Chicago is one of my favorite cities, and I'm so glad to be able to read there this November at An Inconvenient Hour! Join us on the 15th -- plenty of time before heading to a show or other evening activities.

📚 Metropolis Cafe - 1039 W Granville Ave
📆 Saturday, November 15
🕰️ 5:00 pm sharp!

I'm excited to visit Colorado for the first time a month from today to share my work at the Reading Den series! Please join us to hear a variety of voices, emerging to established.

📚 Fort Greene Bar - 321 E 45th Ave.
📆 Wednesday, October 29
🕰️ 7 pm

I’m excited to visit Lexington KY to read at the wonderful series Poetry at the /'tāb(ə)l/.

I hear the open mic is ROLLICKING and you must be early to claim one of the spots. Will be great to hear a variety of voices. Also: PIZZA.

📚 Kenwick Table - 201 Owsley Ave.
📆 Wednesday, Sept. 3
🕰️ 6 - 8 pm

Excited to be part of a group of readers performing this Friday evening at Arthurdale Heritage.

Read more about this special place in the new story “POOR WAYFARING STRANGERS: CAN APPALACHIAN STUDIES SURVIVE THE AGE OF TRUMP?” out now from @salvationsouth.com. www.salvationsouth.com/appalachian-...

Thrilled to share that GASTROMYTHOLOGY was a finalist in this year's #HofferAward competition! It's great to learn that my book continues to resonate with readers.

I'm excited to visit Western Maryland for my next author event, at Frostburg State! I’ll be reading from GASTROMYTHOLOGY with a Q&A to follow.

📚Frostburg State University - Lewis J. Ort Library
📆 Thursday, April 24
🕰️ 7:30 p.m.

I’m so excited to be a featured poet at this year’s Festival of Books! In addition to reading, I’ll be leading a workshop session on how to discuss and critique poetry. Please plan to join us.

📚Carnegie Library - Main (Oakland)
📆 Saturday, May 31
🕰️ 10 a.m - 5 p.m.

I won't be at #AWP25 next week, but my publisher will be, so stop by table 810 to buy GASTROMYTHOLOGY, or check out their offsite reading to hear some of the most compelling voices of Appalachia, as well as an open mic for S-N-G authors from the last 3 decades! #AWP2025

See you for BALTIMORE 2026!

I just had some last weekend! We got so much food for like $10! Plus the free coffee!

I'm excited to visit Dallas, TX for my next reading and discussion with series curator Logen Cure! I'll be reading from GASTROMYTHOLOGY and also something new.
🥂The Wild Detectives - 314 W Eighth St.
📆 Wednesday, March 12
🕰️7:30 p.m.

Next reading: Morgantown, WV!
Monongalia Arts Center - Monthly Literary Night
Thursday, February 13 - 6 p.m.
Open mic to follow - I would love to hear from some West Virginia writers!
Hope to see you there.

Pittsburgh: excited to read with a great group of folks at January’s Free Association Series at City of Asylum!

Tues. January 28, 7-8 p.m. Stock up on reading material to get you through February at their in-house bookstore!

Pleased to have been invited to read at a number of places over the next few months! Looking forward to meeting readers in these places, and hope to see some of you! #poetrycommunity

Excited to read next week with Lit Youngstown! Wed. Jan. 8 @ 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. Open mic to follow. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. #poetrycommunity

See, I’m not the only one moved to poetry by thinking about my city’s wastewater treatment facilities.

Southeast Ohio folks: I'm looking forward to joining a wonderful group of readers and musicians the evening of Friday 5/17, at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens. Will you join us? #poetrycommunity

So excited to be a Featured Poet at this year's Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on May 11! Check out the entire lineup here: www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/2024poets

Excited to do some readings leading up to and after my book launch this summer! Let me know if you're looking for readers for your series! I'm ready to hit the road. 🚗