calendar
February 1- May 7, 2024. IN-PERSON. Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.
April 25-29, 2024. Reading & Teaching, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Conference, Blue Harbor Resort, Sheboygan, WI. Details TBA.
May 20-24, 2024. Teaching with Allan Wolf, James Navé, and Sebastian Matthews. Lake Eden Creative Writing Retreat, Lake Eden, NC. Details TBA.
June 5-July 15, 2024. IN-PERSON. Teaching as part of the Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, The University of the South, Tennessee.
May 28-31, 2025. Reading & Teaching, North Woods Writers’ Symposium, Skagway, Alaska. Details TBA.
October 5-11, 2025. IN-PERSON. The Hellbender Gathering of Poets, Black Mountain, NC. Details TBA.
Should you be interested in having Nickole read or teach for your organization, please contact Anya Backlund at Blue Flower Arts:
845-677-8559 / anya@blueflowerarts.com
A Partial Archive of Past Events (most recent back to 2007) :
March 27, 2024. Reading, A. E. Stringer Visiting Writer’s Series, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
March 8-10, 2024. Appalachian Studies Conference, Cullowhee, NC. Reading as part of three different panels: as part of the Troublesome Rising anthology, as part of the Weatherford Award in Appalachian Literature, and as part of the Queer Appalachian Authors.
February 7-11, 2024. AWP Conference, Kansas City, MO—
December 9-10, 2023. IN-PERSON. Teaching & Reading, Charlotte Lit, Chapbook Lab Program, Charlotte, NC.
November 8, 2023. VIRTUAL. Online visit to Eli Wheat’s class, University of Washington-Seattle.
November 1-2, 2023. IN-PERSON. Teaching & Reading, High School Writing Workshop for Charleston School of the Arts, Lake Lure, Canton, NC.
October 5-8, 2023. IN-PERSON. Retreat as a fellow for the Black Earth Institute, Wisconsin. To be joined by Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Gerald L. Coleman, Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, Laura-Gray Street, Abegunde, Marjory Wentworth, Matty Layne Glasgow, Mita Mahato, Orchid Tierney, and Teresa Dzieglewicz.
June 5-July 15, 2023. IN-PERSON. Teaching as part of the Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, The University of the South, Tennessee.
May 11, 2023. IN-PERSON. Reading with Mildred Barya, Story Parlor, Asheville, NC. More details to follow.
April 27, 2023. IN-PERSON, 6-7:30 pm ET. Reading, Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer Series, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
April 22-23, 2023. IN-PERSON, Reading and teaching as part of the Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival, Bronxville, New York. More details to follow.
March 8-12, 2023. IN-PERSON. AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington. (Events include an off-site BOA Poets Reading on Wednesday, March 8, at 6:00 pm at 1600 Melrose Avenue with Margaret Ray, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Luther Hughes, Alicia Mountain, Dustin Parson, and Margerget Ray; a “Queer Identity in Poetry” panel on Thursday, March 9, from 3:20 p.m.–4:35 p.m PT in the Seattle Convention Center’s Summit Building, Level 3, Rooms 347-348 with Subhaga Crystal Bacon, DustinPearson, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo; an off-site Queer Nature Reading on Friday, March 10, at 7:30 pm PT at Left Bank Books; and an off-site Poem of the Week Group Reading on Saturday, March 11, at 8:00 pm PT at The Lookout. )
Spring 2023—January 24, February 21, March 21, and April 18. ONLINE, 7:00-8:30 pm, ET. Teaching monthly free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
CANCELED: November 4-6, 2022. IN-PERSON. Co-leading a generative writing retreat with Jessica Jacobs, “Ecology of the Spirit,” three days of exploring the intersections of spiritual and ecological writing, WNC Arboretum, Asheville, NC.
October 14-15, 2022. IN-PERSON. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, The West End Poetry Festival, Carrboro, NC. Faculty includes Fred Joiner, Alan Shapiro, Joan Barsovska, Alana Dagenhart, Cedric Tillman, and Jacinta White.
October 6-9, 2022. IN-PERSON. Retreat as a fellow for the Black Earth Institute, Wisconsin. To be joined by Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Gerald L. Coleman, Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, Laura-Gray Street, Abegunde, Marjory Wentworth, Matty Layne Glasgow, Mita Mahato, Orchid Tierney, and Teresa Dzieglewicz.
September 25-28, 2022. IN-PERSON. Alabama tour as part of the BACHE Reading Series. Events include University of Montevallo (9/26 at 3:30 p.m.), Samford University (9/26 at 7 p.m.), Birmingham-Southern College (9/27 at at 11 a.m.), UAB (9/27 at 6 p.m.), and Miles College (9/28 at 10 a.m.).
Tuesday, September 13. IN-PERSON, 6:30 pm, ET. Reading with Jessica Jacobs as the Punch Bucket Lit Series at Cellarest, 395 Haywood Road, West Asheville.
Saturday, September 10, 2022. ONLINE, 2:00-3:30 pm, ET (1:00-2:30 pm CT): Teaching generative workshop with Jessica Jacobs, “The Winged Seed: writing about the people who made and raised us.” as s part of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Register here.
Thursday, September 8, 2022. ONLINE, 7:00-8:00 pm, ET (6:00-7:00 pm CT): Reading with Jessica Jacobs as part of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Register here.
Fall 2022—September 6, October 3, November 8, December 6. ONLINE, 7:00-8:30 pm, ET. Teaching monthly free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
Friday, September 2, 2022. ONLINE, 8:30-10-30 pm, ET (7:30-9:30 CT): Reading with Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Jessica Jacobs as part of the Soul Bone Literary Festival at Maharishi International University. This event is free and open to the public. Register here.
January 10-15, 2022. Reading and teaching online for the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Faculty includes poets Kim Addonizio, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Chard deNiord, Mark Doty, Yona Harvey, John Murillo, Matthew Olzmann, and Diane Seuss. Special Guest Poet is Yusef Komunyakaa and Poet-at-Large is Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Other individual conference faculy includes Lorna Knowles Blake, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Jessica Jacobs, and Angela Narciso Torres.
Fall 2021. Teaching monthly free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
November 18, 2021. Reading online with Jessica Jacobs, "Spoken & Heard" Series. Contact: Ohio Poet Laureat Kari Gunter-Seymour. Details TBA.
October 10-November 21, 2021. Teaching online for Orion Magazine: "Kingdom Animalia: Finding a Poetry For Animals."
September 5-26, 2021. Teaching online for SunJune Literary Collaborative: "A Kingdom of Green: Finding a Poetry of Plants & Trees."
August, 2021, ONLINE. Reading and class visit, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY. Details TBA.
June 17-July 15, 2021. Faculty, Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, The University of the South, Tennessee.
May 14-16, 2021. Teaching and reading online with Jessica Jacobs, Greensboro Bound.
May 8, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm, EST, Teaching online workshop for Sinister Wisdom, "Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness."
April 29 & May 6, 2021, 6:00-7:30 pm, EST, Teaching online for Charlotte Lit, "Writing in the Age of Loneliness: Eco-Literature & the Writer's Task."
April 20, 2021, 7:00-8:30 pm EST, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
April 19, 2021. Online reading with Jessica Jacobs, KGB Bar, NYC.
