Workshops, Readings & Keynotes
I've presented workshops, readings, keynote addresses, performance, and specialized classes (see events here for the latest) for decades around the U.S. , Mexico, and most recently, in Ireland at various venues and communities. See Venues on my About Page.
The Kansas Arts Commission Touring Roster: Bring me to your community with support from the Kansas Arts Commission if your organization is in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Keynotes: My keynote presentations for businesses, organizations, conferences and festivals, tailored to the needs of your project, focus on creativity, resilience, courage, and community-building. Additionally, singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt and I do collaborative performances featuring our co-written songs and my poetry.
Workshops: My workshops help people of many backgrounds discover greater meaning and joy through writing in community. Workshop specialities include writing as a healing path, writing from earth and body, living with serious illness, your life’s work, and more. I customize workshops for each group, community, or event; workshops may be followed by solo or collaborative readings.
Readings & Talks: I love giving readings of my poetry and prose (including improvisational poetry). I’ve presented hundreds of readings and talks at conferences, colleges, and events, including opening for singer-songwriter Dar Williams and performing with dancers, musicians, and other artists.
If you’d like to connect with me about the possibilities, please email me.
A Gallery of Past Events
Top row from left: With state poets laureate in Concord, N.H.: Dave Allen, JoAnn Balingit, Bruce Dethlefsen, Lisa Starr, Walter Butts, Marjory Wentworth, Carolyn Foronda-Kreiter, Dick Allen, Julie Kane/ Touring with Stephen Locke/ Presenting at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Second row from left: With my mom celebrating my name in lights at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis/ with Coleman Barks at Unity on the Plaza in Kansas City/ with David Abram in Santa Fe. Bottom row: with Nikki Giovanni, Denise Low, Bernadette Gray-Little at the University of Kansas/ with Grace Paley at the Power of Words conference in Vermont/ doing a reader at the Koester House in Marysville, KS.
