_______________________
The Compassionate Friends Conference
New Orleans, LA
Instructor: Creative Writing & Grief
July 12, 2024
_______________________
Poetry Flash (Berkely, CA)
Featured Poet with Rebecca Foust
April 7, 2024 (In-person and streaming)
_______________________
Great Books of N. California
Poetry Weekend
Featured Poet
November 13 and 14, 2021 (Zoom)
_______________________
Poets in the Park (Redmond, WA)
One of many workshop leaders: Ekphrasis
Summer 2021 (TBD)
_______________________
Write On, Door County (Wisconsin)
Dick Scuglik Memorial Residency for an ekphrastic writer
Writer-in-residence
June 13 to June 27, 2021
_______________________
Poetry Society of New Hampshire
Reader: The Ekphrastic Writer
May 11, 2021 (Zoom)
_______________________
Rattle Magazine Podcast
Featured Poet
April 27, 2021
_______________________
Women’s Voices for Change: Redefining Life after Forty
Featured Poet
March 28, 2021
_______________________
Facebook Live w/ M. Kanzki
Mental Illness in Children
March 11, 2021
_______________________
The Creative Brick Road Podcast
w/Chris Syyap
February 10, 2021
_______________________
How to Read a Poem Podcast
w/ Todd Sullivan
February 3, 2021
_______________________
Event Brite
The Ekphrastic Writer (book event)
December 6, 2021 (Zoom)
_______________________
Maryhill Museum of Art
"Evening of Wine, Art & Poetry"
Guest Speaker
November 6, 2021 (Zoom)
_______________________
Event Brite
The Ekphrastic Writer (book event)
September 20, 2021 (Zoom)
_______________________
Highline College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 2021 (TBD) (Zoom)
_______________________
Highline College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 12, 2020 @12:15pm (Zoom)
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Poetry Month Intensive
April 1 to April 29, 2020 (Zoom)
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Poetry Workshop
January 7 to March 10, 2020
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: The Art of Autobiographical Writing
August 7, 2019 @1pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Literature of the Sciences
August 4, 2019 @1pm
_______________________
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network
Bainbridge Island, WA
Instructor: The Art of Autobiographical Writing
August 1, 2019 @6pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Generating Associative Verse
July 9 to August 13, 2019
_______________________
North Cascades Institute
Rockport, WA
Writer-in-residence (nonfiction)
April 15 to April 30, 2019
_______________________
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Conference in Portland, OR
Panel organizer/co-presenter: Peter Elbow Tribute with Peter Elbow
March 29, 2019 @3pm
_______________________
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network
Bainbridge Island, WA
Instructor: Introduction to Creative Writing
January 26, 2019 @9am
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference (Edmonds, WA)
Workshop leader: The Art of Autobiographical Writing
October 6, 2018 @9:15am
_______________________
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 23, 2018 @12:15pm
_______________________
Edmonds Bookshop (Edmonds, WA)
Poetry Month Reading
One of many featured readers
April 16, 2018
_______________________
On the Boards (Seattle)
Studio Visit
December 8, 2017 @10:30am
_______________________
Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
Temecula, CA
Writer-in-residence (nonfiction)
July 1 to July 29, 2017
_______________________
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 25, 2017 @12:15pm
_______________________
Moore Theatre (Seattle)
Poetry on the Bus launch party
One of many featured readers
April 24, 2017 @7:30pm
_______________________
KBCS Radio Interview
Unmute the Commute: Poetry on Buses
91.3 FM radio (Bellevue, WA)
April 24, 2017
_______________________
The Summit at First Hill
(Retirement Community), Seattle
Guest lecturer
February 8, 2017 @3pm
_______________________
Jack Straw Productions (Seattle)
Celebrating 20 yeas of Jack Straw