April 19-23, 2021, 12:00-2:00 pm EST. Online teaching "Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness" through 24PearlStreet, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
April 17, 2021. Online reading with Jessica Jacobs, 3:00 pm, EST, The Collectibles Zoom Poetry Series hosted by Headmistress Press with host Sandy Yannone.
April 17, 2021, 11:15 am EST. Online reading with Julia Koets and Amie Whittmore, "Queer Nature" Panel hosted by Anne Fisher-Worth, Glitterary Festival, University of Mississippi.
April 12, 2021, 4:00 pm EST. Online reading with Julie Marie Wade, LGBT+ and Allies Faculty/Staff Affinity Group, Christopher Newport Univerity, hosted by Joanna Eleftheriou.
April 4, 11, and 18, 2021, 1:30-3:30 pm EST. Online teaching as part of The Makery at the Hindman Settlement School, "Re-cognition and Re-vision: Pushing the Boundaries of Poems."
CANCELED: April, 2021. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
April 6, 2021, 7:00-8:30 pm EST, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire with Jessica Jacobs (please send email for registration link)
March 28, 2021, ONLINE. 7:00 pm, EST. Teaching workshop with Jessica Jacobs, online, Lit Youngstown.
March 9, 2021. 7:00-8:30 pm EST, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
March 2, 2021. Online reading with Jessica Jacobs, Nexus Poets Reading Series, New Bern, NC.
March 1, 2021. Virtual class visit with Camille Dungy's creative writing class, Stanford University, CA.
February 26, 2021,12:00 noon EST. Reading online for the Tang Museum, "Energy in All Directions" exhibit with painter Cary Smith and Shaker Museum Director Lacy Schutz, and Jeff Baily, sponsored by The Academy of American Poets, The Shaker Museum of Mount Lebanon and The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NC. Open to all; register on Zoom.
February 23, 2021. 7:00-8:30 pm EST, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
February 18, 2021, 7:00-8:30 pm EST. Teaching online with Jessica Jacobs: "Please Come Flying: An Invitation to Teach Poetry," The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.
February 9, 2021. 7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
January 18-24, 2021. Reading and Individual Conference Faculty, online, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL. Faculty includes David Baker, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Traci Brimhall, Eduardo C. Corral, Vievee Francis, Kevin Prufer, Martha Rhodes, Tim Seibles, Brian Turner, Lorna Knowles Blake, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Jessica Jacobs, and Angela Narciso Torres. Special Guest Poet: Gregory Orr, accompanied by the Parkington Sisters.
January 9, 2021. Presentation of Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire with Jessica Jacobs to the MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College.
January 8, 2021. Virtual class visit for Margo Stever's Bioethics Class, Case Western University.
December 29, 2020. 7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
December 15, 2020.7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
December 1, 2020. 7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
November 24, 2020. Online reading of Larue-Anne Bosselaar's poem for the Academy of American Poets' Gather in Poems event with Francisco Aragón, Rafael Campo, Geffrey Davis, Toi Derricotte, Aracelis Girmay, Joy Harjo, Robert Hass, Jessica Jacobs, Airea D. Matthews, Yesenia Montilla, Aimee Nezhukumatahil, Ladan Osman, Patricia Smith, Arthur Sze, Ethan Wang, and Seema Yasmin.
November 19, 2020. Online reading for Beyond Baroque with Sara Borjas, Cyrus Cassells, Victoria Chang, Cathy Colman, Megan Fernandes, Jane Hirshfield, Jessica Jacobs, John Murillo, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, 2020 Los Angeles Bookfestival, CA.
November 17, 2020. 7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
November 3, 2020. 7:00-8:30 pm, Teaching free Drop-in Generative Writing Workshop with Jessica Jacobs based on Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (please send email for registration link)
October, 2020. Online reading and teaching, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
October 29, 2020. Online class visit hosted by Rose McClarney, Auburn University.
October 28, 2020. Online book launch for Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Jessica Jacobs, hosted by Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC. Free & open to the public. Register here.
October 26, 2020. Online book launch for Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, with Jessica Jacobs, and guests Laure-Anne Bosselaar, David George Haskell, and Matthew Olzmann, hosted by Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC. Free & open to the public. Register here.
October 15, 2020, 7:00 pm, EST. Reading online, Meachum Writers' Workshop, UT Chattanooga.
October 13, 2020, 7:00 pm, EST. Reading online with poets Kimberly Simms Gibbs, Tony Robles, Joy Priest, Keith Flynn, Andrew K. Clark, & Jessica Jacobs, for Freeverse: Charleston Poetry Festival, hosted by Derek Berry.
October 11, 2020, 2:00-4:30 pm, EST. Teaching online with Rose McClarney, "Exploring with A Literary Field Guide To Southern Appalachia: An Afternoon of Observation, Reading, and Creative Writing," The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC.
October 7-10, 2020. Teaching and reading online with Jessica Jacobs, Dublin School, Dublin, NH.
October 8, 2020. Reading online with Jessica Jacobs, Poets on the Plaza Reading Series, hosted by the city of Salisbury's Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell in honor of National LGBTQ History Month
October 3, 2020. 10:30-12:30 pm. Poetry to Honor the Biosphere: An Ecopoetics Celebration with Mary Newell, Marcella Durand, E. J. McAdams, Orchid Tierney, Joseph Bruchac, Margo Taft Stever, A. Anupama, and Kathleen Williamson. Hosted by the Desmond-Fish Public Library and the Hudson Valley Poetry Series, funded in part by Poets & Writers, with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature.
October 6, 2020. Reading online at The Poetry Center at Smith College with Jessica Jacobs, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Rebecca Foust, Gina Franco, Abe Louise Young, and Gail Mazure for launch of The Map of Every Lilac Leaf: Poets Respond to the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA.
September 13, 2020. Reading online for the New England Poetry Club's Prizewinner's Reading.
August 30, September 6, 13, and 20, 2020. Teaching online through the North Carolina Arboretum, "A Kingdom of Green: Finding a Poetry of Plants & Trees."
August 16, 2020. Teaching online through the Hudson Valley Writers Center, "Poetry as a Practice of Awareness."
August 1, 2020. 7:00 pm. Reading online as part of Narrating the New: A Gathering of Poets in Support of the BeLoved Asheville with Kevin Evans, Keith Flynn, Luke Hankins, Jacki Shelton Green, Jessica Jacobs, Sebastian Matthews, Jancita White, and Eric Tran.
July 27-31, 2020. Reading and teaching online at the Writers' Workshop at Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY. Faculty includes Jesse Donaldson (CNF), Silas House (Novel), Mark Powell (Novel), Ann Pancake (Short Fiction), and L. Lamar Wilson (poetry). Presentation by Wiley and Mallory Cash.
July 24, 2020. 5:00-6:30 pm, Reading online with Jessica Jacobs, Seat in the Shade Poetry Series hosted by Melissa Cahmann-Taylor, University of Georgia-Athens.
May 20, 2020. Reading online, Kai Coggin's Wednesday Night Poetry Series, with Ada Limon, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Andrea Gibson.
POSTPONED: September, 2020. Teaching and reading in Santa Cruz, California. Details TBA.
POSTPONED: September, 2020. Faculty at the Wrightwood Literary Festival, California. Details TBA.
POSTPONED: May, 2020. Hometown launch party for The Donkey Elegies, Asheville, NC. Details TBA.
CANCELED: May 31, 2020. Reading with Rose McLarney and contributors of her anthology, A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC. More details TBA.
