“Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 Days”: Reading and Conversation, Aug. 19

There’s a new anthology out – “Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 Days” — featuring 100 different poets’ responses to the start of the Obama administration. Richard Hugo House will host a reading, following by a conversation about the intersection of arts and politics, which I’ll moderate. Marvin Bell, Pimone Triplett, Martha Silano, Sarah Vap and Jeff Encke are among the local poets who contributed to the anthology and will be on hand to read.

7pm at Richard Hugo House, Thurs., Aug. 19. Free.

Sitting in the interview hot seat

I recently had the unusual experience of being on the other side of the interview process — poet Susan Rich interviewed me about my new book, The Girl Who Goes Alone. It turns out answering good questions is just as hard (and fun) as asking them. You’ll find the interview at Susan’s lively blog, The Alchemist’s Kitchen.

Reading and Interview with Mark Doty

Tune in to KUOW 94.9 on Thurs., July 8 at 8pm for an hour-long program featuring Mark Doty’s reading at Seattle Arts and Lectures and a conversation I had with him earlier in the day. Here’s a link that will lead you to audio that will be available after the program airs.

Book launch party June 29

 Richard Hugo House is hosting a reading/party to celebrate the publication of my first chapbook, The Girl Who Goes Alone, by Floating Bridge Press.  7:30pm on Tues., June 29. The book will be available for purchase at the launch. You’ll also find it at the Floating Bridge web site and at Open Books.

The Girl Who Goes Alone

Available soon from Floating Bridge Press

Floating Bridge Press has just released my first chapbook: The Girl Who Goes Alone. Copies are available at the Floating Bridge Website, Open Books, Elliott Bay Books, or directly from me.

She Said: Women’s Lives in Poetry and Prose

Seattle writer David Schmader will host “She Said: Women’s Lives in Poetry and Prose” on Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. at Richard Hugo House. Featuring seven local women writers — Monica Lemoine, Corbin Lewars, Susan Rich, Elizabeth Austen, Janna Cawrse Esarey, Katharine Whitcomb, and Midge Raymond — the event, co-sponsored by Hugo House, is free and open to the public.

This eclectic group of emerging and seasoned writers from the Pacific Northwest will provide a window into less obvious aspects of womanhood. With wit and insight, writers will share from both forthcoming and award-winning works, tackling issues from relationships and sex, to pregnancy and motherhood, to work and travel — all in an engaging mix of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Café Hugo will serve wine, beer, cocktails, and snacks, and signed copies of books will be for sale through Elliott Bay Book Company.

W.S. Merwin on THE SHADOW OF SIRIUS

W.S. Merwin just received the Pulitzer Prize for THE SHADOW OF SIRIUS. Listen to the interview with him, and hear him read several poems from the collection.

Jane Hirshfield on Fate and Choice

In March, I had the opportunity to interview Jane Hirshfield about the poems in her most recent collection, AFTER.   Listen to the interview.

J.W. Marshall’s “Robin Chase Crow”

Today on KUOW 94.9, we’ll air J.W. Marshall’s new poem, “Robin Chase Crow.”  Listen to the segment.  Ah, spring.