Readings & Workshops
For information or to request a reading, workshop,
lecture, or book-group visit, please email
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Readings & Events
October 5th 2024: Closing Keynote "You Are Not Alone," Oregon Poetry Association Annual
Conference, Newport, OR
September 5th 2024: Reading with Janet Steward, Birdhouse Books, Vancouver, Washington
May 25th 2024: Reading: Union Manor, Portland, Oregon
May 9th 2024: Paper Gardens Celebration, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, Oregon
March 13th 2024: Reading: Milwaukie Poetry Series, Milwaukie, Oregon
September 7th 2023 : Reading, Chapparel Bookstore, Portland, Oregon
July 30th 2023: Poem in Performance: The Common Opus, Winningstad Theater, Portland, Oregon
July 7th 2023: Reading: Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
May 9th 2023: Paper Gardens Celebration, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, Oregon
April—May 2023: Poetry Workshops: Rose Villa, Milwaukie, Oregon
April 30th 2023: Reading: Union Manor Poetry Series, Portland, Oregon
March 12th 2023: Reading: Studio Series with Lex Runciman, Portland, Oregon
February 27th 2023: Conversation: Hearthfire Writing Community with James Crews
February 16th 2023: Reading: Pendleton Center for the Arts First Draft Writers' Series, Pendleton, Oregon
January—March 2023: Six week class: Welcoming Poems: Reading and Writing Poems for Your
Life. Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, Oregon
July 22nd 2022: Reading with Fernwood poets Joann Boswell, Bethany Lee, and Paul J. Pastor,
Rose City Book Pub, Portland, Oregon
July 16th 2022: Reading: The Great Word Regatta with Shawn Aveningo-Sanders, Michael Schein,
and Matthew Brouwer, Rose City Book Pub, Portland, Oregon
April 1st 2022: Reading/Talk: Awakening to Poetry: West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
Portland, Oregon
March 4th 2022: Bilingual Poetry Reading - Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here! - In partnership with
the Iraqi Society of Oregon and Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, the Milwaukie Poetry Committee
and the Ledding Library
November 30th 2021: Reading (in person at last!): Westmoreland Union Manor
March 1st 2021: Reading via Zoom: Fordham University
November 2nd 2019: Workshop: Writing with Rumi, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
November 16th and 23rd 2019: Workshop: Whitman and Dickinson for Writers, Portland, Oregon
September 9th and 11th 2019: Prose Poetry: A Friendly Introduction, Portland, Oregon
July 7th 2019: Reading and Discussion: St Michael's Book Group, Portland, Oregon
June 12th 2019: Reading: Westmoreland Union Manor, Portland, Oregon
May 19th 2019: Reading: Gallery 114, with David Oates, Portland, Oregon
May 5-7th 2019: Workshop: Learning, Walking, Writing on the Oregon Coast
Elderhostel/Road Scholar Programs, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 3rd 2019: Reading: The Voice of Empathy Reading Series, with Sam Roxas-Chua
Tiny Theater PDX, Portland, Oregon
December 2nd 2018: Reading: "Lessons and Carols" Celebration, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
Portland, Oregon
December 1st 2018: Workshop: The Prose Poem (Part II), Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
October 27th 2018: Reading: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon
October 2nd 2018: Reading: Springfield Poetry Series, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon
September 29th 2018: Workshop: Chairs that Fly and Other Wonders, A Friendly Introduction
to the Prose Poem, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
May 17th 2018: Backstory Books, Fo Po Poetry series, Portland, Oregon
April 29th - May 4th 2018: Learning, Writing, and Walking on the Oregon Coast
Elderhostel/Road Scholars Programs, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 28th 2018: Reading: Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, Broadway
Books, Portland, Oregon
March 3rd 2018: Oregon Book Launch for Lantern, Taborspace, Portland, Oregon
February 3rd 2018: Workshop: Chairs that Fly and Other Wonders: A Friendly Introduction to the Prose Poem, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
