9/17/26: Brookline Booksmith Third Thursdays reading series w/Good Harbor Poets, 7pm (in-person, with livestream option)
9/22/26: TidePool Bookshop in Worcester, MA with Kali Lightfoot & Carla Panciera, 6pm (in-person)
9/29/26: Salem State University, reading with J. D. Scrimgeour, hosted by Kevin Carey, 7:30pm (in-person)
October
10/3/26: Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA with Good Harbor Poets, 2:00-3pm (in-person)
10/17/26: Reading Shara McCallum at the Brattleboro Literary Fest, at Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, 11:30am (in-person)
10/22/26: “Meditations in an Emergency” reading at Square Root with January Gill O’Neil and M.P. Carver, 8pm reading followed by open mic (in-person) – this reading will raise funds for funds for Boston GLASS, an org that offers healthcare, meals, therapy, etc. to LGBTQ+ youth of color and their allies.
10/24/26: WriteAngles Conference workshop presentation: “Singing from the Deep End: A Generative Poetry Workshop.” Includes generative writing exercises based on poems from Singing from the Deep End. Participants will gain ideas for creating their own prompts, and start to sing their own songs through hearing model poems and using example prompts. Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA, 3:30-4:45pm (in-person).
December
12/3/26: A Hundred Pitchers of Honey reading series, with Michael Garrigan, Richard Harrison, Jen Siraganian, and Sandy Yannone, hosted by Donna Vorreyer (virtual)
2027
April
4/9/2027: Chapter & Verse reading series, includes an open mic & refreshments, Loring-Greenough House, 12 South St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, 7:00 p.m. (in-person)
PAST EVENTS:
2026: Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry reading series New Books Showcase: Poets & Editors Edition” with Holli Carrell of Perugia Press & Ellen Miller-Mack and Mary Meriam of Headmistress Press. Watch recording here.
2026: Guilford Poets Guild at the Guilford Free Library, Guilford, CT, open mic, then featured reading (in-person)
2026: Book Love Bookshop in Plymouth, MA with Good Harbor Poets (in-person)
2026: Reading and Q & A with Tim Mayo and Carlene Kucharczyk at 118 Elliot, Brattleboro, VT (in-person)
2026: Unnameable Books in Turners Falls with Shanta Lee and Janet MacFadyen (in-person)
2026: Mocha Maya’s in Shelburne Falls with Skyler Lambert (in-person)
2026: The Writer’s Chronicle’s TWC Live! conversation Marketing Your Poetry Collection was held live on Thursday, May 28, and the recording of the convo hosted by Natasha Kane of Trio House Press and featuring me, Cassie Mannes Murray of Pine State Publicity, and Karisma “Charlie” Tobin of TRP: The University Press of SHSU is availble at the link.
2026: North River Arts Society Festival “Poetry Under the Trees” with Annie Pluto, Heather Treseler, and Anthony Walton, hosted by Elizabeth Hanson, Marshfield Hills, MA (in-person)
2026: Concord Public Library with Andrea Ballou for reading and Q & A (in-person)
2026: Thursday Poets Reading Series with Amy M. Alvarez and Kali Lightfoot, The Galleries at Lynn Arts (GALA), Lynn, MA (in-person)
2026: Silo Series Reading with Diana Whitney & Abbie Keifer, The Word Barn, Exeter, NH (in-person)
2026: Nossrat Yassini Poetry Fest panel “Good Harbor Poets & the Essential Community,” with K. T. Landon, Kali Lightfoot & Carla Panciera, Durham, NH (in-person)
2026: Featured poet on “The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry & Plants” podcast. Listen on Spotify.
2026: Reading w/ Perugia poets Lisa Allen Ortiz & Lynne Thompson, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz, CA (in-person)
2026: Featured poet on “Poet Talk” podcast, WMUA. Live and recorded podcast on Apple & Spotify.
