May 2021
Pioneer Valley Poetry Festival Reading
Virtual reading for the Poetry Festival, postponed from 2020, wtih T.J. Anderson, Lee Ann Brown, and Lori Lubeski. Go to Facebook page for details. And pre-register at pvpoetryfest@gmail.com
Find out more »Tupelo Press Reading for Lee Sharkey’s new book
I will introduce readers Philip Metres, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Janice Harrington, and Eleanor Wilner in a virtual reading from the late Lee Sharkey's new book, I Will Not Name It Except to Say, completed in the last weeks of the author's life and published by Tupelo on May 1. Go here for information and signup.
Find out more »June 2021
Roxbury Poetry Festival Reading
FLOWERS AS THEY LIVE: HONORING LOCAL POET "Flowers As They Live" virtual reading with Askia Toure and Letta Neely, moderated by Toni Bee, as part of the all-day Roxbury Poetry Festival. Info and register (scroll down) at roxburypoetryfestival.com/schedule NOTE: Reading may be listed above as beginning at 5:00 pm EST, but it's actually taking place between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.
Find out more »Chautauqua Writers’ Festival Poetry Workshop
I'll be one of several faculty offering a four-day workshop and one-on-one conferences at the festival, which has been rescheduled from last summer and will be virtual this year. There will also be panel discussions, breakout sessions, and readings. I'll be reading on Wednesday, June 23, at 6:00 pm, with Jess Row. Go here for info, including registration.
Find out more »August 2021
Hudson Valley Writers Center Workshop
Four-hour workshop, with one-hour presentation on using research in poems, followed by discussion of participants’ poems (on any subject). Information here $124; scholarships available
Find out more »September 2021
International Translation Day Panel
Rutgers University virtual panel "United in Translation" with Mercedes Guhl, Zakiya Hanafi, and Lily Meyer, discussing our translation careers and processes and reading selected translations. Contact me at martha.collins@oberlin.edu for Zoom info. I'll be discussing and reading translations from the Vietnamese.
Find out more »November 2021
Arlington Open Studies Reading
Arlington Open Studies reading with Fred Marchant, Lloyd Schwartz, Teresa Cader, Enzo Silon Surin, and Steven Ratiner. In person!
Find out more »December 2021
Q & A for Gail Mazur
I'll be doing a Q&A with Gail Mazur following her Alumnae reading at Smith College. The event will be on Facebook and YouTube. Go here for information. https://www.smith.edu/academics/poetry-center/gail-mazur
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