Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to lead a nature writing workshop with the Golden Eagle Audubon Society at the Foothills Learning Center.

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to lead a nature writing workshop with the Golden Eagle Audubon Society at the Foothills Learning Center.

In October, I had the opportunity to teach an ekphrastic writing workshop at MING Studios inspired by The Island of Doubt, an art show by Boise-based artist Veiko Valencia.

This month, I had the opportunity to read from my forthcoming poetry collection Lost Cathedral as part of the Writers Read series at the Ada Community Library in Star, ID.

Last month, I had the opportunity to read work from Lost Cathedral, my forthcoming ecopoetry collection, as one of two featured readers for the SoulFood Poetry Night reading series in Redmond (outside Seattle).
Continue readingThis fall, I had the opportunity to participate in two Boise-based readings. This post covers information and photos from both readings.
This September, I participated in the College of Innovation and Design’s MashUp: Little Lectures in an Odd World event series. The series pairs experts in different fields who each present a talk about their research. Afterwards, audience members have to combine the two talks into questions to ask the presenters.

In May, I spend a week at The Rice Place, an artist residency in Oregon. The Rice Place was named for novelist and memoirist Clyde Rice, who published his first book (the memoir A Heaven in the Eye) at eighty one.
The residency took place at Rice’s former home, a 1930s farm house situated within 10 acres of farmland along the Clackamas River, views of lush foliage from every window.
Continue readingIn April, I did a poetry reading at MING Studios as part of their 7 o’clock reading series.
Continue readingIn March, I read at the Poetry & Mimosas event at Ochos for the Storyfort literary festival (one of the “forts” of Treefort Music Festival).
I read environmental poetry from an ongoing collection I wrote for a National Park residency. You can hear a recording of poems from the collection on Episode 72 of the MING Studios My On Mondays podcast series hosted by JR Rivero Kinsey.
Continue readingI recently participated in two literary readings: Flipside Fest in September and the Death Rattle 9th Anniversary Showcase in November.
Flipside Fest is a music and art festival put on by the Duck Club in Garden City, Idaho as a way to harness the energy from the Treefort Music Festival that happens in Idaho every spring.

In both September and March, I participated in Storyfort, a literary festival, and one of the “forts” of the Treefort Music Festival here in Boise, ID. In this post, I share photos from five readings and panels.
I read at the Poetry & Mimosas event on March 27th at the Owyhee Hotel for Storyfort 2022. The other featured readers included Emily Pittinos, Amy Pence-Brown, Jonathan Warren, Rise Collins, Benjamin Schmitt, and Daphne Stanford.


I read at the Pacific Northwest Poets Showcase on March 26th at Guru Donuts for Storyfort 2022. The other featured readers included Benjamin Schmitt and Daphne Stanford.
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