Upcoming Events:

--Sunday, April 26, 1:30-4 p.m., Bobtown Arts Writing Studio, 128 Smith Lane, Berea: Writer as Witness: Story Telling, Not Taking – a Generative Writing Workshop.  Led by Willie Carver, Jay McCoy, and me.  Open to writers of all genres and at all levels.  Refreshments provided.  Sponsored by Shadelandhouse Modern Press and Bobtown Arts Writing Studio. 

Past Events:

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.