft of poetry. Photography. Vegetable and flower gardening especially heirloom bulbs and dahlias. Movies in real theatres. Theatre on real stages. Art in real galleries. Crossword puzzles and, of course, Wordle. Singer-songwriters like Aimee Mann and Patti Griffin. All kinds of music especially 1930s jazz. Venice, Italy! The Dude abides.
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