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Im currently available to give readings in (and/or short lectures on) fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Anyone interested in hosting me, please email me.

Im also available to give talks on my experiences in Asia, particularly my four years of living and working in Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan). Topics can include, but are not limited to, Arts and Culture, Education, the Natural Environment, Politics, Religion, Society, etc. If desired, this talk can be accompanied by a slide show featuring many of the photos on this website.

Below is a selected list of readings I’ve conducted in the past:

July 25, 2007: “Jazz and the Spoken Word”: The Jazz Factory, Louisville, Kentucky

June 9, 2007: Magic at the Mount: The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Mount St. Francis, Indiana

March 27, 2007: Faculty Reading: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Feb. 20, 2007: Third Tuesday Coffeehouse series sponsored by Brescia University: Woodward’s at the RiverPark Center, Owensboro, Kentucky

Aug. 16, 2006: “Jazz and the Spoken Word”: The Jazz Factory, Louisville, Kentucky

Aug. 9, 2006: Bernheim Writer-in-Residence Public Reading: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, Kentucky

July 27, 2006: Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, Kentucky

July 19, 2006: “Jazz and the Spoken Word”: The Jazz Factory, Louisville, Kentucky

June 28, 2006: Reading from A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service: Hamilton County Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio

July 28, 2005: U.S. Embassy in Almaty Poetry Series: Coffeedelia Coffeehouse, Almaty, Kazakhstan

June 8, 2000: MFA Thesis Reading: City Hall, Spokane, Washington

Oct. 22, 1999: “Get Lit!”: As a scheduled reader at the “Get Lit!” literary festival, Tai on First, Spokane, Washington

June 11, 1998: “A Gilded Evening”: Paid reading of the works of Mark Twain, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho

December 1996: BFA Thesis Reading: Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio


Reading in Almaty, Kazakhstan 
Photo by Renata Jdanova

 

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