2010 Schedule
January 6
Reading and Discussion, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, Center Road, Traverse City, MI. 7:00 p.m.
January 9
“Collaboration Between Art Forms," with Bill Allen, sculptor, Goodwill House, Traverse City, MI 11:00 a.m.
March 5
Book Launch Party for Driving With Dvorak, Brilliant Books, Sutton's Bay, MI 6-8. Wine, cheese, good conversation. Public invited.
March 13
Book signing for Driving With Dvorak, Horizon Books, Traverse City, MI, 3-5.
March 18
"A Tale of Collaboration," Keynote talk with Bill Allen, Michigan Writers semi-annual meeting, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Center Road, Traverse City, MI, 7:00
April 7
“Re-Reading Rilke: Letters to a Young Writer," Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Hyatt Regency, Denver, CO. 1:30-2:45 p.m.
April 10
“American Lives: Exploring the Modern Memoir," Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Hyatt Regency, Denver, CO. 10:30-11:45 a.m.
April 11
Opening, “ConTEXTure: A Conversation Between Artists in Two Forms," with Bill Allen, sculptor, Dennos Museum, time TBA.
April 15
Keynote speaker with Bill Allen, Sculptor, Michigan Writers, Unitarian Universalist Congregation Building, 7:00.
May 15
Poetry Workshop at Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI 2-5. Contact the museum for information. dennosmuseum.org
June11
Darcy Library Reading, Beulah, MI 7:00 p.m.
July 1
Reading at Cottage Bookstore, Glen Arbor, MI w/ Anne Marie Oomen and Michael Delp. 6:30
Aug 7-18
Teaching at Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program, Tacoma, WA. Details TBA.
Sept 11
Reading and talk for Mensa, Cottage Cafe, Traverse City, MI 11:00 a.m.
Sept 16
Book Launch party at Watershed Center for Loon Cry: Selected and New Poems, jointly with cover artist Glenn Wollf. Traverse City, MI
Sept 21
Book club talk, private, Ladies Literary Club of Bellaire, Torch Lake Drive, Torch Lake, MI. 7:00
October 11
Book Club talk on Driving With Dvorak, Alma, MI site TBA
Nov 8
Talk and reading for Bay Ridge Book Club, Traverse City, MI, 12:00
2009 Schedule
February 10
Reading for AAUW, Heritage Center, Traverse City, MI, 6:30 p.m.
February 12
Reading, Arts and Letters 10th Anniversary Reading, AWP Convention, Chicago, IL, Chicago Hilton, 6:00-7:00.
February 14
Panelist, "The Circus Animals' Persistence: Older Poets Confront Their Own Work and The Next Generation," AWP Convention, Chicago, IL, Chicago Hilton Hotel, 1:30-2:45.
February 21
Leading Poetry Workshop for Fall Writers' Retreat participants.
April 24
Private poetry reading for Traverse City book club, 11:00 a.m.
April 25
Reading, private residence, benefit for Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, $30 charge. Cocktail hour and buffet.
July 10
"Distance and Nearness: A Reading With Anne-Marie Oomen and Fleda Brown" Brilliant Books, Sutton's Bay, MI, 6:30.
July 14
Reading at Northport Library, Northport, MI, time TBA
August 2-12
Residency faculty at Rainier Writers' Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
September 25-27
Peninsula Writers' Retreat, Glen Lake, MI, lecture and individual conferences
October 1
Craft Talk 10:00 a.m., reading 2:00, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI
November 9
Reading at Susquehanna State University, Selinsgrove, PA
November 20
Workshop and closing reading, Writers' Conference Day, Northwestern Michigan College, schedule TBA.