June 2011

Welcome!

This month's news: My poem "Escape from Paradise, Iowa," has been included in the new Garrison Keillor anthology Good Poems, American Places. "The Day Ten People Died at Red Lake" was included in Poetry City, USA, volume 1, from Lowbrow Press. Pretend the World has received some nice reviews, which you can read in the Look area.

I want to thank Birch Bark Books, Micawber's, Hamline Branch Public Library, Valley Books, The Bookcase, Watermark Books, Raven Books, and the Loft Literary Center for hosting my first readings for Pretend the World. Here are my upcoming readings for the next month:

Saturday, June 4 Quaker House, Duluth, Minnesota, with Catherine Holm

Saturday, June 11 Bookin' It, Little Falls, Minnesota

Thursday, June 16 Prairie Lights, Iowa City, Iowa, with Denise Low

Last Urban MSP Reading of the Spring!

I am honored to be reading at the bookstore of my heart, Birch Bark Books, on Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. My special guests will be Heid Erdrich and Beth Mayer. Come early for a dinner of spring soup, salad, and bread at the Isles Deli or shop for books, earrings, and indigenous art. Chocolate worlds for anyone who buys a book and gets it signed!

Other news: My poem "Escape from Paradise, Iowa," has been included in the new Garrison Keillor anthology Good Poems, American Places. I've also had several recent radio interviews. You can find these in the Listen area.

Here are my upcoming readings for the next two months:

May:

Saturday, May 7 at Valley Books in Stillwater, Minnesota, with Sarah Stonich

Thursday, May 19 at the Wichita Library Association, Wichita, Kansas

Thursday, May 19 Big Tent Reading in Lawrence, Kansas

Friday, May 20 Watermark Books, Wichita, Kansas, with Denise Low

June:

Saturday, June 4 Quaker House, Duluth, Minnesota, with Catherine Holm

Saturday, June 11 Bookin' It, Little Falls, Minnesota

Thursday, June 16 Prairie Lights, Iowa City, Iowa, with Denise Low