CANCELED: May 10, 2020. Reading with Mark Turcotte & Jessica Jacobs, Sunday Reading Series: Poetry, Prose, & Coctails, Hungry Brain, 2319 West Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL. Details TBA.
CANCELED: May 6, 2020. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, DePaul College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. Details TBA. May 10, 2020.
CANCELED: April 21-27, 2020. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Santa Barbara, CA. Details TBA.
CANCELED: April 20, 2020. 12:30-1:30 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Yuyutshu Sharma, Whittier College, Wardman Library, Poets' Corner, Sponsored by Religious Studies and English/Environmental Stuides Programs, California.
POSTPONED: April 18-19, 2020. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California. Details TBA.
POSTPONED: April 3-5, 2020. Glitterary Festival, Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi. Details TBA.
CANCELED: March 30-April 2, 2020. Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival, Culowhee, NC. Details TBA.
POSTPONED: March 26, 2020, 11:30-12:30 pm, "A Prayer to Talk to Animals: Poetry Reading & Conversation on Animal Ethics," East Tennessee State University, The Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN.
POSTPONED: March 18-20, 2020. Reading at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. More details TBA.
February, 2020. Teaching a month-long online workshop "Writing in the Age of Loneliness: Ecoliterature & the Writer's Task," through 24PearlStreet, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
January 20-25, 2020. Teaching and reading with Jessica Jacobs, The Palm Beach Poetry Fesival, Old School Square, Delray Beach, FL. Faculty and featured guests to include Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Lorna Blake, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Major Jackson, Jessica Jacobs, Reginald Gibbons, Dana Levin, Joy Harjo, David Kirby, Ilya Kaminsky, Adrian Matejka, Maggie Smith, Patricia Smith, and Angela Narcisco Torres.
November 24, 2019, 3:00 pm, Reading with contributors of A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville, NC.
November 8-10, 2019. Co-leading master craft workshop with Jessica Jacobs, North Carolina Writers' Network Confence, Asheville, NC.
November 4, 2019, 12:00 noon, Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, University of South Carolina Sumter.
November 3, 2019, 4:00 pm, Reading with Ashley M. Jones and Jessica Jacobs, Columbia Museum of Art, Boyd Plaza, South Carolina. (teaching individual workshop that afternoon before reading)
October 23, 2019. 7:00 pm (with an open mic at 6:30), Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Wednesday Night Poetry Series, Kollective Coffee+Tea hosted by Kai Coggin, 110 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
October 21-25, 2019. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. (Reading on Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm, free & open to the public, Reves Recital Hall, Trieschmann Fine Arts Building, followed by a reception and book signing in Trieschmann Gallery)
October 11, 2019. 4:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Pace University, Butcher Suite, New York.
October 10, 2019. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, University of Maine Farmington.
October 5, 2019. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Teaching, "Recognition & Revision" Workshop, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Portland, ME. (FYI: Participants are asked to bring three hard copies of a one-page poem-in-progress to revise in class. In addition, please also submit this poem via email no later than 9:00 AM on September 26. Email the poem to perry@mainewriters.org with the subject line: “BROWN WORKSHOP MSS" in MS Word format only.)
October 4, 2019. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Melissa Crowe, Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, Maine.
October 3, 2019. Reading with Jessica Jacobs & Melissa Crowe, The Collected Poets Series, Mocha Maya's 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
September 30, 2019. Co-teaching a workshop with Jessica Jacobs, "Re-cognition & Revision: Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems," Poetry Center at Smith College , Alumnae Houe Conference Hall, Northampton, Massachusetts.
September 27-29, 2019. Reading & Teaching with Jessica Jacobs at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, New York. (Friday, September 27, reading with Jessica Jacobs and Nick Flynn / Saturday, co-leading the workshop "Promoting Your First Book of Poems" / Sunday, leading the workshop "Eco-poetry & the Writer's Task")
September 22, 2019. Reading with Lauren Clark, Philip Clark, and Jessica Jacobs, The Bureau, LGBTQ Community Center, New York, NY.
September 21, 2019, 11:00 am-3:00 pm, Teaching "Recognition, Revision, and Revelation: Pushing the Boundaries of Your Poems," with Jessica Jacobs, Poets House, New York, NY.
September 7, 2019. 10:00-4:00 pm, Teaching "Writing in the Age of Loneliness: Ecoliterature & the Writer's Task," The Arboretum, Asheville, NC.
August 10, 2019. 1:45-2:00 pm, Reading, Main Stage, Off the Grid Festival, Big Berea Pasture, Riceville Road, Asheville, NC.
July 19-21, 2019. Teaching at Hub City Writer's Project Writing in Place Conference at Wofford College, Spartanburg, North Carolina.
June 27-29, 2019. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Wyoming. (Saturday, June 29, 1:15-3:00 pm: craft class "Ecoliterature & The Writer's Task)
June 11-12, 2019. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Eco-tones of the Spirit: Summer Intitue on Food, Faith, and Ecology, Warren Wilson Campus, Swanannoa, North Carolina. (Reading Tuesday, June 11, with Jessica Jacobs and Gary Paul Nabhan, Ransom Fellowship Hall).
May 20, 2019, 7:30 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, The Altamonte Reading Series, Asheville, North Carolina.
May 17-18, 2019. Teaching and reading with Jessica Jacobs, Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, North Carolina. Details TBA.
May 5, 2019, 2019. 3:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Robert Lee Kendrick, Poetrio Reading Series, Malaprop's Bookstore, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, North Carolina
May 4, 2019, 6:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Nomi Stone, So & So Books, 704 North Person Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.
May 3, 2019, 8:00 pm. Reading with Sandra Beasley, Jessica Jacobs, Valencia Robin, and Nomi Stone, Bull City Press' House Reading Series, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
May 2, 2019. 7:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, The Regulator Bookshop, 720 9th Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705.
April 22, 2019. 6:00 pm, Reading with contributors of LGBTQ Fiction & Poetry from Appalachia, edited by Jeff Mann and Julia Watts, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville, NC.
February 12-April 16, 2019. Leading the workshop "Writing in the Age of Loneliness: Eco-literature & the Writer's Task," The Great Smokies Writing Program, Hanger Hall School, 64 W.T. Weaver Boulevard, Asheville. Class meets Mondays, 6:00-8:30 pm, February 11, March 4, 11, 18, and April 15.
April 12-14, 2019. Asheville Wordfest. Asheville, North Carolina. (Reading Saturday, April 13, 12:30 pm, with Jessica Jacobs, Mildred Barya, and Michael Hettich, Lenoir-Rhyne at 36 Montford Avenue, Boardroom; Teaching an Eco-Literature workshop on Sunday, April 14, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Room 232)
April 9, 2019, 4:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. More details TBA.
April 7, 2019, 4:00 p.m. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, “On an Island Reading Series,” Whidbey Island, Washington.
April 6, 2019, 1:00-4:00 pm, Teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Hugo House, Seattle, Washington. More details TBA.
April 5, 2019. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Open Books, Seattle, Washington. More details TBA.
April 2, 2019. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Linfield College, Library Reading Room, McMinnville, Oregon.
March 27-30, 2019. AWP Conference, Portland, Oregon—
March 27, 2019, 7:00-11:00 pm. Offsite reading with Jessica Jacobs, Daniel Kalastchi, Paisley Rekdal, Kazim Ali, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Leila Chatti, Allison Joseph, & Campbell McGrath, Coopers Hall Winery & Taproom, Portland, Oregon.
