Lost Cathedral | Book Launch | Campfire Stories Reading Series (Boise, ID)

In September, I published Lost Cathedral, a poetry collection that elegizes the beauty of loss and grief surrounding human-caused extinctions. Published by Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point), I worked on the book for seven years.

I received four arts fellowships and grants (including an Idaho Commission on the Arts Literature Fellowship) and completed five artist residencies in three states in my relentless pursuit of capturing emotional authenticity in the book, artistically, historically, and scientifically.

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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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