One of many featured readers
November 18, 2016
_______________________
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Ekphrastic Assimilations
One of many featured readers
October 30, 2016
_______________________
Zones of Sensitivity
Bellevue City Hall
Director of a theatrical production
October 7, 2016 @11:30am
_______________________
VALA Art Gallery, Redmond, WA
Ekphrastic Assimilations
Workshop on ekphrasis
September 16, 2016 @6:30pm
_______________________
Folklife Festival
Poetry on the Bus featured readers
Seattle Center
May 23, 2015 @noon
_______________________
The San Juan Island Public Library, Friday Harbor, WA
San Juan Island Library (Friday Harbor, WA)
Featured Speaker
April 18, 2015
_______________________
The Marble House Project
Dorset, VT
Writer-in-residence (nonfiction)
May 30 to June 22, 2016
_______________________
Northeastern University (Seattle)
Global Pathways Graduate Program2015-2016
Faculty: Research and Wring for Graduate Students
2015-2016
_______________________
Silver Creek
Nonfiction Fellow for Nature/Wilderness Writing
Ketchum, ID
June 19 to July 20, 2015
_______________________
It’s About Time Reading Series
Seattle Public Library, Ballard branch
Co-Featured reader
November 13, 2014 @6:00 pm
_______________________
Beacon Bards Poetry Reading Series
The Station (Seattle)
Featured Reader
November 12, 2014 @7pm
_______________________
Seattle Writes Series
Seattle Public Library, Beacon Hill branch
Poetry instructor
October 11, 2014 @ 2pm
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference
Edmonds, WA
Workshop leader: Flash Nonfiction
October 5, 2014 @ 9am
_______________________
Seattle Writes Series
Seattle Public Library, Northeast Branch
Poetry instructor
September 28, 2014 @2pm
_______________________
Northwind Gallery (Port Townsend, WA)
Co-reader with Midge Raymond
September 18, 2014 @7pm
_______________________
Rollins College (Orlando, FL)
Visiting Writer (Co-Sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta)
Poetry reading / class visits
September 10, 2014
_______________________
There Will be Words – Reading Series
Orlando, Florida
One of four featured readers
September 9, 2014 @7pm
_______________________
University of Phoenix (Tukwila, WA)
Instructor: Children’s Literature in a Pluralistic Society
July 26 to August 23, 2014
_______________________
Sitka Fine Arts Camp (Sitka, Alaska)
Creative Writing Instructor:
Flash Fiction; Surrealism & Writing; Literature & the Visual Arts
June 15 to June 28, 2014
_______________________
Poetry Month Poetry Reading
Pierce County Library, Summit branch (Tacoma, WA)
Featured reader
April 30, 2014 @6:30pm
_______________________
Poetry Bridge Reading Series
C&P Coffee (Seattle)
Co-featured reader
March 26, 2014 @7pm
_______________________
Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference
HEAT Reading series
Daily Grill (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
February 28, 2014 @6pm
_______________________
Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference
Festival of Language Reading series
Rock Bottom Brewery (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
February 26, 2014 @6pm
_______________________
Poetry Flash Reading
Moe’s Books (Berkeley, CA)
One of two featured readers
January 23, 2014 @ 7:30pm
_______________________
Poetswest Reading Series
The Creekside (Woodinville, WA)
Featured reader
January 15, 2014 @7pm
_______________________
Distinguished Writer Series
Kings Books (Tacoma, WA)
Featured Reader
December 13, 2013 @7pm
_______________________
Soul Food Books (Redmond, WA)
Co-featured reader with Ann Spiers
November 21, 2013 @7pm
_______________________
Book Group Appearance: Coördinates of Yes
Seattle, Washington
November 15, 2013
_______________________
The Writers’ Workshoppe (Port Townsend, WA)
Workshop leader: The Art of Autobiographical Writing
October 19, 2013 @10am
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference (Edmonds, WA)
Workshop leader: Flash Fiction—Write Prose like a Poet
October 5, 2013