March 29, 2019, 1:30-2:45 pm. AWP Conference Panel: “Me Too: Writing Your Way Through (and Out of) Childhood Sexual Abuse” with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Dorianne Laux, Richard Hoffman, and Kamilah Aisha Moon. Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2.
March 20, 2019, 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Kevin McIlvoy, University of North Carolina Asheville, Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
March 14-17, 2019. Appalachian Studies Conference, Asheville, North Carolina. (Reading with Jeffrey Mann, Maggie Anderson, Mesha Maren, and Julia Watts on Friday, March 15, at 10:00 am, University of North Carolina Asheville. More details TBA.)
March 9, 2019. Reading with Jessica Jacobs and co-leading the workshop "How to Revise a Poem," North Carolina Poetry Society Conference, Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, Southern Pines, North Carolina. More details TBA.
Februay 21, 2019. 5:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, University of Delaware, Memorial Hall 127, Newark, Delaware.
February 19, 2019, 3:30 pm., Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Georgetown University sponsored by the Center for Jewish Civilization, the Doyle Engaging Difference Program, the Women's Center, and Women's & Gender Studies, McGhee Library, Washington, DC.
February 17, 2019. 5:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs hosted by Rasha Abdulhadi and Lauren May with an open mic to follow, Sunday Kind of Love Reading Series sponsored by Split this Rock, Busboys & Poets, 202114th Street NW (14th & V), Washington, DC.
February 16, 2019. 10:00-1:00 pm, Co-leading workshop with Jessica Jacobs, "Pushing Past Clichés in Love Poems," The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815.
Februray 8, 2019. 7:00 pm, Hometown Book Launch Reading with Jessica Jabobs, Lenoir-Rhyne, 36 Montford Ave, Board Room (directly above the Asheville Visitors Center), Asheville, NC.
February 1, 2019, 5:00 pm., Reading with Jessica Jacobs, High Pointe University, Ballroom at Plato S. Wilson School of Commerce, One University Parkway, High Point, NC.
January 21-26, 2019. Reading & Individual Conference Faculty, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL. Faculty includes Ellen Bass, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Stuart Dischell, Aracelis Girmay, Campbell McGrath, Gregory Pardlo, Matthew Olzmann, Eleanor Wilner. Special Guests Sharon Olds and Tyehimba Jess. (Reading on Saturday, January 26, 4:00 pm, with Sally Bliumis-Dunn and Lorna Blake, Crest Theater, Old School Square, Delray Beach).
August-December, 2018. Distinguished Writer-in-Residence with Jessica Jacobs, University of North Carolina-Wilmington MFA Program.
December 1, 2018. 3:00 pm, Reading celebrating the Oxford American's 20th annual music issue featuring North Carolina with Tift Merritt, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville, NC.
November 30, 2018. Reading at Isis Music Hall, with performances by Tift Merritt, Mike Guggino, Pat Mother Blues Cohen, Jimmy Landry, Michael Libramento, Amanda Anne Platt, Tyler Ramsey, Graham Sharp, and Shannon Witworth. Asheville, NC
CANCELED: November 17, 2018. 3:00 pm, In conversation with Silas House & Kayla Rae Whitaker, Kentucky Book Festival, Alltech Arena, Lexington, KY.
October 13, 2018. 7:30 pm, Reading with Rose McLarney & Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Vandercooked Poetry Nights, Asheville BookWorks, 428 1/2 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC.
August 4, 2018, 10:00 am, Reading with Ray McManus, Laughing Heart Literary Festival, Hot Springs, NC.
July 23-28, 2018. Faculty, Hindman Settlement School Summer Writers' Workshop, Hindman, KY. Keynote Nikki Giovanni; faculty includes George Ella Lyon, Tift Merrit, Leesa Cross-Smith, Marc Harshman, Michael Parker, Jessie Van Erden, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Tom Eblen, Elizabeth Englehardt, Bill Goodman, Silas House, Carol Boggess, and Amanda Jo Slone. (Reading Tuesday, July 24, 2019, 7:00 pm with Bill Goodman and Kayla Rae Whitaker)
June 3-July 12, 2018. Faculty, Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, The University of the South, Tennessee. Facutly includes Barbara Black, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Michael Dunaway, John Ernest, Michael Griffith, Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse. Jennifer Lewin, Cheri Madid, and Jamie Quatro. Reading Wednesday, June 6, 4:30 pm, Gailor auditorium.
May 19, 2018. 4:30-5:30 pm. Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival, LGBT Couples Panel discussion & reading with John Gosslee, Daisy Hernandez, and Jessica Jacobs, moderated by Dr. Wayne Johns, Greensboro Cultural Center, Room #208, 200 North Davie Street, NC.
May 19, 2018. 10:00-11:00 am, Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival, Poetry Panel with Coen Cauthen, Juliana Gray, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, and Jo Mills, Greensboro Cultural Center, Room #208, 200 North Davie Street, NC.
April 30-May 25, 2018. Teaching online "Writing the Age of Loneliness: Ecoliteracy & the Writer's Task," Hindman Settlement School.
April 6, 2018. 7:30 pm., Reading with Jessica Jacobs at College of Southern Maryland. Connections Literary Series, La Pata, MD.
February 21-April 25, 2018. Teaching "Ostranenie: Poetry as Practice of Awareness," Great Smokies Writing Program, UNCA, Asheville, NC.
March 8, 2018, 7:00 pm. Off-site AWP reading in celebration of The Kiss, an anthology edited by Brian Turner. 4611 West Kensington Avenue, Tampa, FL, with Nick Flynn, Camille Dungy, Tea Obreht, Dan Sheehan, Patricia Smith, Mark Doty, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, and Major Jackson.
March 8, 2018, 5:00-7:00 pm. Off-site AWP reading for Sibling Rivalry Press, Red Star Rock Bar, 5210 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603, with Julie Enszer, John Andrews, D. Gilson, Franny Choi, Sarah Browning, Luther Hughes, Jessica Jacobs,Valerie Wetlaufer, Ruben Quesada, and Russ Jameson Price.
March 8, 2018, 3:00-4:15 pm. AWP Bookfair reading in celebration of the ten-year anniversary of Waccamaw Literary Journal, Tampa, FL. with Barbara Hamby, Gregory Fraser, David J. Daniels, Juliana Gray, and Stephen D. Gutierrez.
February 12, 2018. 12:00 noon. Re/Verb Podcast Interview with Kendra DeColo and Ciona Rouse & Reading, Third Man Books, 623 7th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee.
January 29-February 12, 2018. Residency and retreat at Rivendell Writers' Colony, Sewanee, Tennessee.
January 26, 2018. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacbos and Mary Ellen Lough, with Music by Lobo Marino, The Embodiment Center of Asheville, 120 Coxe Avenue.
January 15-20, 2018. Individual Conference Faculty, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL.
December 9, 2017, 10:00-1:00 pm. Teaching workshop with Jessica Jacobs, "How to Read & Perform Your Work," Charlotte Lit, NC. Reading to follow on Sunday, December 10.
October 16, 2017. 7:30 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Altamont Poetry Series, The BLOCK off Biltmore, 39 South Market Street, Asheville, NC.
October 2, 2017. 6:00 pm. Reading with Elizabeth Bradfield and Jessica Jacobs at East End Books, 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657.
