Tuesday, Dec. 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Book Launch for The Basement Door. Imminent Brewing, Northfield, MN. Live Music, Cash Bar, Light Appetizers, Pop-Up Readings, Author Signings.
(Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Library’s Orlo Otteson Memorial Fund) Contact me for a copy of the book, which contains a short memoir, “In a Basement Apartment, 1967,” by Roger and me.
Tues., Jan. 27, 2026, 12-1 p.m. “Antarctica: Landscapes of Ice and Light (and Penguins!)” Photo presentation, Erlanger branch of the Kenton County Public Library in northern Kentucky. Details to follow.
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:
Nov. 4, 6-7 p.m.: Seeing Mindfully, a contemplative photography presentation, at Louisville Free Public Library, Crescent Hill.
Nov. 1, Kentucky Book Festival, Joseph Beth, Lexington. Enchanting the Ordinary: Poems & Photographs and other poetry books.
Tuesday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 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: 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.