_______________________
A Book for All Seasons Book Store (Leavenworth, WA)
Author Signing
September 14, 2013
_______________________
D’Vinery Eagle Creek Winery (Leavenworth, WA)
Featured reader
September 13, 2013 @7pm
_______________________
Seattle Public Library, University District branch
Workshop leader: Poetry Writing
September 8, 2013 @2pm
_______________________
Duvall Poetry Series (Duvall, WA)
Featured reader
September 4, 2013 @7pm
_______________________
Redmond Association of Spoken Word (Redmond, WA)
One of many readers
August 23, 2013 @7pm
_______________________
University of Phoenix (Lynnwood, WA)
Faculty: Children’s Literature in a Pluralistic Society
August 12 to September 16, 2013
_______________________
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference (Port Townsend, WA)
Co-featured reader with Bill Ransom (Wheeler Theatre)
July 8, 2013 @7:00pm
_______________________
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference (Port Townsend, WA)
Instructor: Titling Your Poems; The Poetic Line;
Art & Writing; and Post-Conference Strategies
July 7 to July 21, 2013
_______________________
Write-O-Rama, Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Workshop Leader: Repetition as Motif in Poetry and
Family as Poetic Fodder
June 22, 2013 @10am
_______________________
It’s About Time Reading Series
Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch
One of the featured readers
April 11, 2013 @ 6pm
_______________________
HEAT reading at AWP conference (Boston, MA)
Dillon’s Restaurant & Bar
One of many readers
March 8, 2013 @3pm
_______________________
Festival of Language reading
at AWP conference (Boston, MA)
Dillon’s Restaurant & Bar
One of many readers
March 6, 2013 @6:30
_______________________
The Writers’ Workshoppe (Port Townsend, WA)
Workshop Leader: The Art of Nonfiction
January 26, 2013
_______________________
University of Phoenix (Lynnwood, WA)
Faculty: Children’s Literature in a Pluralistic Society
December 5, 2012 to January 9, 2013
_______________________
ConnotationPress.com
Featured Fiction Writer
October 15, 2012 (online)
_______________________
Pacific Northwest Poetry Series
Park Place Bookstore (Kirkland, WA)
One of two readers
October 10, 2012 @7pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
SPLAB—100K Poets for Change Event
One of many readers
September 29, 2012 @5pm
_______________________
Poetry Bridge Reading Series
C&P Coffee Company (Seattle)
One of two readers
September 26, 2012 @7pm
_______________________
Northwind Gallery (Port Townsend, WA)
Read with Poet Susan Landgraf
August 9, 2012 @7pm
_______________________
Unexpected Arts at Seattle Center (Seattle)
One of two performers
July 27, 2012 @6pm
_______________________
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference (Port Townsend, WA)
Afternoon Workshop Leader
July 8 to July 22, 2012
_______________________
Jack Straw Productions
50th Anniversary Performance Celebration (Seattle)
One of many readers
June 16, 2012 @6:45pm
_______________________
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 24, 2012 @12:10pm
_______________________
The Island Institute (Sitka, AK)
Writer-in-Residence
April 1 to April 30, 2012
_______________________
Vashon Poet Laureate Series
Vashon Bookshop (Vashon Island, WA)
Featured reader
March 30, 2012 @ 6pm
_______________________
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)
March 3, 2012 @ 10:30am
Panel organizer, facilitator, and co-presenter: Poetic Possibilities of Deep Travel
Participants: Janée J. Baugher, Gerard Wozek, Sandra Meek, David Roderick, Carolyne Wright. Join this panel of globe-trotting poets to discuss the bedazzling and bedeviling byproducts of deep travel. While immersed in other cultures, we submit to an altered perception of time and space, which informs our language and develops imagination. Whether we view travel as a panacea or hallucinogen, each panelist has discovered that writing deeply can come from having traveled deeply. Trans-locating can usher us closer to home, but ultimately travel grants us a renewed sense of connectedness.
