Saturday, Oct. 4, Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: I’ll be there as featured artist, with my books. Stop by to chat about writing and have a short poem written about you!
Saturday, Oct. 18, Berea Writers Circle, 1:30-3 p.m.: I’ll be speaking about my new book, Enchanting the Ordinary, pairing poems and photographs. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Tuesday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 25, Maysville, KY: I’ll be coaching writing at Mountain Workshops (photojournalism).
Saturday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Kentucky Book Festival, Joseph Beth, Lexington. I’m thrilled to be participating! More info forthcoming.
Ongoing: Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau — I’m available to speak with your group on poetry and poetry-writing, contemplative seeing, and Antarctica (photographs). Contact me if you’re interested. For full descriptions, see the roster at https://www.kyhumanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau/speakers-roster — scroll down to Jones. Presentations can be adapted for length and audience.
Recent events:
Saturday, Aug. 23: Gathering of Authors in Frankfort, Paul Sawyier Library.
Saturday, July 12, 10-12:30 p.m.: 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.
Wednesday, 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.
Thursday, 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: I’ll be leading a generative writing workshop, Nature as Refuge and Resistance. Sponsored by Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, of the National Council of Teachers of English. Free and open to all writers.
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’ll read some poems. Free and open to the public. Open mic - sign-up begins at 3:45 p.m. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Dining Area of the Student Center.