Upcoming Readings for Slide to Unlock
Upcoming events:
“Meditation in Verse: Generative Poetry Workshop” via Zoom with The Ranch, Tiburon, CA.
August 4th, 3-5 pm PDT Enroll here.
Note: Only 7 spots remain
Instagram takeover with Georgia Writer’s Association
Thursday, August 6th at noon EST (postponed from June 11 in solidarity)
August 7th, 7-9 pm EST
Featured reader with Beth Gylys for Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches
Sunday August 9, 3 pm EST
Milkweed Press Reading Series
Wednesday, August 12, 7-8:30 pm
Cream and Amber Bookstore and Cafe
1605 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Thursday, August 14th, 7-8 pm
Reading and book signing, Reinhardt College,
Sept 29th.
Details forthcoming
Past 2020 readings for Slide to Unlock
Let’s Talk Books: “A New World” with Christina Chiu,
July 28th, at 7 pm.
Book launch and celebration Cynthia Atkins and Redheaded Stepchild
July 23 7-8 pm (postponed from June 4th in solidarity)
Featured Poet, Wednesday Night Poetry with Jessica Jacobs, Ashley M. Jones, and Gris Muñoz, July 15
AWP San Antonio–CANCELLED
La Villita Cafe
Thursday, March 5
Slide to Unlock Launch, Reading, and Benefit–RESCHEDULED STAY TUNED
7878 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30350
Reading for #internationalpoetrycircle via video
March 24th
Reading for Wednesday Night Poetry, Poetry in the Pandemic via video
March 26th
Glittery Festival–CANCELLED
Oxford, Mississippi
Friday, April 3rd- Sunday, April 5th
Readings From the Field: Virtual Book Tour with Stillhouse Press:
Megan Merchant, Sonia Greenfield and Abayomi Animashaun via Zoom
Saturday, April 4th, 2 pm EST
KGB Bar Reading Series with Julie E. Bloemeke and Don Yorty
April 13, 7 pm, recording available here:
Access password: v9^rD9g8
Reading for Wednesday Night Poetry, Poetry in the Pandemic via video
April 15th
Wild and Precious Life Reading Series hosted by Dustin Brookshire with Teri Elam and Beth Gylys via Zoom
April 16, 7:30 pm
Julie E. Bloemeke and Matt Coyle on Madame Perry’s Salon:
April 21, 8 pm. Full podcast
Charis Reading Series with Miah Jeffra, Topher Payne, Collin Kelley and Teri Elam–CANCELLED
April 21st
Wednesday Night Poetry, In Celebration of Earth Mothers Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Naomi Shahib Nye,
April 22. Full recording
Georgia Center for the Book featuring Mike James, JC Reilly and Julie E. Bloemeke
April 27. Full recording
New South Reading Series–CANCELLED
Friday, May 1st
John’s Creek Poetry Society via Zoom
Saturday, May 2nd, 10 am
Read it Again Books with Shawnte Orion and Jia Oak Baker
May 8th, 8 pm. Full recording
Inaugural Fireplace Series for VCCA with Christina Chiu
May 14th, now available on YouTube:
Past Readings/Events 2016
Launch party and reading, Four Chambers Press,
Valley Bar, Phoenix, Arizona,
December 12, 2016
Bourbon and Bards, finale reading of the 2016 Milton Literary Festival,
Beyond thrilled to have served as the inaugural Poetry Director for the Festival!
Bridge Eight reading at Vagabond Coffee in Jacksonville
Oct 15th
September 2nd-4th.
Reading with fellow Bridge Eight Literary Magazine poets Christopher Martin and Travis Denton,
May 23rd at 7:15
Boog City 9.5 Festival reading
Unnameable Books in 600 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn,
Reading with the amazing Collin Kelley
Heron’s Coffee and Wine bar in Acworth!
March 7th
Past Readings/Events 2015
Decatur Book Festival, Saturday, September 5th, 4:15-4:25, Java Monkey Stage
Callanwolde, September 9th, 8-9 pm with Joseph Harrison
Past Readings/Events 2014
Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur, Georgia
September 29, 2014, 7:30 pm
Reading with Brendan Constantine
Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur, Georgia
June 18th, 2014, 7:15 pm
Reading at Bethany College
Bethany, WV
March 25, 2014, 4 pm
Salon Reading with Dan Veach
Pine Lake, GA
Sunday, February 2, 2014, 3-5 pm
Past Readings/Events 2013
Fusebox Reading with Chad Prevost and Emilia Phillips
Chattanooga, TN
March 30, 2013
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers Reading
University of Georgia
Founders Memorial House
April 4, 2013, 7:30 pm
Southern Anthology of Poetry: Georgia Reading
Georgia Center for the Book
215 Sycamore Street Decatur, Georgia 30030
April 30, 2013, 7:15
Reading with Amanda Auchter
Charis Books & More
1189 Euclid Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30307
May 4, 2013