_______________________
Festival of Language (Chicago, IL)
One of many readers
February 29, 2012 @7pm
_______________________
Poetry Bridge Reading Series (Poems & Tails)
C&P Coffee (Seattle)
One of two featured readers
January 25, 2012 @ 7pm
_______________________
Write-O-Rama, Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Workshop leader: Creative Writing Influenced by the Sciences
December 3, 2011 @2pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Faculty: Literature of the American South
October 6, 2011 to November 4, 2011
_______________________
Field’s End Roundtable (Bainbridge Island, WA)
Presenter: Visual Arts in the Literary Arts: How and Why We Write Ekphrastically
October 18, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
Centrum at Fort Warden State Park (Port Townsend, WA)
Artist-in-Residence
June 5, 2011 to June 12, 2011
_______________________
Write-O-Rama, Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Literature & the Visual Arts
June 4, 2011 @10am
_______________________
Catharine Blaine K-8 Public School (Seattle)
Mrs. Kang-Crosby’s second grade class
Guest Poet
May 26, 2011
_______________________
Inland Northwest Center for Writers
at Eastern Washington University
Dr. Jonathan Johnson’s Moderns Seminar
Visiting Lecturer
May 5, 2011
_______________________
Beacon Hill Reading Series
Spokane Community College (Spokane, WA)
Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities
One of three featured readers
May 4, 2011 @6:30pm
_______________________
KYRS radio (92.3.FM) Spokane, WA
Tipping Points: Voices from the Edge
On-air, live conversation with Paul Haeder
May 4, 2011 @3pm
_______________________
Shoreline Arts Council (Shoreline, WA)
Fourth Annual Poetry Month Celebration
One of two featured poets
April 27, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
University of Washington Bookstore (Seattle)
Poetry reading and book signing (along with Poet Jonathan Johnson)
April 6, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
Library of Congress, Poetry at Noon series
(Reversals of Fortune theme)
Washington, DC
One of three featured poets
March 15, 2011 @noon
_______________________
Redmond Association of Spoken Word (Redmond, WA)
Featured reader
February 25, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Death across Cultures class
Guest speaker: Death Portrayed in the Arts
February 17, 2011 @11am
_______________________
It’s about Time Writers Reading Series
Seattle Public Library, Ballard branch (Seattle)
One of three featured poets
February 10, 2011 @6pm
_______________________
Festival of Language, Association of Writing & Writing Programs
The black Squirrel, Washington, DC
One of many featured readers
February 2, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
A Book for All Seasons (Leavenworth, WA)
Book signing
January 29, 2011 @1pm
_______________________
TGIF at the Library (Leavenworth, WA)
Featured reader
January 28, 2011 @7pm
_______________________
The KOHO Morning Show (101.FM)
Radio interview (interview by Issac Kaplan-Woolner)
Leavenworth, WA
January 24, 2011
_______________________
Seattle Metaphorical Society Writers’ Group (Seattle)
University of Washington
Visiting Lecturer
January 11, 2011 @2pm
_______________________
Pilot Books (Seattle)
Workshop Leader: Poetry Influenced by the Sciences
December 13, 2010 @6pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Instructor: Poetry Writing
October 7, 2010 to November 11, 2010
_______________________
Poetswest and Prosewest Reading
Seattle Public Library, Green Lake branch
One of the featured readers
November 6, 2010 @4pm
_______________________
Poets in Fremont
Seattle Public Library, Fremont branch
One of the featured readers (along with David Wagoner, Deborah Woodard)
October 9, 2010 @2pm
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference (Edmonds, WA)
Instructor: Flash Fiction—Write Prose like a Poet
10/2/2010 @10:30am
_______________________
PLOP! Literary Series (Seattle)
One of the featured readers
September 18, 2010 @8pm
_______________________
Poetswest and Prosewest Reading
Seattle Public Library, Green Lake branch
One of the featured readers
September 18, 2010 @4pm
_______________________
Juneau Afternoons (Alaska)
KTOO FM news public radio at 104.3
Interview by Jeff Brown
September 8, 2010 @3:13pm
_______________________
Poets in Print: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (Kalamazoo, MI)
