2011
January
1-6 – Nebraska University MFA
16 – VCP Reading
29 – Kingsley Tuft Judging
February
2-5 – AWP – Washington D.C.
7 – Geffen Playhouse
13 – Poetry at the Ruskin
March
3 – Reading at Wayne State College, Nebraska
7 – Boston Court
9 – Bowery Poetry Club
10 – Cornelia Street Reading, New York
11 – KGB Reading, New York
12 – Poet’s House Reading, New York
13 – Poetry at the Ruskin
13 – Arktoi Event
April
9 – Literary Orange with Kim Dower at UCI
10 – Poetry at the Ruskin
18 – Geffen Playhouse
21 – Jewel of Pasadena
28 – Kingsley Tuft Awards Ceremony
May
15 – Poetry at the Ruskin
20 – Endangered Species Day Ribbon Cutting
at Devil's Punchbowl, Keynote Speaker
21 – Concert at Beyond Baroque
24 – 50 Fabulous Women of Pasadena
24-26 – BEA
31 – 6:30pm, Indelible Ink at POPS Champagne
June
16 – Red Hen Press at Vroman's Bookstore, Host
July
12 – Annenburg Beach House
15-24 – Nebraska University MFA
August
8-14 – Ghost Ranch Residency
14-17 – Whidbey MFA
September
8 – 6:00pm, Cornelia Street Cafe Reading, New York, Host
8 – 8:00pm, Bowery Poetry Club Reading, New York, Host
9 – 7:00pm, KGB Bar Reading, New York, Host
10 – 4:00pm, Poet's House Reading, New York, Host
11 – 2:00pm, Poetry at the Ruskin
13 – Annenburg Beach House
16-17 – North Coast Redwoods Writers' Conference, Keynote
22 – The Armory Center for the Arts
26 – 7:30pm, Geffen Playhouse
October
9 – 2:00pm, The Ruskin Art Club
10 – 7:00pm, The Boston Court, Host
12-16 – Frankfurt Book Fair
November
6 – Red Hen Press 17th Anniversary Event
December
5 – 7:30pm, Geffen Playhouse
29 - January 7 – Nebraska University MFA
© Jamie Clifford
2010
January
28 - 6:30pm, Presenting at Pasadena Mayor's State of the City
February
7 - Eagle Rock Reading, Host
8 - Geffen, PSA Event, Host
10 - Speak at CSU San Bernadino
14 - Ruskin, Boreal, Host
March
8 - Boston Court, Host
14 - Ruskin, Arktoi, Host
24 - Eagle Rock Reading
26-28 - Esalen Workshop, Your Editor is Not Your Mother
30 - Cornelia Street Reading, Host
31 - Bowery Reading, Host
April
1- PSA Anniversary Event
2 - KGB Reading, Host
5 - Author Evening, PEN USA, Emerging Voices Program, Host
6 - ALOUD, Host
7-10 - AWP, Red Hen Press attending
8 - AWP Panel
9 - AWP Panel, Weaving Story & Music into Poetry: Libretto and the Homeric Tradition
10 - AWP Panel, Poetry and New Media: A Users Guide
13 - ALOUD, Host
19 - Geffen, Host
May
1 - Mt. Sac, Being a Literary Citizen Can Lead to Publication
25-30 – BEA
July
3-15 - University of Alaska Anchorage Residency, Faculty
15-24 - Nebraska Writing Conference
August
13-29 – Whidbey Writing Retreat
September
7 – Annenburg Beach Series Event
10 - Radio Interview with Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Accents on WRFL, 88.1 FM, Lexington, Kentucky
11 – Teach Class at University of Louisville
17-18 – Central Coast Writer’s Conference
26 – West Hollywood Bookfair – Panel Moderator, The Devil’s Punchbowl: An Anthology About California
October
8 – Host, Reading at KGB, New York
9 – Host, Reading at Poet’s House, New York
9 – Host, Bowery Poetry Club Reading
10 – Host, Cornelia Street Reading, New York
21 – Teaching in Milwaukee and Woodland Pattern
22 – World Opera Premiere of Rio de Sangre, Librettist
November
7 – Red Hen Press 16th Anniversary Event
December
28, 2010 - January 6, 2011 – Nebraska MFA
2009
February
13 -- 15th Anniversary Party, AWP
16 -- Readings and Conversations: Poetry Society of America
26-27 -- Point Loma Writer's Conference
March
9 -- Red Hen at Boston Court
14 -- A Room of Her Own Women Writers Get Real Conferece
29 – Host, Reading at Bowery Poetry Club, New York
29 -- Boston University Workshop
31 – Host, Reading at Cornelia Street Café, New York
April
3 - Host, Reading at KGB, New York
4 - 15th Anniversary Party, New York
25-26 - Red Hen at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles
27 - Host, Readings and Conversations: I Stand Here Ironing, Los Angeles
28 - University of Nevada-Reno Reading, Signing and Workshop
29 - Reading at Valley College, San Bernardino
May
9 - Workshop (Details to be announced), Atlanta
14 – 6:00 pm: 15th Anniversary Party, Los Angeles
21 – Reading at Pharmaka, Los Angeles
July
11-18 -- Yellow Springs Workshop, Ohio
August
7-9 – Teaching at Esalen
11-14 – Teaching at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
15-20 – Teaching at Whidbey, Washington
September
13 - Reading at Bowery Poetry Club, Host
14 - Reading at Robin's Bookstore, Host
