Readings & Events
UPCOMING EVENTS:
2024: Poetry reading in collaboration with Julie Lapping Rivera’s “Look Again” woodcut series as part of the “A Sense of Place” artist/printmaker show, Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley Street
2024: Poetry reading in collaboration with Lapping Rivera’s “Look Again” exhibit, Springfield Museum (open 4/27/24 – 2/2025)
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PAST EVENTS:
2023 Reader in Fall Instructor Reading and Craft Conversation, Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop (online)
2023 Featured reader with Abigail Chabitnoy, Jennifer Franklin, and Elizabeth Scanlon, Bryant Park Reading Room, NYC (in-person)
2023 Guest reader for “Grimm, Abstracted” exhibition opening for textile artist Beverly Army Williams (virtual)
2023 “Memory & Desire: Poetry of Mid-life,” a reading with Gail Thomas & Jennifer Martelli, Mass Poetry Fest, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2023 Mass Poetry Fest Small Press Fair: Perugia Press table and book signing for Uncertain Acrobats at CavanKerry Press table
2023 Featured reader with Romeo Romero, Abbot Cutler & Nathan McClain in “Plein Air: Poetry of Nature, Environment, and Place” event for the Franklin Land Trust at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center, Shelburne Falls, MA (in-person)
2023 Featured reader at The Poetorium at Starlite, Southbridge, MA (in-person)
2023 Reading with fellow MA Book Award honorees Martín Espada, Ruth Ozeki, Lesléa Newman & Gary Metras in the Coolidge Room at Forbes Library, Northampton, MA (hybrid)
2022 Featured reader with Doug Anderson for the book launch of his new collection Undress, She Said at A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA (in-person)
2022 Featured reader with Dianne Silvestri for CavanKerry Press for the book launch of her new collection But I Still Have My Fingerprints and the one-year anniversary of the release of my book Uncertain Acrobats (online)
2022 Featured reader with Brad Davis, Susan Powers, and Elizabeth Thomas in the Poets at Large series at the Singh Performing Arts Center in Whitinsville, MA (in-person)
2022 My poem for Rachel Carson in response to a woodcut by artist Julie Lapping Rivera showed in “Another World is Possible,” a juried group exhibition of prints and print-related artwork by members and former artists-in-residence of Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA. Exhibition at A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA (in-person)
2022 Featured reader with DeMisty Bellinger and Tim Mayo at Grolier Poetry Book Shop (hybrid)
2022 Featured reader with Susan Powers and Dennis Barone in the Poets at Large series at Roseland Park in Woodstock, CT (in-person)
2022 Featured reader with Doug Anderson at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA, hosted by Paul Richmond and María Luisa Arroyo (in-person)
2022 Featured reader with Jennifer Martelli sponsored by The Bookstore of Gloucester and held at the Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, MA (in-person)
2022 Featured reader for Straw Dog Writers Night Out/In, starting w/open mic (online)
2022 Featured reader with Rebecca Pelky in “What The Universe Is” reading series (online)
2022 Instagram live reading with Ruth Awad & Vi Khi Nao for Taylor Swift as Books
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2022 Open mic reader at The Grand Hall for Workshop 13 in Ware, MA (in person)
2022 Featured reader with Libby Maxey, Adin Thayer & Sharon Tracey in Gallery of Readers series (online)
2022 Poetry reading & conversation with Matt Donovan’s “Reading Contemporary Poetry” class of 100+ students, Weinstein Auditorium, Smith College. The course “offers the opportunity to read contemporary poetry and meet the poets who write it.” (in person)
2021 Featured reader in VCFA Virtual Alumnx Reading Series (online)
2021 Featured reader w/J.D. Scrimgeour for Lily Poetry Salon (online)
2021 Holiday Book Fair & Open Mic at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA (in person)
2021 Featured reader with Doug Anderson, Tina Cane & Rachel Eliza Griffiths for Voices of Poetry event at McNally Jackson Bookstore in NYC (in person)
2021 Featured reader w/Kali Lightfoot & Sarah Sousa for virtual CavanKerry Press Book Launch. See recording of event here. 
2021 Featured reader for virtual Writers Read/Hilltowns, followed by open mic.
2021 Featured reader at Westfield State University with WSU “Writing Poetry” students – a reading, Q & A and book launch celebration. See recording of event here. (passcode: J=18=$9S)
2021 Featured reader with Cindy Veach for CavanKerry Press virtual reading and conversation. See recording of event here.
2021 Panelist at “Push to Publish” virtual conference on “Publishing Poetry” panel with Robbin Farr (River Heron Review), Henry Israeli (Saturnalia Books), and Moderator Courtney Bambrick (Philadelphia Stories)
2021 Local New Book Showcase with 11 other authors, sponsored by Straw Dog Writers & Forbes Library. See recording of event here.
2021 Reading & conversation with fellow CavanKerry poets Kevin Carey, Kali Lightfoot & Cindy Veach at Virtual Mass Poetry Fest. See recording of event here.
