Upcoming Reading Events
February 11, 2026
Zoom, 8pm CT
’90s Vibes, 2026 Books
with Stephanie Austin, Chelsea Sutton, Lauren Westerfield, and Maya Jewell Zeller
register here: tinyurl.com/90svibes
February 22, 2026
The Bookworm, Omaha, 2pm
in conversation with Jody Keisner
March 5, 2026
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Theater, Baltimore, 5:00-6:30pm
Lilith @ AWP26 Offsite Reading
with Melissa Flores Anderson, Danielle Ariano, Stephanie Austin, Avitus B Carle, Jillian Danback-McGhan, Lilly Dancyger, Melissa Faliveno, Beth Gilstrap, Liz Kay, Judith Krummeck, Sienna Liu, Amy Rossi, Natalia Trevino, and Lauren Woods
April 1, 2026
Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport CT, 3:30pm
Literary Spring
April 18, 2026
Rift Wine Bar and Taphouse, Scottsdale AZ, 6:30pm
Desert Grit Reading Series
with Sudha Balagopal, Matt Raymond Flores, Joel Hans, Oscar Mancinas, and Cecilia Savala
April 21, 2026
Broadway Books, Portland OR, 6pm
with Chelsea Biondolillo
December 14, 2025
The Reading Room, Omaha
Local Author Book Fair
September 11, 2025
The Reading Room, Omaha
If I Can Be Honest…Life Writing and Small Presses
with Teresa Carmody and Holly Pelesky
November 20, 2024
Out of Control Reading for Multiplicity Magazine
with Lake Angela, Cassandra Brandt, Katherine Malaga, Michael Riordan, and Christie Tate
May 2, 2024
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Plenary Speech, English Dept. Honoring Ceremony
March 15, 2024
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
craft talk about small press publishing
March 14, 2024
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
On the Inquiry for Truth as a Civic Good
January 25, 2024
Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix
with Stephanie Austin and Sudha Balagopal
hosted by Matt Bell
December 7, 2023
Dundee Book Company, Omaha
Celebrating Willa Cather at 150: A Reading
in conjunction with the Omaha Public Library
November 4, 2023
The Raven Book Store, Lawrence KS
Autofocus Family Reunion
with Aaron Burch, Danny Caine, and Holly Pelesky
hosted by Michael Wheaton
November 1, 2023
Snakeskin Launch Event!
with Megan Culhane Galbraith, Selah Saterstrom, and Dennis James Sweeney
hosted by Lena Crown
October 27, 2023
Dundee Book Company, Omaha
with Stephanie Austin
March 10, 2023
Alley Cat, AWP23 in Seattle
Apogee, DIAGRAM, March Fadness, Texas Review, and Texas Review Press Offsite Reading
with Kanika Agrawal, Eric Burger, Bryan Byrdlong, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Mihee Kim, Ananda Lima, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Danielle Pafunda, Angela Penaredondo, Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, and Dao Strom
March 10, 2023
The Chieftain, AWP23 in Seattle
WVU Press + Ohio U Press Offsite Reading
with Lana Austin, Neema Avashia, Sadie Hoagland, Andrew Collard, Joanna Eleftheriou, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Sara Henning, Rachel King, Bonnie Proudfoot, and Courtney Sender
March 8, 2023
The Grotto, AWP23 in Seattle
American Literary Review + The Pinch Offsite Reading
with Aram Mrjoian, Katherine Espano, and Veronica Silva
November 16, 2022
The Raven Book Store, Lawrence KS
University Press Week Panel
with Nicole Perry and Jody Keisner
November 3, 2022
White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh PA
with Rachel King
November 2, 2022
Malaprop’s, Asheville NC
with Arwen Donahue
November 1, 2022
All Together Now:
A Split/Lip Press Team Reading
with Rubén Degollado, Allison Renner, and Caleb Tankersley
October 9, 2022
Curing Season: The Revision Launch Event
October 4, 2022
Official Launch Event!
September 27, 2022
Beaverdale Books, Des Moines IA
Raccoon River Reading Series
with John T. Price and Jody Keisner
September 18, 2022
The Bookworm, Omaha NE
in conversation with Jody Keisner
September 11, 2022
Bouteloua LitART Fest, Bennington NE
Glacier Creek Prairie Preserve
in conversation with Taylor Brorby, Kelly Madigan, John T. Price, and Jim Reese
July 20, 2022
Dundee Book Company, Omaha NE
with David Philip Mullins
Kristine Langley Mahler 