September 26, 2017. 7:30 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Poetry Center at Smith College ,Alumnae Houe Conference Hall, Northampton, MA. (Also co-teaching "Ostranenie" Workshop on Wednesday, September 27, at 4:30 pm.)
September 21-22, 2017. Reading with Jessica Jacobs & teaching two workshops—"Genre-bending: Limning the Borders Between Poetry, Fiction, and Prose" & "From the Inside Out: Writing about Family," Casper College Literary Conference, Wyoming.
September 14, 2017. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
August 12, 2017, 10:00-1:00 pm. Teaching workshop "Putting Poetry in Your Prose," Charlotte Lit, NC. Reading to follow on Sunday, August 13.
June-July, 2017. Faculty, Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, The University of the South, Tennessee.
May 20, 2017. 7:00-9:00 pm, Second annual Maine Poetry Gala, Beloit Poetry Journal, co-sponsored by the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Maine Women Writers Collection, Reading with poets Christian Barter, Kirun Kapur, and Robert Strong, University of New England, Biddeford, ME.
May 18, 2017. 4:15 pm, Reading & Discussion with Jessica Jacobs, Bates College, hosted by the Office of Intercultural Education, Lewiston, ME. Generative workshop will follow at 6:00 pm.
April 22, 2017, 1:00 pm. "I am Kentucky: Poetry & Place," Reading with Jay McCoy, Staci R. Schoenfeld, Crystal Wilkinson, K. Nicole Wilson at Kenton County Public Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY.
April 21, 2017, 8:00 pm. Reading with Ashleigh Scarpinato, Emily Blair, Amy Nichols, and Kathleen Driskell. River City Revue Series, The Bard's Town, Louisville, KY.
April 19, 2017, 6:00 pm. "Creativity & Art in the Age of Trump," Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Elizabeth Meade, Jadwiga McKay, and Lori Horvitz to follow at 7:00 pm, aSHEville Museum, 35 Wall Street, Asheville, NC.
March 17, 2017, 7:30 pm. Reading at Women & Children First Bookstore with Simone Muench and Mark Turcotte, 5233 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL. Details TBA.
March 15, 2017, 5:30 pm. Reading with Aracelis Girmay, Columbia College Chicago, State Two, 618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.
March 5, 2017, 3:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC.
March 3-4, 2017. Reading with Jessica Jacobs & Workshop: "Writing in the Mother Tongue: Approaches to Dialext and Colloquial Speech," Press 53 Gathering of Poets, Winston-Salem, NC.
March 2, 2017, 12:30 pm. Class visit with Jessica Jacobs, University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
March 1, 2017, 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs at Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Avenue, Wilmington, NC.
February 21, 2017, 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs at Eastern Carolina University, The Green Room, Croatan Building. (Teaching workshop 6:00-9:00 pm, Monday, February 20)
February 11, 2017. 3:00-4:15 pm, "Literary Hybrids: Transgressing the Traditional," panel with Casandra Lopez, Ching-In Chen, Julie Marie Wade, Lee Ann Roripaugh, AWP Conference, Washington, DC., Room 207B, Washington Convention Center, Level Two.
February 10, 2017. 3:00-4:15 pm, "To Sing the Idea of All: Walt Whitman in DC," panel with Brian Brodeur, Cornelias Eady, David Kirby, and Dorianne Laux, AWP Conference, Washington, DC., Room 202A, Washington Convention Center, Level Two.
February 9, 2017. 6:00-8:00 pm. Reading fro Headmistress Press, "A Celebration of Lesbian Poets," with Robin Becker, Ching-in Chen, Laura Foley, Celeste Gainey, Jessica Jacobs, JP Howard, and Ann Tweedy. Walls of Books, 3325 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
January 16-21, 2017. Individual Conference Faculty, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL. (Reading with Daisy Fried & Carl Philllips on Friday, January 20, at 8:00 pm, The Crest Theatre Building, Old School Square. Book signing to follow.)
January 1-4, 2017. Craft seminar "Using Imitation in Creative Projects" on January 2, 9:00-10:15 am, Seminar A; reading on January 3, 7:00 pm, Loar Auditorium. Low-residency MFA, West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV.
November 19, 2016. Teaching workshop with Jessica Jacobs: "Writing Beyond Yourself: Persona Poems," Jacar Press: Writers Teaching Writing Series. Followed by a reading at 4:30 pm, free and open to the public. Turkish House, 303 East Durham Road, Cary, NC. Details TBA.
November 3-6, 2016. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Florida.
November 1, 2016. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, University of Central Florida, Orlando.
October 20-23, 2016. Reading, Dodge Poetry Festival, New Jersey Performing Arts Center & the Downtown Arts District of Newark, New Jersey. Details TBA.
September 13 - November 15, 2016. Teaching 10-week workshop, Tuesday evenings, 6:00-8:30 pm, "Writing Between the Borders: Investigations into Hybrid Work," The Great Smokies Writing Program, University of North Carolina Asheville.
September 21, 2016. 7:00 pm. Reading with Matt Hart, Sebastian Matthews, Nathanael Roney, and Lisa Nance at The Mothlight, Asheville, NC
September 18, 2016. 3:00 pm. Reading with Fall Faculty at UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program, Writers at Home Reading Series, Malaprops, Ashville, NC
September 16, 2016. 7:30 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Peter O'Leary, and Steven Manual. MadHat Press' "Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes" Series, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway, Asheville, NC. ($5 for BMCM + AC members / $8 for non-members)
September 8-10, 2016. Reading Friday, September 9, 2:00-2:45 pm, TRAC Gallery; teaching with Jessica Jacobs on Saturday, September 10, 2:00-4:45 pm, "Writing Beyond Yourself: The Art & Craft of Persona Poems," Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Burnsville, NC.
September 3, 2016. 11:00-1:00 pm, Teaching workshop, "Ostranenie: Poetry As Practice of Awareness," Charlotte Center for Literary Arts, NC. 4x4CLT Poster Release and reception to follow, 5:30-7:00 pm.
August 28, 2016. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Meta Commerse, Mandy Gardner, Lori Horvitz, Lockie Hunter, and Melanie McNair, 8th Annual Queer Girls Literary Reading, The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC.
June 7-July 7, 2016. Teaching, Writing Workshops in Greece, Thasos.
June 2, 2016. 7:30 pm. Reading and teaching with Jessica Jacobs, Converse College Low-residency MFA, Zimmerli Common Room, Howard Hall, Spartanburg, SC. Craft talks to follow on June 3 at 10:00 am in Dalton Auditorium, Phifer Hall.
Friday, April 22, 2016. 7:00 pm. Ellipsis Debut, Westminster College, Malouf Hall, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016. 7:00 pm. Reading as part of the Kentucky Great Writers Series with Kiki Petrosino and Rebecca Gayle Howell, The Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, 251 West Second Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507.
Sunday, April 10, 2016. 1:00-4:00 pm. Teaching a Workshop, The Wild Fig, 726 North Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508. ($30 per student, all proceeds go to bookstore.)
Thursday, April 7, 2016. 7:00 pm. Reading with Geffrey Davis, Auburn University, AL.
