Upcoming Events:
--Saturday, Sept. 5, 10 a.m.-noon: Roger Jones’ Victor T. Vulture — reading and book-signing. International Vulture Awareness Day at Berea College Forestry Outreach Center.
--Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:30-4 p.m.: Silent Creative Retreat, Bobtown Arts Writing Studio, 128 Smith Lane, Berea. Time to work in silence and community on creative projects. Free and open to the public. Snacks provided.
--Thursday, Oct. 1, 6:30-8 p.m., in person, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN: Writing Between the Lines: a Poetry Presentation and Workshop. Becky Boling, Doug Green, and me.
--Sunday, Oct. 18, 1:30-4 p.m.: Silent Creative Retreat, Bobtown Arts Writing Studio, 128 Smith Lane, Berea. Time to work in silence and community on creative projects. Free and open to the public. Snacks provided.
--Oct. 19-24: Mountain Workshops, Winchester, KY — I’ll be coaching writing in the photojournalism workshop.
Past Events:
June: Poetry Under the Stars at Cosmic Cafe, Forestry Outreach Center
Apr. 26, 2026: Writer as Witness: Story Telling, Not Taking — a Generative Writing Workshop, with Willie Carver, Jay McCoy, and me. Bobtown Arts Writing Studio, Berea, KY
Apr. 10, 2026: Women Speak reading, Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, Berea College, Berea, KY
Apr. 18: Women Speak reading, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY
Mar. 25: Pantoum Workshop, Kentucky State Poetry Society (Zoom)
Jan. 27: Photos of Antarctica, Erlanger, KY Public Library
Nov. 4, 2025 : Seeing Mindfully, a contemplative photography presentation, at Louisville Free Public Library, Crescent Hill
Nov. 1, Kentucky Book Festival, Joseph Beth, Lexington.
Oct. 21-25, Maysville, KY: coaching writing at Mountain Workshops (photojournalism). For stories and photos, see https://mountainworkshops.org
Oct. 4, Kentucky Artisan Center — personalized poems and book-signing.
Aug. 23: Gathering of Authors in Frankfort, Paul Sawyier Library.
July 12: nature-writing workshop at Berea Urban Farm. Led by Carolyn Grace and me, with Melva Sue Priddy as featured reader. Sponsored by Shadelandhouse Modern Press. Poems published in Fall issue of Ag Mag, Berea.
July 9, 6-7:30 p.m.: reading from recent books, discussion, brief writing prompts by Katerina Stoykova, Lisa Miller, and me. Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, Berea.
July 3, 6-7 p.m.: Featured Alumni Poetry reading, Bluegrass Writers Studio Residency, Dreaming Creek Brewery, Richmond. I read from my new book, Enchanting the Ordinary: Poems & Photographs; two of my granddaughters read with me!
June 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m.: Discussion with James Wells, author of Because
May 9, 3-4 p.m. on Zoom: generative writing workshop, Nature as Refuge and Resistance. Sponsored by Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, of the National Council of Teachers of English.
April 2, 4-6 p.m. — The Heartland Review’s poetry celebration and art walk, featuring Founder/Editor Mick Kennedy and honoring the publication of the journal’s spring issue. As judge of the Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, I read some poems. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.