2026: Reading at the Robbins Library, Arlington, MA, sponsored by Arlington Poet Laureate Jean Flanagan w/ Good Harbor Poets (K. T. Landon, Kali Lightfoot & Carla Panciera) (in-person)
2026: VCFA Alumnx reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Miles Liss, and Tom McEachin, hosted by Whitney Bryant (virtual)
2026: Reading at The Care Center with students and community, Holyoke, MA (in-person)
2026: Braided reading and conversation with Erica Goss (virtual)
2026: Reading at Just Bookish with Kali Lightfoot & Carla Panciera, Dorchester, MA (in-person)
2026: AWP panel “Small Presses Getting Big Attention,” moderated by Xander Gershberg, with Sara Arnold, Natasha Kane, and Caleb Tankersley, sponsored by CLMP, Baltimore, MD (in-person)
2026: AWP collab offsite reading at the Patterson Theater with CavanKerry Press, Acre Books, Lily Poetry Review Books, and Nixes Mate, Baltimore, MD (in-person)
2026: AWP book signing at CavanKerry Press table, Baltimore, MD (in-person)
2026: Gloucester Writers Center reading with Heather Nelson, Gloucester, MA (in-person)
2026: Local book launch and celebration at Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA (in-person)
2026: Couplet Series at Books are Magic with Nicole Cooley, Major Jackson, Keetje Kuipers, and Wayne Miller, hosted by Leah Umansky, Brooklyn, NY (hybrid)
2026: Grolier Poetry Book Shop reading with Holli Carrell & Christopher Jane Corkery, introductions by Carla Panciera, Cambridge, MA (hybrid)
2026: CavanKerry Press launch of Singing from the Deep End with Kwoya Fagin Maples (virtual)
2026: Amherst Books reading with Ellen Miller-Mack and Ivy Schweitzer, Amherst, MA (in person)
2026: “Smithie Poets” reading, sponsored by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College w/ Laura Passin and Meg Leonard (virual)
2025: Straw Dog Writers Guild author showcase book sale at Northampton Book Fair (in-person)
2025: Reading at Poetry Porch during Porch Fest with Martín Espada, Lauren Marie Schmidt, Abbot Cutler, Doug Anderson, Candace Curran, Adrie Rose, and Liz Falco, Shelburne Falls, MA (in-person)
2025: Reading in inaugural Writers Reading series event at UMass Downtown with Nathan McClain, Matt Donovan, and Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, Amherst, MA (in-person)
2025: Featured reader with Mark Walsh in “Slightly Off-beat Poets” series, N. Grosvenordale, CT (in-person)
2024-25: Poems in collaboration with Julie Lapping Rivera’s “Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women” exhibit on display (audio & visual) at D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (exhibit open 4/27/24 – 2/2025)
2024: Featured reader with Michael Favala Goldman and Michael Shandler in “Writers Read” series at Lava Center, Greenfield, MA (in-person)
2024: Poetry reading featuring honorees of the River Heron Review Poetry Prize (online)
2024: Poetry reading in collaboration with Julie Lapping Rivera’s “Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women” exhibit, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (hybrid)
2024: Featured reader with Doug Anderson in Gallery of Readers series at Florence Civic Center, Florence, MA (hybrid)
2024: Featured poet on “Poet Talk” podcast on WMUA with Ellen Miller-Mack and Jon Plodzik
2024: Reader, Wild & Precious Life series for Braving the Body anthology (online)
2024: Reader, Facebook live launch for Braving the Body anthology (online)
2024: Reader, AWP launch for Braving the Body anthology, Unity Hall, Kansas City, MO (in-person)
2024: Poetry reading in collaboration with the “A Sense of Place” artist/printmaker show curated by Julie Lapping Rivera, Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley Street (in-person)
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: 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)
2023: Reading with CavanKerry Press writers at AWP Offsite event at Optimism Brewing Co, Seattle, WA (in-person)
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 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
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.
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, 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, “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”