January 31st 2018: Reading from Come Shining: Essays and Poems onWriting in a Dark Time,
Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
October 18th 2017: Visiting Writer/Book Launch for Lantern, Wells College, Aurora, New York
October 17th 2017: Visiting Writer, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
September 23rd 2017: Neruda for Writers, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
September 14th 2017: Poetry Workshop (7th Grade), Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, Oregon
August 12th 2017: Reading: Another Read Through Books, Portland, Oregon
May 6th 2017: Reading: Poems from the Garden: The Pond House at the Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
April 30th - May 2nd 2017: Poetry at the Coast Workshop: Road Scholar/Elderhostel
Lincoln City, Oregon
March 4th 2017: Arabic/English Poetry Reading: Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
February 24th 2017: Reading: Silverton Poetry Festival, Silverton, Oregon
February 11th 2017: Workshop: The Good, the Bad, and the Delightfully Strange: A Love Poetry
Workshop, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
February 2nd 2017: Reading: McMinnville Public Library, McMinnville, Oregon
January 26th 2017: Reading: Annie Bloom's Books , Portland, Oregon
September - December 2016: Reading Jane Austen: Sponsored by Soapstone, Portland, Oregon
September 7th 2016: Reading: Plonk Poetry/Prose Series, Portland, Oregon
August 7th 2016: Reading: Lents Farmers Market, Portland, Oregon
August 4th 2016: Reading: Timberline Review, Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
May 21st 2016: Experimenting with Found Poetry: A Hands-On Workshop, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
May 2nd 2016: Reading: Free Range Poetry, Northwest Library, Portland, Oregon
April 26th 2016: "The Brightness of a New Page: A Poetry Workshop"
Road Scholar/Elderhostel, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 6th 2016: Reading: International Women's Day Poetry Reading, Concordia University
February 16th 2016: Visiting Writer, Art Department, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon
February 13th 2016: Workshop: Poetry and Its Sisters: Writing about Art, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
December 12th 2015: Reading: James Wright Celebration, Mother Foucault’s Bookshop,
Portland, Oregon
November 6th 2015: Reading/Interview: KBOO 90.7 FM for VoiceCatcher anthology
She Holds the Face of the World
October 27th 2015: Reading: Vault Voices, Portland, Oregon
October 17th 2015: Workshop: Rilke for Writers, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
October 8th 2015: Visiting Writer, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
October 3rd 2015: Reading and Talk: "Bridges: Poetry in Translation"
Translations of Anglo-Saxon poetry, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
June 13th and 27th 2015: Workshop: The Prose Poem, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
June 10th 2015: Reading, Milwaukie Poetry Series, Pond House at the Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
May 31st 2015: Poetry at the premiere of Living: Laura Wayte sings Denise Levertov,
Music by Nicole Portley, Vie de Boheme, Portland, Oregon
May 4th 2015: Reading and launch of the Poetry Box's new anthology Poeming Pigeons
Portland, Oregon
April 27-28th 2015: Workshop: Ocean and Imagination, Inn at Spanish Head, Lincoln City, Oregon
April 21st 2015: Reading, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
February 21st and 28th 2015: Workshop: Dickinson and Whitman for Writers, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
February 12th 2015: Love Poetry Reading, Another Read Through Books, Portland, Oregon
January 29th 2015: Reading, VoiceCatcher Journal, Portland, Oregon
December 11th 2014: Reading, Ghost Town Poetry Series, Vancouver, WA
October 21st 2014: Reading and Craft Talk, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
October 12th 2014: Reading, Studio Series, Stonehenge Studios, Portland, Oregon
October 11th 2014: Workshop: Starting Here: A Workshop of Many Beginnings,
Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
July 17th 2014: Interview, KMUZ 88.5 FM with Maureen Clifford
July 17th 2014: Reading, Third Thursday Poetry Series, Salem, Oregon
