UPCOMING READINGS: -Edina Poetry Club, Edina Senior Center, 10 am - 11:30 am, Nov. 18, 2015 (with Diane Jarvenpa) -Women's History Presentation, Dala of Mora Business Women Event, Mora, MN, March 28, 2016 SAMPLE READINGS/PRESENTATIONS: -Reading at launch event for Elliot Foster's Whispering Pines, 1 pm, April 19th, Hotel 340, St. Paul, MN -Metro State University, Poetry Month Kick-off Event, library, 3 pm, April 1, 2015 -A Prairie Home Companion, guest appearance, January 24, 2015 -FinnFest,
Minneapolis, MN, reading, panelist, 8/8/2014 -Rural America Writers' Center, Jon Hassler Theater, Plainview, MN, June 18th, 2014, 7 pm. -Edina Reads: A Panel of Poets (w/ Janet Jerve, Kathleen Weihe, Tracy Youngblom), Edina Public Library, April 13th, 2014, 2 pm. -Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Faculty Reading, April 25th, 2014, 7 pm. -University of St. Thomas, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, 3 pm, October 23, 2013 -SubText: A Bookstore, 7 pm, September 19th, 2013, St. Paul, MN -Common Good Books, September 9th, 2013, St. Paul, MN -First Tuesday Laureate's Writer Series, 7 pm, August 6, 2013, The Blue Heron Coffee House and The Book Shelf, Winona, MN -Magers & Quinn, Booksellers, 7 pm, July 10th, 2013, Minneapolis, MN -Summit Brewery Taproom - book release party and reading for Tether, 6-9 pm, June 5th, 2013, St. Paul MN - Mississippi Eco-Arts Festival, Bard of the Mississippi Competition, Finalists Reading, Harriet Island, St. Paul, May 18, 2013 - MnCUEW (Minnesota Colleges and University English and Writing Conference panelist (Writing About Trauma), Normandale Community College, April 5th, 2013 -NEA Higher Education Conference, Write a Poem in 45 Minutes Workshop, Portland, OR, March 24, 2013 -Hennepin History Museum, Curiously Refreshing: 4th Annual HHM Poetry Reading, Minneapolis, MN, January 17, 2013 -Trotters Cafe, chapbook release reading for And the Humming: Poems About Grandparents, St. Paul, MN, November 20, 2012 -Edina Public Library, reading for The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks, October 9, 2012 -Midstream Reading Series, Blue Moon Coffee House, Minneapolis, MN, September 13, 2012 -Common Good Books, reading for The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks, December 7, 2011 - McKnight Fellows Reading, Loft Literary Center, 4/15/2011 - National Education Association Higher Education Conference, workshop presenter, Boston, MA, 3/25/2011 - Skylarks on a Stone: Women’s Voices of the Kalevala, with poets, musicians, and video artists Diane Jarvi, Sheila Packa, and Kathy McTavish, Minneapolis and Duluth, Spring 2011.- Presenter, Univ. of Minnesota Libraries Enhancing Quality Staff Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 2010 - Verse and Converse Series, Nina’s Café, St. Paul MN, 10/7/2009 - Metro State University, guest speaker, Publishing class, 4/23/09 - Audubon Coffee House, Northeast Minneapolis, 3/27/09 - Northern Lights Books & Gifts, Duluth, MN, 7/26/2008 - FinnFest, Duluth, MN, Duluth Convention Center, 7/26/2008 - Woodward's Books, Virginia, MN, 7/24/2008 - Howard Street Booksellers, Hibbing, MN, 7/23/2008 - University of St. Thomas, St, Paul, MN. 4/14/2008 - ArtStart ArtScraps reading series, St. Paul, MN, 3/25/2008 - Micawber's Bookstore, St. Paul, MN, 1/25/2008 - Intermedia
Arts, Reading w/SASE grant winners, Mpls, MN, Dec. 2007 - Northern Oracle book launch, Rogue
Buddha Gallery, November 2007 - Write On! Radio, KFAI, November 2007 - Common Good Books, Reading, w/Ann Iverson, St. Paul MN Nov. 2007 - The Best of Times Bookstore, Reading, Red Wing MN, April 2007 - Amazon Bookstore, Reading w/Meg Tilly, Patricia Francisco, Oct. 2006 - Poetry Salon, Reading, Birch Bark Books, Minnepolis, MN, April 2006 - Minneapolis College of Art and Design, February 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, April 21, 2004, Reading - University of Wisconsin-Superior, March 2004, Reading, guest lecturer - Macalester College, St. Paul, MN April 8, 2004, Reading - College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN 3/2004 - University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS September, 2003, Reading - Winona State University, Reading/Book Group Discussion, March 2003 - Guest Lecturer, University of St. Thomas, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Crown College, Fall 2002, UW-Superior, 2004 - Organization for the Study of Communication, Gender and Language, National Conference, Presenter, October 2002 - University of Wisconsin-River Falls Reading Series, November 2002 - Carleton College, Sexual Assault Awareness Week keynote speech, 2002 - Sexual Violence Week keynote speech Gustavus Adolphus College 2001 - Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault conference speaker, 2001 - Wisconsin Public Radio, Jean Feraca show, 2001 - Social Services/Providers Luncheon keynote speaker, Elmira NY, 2001 - A Room of One’s Own bookstore, Madison WI, 2001 - Hamline University, book publication reading, May 2001 - Five readings, 1995-1998, of poetry composed in response to art exhibits at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul MN |
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