Reading, book signing, & broadside unveiling
August 7, 2010 @7pm
_______________________
Poetswest reading
Barnes & Noble (Woodinville, WA)
One of the featured readers
July 21, 2010 @7pm
_______________________
Orca Books (Olympia, WA)
Author reading & signing
July 16, 2010 @6pm
_______________________
Elliott Bay Books (Seattle)
Author reading & signing
July 11, 2010 @2pm
_______________________
Poetswest and Prosewest Reading
Seattle Public Library, Green Lake branch
One of the featured readers
July 10, 2010 @4pm
_______________________
Soaring Gardens (Wyalusing, PA)
Artist-in-Resident
May 23, 2010 to June 18, 2010
_______________________
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Guest speaker for Death across Cultures class
Death Portrayed in the Arts
May 20, 2010 @12:10pm
_______________________
Dance Now! Ensemble (Miami)
Modern Dance, a collaboration
May 8, 2010 @8pm
May 9, 2010 @ 7pm
_______________________
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
Juror for 3rd Annual Poetry Month Celebration
April 29, 2010 @7pm
_______________________
Richard Hugo House (Seattle)
Author Reading & Signing
April 24, 2010 @ 1pm
_______________________
Association of Writing & Writing Programs Conference
Denver, CO
Author Signing
April 9, 2010 @1pm
_______________________
Festival of Language (sponsored by Illinois State University)
Panera Bread (Denver, CO)
One of many featured readers
April 9, 2010 @5pm
_______________________
Ahadada Books & Unlikely Stories
Michelangelo’s Coffee and Wine Bar (Denver, CO)
One of many featured readers
April 10, 2010 @7pm
_______________________
Pilot Books (Seattle, WA)
Author Reading & Workshop
March 24, 2010 @6pm
_______________________
Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds
Waterville Public Library (Waterville, WA)
Featured Speaker
March 18, 2010
_______________________
Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds
Pacific Lutheran University, Elderhostel(Parkland, WA)
Featured Speaker
February 19, 2010
_______________________
Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds
San Juan Island Library (Friday Harbor, WA)
Featured Speaker
February 12, 2010
_______________________
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (Chicago, IL)
Panel Organizer and Presenter: Art to Art: Ekphrastic Poetry
2009
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers Conference (Edmonds, WA)
Conference Presenter
October 2006
_______________________
Write on the Sound Writers Conference (Edmonds, WA)
Conference Presenter
October 2005
_______________________
Get Lit! Inland NW Literary Arts Festival (Spokane, WA)
Alumni Reading
April 2005
_______________________
National Public Radio
Seattle’s KUOW 94.9 FM
2004
_______________________
University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music
Modern Dance Collaboration
Cincinnati, OH
2004
_______________________
Jack Straw Studios (Seattle)
Writers Program
Writer-in-Residence
2004
_______________________
Jack Straw Studios (Seattle)
Writers Program
Interview by Belle Randall
2004
_______________________
Jump Start Your Writing
Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
Workshop leader
2003
_______________________
Poets West
Frye Art Museum (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
2003
_______________________
Red Sky Poetry Theatre
Red Sky Café (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
2003
_______________________
Bumbershoot Arts Festival
Seattle Center (Seattle)
One of two featured readers
August 2001
_______________________
Washington Poets Association
SXSE Tour of Washington
One of many featured readers
1999
_______________________
Arts Edge Arts Festival
Seattle Center (Seattle)
Spoken-Word performance
1999
_______________________
Synapse Magazine
Grand Illusion Café (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
1998
_______________________
Black & Blue Benefit Ball
Center on Contemporary Art (Seattle)
1998
_______________________
Arts Edge Arts Festival
Seattle Center (Seattle)
Spoken-Word performance
1998
_______________________
Seattle Love of Life Poets
Barnes & Noble, University Village (Seattle)
1997
_______________________
Synapse Magazine
Café Paradiso (Seattle)
One of many featured readers
1997
_______________________
Synapse Magazine
Dundee Book Company (Seattle)
1995
_______________________
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