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BRIDGING WORLDS
Recently, I've made an effort to bring together the different spheres in which I earn a living: poetry, natural history, and publishing.
I'd be glad to teach a workshop on designing broadsides or to show slides about my work as a naturalist in the Arctic, Alaska, and elsewhere and talk about how working in the field influences my poems. History and science are topics that have driven much of my recent work, and sharing their synergy with poem-making is always of interest.
Poems come from the world. There are many ways to show their sources and foster their conversations.
CONSIDER THE SALON...
Bookstores, bars, universities — public readings are great.
But there's also room for a cozier, less orchestrated way of introducing readers and poets to each other.
We can gather in a home, have snacks and beverages, read a few poems, and then chat.
I'm not sure what more to say here... but contact me if you'd like to talk about this or to set up a more traditional reading or visit.
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February
Leading trips in the Peruvian Amazon
March 5 - 30, Tuesdays, 7-9 pm
Teaching at Provincetown Community Education
"Poetry Workshop: Vision & Revision"
In this writing workshop, we will divide our time between experimenting with new forms and deeply examining poems we have already put some time into. This is a chance for those who have been writing poems for a while to engage deeply with their own work and the work of their peers. We will spend a bit of time each session talking about poems that inspire or challenge us, we will write from those examples, and we will share our own work in a workshop setting. The goal is to walk away from the week wsense of ourselves as a community of writers and with new vision for our own poems and voices.
Provincetown, MA
full course schedule and registration (pdf)
March 24 & 31, 12 - 4 pm
Teaching at Provincetown Community Education
"Tracking the Cape"
What's going on in the woods and dunes of Cape Cod? Everywhere around us, there are signs. Learn to identify animal sign, to interpret tracks, and to sharpen your gaze. The course will include in-class examples, then we'll head out into the field and see what we can discover. With luck we'll even make some castings of animal tracks to remember our adventures. Be prepared for all weather conditions, and bring binoculars if you have them. For ages 12 and up.
Provincetown, MA
full course schedule and registration (pdf)
March 29
Reading at Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS
Time, location, TBA
April 20, 21, 22
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Salem, MA
Broadsided will have a table... stay tuned for more details!
June 17 - 22, 9 am - noon
Teaching at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown with artist Mark Adams
"Attending the Living World/Word"
We want to dedicate this week to cultivating the art of being present in a journey through the specific world of Provincetown's dunes, forest and beaches, bringing together the arts of writing and drawing in response to the natural world. You do not need to know how to draw and you don't need to be an experienced poet to come along on this journey -- you only need to want to walk through the forest, the sand and maybe a little bit of water, and be receptive to new possibilities.
Provincetown, MA
www.fawc.org
August 6 - 9
Teaching at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
"Writing En Plein"
Rather than hunching over our desks, let's take our notebooks and write from the natural world as sketch artists do. Each day, we will head out into the dunes and woods of Cape Cod and allow the place to speak through us. We'll bring tools, of course: binoculars, natural history facts, stories about this place, and writing exercises that stretch our perceptive muscles. Although the examples and exercises will focus on poetry, this workshop will benefit any writer interested in honing his or her skills of representation and imagery.
Truro, MA
www.castlehill.org
Selected Recent Appearances
- UC Santa Cruz - November 2010
- Central Washington University's "Lion's Rock Visiting Writer Series" - March, 2010
- Bates College, Lewiston, ME - February, 2010
- Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) Conference - June, 2009
- Asheville Wordfest (videos up on the website www.ashevillewordfest.org) - May, 2009
- Poetry-in-the-Round Series at Seton Hall University - February, 2009
- Sarabande Reading Series (with Sean Hill) at the Pink Door in Louisville, KY - January, 2009
- Word Temple Series (with August Kleinzhaler) in Santa Rosa, CA - December, 2008
- Poetrio Series (with Oni Buchanan and Helen Pruitt Wallace) in Asheville, NC - November 2008
- University of Idaho, Moscow (with Sean Hill) - October, 2008
- Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference in Homer, AK - June, 2008
- Open Books (with Sean Hill and Jasmine Dreame Wagner) in Seattle, WA - May, 2008
- Powell's Books (with Sean Hill and Jasmine Dreame Wagner) in Portland, OR - May, 2008
- LA Times Festival of Books (with Eloise Klein Healy) in Los Angeles, CA - April, 2008
- ALOUD Public Library Series (with Terry Wolverton, Sarah Bein, Charles Hood, Ron Koertge) in Los Angeles, CA - April, 2008
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