News & Events
NEWS
July 9, 2020: My poem "Governor's Mansion Hands" was featured in The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series.
July 7, 2020: My lyric essay "from Dangerous Goods (Redux)" was featured in an issue of Outdoor Retailer Weekly acknowledging Black excellence.
April 10, 2020: My poem "Hello" was featured on The Slowdown podcast with Tracy K. Smith, the 22nd Poet United States Laureate.
December 13, 2019: My poem "Hello" was featured in The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series.
more to come
EVENTS
February 10, Monday
Literary Witnesses Reading Series
Reading with past Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference participants: Naomi Cohn, Preeti Kaur, Erin Marsh, and Julian David Randall.
Plymouth Congregational Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 4 - March 7, Wednesday - Saturday
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
San Antonio, Texas
June 18 - June 24, Monday - Sunday
Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
Keynote Speaker: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Readings, Craft Talks, and Workshops with Elizabeth Bradfield, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Scott Russell Sanders, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Meera Subramanian
Bemidji, Minnesota
more to come
Select Past Events
November 8, 2014 Fairbanks Arts Assoc. Reading Series, Fairbanks, AK
April 12, 2014 Festival of Faith & Writing, Grand Rapids, MI
March 19, 2014 Spirit Lake Reading Series, Duluth, MN
February 27, 2014 Milkweed Authors Reading, Seattle, WA
February 21, 2014 UAA Kenai Peninsula College, Homer, AK
February 8, 2014 Tuzzy Consortium Library, Utqiagvik (Barrow), AK
November 9, 2013 Georgia Literary Festival, Milledgeville, GA
June 16, 2013 Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference, Homer, AK
May 20, 2012 Poetry Conference at the Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN
September 26, 2011 Writers and Critics Series, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
April 29, 2011 2nd Annual Great Twin Cities Poetry Read, Normandale Commmunity College, Bloomington, MN
April 2, 2011 She Said, He Said Reading, Wild Hare Bistro and Coffeehouse, Bemidji, MN
February 10, 2011 The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series, Hope College, Holland, MI
January 2, 2011 Poetrio Reading Series, Malaprop’s Bookstore / Café, Asheville, NC
October 23, 2010 Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
August 24, 2010 Word for Word Reading Series, Bryant Park, New York, NY
August 11, 2010 Bemidji Book Festival, Bemidji, MN
April 17, 2010 Alabama Book Festival, Birmingham, AL
April 3, 2010 Black Nature Anthology Reading, Poets House, New York City, NY
September 24, 2009 Sustainable Literature Reading Series, UW-Barron County, Rice Lake, WI
April 10, 2009 Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series, UA-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
February 26, 2009 Glass Bookcase Series, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
January 26, 2009 Sarabande Reading Series at the Pink Door, Louisville, KY
November 16, 2008 Park University Ethnic Voices Poetry Series, Kansas City, MO
October 5, 2008 Litquake Literary Festival, San Francisco, CA
April 9, 2008 Ringing Ear Anthology Reading, University of Houston, Houston, TX
April 4, 2008 Flannery O’Connor Festival, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
April 3, 2008 Cave Canem Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
October 4, 2007 Cave Canem Poetry Prize Reading, NYU, New York City, NY
February 21, 2007 Writer’s Voice Series, Chico State University, Chico, CA