Upcoming Events:
Fall 2024
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champagne, IL
Sept. 19-21, 2024
Kent State University
Wick Poetry Center Anniversary Reading
Kent, OH
Nov. 13, 2024
Poor Richard's Bookstore and Cafe
Veterans Week Reading (host)
Colorado Springs, CO
Past Events:
March 8, 2024
Panelist, "Norman Dubie: A Critical Legacy"
AWP
Kansas City, MO
Nov. 8-11, 2023
Visiting Writer
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Mar. 8-11, 2023
Panelist, "Eavan Boland: In Memoriam"
AWP
Seattle, WA
Feb. 23-25, 2023
Presenter, "Experiencing War Memorials: Feeling, Place, & Public Memory"
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
May 2022
Visiting Writer
The University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
Nov. 9, 2021
Guest Speaker
"War Literature and Writing"
Stanford University
Oct. 29, 2021
Guest Speaker
Ohio University
Athens, OH
Sept. 24, 2021
Reading with Xu Xi
The College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
June 2021
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum
& Educational Center Writer-in-Residence
Reading and Lecture
Piggott, AR
July 4, 2013
Reading at Chautauqua Institution Hall of Philosophy
Chautauqua, NY 14722
Sept. 10, 2013
4:30 p.m. Nordonia Hills Library
(Akron-Summit County Public Library)
9458 Olde Eight Road Northfield, OH
October 12, 2013
2-3:15 p.m.
Litquake The Hotel Rex
562 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA
November 8, 2013
Returning Soldiers Speak
Beyond Baroque Venice, CA
November 10, 2013
Second Sunday Poetry Series
Studio Theatre at St Denis Building (Across from Universal Studios)
3433 Cahuenga Boulevard West Burbank, CA
Sept. 25, 2014
The Junction, Bullet Hole
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
November 7, 2014
The Lillian Vernon Creative Writer House
New York University
58 West 10th St.New York, NY
November 11, 2014
Olean Public Library
Olean, NY
January 6, 2015
Brews + Prose
Market Garden Brewery
1947 W. 25th St.Cleveland, Ohio 44113
March 5, 2015
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
March 6, 2015
Ragged Edge Coffee House
First Friday Poetry Series
Gettysburg, PA
April 1, 2015
Art of Poetry Reading Series
Palmer Museum of Art
Penn State University
Curtin Rd. University Park, PA
June 2, 2015
Summer Poetry Salon Series
Rose O'Neil Literary House
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
Feb. 4, 2016
Muskingum University
New Concord, Ohio
Feb. 18-20, 2016
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writer Conference (Faculty)
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
Post 9/11 War Poetry
Writing the Experiential
Interweaving Texts
March 28, 2016
Arizona State University
Reading with Natalie Diaz
Tempe, AZ
March 31, 2016
ASU & HFR: A Celebratory Reading
AWP, Los Angeles Convention Center
Robert Muroff Bookfair Stage, LA Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Level
Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 2016
Medicine in the Muse Program for Veterans
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Nov. 3, 2016
Lakeland Community College
7700 Clocktower Dr.
Kirtland, OH 44094
Nov. 17, 2016
Reading & Panel, Veteran Writers
Rutgers University-Camden
Camden, NJ
Feb. 8-11 2017
Panel: Writing from the Wound: On Nonfiction Craft
AWP, Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
Feb. 22-24, 2017
Reading & Lecture
Casper College Humanities Festival
Casper, WY
Sept. 28, 2017
Reading with Bruce Weigl
Lakeland Community College
7700 Clocktower Dr.
Kirtland, OH 44094
Jan. 23, 2018
Medicine in the Muse Program for Veterans
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Feb. 15-16, 2018
East Carolina University
Veteran Writing Conference and Workshop
Greenville, NC
Oct. 5, 2020
Guest Speaker
"War Literature and Writing"
Stanford University
January 27, 2020
Reading
Otterbein College
Westerville, OH
February 12-15, 2020
Reading
Olean, NY