events

 

Saturday, August 10th, 2019
Artist reception and poetry reading for “Midwestern.”
5-8 PM
Mississippi River Gallery
Hannibal, Missouri

Friday, September 6th & Saturday, September 7th, 2019
Keynote at World Scholar’s Cup
Manila, Philippines

Sunday, October 6th, 2019
1:00 PM
Photography talk and poetry reading
Events at the AME
1885 AME Allen Chapel
Yankton, SD

Saturday, October 19th, 2019
Time TBA
Photography talk and poetry reading
Boone County Historical and Cultural Center
Booneville, MO

Saturday, November 23rd, 2019
3:00 PM
Artist reception and poetry reading for “Midwestern.”
Carbondale Public Library
Carbondale, IL

Sunday, July 14th, 2019
Artist reception for “Midwestern.”
2-4 PM
Presser Performing Arts Center
Mexico, Missouri

Thursday, June 20-Friday, June 21, 2019
Keynote speaker
Writers in Common Conference
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

April 26, 2019
Artist reception and poetry reading for “Midwestern.”
6:00 PM
Normal Public Library, Normal, Illinois

November 16, 2018
Poetry Barn
Planters Barn Theater
Hannibal, Missouri

June 23, 2018
Writers in Common Conference
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
June 23, 2018

Saturday, April 14th, 2018 
The Hub Cultural Center
6:00 PM
Rushville, Illinois

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 
7:00PM
The Next Weather Reading Series
Columbia, Missouri

Sunday, June 11th, 2017
2:00 PM
Poets in the Parlor
Vachel Lindsay Home
Springfield, Illinois

Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Time TBA
w/Allison Joseph
Young Writers Workshop
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

Thursday, April 20th, 2017 
4:00 PM
w/the amazing Scott Garson
William Woods University
Fulton, Missouri

Saturday, April 8th, 2017
1:00 PM
the museum of americana event w/ Tim Hunt and Kathleen Kirk
McLean County Museum of History
Bloomington, Illinois

Saturday, November 5th, 2016 
5:00 PM
the museum of americana event w/ Isiah Fish, Tafisha Edwards, Andy Harper, and Jon Tribble
Scratch Brewing Company
Ava, Illinois

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
7:30 PM
Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner: Prize-winning poems from the St. Louis Poetry Center
The Focal Point
Maplewood, Missouri

November 15th, 2014
4:00 PM
Well Read Books
Fulton, Missouri

November 13th, 2014
7:30 PM
MacMurray College
Jacksonville, Illinois
w/former classmate and novelist Fred Venturini

November 7, 2014
7:00 PM
Yellow Dog Bookshop
Columbia, Missouri

November 6th, 2014 
7:30 PM
Los Angeles Review Reading
American Institute of Architects event space
Crossroads Arts District
Kansas City, Missouri

October 4, 2014
1:00-4:00 PM
Lessons in Ruin Book Party
112 S. Washington
Mexico, Missouri

September 27, 2014
Pygmalion Festive Lit Crawl
Esquire Lounge, Champaign, Illinois

September 26, 2014
I-70 Review Release Party
The Writers Place, Kansas City, Missouri

December 21, 2013 
Roundtable discussion on Midwestern Literature with Quiddity.
Benedictine University, Springfield, Illinois
Listen to the radio show.

September 21, 2013
“Poets in the Parlor”
Vachel Lindsay Home, Springfield, Illinois

May 31, 2013
Midwest Small Press Festival
Regional Hearts and Upstart Stars: Justin Hamm, Nicole Higgins
Kansas City, MO

November 5, 2011
Photography/Poetry Showing
Fern Fair Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois

September 22, 2011
Reading
William Woods University, Fulton, Missouri

April 17, 2011
Illinois, My Apologies Reading and Signing
Mexico, Missouri