March 30-April 2, 2016. AWP Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Participating in three readings: Thursday, March 31, 9:00 am, The New South: A Reading in Three Genres with David James Poissant, Devin Latham, and Adam Vines at Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 406 AB. / Saturday, April 2, 12:00-1:15 pm, Fishouse Reading with Curtis Bauer, Ross Gay, Jamaal May, Tarfia Faizullah, Layli Long Soldier, and Matt O'Donnell, Los Angeles Convention Center, Meeting Room Level, Room 501 / Friday, April 1, 7:00-10:00 pm, Iron Horse Reading at BottleRock, 1050 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016. 5:30 pm. Reading with Elizabeth McCracken. Writers at Newark Reading Series, Rutgers-Newark MFA Program, Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rooms 255-257, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ.
February 17, 2016. 6:00 pm. Memphis River City Writers Series, the University of Memphis University Center, Beale Room #363, Tennessee.
January 18-23, 2016. Teaching one-on-one conferences, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL. Details TBA.
Saturday, November 21, 2015. 9:00-10:30 am, Teaching a workshop on the prose poem, North Carolina Writers' Network Fall Conference, Biltmore Doubletree, Asheville, NC.
Sunday, November 15, 2015. Teaching Seminar on Book Publicity, Private Salon, Charleston, SC.
Saturday, November 14, 2015. 10:00 am, Co-teaching workshop with Jessica Jacobs, "Writing the Persona," The Poetry Society of South Carolina, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC. Members $10, free to students of College of Charleston, and $15 all others.
Friday, November 13, 2015. 7:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, The Poetry Society of South Carolina, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC.
November 14-15, 2015. 9:45-11:15, both days, Reading & Teaching at Charleston County School of the Arts, 5109 West Enterprise Street, North Charleston, SC.
Sunday, October 11, 2015. 1:30-2:30 pm, "We Speak for Ourselves: The Southern Female Voice in Poetry," Reading with Caki Wilkinson, Southern Festival of Books, NPL Conference Room 3, Nashville, TN.
Saturday, October 10, 2015. 7:30 pm, "South by Midwest" offsite poetry reading for the Southern Festival of Books, Lipscomb University, Ezell Center, Nashville, TN.
Friday, October 9, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Nany Jensen. Special guest Jenna Goldsmith. InKY Series, The Bard's Town, 1801 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY.
Friday, October 9, 2015. 12:00 pm. Reading at University of Louisville, The Honors Center, Louisville, KY.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Elizabethtown Community College, Morrison Gallery, JSO Building, Elizabethtown, KY.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015. 3:00 pm. Reading at Bellarmine University, Abell Board Room, upstairs Horrigan Hall, Louisvile, KY.
Sunday, October 4, 2015. 3:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Morris Book Shop, 882 East High Street, Lexington, KY.
Saturday, October 3, 2015. 4:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Carmichael's Bookshop, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY.
Thursday, September 24, 2015. 7:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs. Single Voice Reading Series, Allegheny College, Tillotson Room, Tippie Alumni Center, Meadville, PA.
Sunday, September 20, 2015. Reading with John Gallaher, Dine & Rhyme Event for BOA Editions, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium, Rochester, NY. Dinner to follow at Good Luck Restaurant. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door; dinner inclusive for $125.
Sunday, September 13, 2015. 3:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, introductions by Barbara Rockman. Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
September 10, 2015. 7:00 pm. Teaching, Wingbeats II Workshop II Series, "Defamiliarizing the Apple: Ostranenie & Awareness," BookWorks, 4011 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107.
Thursday, September 3, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs. SOMOS, 233 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, NM.
Saturday, August 29, 2015. 7:30 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs. Ward Public Library, Ward, CO.
Thursday, August 27, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th Street, Boulder, CO.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs. Wolverine Farm Bookstore, The Bean Cycle Coffee Shop, 144 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524. (970) 472-4284.
August 18, 2015. 7:00 pm, Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Talking Leaves Books, 951 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
Friday, August 14, 2015. 7:00 pm. Brookline Booksmith. Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Susan McCarty. 279 Harvard St, Boston, MA 02446.
Thursday, August 13, 2015. 7:30 pm. Reading at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod with Elizabeth Bradfield, Michelle Y. Burke, and Jessica Jacobs, 307 Old Main St, South Yarmouth, MA.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015. 6:30 pm. Reading at Truro Library with poet Elizabeth Bradfield, 7 Standish Way, North Truro, MA.
Saturday, August 8, 2015. 5:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, AMP Gallery, 148 Commercial Street (West End), Provincetown, MA 02657. (646) 298-9258.
Thursday, August 6, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Collected Poets Series. Mocha Maya's, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA. 413-625-6292.July 25-26, 2015. 12:00-4:00 pm. Teaching a poetry intensive with Jessica Jacobs, Writing Beyond Yourself: Persona Poems. $175 admission. Poets House, Conference Room, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY.
Thursday, July 23, 2015. 7:00 pm, Reading with Betsey Fagin, Jessica Jacobs, and Thomas Mayer, 2015 Showcase Reading Series, Poets House, Kray Hall, New York, NY.
July 13, 2015. Reading at Murray State University's MFA Program in Creative Writing, Murray, Kentucky. (On faculty for summer residency.)
June 27-July 11, 2015. On Faculty at the Sewanee Young Writers' Conference, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Monday, June 15, 2015. Doors open at 7:00 pm, reading at 7:30 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Altamont Poetry Series, NC Stage Theater, 15 Stage Lane, Asheville, NC.
Thursday, May 28, 2015. 7:00 pm. Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Malaprops Bookstore/ Cafe, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801.
May 1-2, 2015. Asheville Wordfest. Asheville, North Carolina.
Saturday, April 25, 2015. 4:00 pm. Reading with Jo McDougall, Sandy Longhorn, Jessica Jacobs, Hope Coulter, and Marck Beggs. Arkansas Literary Festival, Central Arkansas Library System, CALS Ron Robinson Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015. 4:30 pm. Shop Talk with Jessica Jacobs at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. Details TBA.
Saturday, April 18, 2015. 3:00 pm. Book signing with Jessica Jacobs, Wordsworth Books, 5920 R Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. (510) 663-9198.
Saturday, April 11, 2015. 8:00 pm. AWP Off-site Event, Freedom Revolt & Love: A Celebration of Frank Stanford, Grumpy's Downtown, 1111 Washington Avenue South (at 11th Avenue South) with Copper Canyon Press, Third Man Books, and Rain Taxi. Music by William Tyler & DJ set by Ben Swank. Reading Standford's work with poets Forrest Gander, Richard Siken, Natalie Diaz, Alex Dimitrov, Brett Eugene Ralph, Janaka Stucky, Brian Barker, and others. Free & open to the public.
Friday, April 10, 2015. 6:00-7:30 pm. Launch party for Fannys Says and Pelvis with Distance. Reading with Jessica Jacobs. Dunn Brothers Coffee, Loring Park Location, 329 West 15th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403. (Reading at 6:15 pm, with signing to follow. Coffee and refreshments provided.) Coffeeshop phone: 612-872-4410. For more information, email nickolebrown01@gmail.com.
Friday, April 10, 2015. 1:00-2:00 pm. Book Signing for Fanny Says, Associated Writing Programs Conference, BOA Tables 830 & 832, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Thursday, April 9, 2015. 10:30-11:45 am. Associated Writing Programs Conference. Panel Moderator: "Flat Lands & Open Waters: Reading Hybridity into the Midwest" with Re'Lynn Hansen, Madelon Sprengnether, Alison Townsend, and Rochelle Hurt. Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211 A & B, Level 2, 1301 South Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403.
