Readings

I am happy to read, schedule permitting, at any type of literary or arts event! I am regularly available for events in metro Atlanta and North Alabama, and I'm happy to visit other locations if travel can be arranged. Please contact me to set up a reading for your school, library, events series, civic group, or the like.

Past Readings include:

  • Out Loud HSV, regular reader at Open Mic and Slam Sunday events, Huntsville, Alabama, fall 2015-present
  • Robinson Jeffers Poetry Festival at Gorham's Bluff, Pisgah, Alabama, October 2016
  • Southern Authors Expo, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, Huntsville, Alabama, September 2016
  • 24th Poets' Choice, Hertha Heller Forum, Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, Alabama, January 2016
  • Afterthought: A Reading of the Graduates of the Creative Writing Department of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2015
  • New South Presents, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2015
  • National Graduate Creative Writing Conference, University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Georgia, March 2015
  • New Voices Presents: The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2013
  • Tertulia: An Open Invitation for Participants to Share Their Creative Works, Georgia and Carolinas College English Association Conference, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, January 2015
  • SAMLA 86 Open Mic Creative Readings, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2014
  • AJC Decatur Book Festival, Local Poetry Stage, September 2014, Decatur, Georgia
  • Vida Voce: a monthly reading + performance series featuring women, May 2014, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Featured Poet, Get the Word Out: Youth Poetry Open Mic, April 2014, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Loose Change First Print Edition: Vol. 4.1 Anthology Release Party, March 2014, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Host, New Voices Presents: Origins, Identity, and Authenticity, February 2014, Atlanta, Georgia
  • SAMLA 85 Open Mic Creative Readings, November 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
  • AJC Decatur Book Festival, Local Poetry Stage, September 2013, Decatur, Georgia
  • Host, New Voices Presents: Monsters, Villains & Aberrations, January 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
  • New South Presents, December 2012, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Afterword, Mississippi State University, May 2012, Starkville, Mississippi

Other Poetry Performances:

  • "Anticipation," "Beach in Winter," and "2508 Circle Drive" used in "Dear Nature," a multimedia, movement-based artwork performance by Code f.a.d. Company at Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 2013
  • "2508 Circle Drive," "Anticipation," "Gregarious," and "Beach in Winter" used in The Nature of Southern Legends, a dance film performed by the Panoramic Dance Project at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 2015
  • "Beach in Winter" and "2508 Circle Drive" used in "A Few Southern Legends" a multimedia, movement-based artwork performance by Code f.a.d. Company at Movies by Movers IV at The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 2013
  • "Anticipation," "Beach in Winter," and "2508 Circle Drive" used in Dear Nature, a multimedia, movement-based artwork performance by Code f.a.d. Company at Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 2013


New South Reading Dec. 2012 (YouTube)