16 - Reading at Cornelia Street Cafe, Host
18 - Reading at KGB, Host
30 - Antelope Valley College Workshop
October
8 - Introducing Dana Gioia at CGU
10 - Reading at A Different Light, Host
14 - Reading at Eagle Rock, Host
15-20 - Writer's Retreat, Breckenridge, Colorado
November
1 - Red Hen Press 15th Anniversary Champagne Brunch
8 - Poetry at the Ruskin, Host
9 - Reading at Boston Court, Host
11-14 - Alta Conference, Pasadena
16 - Reading at the Geffen Playhouse, Host
29-30 - Guadalajara Book Fair
December
1-3 - Guadalajara Book Fair
8 - 7:00pm, Reading at Antelope Valley College
29-January 5 - University of Nebraska MFA Residency, Faculty
2008
January
4-6 – Esalen Institute Workshop
30-February 2 – AWP Writers’ Conference
February
8 – PEN/USA Writers’ Toolbox Moderator
21-23 – Desert Nights Rising Stars Writer’s Conference
28 – Algonkian Conference Workshop
March
6 – Boston University Workshop
12 – Moorpark College Reading
19-20 - ASU/Paradise Valley CC Workshop/Reading
31 – LouderARTS Reading
April
10 – Aloud Moderator
11 – Lake Tahoe CC Reading
18-19 – Alabama Book Festival Reading/Panel
May
20 – Cornelia Street Café Reading
June
20-30 – Stonecoast Summer Low Residency
July
31-August 2 – Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference
August
17-21 – Whidbey Writers Workshop Low Residency
September
11 – Writers Faire Workshop
October
28 – Big Thinking Women Panel Discussion/Reading
November
6 – Santa Monica College Cool Careers Workshop
8 – San Luis Obispo Art Center Reading
December
8 – Boston Court Reading
2007
January
17 – Books A Million Featured Reading
February
21-27 – Ghost Ranch Writer’s Conference
28-March 3 – AWP 2007
March
5 – WriteLines Workshop
6 – Boston University Featured Reading
June
8-12 – Katchemak Bay Writer’s Conference
19-23 – Ghost Ranch Bay Writer’s Conference
July
23-27 – University of Nebraska Low Residency
September
18 – Santa Monica College Literary Series/Reading
October
17 – University of Nebraska Presentation
November
5-9 – Spalding University Low Residency
2006
January
11 - KPFK Poets Café Reading
11 – Cody’s Books Featured Reading
22 – Antioch University Reading Series
26 – Albany Library Reading Series
February
2 – Esalon Institute Workshop
3 – Good Luck Bar Rhapsodomancy
12 – Dutton’s Brentwood Valentine’s Reading
14 – Sea Breeze Gallery Rhythm and Words
25 – Whidbey Island Conference
March
2 – AWP
8 – Labyrinth Books, with Jason Schniederman
29 – Bowery Poetry Club, with Kurt Brown
30 – Cobalt Café
April
4 – UCLA Master Class Workshop
18 – Sunland Tujunga Library Eccentric Moon Poetry Series
21 – Emerson Conference
October
20 – Grub Street Café Seminar
22 – Cornelia Street Café Reading (Moderator)
25 – Discussion/Reading
November
6 - San Diego State University NBCC Panel
13 – Stonecoast Conference
2005
January
6 – Business of Words Radio Show Interview/Reading
11 – Coffee Cartel Featured Reading
February
12 – GA Writers Workshop; Business of Words radio speaking
13 – GA Writers Reading; Java Monkey Series Reading Host
14 – Spelman College Workshop
25 – Barnes and Noble Poem X
March
18 – University of Virginia Bookstore Featured Reading
19 – Charlottesville Ice Park Writing Children’s Books; Gravity
19 --- Gravity Lounge Publishing Panel
20 – Tupelo Press Offices Real World Strategies for Success
31 – AWP Running the Successful Reading Series; AWP Raise the Roof Reading; Book Signing at Tupelo Table
April
8 – Beyond Baroque Mischief Anthology Reading
11 – Swedish Consulate Residence Beyond Blond
16 – KFAI: Write on Radio Phone Interview
23 – LA Times Book Festival Poetry Stage
30 – Mountain Writer’s Center Publishing Workshop
May
1 – Elliott Bay Book Company Featured Reading
2 – KBOO Radio Show Taping; Twenty Third Ave- Books Featured Reading
6 – Las Positas College Publishing Workshop
9 – Bird and Beckett Books & Music Featured Reading
15 – Amazon Bookstore Featured Reading
17 – PEN USA Emerging Voices Q&A
July
9 – Skylight Books Ghettoization of Women’s Literature
28 – Napa Valley Writer’s Conference Publishing Panel
September
6 – UCLA Extension Workshop
October
2 – West Hollywood Book Fair Marketing Tool Box Panel and Political Poetry Panel
November
6 – Walt Disney Music Center Rio de Sangre Opera Premiere
9 – Millenium Biltmore Hotel PEN Literature Festival
11 – 33 1/3 Books and Gallery Reading with Christopher Jarmick
12 – Dutton’s Brentwood Featured Reading
December
17 – Richard Beban’s House Writer’s Workshop