Friday, April 3, 2015. 7:00 pm. Book Launch Party with Jessica Jacobs, South on Main: Annex, 1304 Main Street, Little Rock, Arakansas.
Thursday, March 26, 2015. 7:00 pm. Big Tent Event, The Raven Bookstore, reading with Jessica Jacobs and Stephanie Torres, 6 East 7th St, Lawrence, Kansas.
Thursday, March 26, 2015. 10:00 am. Radio Interview, "Talk with Me" with Marcia Epstein, Lawrence, Kansas.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015. 7:00 pm. Prairie Lights Bookstore, reading with Jessica Jacobs, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. Livestreaming at http://www.writinguniversity.org/live-from-prairie-lights (7:00 pm CST). (319) 337-2681
March 19-21, 2015. Montevallo Literary Festival, reading with Jessica Jacobs, Amy Lemmon, and Catherine Wing. University of Montevallo, Birmingham, Alabama. Details TBA.
January 19-24, 2015. Faculty. Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Other faculty includes Chard deNiord, Linda Gregerson, Thomas Lux, Maurice Manning, Molly Peacock, Brenda Shaughnessy, Patricia Smith, and Robert Wrigley. Delray Beach, FL.
October 26, 2014. American Philological Association Conference, Reading with Jessica Jacobs and Sarah Bloom, Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center.
October 4, 2014, 7:00 p.m. AIDS Memorial Quilt Reading with Sibling Rivalry Press, reading with Jessica Jacobs, Bryan Borland, Philip F. Clark, Seth Pennington, and Sarah Rawlinson Harrin. University of Central Arkansas, Hall Lobby, Conway, AR.
March 1, 2014. 1:30-2:45 pm. Associated Writing Programs Conference, "The Sincerest Form of Poetry," Panel with John Hoppenthaler, Carol Frost, and James Harms. Seattle, WA.
February 28, 2014. 1:30-2:45 pm. Associated Writing Programs Conference, "Calling All Poets! You've Found Your Voice; Now Find Your Audience," Panel with Kim Dower, Brendan Constantine. Seattle, WA.
March 28, 2013. Women’s History Month Poetry Judge for Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
March 19, 2013. Goldenrod Poetry Festival, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
November 8, 2012. Writers-on-the-Shore, Salisbury University, MD.
March 19, 2012. Teaching at the Young Women Writer's Project, The Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY.
February 29-March 3, 2012. Panel, "Queer for You: Building an Enduring Readership for LGBT Authors," with David Groff, Don Weise, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, and Tony Valenzuela. Associated Writing Programs Conference, Chicago.
February 29-March 3, 2012. Panel, "American Tensions: Literature of Identity & the Search for Social Justice," with William Reichard, Barry Jean Borich, Kristin Naca, and Heid Erdrich. Associated Writing Programs Conference, Chicago.
January 2-10, 2012. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Residency, Old San Juan and El Yuque, Puerto Rico.
December 15, 2011. Poetry Sucks! A Night of Poetry, Music, and All Sorts of Bad Language: Dino's Bar & Grill, 411 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206.
November 3-6, 2011. Teaching/Reading with John Dufresne, Barbara Hamby, John Hoppenthaler, David Kirby, and Henry Rollins at Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel Island, Florida.
September 13, 2011. 6:30 p.m. Big Rock Reading Series at Pulaski Technical College, reading with David Jauss, RJ Wills Lecture Hall, Campus Center, Little Rock, AR.
July 8-16, 2011. Teaching at Murray State's MFA in Creative Writing Program, Murray, KY.
June 10-14, 2011. Teaching/Reading at Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference, Homer, Alaska.
June 7, 2011. Reading, Kentucky Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY.
April 7, 2011. Reading with Robert Alexander, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Contact: Alison Townsend, townsena@uww.edu.
April 6, 2011. Reading with Robert Alexander, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Contact: Judy Mitchell, jmitchell@wisc.edu.
March, 2011. Teaching, The Young Women Writers Project, The Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY.
February 4, 2011. 9:00 a.m. Associated Writing Programs Conference, "Arktoi Celebrates Five Years of Lesbian Publishing," Reading with Eloise Klein Healy, Catherine Kirkwood, Rita Mae Reese, and Ching-In Chen.
January 6-15, 2011. Teaching at Murray State's MFA in Creative Writing Program, Murray, KY. (Lecture (open to the public): "The Line and How To Break It," January 12, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Faculty Hall 208)
September, 2010. Columbia College, Columbia, MO.
July 2010. Teaching at the residency for Murray State's MFA in Creative Writing Program. Murray, KY.
June 3, 2010. Collected Poets Series, Shelurne Falls, MA.
May 6-9, 2010. Asheville Wordfest, Asheville, NC.
April 9, 2010. 9:00 p.m. WILLA Goes Live—A Benefit Evening of Burlesque, Literature, & Roller Derby. Reading with several other poets, including Kim Addonizio, Erin Belieu, Cara Candito, Carolyn Forché, Cate Marvin, Carol Muske-Dukes, Patricia Smith, and others. The Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO. $10 admission.
April 9, 2010. 10:30-11:45 a.m. Panel presentation "National Book Critics Circle: The Practice and Purpose of Poetry Reviewing," with Craig Teicher, Kevin Prufer, Matthew Zapruder, and Stephen Burt. Associated Writing Programs Conference, Rooms 401-2, Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Hyatt Regency Denver, CO.
March 27, 2010. 12:00-2:00 p.m. "Genre-Bending: Limning the Borders between Prose, Poetry, and Fiction" craft workshop. The Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY.
March 25, 2010. 7:00 p.m. Reading at Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY.
March, 2010. “In Print Reading Series.” Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
December 16, 2009. 8:00 p.m. Holler Poets Reading Series, with Erik Reece. Music by Shane LaRue, Al's Bar, 6th & Limestone, Lexington, KY.
November 21, 2009. 9:15-4:00 p.m. Artshop with The Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts. Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY.
November 7, 2009. 9:15-4:00 p.m. ArtShop with The Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts. Pikeville High School, Pikeville, KY.
October 21, 2009. 8:30 -10:00 a.m., Presentation "Making a Big Difference with Small Grants: Lessons from the South," with Judi Jennings, Keryl McCord, Carlton Turner, and Gwylene Gallimard. Grantmakers in the Arts 2009 Recession Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
October 17, 2009. 9:00-12:00 p.m. Lincoln Foundation Whitney Scholars with The Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts. Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.
September 22, 2009. 6:00 p.m. Classroom visit, Indiana University-Purdue. Indianapolis, IN.
November 15, 2008. 8:30 p.m. Reading with Peter Conners, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 44408. (612) 822-4611.
November 8, 2008. 4:00 p.m. Words on Purpose Reading with poet Trish Reeves to Benefit Anti-Violence Advocacy Project of St. Louis, Black Bear Bakery, 2639 Cherokee, St. Lois, MO. Suggested donation of $5.
November 7, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Reading to benefit Stop Traffic Now (an anti-human trafficking organization), University of Missouri-Columbia, Mark Twain Ballroom, Mizzou Memorial Union, Columbia, MO.
November 7, 2008. 4:00 p.m. Reading at Stephens College, Charters Lecture Theatre, Columbia, MO.