June 28th 2014: Workshop: Small and Beguiling: A Short Poem Workshop, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
June 17th 2014: Reading, Figures of Speech Reading Series, Portland, Oregon
May 30th 2014: Reading, The Book Bin, Salem, Oregon
May 22nd 2014: Reading with Paulann Petersen, Daedalus Books, Portland, Oregon
April 28th 2014: Reading & Discussion, Conversations with Writers, Hillsboro, Oregon
April 26th 2014: Reading, Grass Roots Bookstore, Corvallis, Oregon
April 16th 2014: Reading, Mountain Writers Series, Portland, Oregon
March 1st 2014: Panel: "Transitioning into the Future: Sustaining the Collective Poetry Press"
AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 28th 2014: Reading, AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 24th 2014: Reading, Glyph Cafe & Arts Space, Portland, Oregon
January 18th 2014: Reading, Tsunami Books, Eugene, Oregon
November 2nd 2013: Reading, Airlie Press Book Launch, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
October 20th 2013: White Dog Salon, Portland, Oregon
October 6th 2013: Wordstock Literary Festival, Portland, Oregon
July 23rd 2013: River Rock Writers, Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
July 14th 2013: VoiceCatcher Journal, Stonehenge Studios, Portland, Oregon
May 31st 2013: Walt Whitman 150 Reading, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
May 4th 2012: Lecture: "Poem in a White Dress: Rethinking Emily Dickinson"
Poet's Concord 2012, Newport, Oregon
April 14th 2012: Airlie Press Reading, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
June 2011: Workshop, First Steps in Creative Writing, OASIS, Portland, Oregon
January 13th 2009: William Stafford Birthday Reading, Annie Bloom's Books, Portland, Oregon
October 27th 2008: Moonstruck Literary Series, Lake Oswego, Oregon
October 10th 2008: Windfall Reading, Looking Glass Books, Portland, Oregon
May 31st 2008: Reading with A River and Sound Review's Live Broadcast, Orcas Performing Arts
Center, Orcas Island, Washington
May 6th 2008: Mountain Writers Series at the Press Club, Portland, Oregon
October 18th 2006: Lecture: "The Broken Work of the Past: Translating Anglo-Saxon Poetry,"
American Literary Translators Association, Seattle, Washington
February 11th 2004: River Rock Writers at Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
Conference, Newport, OR
September 5th 2024: Reading with Janet Steward, Birdhouse Books, Vancouver, Washington
May 25th 2024: Reading: Union Manor, Portland, Oregon
May 9th 2024: Paper Gardens Celebration, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, Oregon
March 13th 2024: Reading: Milwaukie Poetry Series, Milwaukie, Oregon
September 7th 2023 : Reading, Chapparel Bookstore, Portland, Oregon
July 30th 2023: Poem in Performance: The Common Opus, Winningstad Theater, Portland, Oregon
July 7th 2023: Reading: Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
May 9th 2023: Paper Gardens Celebration, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, Oregon
April—May 2023: Poetry Workshops: Rose Villa, Milwaukie, Oregon
April 30th 2023: Reading: Union Manor Poetry Series, Portland, Oregon
March 12th 2023: Reading: Studio Series with Lex Runciman, Portland, Oregon
February 27th 2023: Conversation: Hearthfire Writing Community with James Crews
February 16th 2023: Reading: Pendleton Center for the Arts First Draft Writers' Series, Pendleton, Oregon
January—March 2023: Six week class: Welcoming Poems: Reading and Writing Poems for Your
Life. Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, Oregon
July 22nd 2022: Reading with Fernwood poets Joann Boswell, Bethany Lee, and Paul J. Pastor,
Rose City Book Pub, Portland, Oregon
July 16th 2022: Reading: The Great Word Regatta with Shawn Aveningo-Sanders, Michael Schein,
and Matthew Brouwer, Rose City Book Pub, Portland, Oregon
April 1st 2022: Reading/Talk: Awakening to Poetry: West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
Portland, Oregon
March 4th 2022: Bilingual Poetry Reading - Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here! - In partnership with
the Iraqi Society of Oregon and Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, the Milwaukie Poetry Committee
and the Ledding Library
November 30th 2021: Reading (in person at last!): Westmoreland Union Manor