2021 Online launch of Wayfinding: Poetry Celebrating America’s Parks & Public Lands. See recording of event here.
2021 Online launch of LINEA Volume 2, featuring my short fiction piece “Grady’s Heart”
2020 Virtual Amherst Arts Night Plus for the Emily Dickinson Museum. Featured reader with Omotara James and Leah Umansky.
2020 “Voices from Home: A Virtual Reading”: A video reading from Mom Egg Review’s “Home” Issue, Volume 18. Here, I read my poem from the issue, “Cape Ann.”
2020 “Look Again: A Woodcut & Poetry Collaboration,” inspired by the New York Times “Overlooked” series, was hung but was not able to be viewed by the public in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19. However, this beautiful show was captured in a short film. The video includes artist Julie Lapping Rivera discussing the genesis of her project, her beautiful woodcuts, and excerpts of accompanying poems read by me, Rage Hezekiah, Libby Maxey, and Sharon Tracey:
2020 Featured speaker in “Writing Life” series at SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
2020 Featured Reader, “Unbuttoned” series @ Luthier’s Co-op, Easthampton, MA
2019 Reader at Massachusetts Review’s 2019 Winter Party in honor of their 60th Anniversary, UMass Old Chapel, Amherst, MA
2019 Featured reader with Daniel Giraldo-Wonders and Lucas Ranieri at the Lit Club @ the Majestic Saloon, Northampton, MA
2019 Book launch for Dressing the Wounds chapbook, Smith College Poetry Center, Northampton, MA
2019 Featured reader in “Today’s Poets in Conversation with the Masters” with poets Hilde Weisert, Irene Willis, Jayne Benjulian, and the Sandisfield Players, Sandisfield Arts Center, Sandisfield, MA
2019 Homecoming Poetry Reading with students, staff, faculty & alumni, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2019 Featured reader at Greenfield Third Tuesday Word with S.G. Tyler and Abigail Warren, Greenfield, MA
2019 Editing presentation panelist, Poetry by the Sea conference @ Mercy Center, Madison, CT
2019 Poetry reading/launch party for Mom Egg Review issue 17 @ Poets House, NYC
2019 Poetry reading/launch party for LINEA @ Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
2019 Featured reader at Rebel-Yes Bitchez Read! with Amy Dryansky, Marie Gauthier, Sarah Sousa & Karen Skolfield, Ashfield Lake House, Ashfield, MA
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2019 Campus Author Showcase reading with members of the WSU English Department, Ely Library, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2019 Reception/reading: Attack Bear Press’s Poetry Vending Machine Project, Black Labyrinth Tattoo, Easthampton, MA
2019 Poetry workshop presenter, Northampton High School, Northampton, MA
2019 Read poems on WRSI in support of Cancer Connection Campout, Northampton, MA
2018 Featured reader with Patty Crane and Maria Williams-Russell during the Icelandic-themed Jólabókaflóð party and anniversary celebration for White Square Books, Easthampton, MA
2018 Featured reader with Amy Dryansky, Karen Skolfield, Sarah Sousa, and Yasotha Sriharan in “Taking a Stand: Poetry of Resistance” during the Great Falls Word Fest @ The Shea Theater, Turner’s Falls, MA
2018 Poetry reading/launch party for Silkworm 11: The Eleventh Hour @ Lilly Library, Florence, MA
2018 Featured reader with Abigail Warren and S. G. Tyler @ Lilly Library, Florence, MA
2018 Featured reader with Janet MacFadyen and Sarah Sousa @ White Square Books, Easthampton, MA
2018 Featured reader at multi-genre group show “Gathering Light” @ APE Gallery, Northampton, MA
2018 Featured reader, Mom Egg Review Issue 16 launch @ Poets House, NYC
2018 Featured reader, Compass Roads book launch @ Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA
2018 Featured reader at Voices of Poetry’s “Ain’t I a Woman” reading @ Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
2018 Workshop presenter for “Collaborative Writing: Solidarity, Strategy & Spark” @ Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Salem, MA
2018 Panelist for “Building an Online Writing Community: Lessons from the Poetry Cleanse” @ Massachusetts Poetry Fest, Salem, MA
2018 Featured reader, Compass Roads book launch @ White Square Books, Easthampton, MA
2018 Poetry reading, Straw Dog Writers Guild “Writers Night Out” (spring), Northampton, MA
2017 Panelist, Write Angles Conference, “Poetry, Publishing, and Persistence” panel with Amy Dryansky and Emily Wojcik @ Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
2017 Poetry reading of Smith alumni poets @ 20th anniversary celebration of Smith College Poetry Center @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2017 Poetry reading, Launch party/poetry reading for Silkworm 10 @ Lilly Library, Florence, MA
2017 Poetry reading, “Celebrate Westfield” in Loughman Living Room @ Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2017 Featured reader w/Kathie Fiveash to kickoff Gallery of Readers annual series & celebrate Fiveash’s chapbook Earthbound @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2017 Featured reader in “Summer Reading” with Daniel Rattelle and Kat Janeczek @ Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2017 Poetry reading for Amherst Arts Night Plus @ Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA
2016 Poetry reading, Gallery of Readers Anthology book launch @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2016 Featured reader, “Campus Authors Series,” Ely Library @ Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2016 Workshop presenter, Perugia Press 20th Anniversary @ Smith College Poetry Center, Northampton, MA:
“Reaching Beyond: How Ekphrastic Poetry Connects Us to the Larger World”