November 6, 2008. 8:00 p.m. Reading with poets Erin Keane, Cindy Arrieu-King, and Kristi Maxwell, Observable Reading Series sponsored by the St. Louis Poetry Center, Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave (at Manchester), MO.
September 26, 2008. 4:00-5:00 p.m. Idea Festival Panel, "The Question of Freedom," including theoretical physicist Suketu Bhavsar, philosopher Sandford Goldberg, and international affairs expert Lori Hartmann-Mahmud. The Bomhard Theatre, The Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY.
September 25, 2008. 8:45-9:45 a.m. The Big Jam 12-Minute Workshop, "Breaking & Entering: Tapping Into Your Own Writing Mind," Idea Festival, Kentucky International Convention Center, Second Floor, Room 207, Louisville, KY.
July 30, 2008. Reading at The Painted Lady Series, 1808 Lincoln Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45212.
July 18, 2008. Robinson Scholars Reading, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
July 28, 2008. 4:30-6:00 p.m. Teaching workshop at Governor's School for the Arts, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY.
June 19, 2008. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Sarabande Publishing Panel, Ropewalk Writers Retreat. New Harmony, IN.
May 18, 2008. 6:00 p.m. Reading with poets Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Kurt Brown, Brooke Bognanni, and Steve Huff, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY.
May 16, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Reading with Nick Flynn and Jennifer Michael Hecht, KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, New York, NY.
May 15, 2008. 7:00p.m. Reading with Greg Sanders and DeWitt Henry, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 8th Avenue, Suite 2020, New York, NY.
April 21, 2008. 7:30 p.m. Reading with poets Merle Bachman, Jessica Farquhar, and Kate Welsh, The Pink Door, 2222 Dundee Road, Louisville, KY.
April 19, 2008. 2:30 p.m. Reading with poet Doug Van Gundy. Alabama Book Festival, Poetry SouthWest, Old Alabama Town, Montgomery, AL.
April 13, 2008. 8:00 p.m. Feature on The Poetry Show, KUSP 88.9 F.M., Poetry Santa Cruz.
April 9, 2008. 7:30 p.m. Reading with poet Ray McDaniel. Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704.
April 8, 2008. 7:30 p.m. Reading with poet Dan Gerber. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. (831) 423-0900
April 7, 2008. 7:30 p.m. Reading with poet Gene Bloom. The Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816.
April 4, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Reading with poet Judy Grahn. WordTemple Poetry Series, Copperfield's Books & Music, 2316 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA.
March 29-30, 2008. Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA. Contact: Kevin McFadden, kjm7a@virginia.edu. ("The Original Playlists: Poetry Anthologies" with Heather McHugh, Jeb Livingood, and Lisa Russ Spaar at the UVA Bookstore, 400 Emmet Street South, on March 29, 12:00 noon; "Family Lines: A Poetry Reading and Discussion" with Charlotte Matthews, Kevin Boyle, Leigh Anne Couch, and Dan Albergotti at New Dominion Bookshop, 404 East Main Street, on March 30, 1:30 p.m.)
March 27, 2008. University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY.
March 15, 2008. Workshop and reading with poet Lynnell Edwards at Fishtrap, Enterprize, OR. (9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Craft workshop, followed by 1:30-4:30 p.m. Publishing workshop. Reading at 7:00 p.m.)
March 14, 2008. Reading with poet Lynnell Edwards in La Grande, OR. Wee Mama’s.
March 13, 2008. 6:30 p.m. In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211. (503) 232-6003.
March 12, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Reading with poet Lynnell Edwards at the University of Portland, Oregon.
March 11, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Reading with poet Lynnell Edwards at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway Street, Portland, OR 97232.
February 16, 2008. 10:00-1:00 p.m. Teaching at The Carnegie Center. Lexington, KY.
February 1, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Off-site reading at AWP with poets from Red Hen, Switchback, Red Morning, and Sarabande, including poets Ivy Alvarez, Liz Bradfield, Jason Bredle, Monica de la Torre, Thomas Heise, Brandi Homan, Charles Hood, Cate Marvin, Simone Muench, Peggy Munson, Sean Norton, Eva Saulitis, Jen Tynes, and Caroline Whitbeck. 11th Street Bar, 510 East 11th Street, between Avenues A & B, New York, NY.
January 31, 2008. 3:00-4:15 p.m. “East Meets West: A Reading of New Red Hen Press Authors,” The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Hilton New York.
January 19, 2008. 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. "The Lyric Essay, Genre-Crossing, and Living the Writer's Life" at The Carnegie Center, Young Women's Writers Project. Lexington, KY.
December 14 , 2007. InKY Reading Series, The Rudyard Kipling, 422 West Oak Street, Louisville, KY.
December 10, 2007. 7:30 p.m. Reading with poet Alice Fulton. Reading Between A & B, 11th Street Bar, 510 East 11th Street, between Avenues A & B, New York, NY.
December 5, 2007. 6:00 p.m. Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY. (212) 989-9319.
November 13, 2007. 7:30 p.m. A Different Light Bookstore, 8853 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
November 11, 2007. Ruskin Art Club reading with Juan Felipe Herrera, 800 South Plymouth Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. (323) 755-3530
November 10, 2007. 2:00 p.m. Reading with poet Jeannette Clough. Dutton's Brentwood, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. (310) 476-6263.
November 4, 2007. 7:30 p.m. "Celebration of Recently Published Books," reading with Robin Lippincott, Diana Raab, and Sheila Callaghan. Spalding University Festival of Contemporary Writing, Brown Hotel, The Gallery, 16th Floor, 335 West Broadway, Louisville, KY.
November 2, 2007. 7:00 p.m. Hoptown Reading Series, HCC Library, Hopkinsville, KY.
November 1, 2007. 7:00 p.m. Reading with Karen Harryman and Sarah Jarboe, Carmichael's Bookstore, Frankfort Avenue, Lousiville, KY.
October 29, 2007. 7:30 p.m. Hometown Launch Party with musician Tamara Dearing, The Pink Door, 2222 Dundee Road, Louisville, KY. (502) 458-4028.
October 27, 2007. 2:00-4:00 p.m. Jane's Stories Press Foundation Retreat.
October 26, 2007. 7:00 p.m. Jane's Stories Press Foundation Retreat Group Reading, Carmichael's Bookstore, Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY.
October 6, 2007. 7:00 p.m. Shaman Drum Bookshop, 311 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI. (734) 662-7407.
September 28-29, 2007. The Kentucky Women's Writers Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (859) 257- 2874.
September 15, 2007. 3:00 p.m. "If You Can Read This, Thank A Translator." Poetry Event in honor of International Translator's Day. Border's, 4th Street Live, Louisville, KY.
September 14, 2007. 10:30 p.m. Kentucky Girlhood Project on Stage. Actor's Theater, 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY.
September 13, 2007. 8:00 p.m. Moderating a panel for the documentary "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film." Panelist include Tom Thurman, Tom Marksbury, Ralston Steenrod, and Juan Thompson. Kentucky Center for the Arts, Part of the 2007 Idea Festival. Louisville, KY.
August 31, 2007. 7:00 p.m. Moxie Letterpress Opening and Reading of five Louisville poets and visual artist collaborations as part of Frankfort Avenue trolley hop. Butchertown Market, 1201 Story Avenue, Louisville, KY. (My broadside collaboration with visual artist Thea Lura.)
August 5-12, 2007. Lambda Literary Retreat. Los Angeles, CA.