March 1st 2021: Reading via Zoom: Fordham University
November 2nd 2019: Workshop: Writing with Rumi, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
November 16th and 23rd 2019: Workshop: Whitman and Dickinson for Writers, Portland, Oregon
September 9th and 11th 2019: Prose Poetry: A Friendly Introduction, Portland, Oregon
July 7th 2019: Reading and Discussion: St Michael's Book Group, Portland, Oregon
June 12th 2019: Reading: Westmoreland Union Manor, Portland, Oregon
May 19th 2019: Reading: Gallery 114, with David Oates, Portland, Oregon
May 5-7th 2019: Workshop: Learning, Walking, Writing on the Oregon Coast
Elderhostel/Road Scholar Programs, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 3rd 2019: Reading: The Voice of Empathy Reading Series, with Sam Roxas-Chua
Tiny Theater PDX, Portland, Oregon
December 2nd 2018: Reading: "Lessons and Carols" Celebration, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
Portland, Oregon
December 1st 2018: Workshop: The Prose Poem (Part II), Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
October 27th 2018: Reading: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon
October 2nd 2018: Reading: Springfield Poetry Series, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon
September 29th 2018: Workshop: Chairs that Fly and Other Wonders, A Friendly Introduction
to the Prose Poem, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
May 17th 2018: Backstory Books, Fo Po Poetry series, Portland, Oregon
April 29th - May 4th 2018: Learning, Writing, and Walking on the Oregon Coast
Elderhostel/Road Scholars Programs, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 28th 2018: Reading: Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, Broadway
Books, Portland, Oregon
March 3rd 2018: Oregon Book Launch for Lantern, Taborspace, Portland, Oregon
February 3rd 2018: Workshop: Chairs that Fly and Other Wonders: A Friendly Introduction to the Prose Poem, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, Oregon
January 31st 2018: Reading from Come Shining: Essays and Poems onWriting in a Dark Time,
Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
October 18th 2017: Visiting Writer/Book Launch for Lantern, Wells College, Aurora, New York
October 17th 2017: Visiting Writer, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
September 23rd 2017: Neruda for Writers, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
September 14th 2017: Poetry Workshop (7th Grade), Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, Oregon
August 12th 2017: Reading: Another Read Through Books, Portland, Oregon
May 6th 2017: Reading: Poems from the Garden: The Pond House at the Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
April 30th - May 2nd 2017: Poetry at the Coast Workshop: Road Scholar/Elderhostel
Lincoln City, Oregon
March 4th 2017: Arabic/English Poetry Reading: Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
February 24th 2017: Reading: Silverton Poetry Festival, Silverton, Oregon
February 11th 2017: Workshop: The Good, the Bad, and the Delightfully Strange: A Love Poetry
Workshop, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
February 2nd 2017: Reading: McMinnville Public Library, McMinnville, Oregon
January 26th 2017: Reading: Annie Bloom's Books , Portland, Oregon
September - December 2016: Reading Jane Austen: Sponsored by Soapstone, Portland, Oregon
September 7th 2016: Reading: Plonk Poetry/Prose Series, Portland, Oregon
August 7th 2016: Reading: Lents Farmers Market, Portland, Oregon
August 4th 2016: Reading: Timberline Review, Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
May 21st 2016: Experimenting with Found Poetry: A Hands-On Workshop, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
May 2nd 2016: Reading: Free Range Poetry, Northwest Library, Portland, Oregon
April 26th 2016: "The Brightness of a New Page: A Poetry Workshop"
Road Scholar/Elderhostel, Lincoln City, Oregon
March 6th 2016: Reading: International Women's Day Poetry Reading, Concordia University
February 16th 2016: Visiting Writer, Art Department, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon
February 13th 2016: Workshop: Poetry and Its Sisters: Writing about Art, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
