Events

October 6, 2026

7:00-8:30 PM EDT

Join us for a poetry reading, in person and on Zoom.

Featured readers: Mary Lou Buschi, Amy Holman, Ruth Danon, Iain Haley Pollock.

Hosted by Pearl River Public Library.

Click HERE to register.

August 8, 2026

2:00-3:30 PM EDT

Join us for a poetry reading, in person and on Zoom.

Featured readers: H.E. Fisher, M.A. Scott, Brian Kates, and BK Fischer.

Hosted by Nyack Library.

Click HERE to register.

July 28, 2026

7:00-8:00 PM EDT

Join the poets of The Art of Democracy in America at 250 for a virtual poetry reading and art show from the first exhibition.

Watch the video recording HERE.

June 27, 2026

2:00-3:30 PM EDT

Join us for a poetry reading, in person only.

Featured readers: Ellen Devlin, Terrie Elaine Joplin, Mike Jurkovic, Kirsten Meehan.

Hosted by Briarcliff Manor Public Library.

Click HERE to register.

June 6, 2026

2:00-3:30 PM EDT

Join us for a poetry reading, in person & on Zoom.

Featured readers: Juan Pablo Mobili, Elizabeth O’Rourke, Phylisha Villanueva, Rebecca Watkins.

Hosted by Mamaroneck Public Library.

Click HERE to register.

May 30, 2026

2:00-3:30 pm EDT

Join us for a poetry reading, in person & on Zoom.

Featured Readers: Carla Carlson, Melissa Joplin Higley, Lily Greenberg, Alison Stone.

Hosted by Valley Cottage Public Library.

Click HERE to register.

April 22, 2026

7:00-8:30 pm EDT

Join us for a virtual (Zoom) poetry reading.

Featured Readers: Julie Agoos, Anne Graue, Pamela Hart, Marjorie Tesser.

Hosted by Ossining Public Library.

Click HERE to register.

March 2, 2026

AWP 2026 in Baltimore

I’ll be signing copies of First Father at the MER table T841, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Come on by to say hi, pick up a free bookmark, and maybe even buy a book!

December 13, 2025

Join us at 12:00 PM ET for a virtual poetry reading in celebration of Whale Road Review’s 10-Year Anniversary.

I’ll be reading my poem “On My 47th Birthday” from Issue 34 that Katie Manning graciously nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

December 7, 2025

J Anderson’s Books

Come on down to J Anderson’s Books in Larchmont, NY to meet your local authors and buy some fantastic books.

I’ll be there from 11:00 – 1:00 PM signing and selling copies of First Father and dishing out candy canes.

November 15, 2025

New Rochelle Public Library at 2:00 PM EDT

My first ever monologue “The Masquerade” will be performed in this show and features the story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight for the Continental Army near the end of the Revolutionary War.

My research came primarily from this book, which is worth a read.

October 22, 2025

The Art of Democracy

Join us from 1:00 – 4:00 PM for live music, an art show and auction, the creation of a chalk mandala and a community poem, and voter updates and registration.

I’ll be reading selected poems by American women poets from the 1700s to present day.