Readings

  • Colorful watercolor painting with abstract blending of pink, yellow, purple, and dark hues.

    Spring 2022 Poetry Project Workshop Reading

    Monday, June 13 at 8 pm EDT.

  • A woman standing at a wooden podium with a pink sign labeled 'Fine Arts Work Center' delivering a speech or presentation in a room with a large blank projection screen behind her. She is wearing a white shirt, a pink skirt, sneakers, and a face mask hanging below her chin. There are two blue chairs behind her and a microphone on a stand in front of her.

    Fine Arts Works Center Students Night

    Thursday, July 21 at 5:30 pm EDT.

  • Anaphora Writing Residency Reading Wednesday

    Wednesday, August 16 at 4 pm PT

Panels

A scenic view of the San Antonio Riverwalk lined with trees, outdoor seating, and crowded with people. A boat with people on it floats down the river, with tall buildings visible in the background. The image is framed with event details for the Southern Humanities Conference 2023 at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.

January 26-29, 2023

Holiday Inn Riverwalk
San Antonio, TX

Presentation of my scholarly article at the 2023 Southern Humanities Conference as a panelist. The Southern Humanities Conference is a robust interdisciplinary community of scholars, artists, graduate students, and professionals. The theme for this conference is Myth & Mythmaking which is aimed at interrogating myths and mythmaking from a variety of perspectives and through a number of intellectual lenses.

March 2-3, 2023

Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX

Panelist at the 26th ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton with the featured writer, Brandon Hobson. The ASU Writers Conference brings award-winning authors from all genres to campus to share their works and their creativity with the ASU community and the public. This year’s featured writer is Dr. Brandon Hobson.

September 27-30, 2023

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Panelist at the Vermillion Writing and Literature Conference with keynote and featured readers Benjamin Percy, Lisa Fay Coutley, and Steven Wingate. The Vermillion Writing and Literature Conference is a national literary conference and the perfect place to learn new skills, meet new people and get inspired.

February 7, 2024

Kansas City, MO

Panelist for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference virtual event titled Climate Fiction: African-Diaspora Ecology. The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events and bookfair exhibitors, and four days of essential literary conversation and celebration.