December 12th 2015: Reading: James Wright Celebration, Mother Foucault’s Bookshop,
Portland, Oregon
November 6th 2015: Reading/Interview: KBOO 90.7 FM for VoiceCatcher anthology
She Holds the Face of the World
October 27th 2015: Reading: Vault Voices, Portland, Oregon
October 17th 2015: Workshop: Rilke for Writers, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
October 8th 2015: Visiting Writer, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
October 3rd 2015: Reading and Talk: "Bridges: Poetry in Translation"
Translations of Anglo-Saxon poetry, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
June 13th and 27th 2015: Workshop: The Prose Poem, Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
June 10th 2015: Reading, Milwaukie Poetry Series, Pond House at the Ledding Library
Milwaukie, Oregon
May 31st 2015: Poetry at the premiere of Living: Laura Wayte sings Denise Levertov,
Music by Nicole Portley, Vie de Boheme, Portland, Oregon
May 4th 2015: Reading and launch of the Poetry Box's new anthology Poeming Pigeons
Portland, Oregon
April 27-28th 2015: Workshop: Ocean and Imagination, Inn at Spanish Head, Lincoln City, Oregon
April 21st 2015: Reading, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
February 21st and 28th 2015: Workshop: Dickinson and Whitman for Writers, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
February 12th 2015: Love Poetry Reading, Another Read Through Books, Portland, Oregon
January 29th 2015: Reading, VoiceCatcher Journal, Portland, Oregon
December 11th 2014: Reading, Ghost Town Poetry Series, Vancouver, WA
October 21st 2014: Reading and Craft Talk, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
October 12th 2014: Reading, Studio Series, Stonehenge Studios, Portland, Oregon
October 11th 2014: Workshop: Starting Here: A Workshop of Many Beginnings,
Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
July 17th 2014: Interview, KMUZ 88.5 FM with Maureen Clifford
July 17th 2014: Reading, Third Thursday Poetry Series, Salem, Oregon
June 28th 2014: Workshop: Small and Beguiling: A Short Poem Workshop, Mountain Writers,
Portland, Oregon
June 17th 2014: Reading, Figures of Speech Reading Series, Portland, Oregon
May 30th 2014: Reading, The Book Bin, Salem, Oregon
May 22nd 2014: Reading with Paulann Petersen, Daedalus Books, Portland, Oregon
April 28th 2014: Reading & Discussion, Conversations with Writers, Hillsboro, Oregon
April 26th 2014: Reading, Grass Roots Bookstore, Corvallis, Oregon
April 16th 2014: Reading, Mountain Writers Series, Portland, Oregon
March 1st 2014: Panel: "Transitioning into the Future: Sustaining the Collective Poetry Press"
AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 28th 2014: Reading, AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 24th 2014: Reading, Glyph Cafe & Arts Space, Portland, Oregon
January 18th 2014: Reading, Tsunami Books, Eugene, Oregon
November 2nd 2013: Reading, Airlie Press Book Launch, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
October 20th 2013: White Dog Salon, Portland, Oregon
October 6th 2013: Wordstock Literary Festival, Portland, Oregon
July 23rd 2013: River Rock Writers, Broadway Books, Portland, Oregon
July 14th 2013: VoiceCatcher Journal, Stonehenge Studios, Portland, Oregon
May 31st 2013: Walt Whitman 150 Reading, Tabor Space, Portland, Oregon
May 4th 2012: Lecture: "Poem in a White Dress: Rethinking Emily Dickinson"
Poet's Concord 2012, Newport, Oregon
April 14th 2012: Airlie Press Reading, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
June 2011: Workshop, First Steps in Creative Writing, OASIS, Portland, Oregon
January 13th 2009: William Stafford Birthday Reading, Annie Bloom's Books, Portland, Oregon
October 27th 2008: Moonstruck Literary Series, Lake Oswego, Oregon
October 10th 2008: Windfall Reading, Looking Glass Books, Portland, Oregon
May 31st 2008: Reading with A River and Sound Review's Live Broadcast, Orcas Performing Arts
Center, Orcas Island, Washington
May 6th 2008: Mountain Writers Series at the Press Club, Portland, Oregon
October 18th 2006: Lecture: "The Broken Work of the Past: Translating Anglo-Saxon Poetry,"
American Literary Translators Association, Seattle, Washington
February 11th 2004: River Rock Writers at Mountain Writers, Portland, Oregon