2015 Workshop presenter @ University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA:
Mass Poetry’s Student Day of Poetry: “Exploring Ekphrasis”
2015 Poetry reading @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2015 Featured reader, “Campus Authors Series,” Ely Library @ Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2015 Featured reader, Northampton Arts Council Biennial Reading @ Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2015 Featured reader, Greenfield Annual Word Festival, Greenfield, MA
2015 Featured reader, Word Stage, Garlic and Arts Festival, Orange, MA
2015 Presented lecture @ Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT:
“Considering Shed Skins: The Self-Reflexive Address in Poetry”
2015 Featured reader @ Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
2015 Featured reader, “Write Minds” poetry reading series @ Thirsty Mind Cafe, South Hadley, MA
2015 Poetry reading @ Luthier’s Co-op (summer), Easthampton, MA
2015 Poetry readings, Straw Dog Writers Guild (winter and spring), Northampton, MA
2015 Poetry reading @ Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
2014 Workshop presenter @ Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Salem, MA:
“Reaching Beyond: How Ekphrastic Poetry Connects Us to the Larger World”
2014 Featured reader, “All Small Caps” poetry reading series @ Deja Brew, Wendell, MA
2014 Poetry reading @ Smith College Poetry Center, Northampton, MA
2014 Poetry reading @ Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2014 Poetry readings @ Vermont College of Fine Arts (winter and summer), Montpelier, VT
2014 Poetry reading @ Amherst Poetry Festival, Amherst, MA
2014 Poetry reading, Ely Library @ Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2014 Poetry reading, Greenfield Spoken Word, Greenfield, MA
2014 Poetry readings @ Luthier’s Co-op (winter and spring), Easthampton, MA
2014 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2013 Featured reader, “Unbuttoned” poetry reading series @ Luthier’s Co-op, Easthampton, MA
2013 Featured reader, Greenfield Annual Word Festival, Greenfield, MA
2013 Poetry reading, Weinstein Auditorium @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2013 Poetry reading @ Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2013 Poetry reading @ Vermont College of Fine Arts (summer), Montpelier, VT
2013 Poetry readings @ Luthier’s Co-op (winter and spring), Easthampton, MA
2013 Poetry reading, Greenfield Spoken Word, Greenfield, MA
2013 Poetry reading, Straw Dog Writers Guild, Northampton, MA
2013 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2012 Poetry reading, Weinstein Auditorium @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2012 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2011 Poetry reading, Stoddard Hall @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2011 Poetry reading, Florence Poetry Festival @ Look Park, Florence, MA
2011 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2010 Featured reader @ Florence Civic Center, Florence, MA
2010 Featured reader, “Gallery of Readers” poetry reading series, Northampton, MA
2010 Poetry reading, Stoddard Hall @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2010 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2009 Poetry reading @ Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2009 Participating writer, “30 Poems in November!” literacy project, Northampton, MA
2008 Featured reader @ Florence Civic Center, Florence, MA
2007 Featured reader @ Jones Library, Amherst, MA
2006 Featured reader, Neilson Library @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2005 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word XII @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Going with the Flow: Giving Your Writing a Jumpstart”
2005 Featured reader @ Florence Civic Center, Florence, MA
2004 Keynote speaker and writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word XI @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Going with the Flow: Giving Your Writing a Jumpstart”
2004 Featured reader, Neilson Library @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2003 Featured reader, Neilson Library @ Smith College, Northampton, MA
2002 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word X @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Dreams of the Animals: The Birds and Beasts of Poetry”
2002 Featured reader, The Red Barn @ Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2002 Participant, “Poem Windows” poetry and video installation @ Amherst Parking Garage, Amherst, MA
2001 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word IX @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Fictionalized Autobiography: Your Life Meets the Ultra-Short Story”
2001 Participant, “World Changed: Expressions from 9/11” poetry and art exhibit @ Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
2000 Keynote speaker and writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word VIII @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Found Writing: Unearthing Inspiration from Poetry, Children’s Literature & Art”
1999 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word VII @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“A Chip Off the Old Block: Strategies for Overcoming the Poet’s Writer’s Block”
1998 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word VI @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Songs of Self: Autobiographical Poetry”
1997 Writing conference workshop presenter, Written Word V @ West Springfield HS, W. Springfield, MA:
“Writing Yourself Home: An Autobiographical Journey”