Readings | Boise State University MashUp & Erma Hayman House Art Day

This fall, I had the opportunity to participate in two Boise-based readings. This post covers information and photos from both readings.

MashUp | Boise State University College of Innovation and Design

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.

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Reading | Storyfort 2023

In 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.

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Reading | Flipside Fest & Death Rattle Literary 9th Anniversary Showcase

I 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.

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Readings and Panels | Storyfort 2021 & 2022

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.

Poetry & Mimosas | Storyfort 2022

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.

Pacific Northwest Poets Showcase | Storyfort 2022

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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Reading | Bloom Reading Series at Idaho Botanical Garden

This July, I read poems from a project about COVID-19 and the Second Plague Pandemic (1347-1700) in the Bloom Reading Series for Storyfort at the Idaho Botanical Garden.

The project, which tells the stories of impacted individuals through primary and secondary sources, is funded by a grant from the COVID Cultural Commissioning Fund.

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