Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
2013
Unclose the Door in Heart & Hands 2013 Exhibition
April 8 – May 31, 2013
Love Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Reading (poetry) with letterpress poets and artists Kelsey Reifert, Rachael Wolf, Twyla Hansen, Kelly Madigan, J.V. Bummels, and more
7 p.m., May 31, 2013
SP CE, 14th & O St., Lincoln, NE
Reading (poetry) in the Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
TBA, Sunday June 9, 2013
Washington, D.C.
Reading (poetry) with Jeff Hecker
TBA, Thursday June 13, 2013
Portsmouth, VA
Artist-in-Residence Grant from The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico
September – December 2013
Taos, New Mexico
Unclose the Door in Heart & Hands 2013 Exhibition
October 11 – November 14, 2013
Criss Library, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
EVENTS ARCHIVE
2013
Reading of Women Write Resistance in Alameda with Elleraine Lockie, July Westhale, Rebecca Foust, and Dawn McGuire (editor in absentia)
7-9 p.m., May 11, 2013
Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, at Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Reading of Women Write Resistance in NYC with Susana H. Case, Alison Stone, Amber West, Larissa Shmailo, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, and more (editor in absentia)
7-9 p.m., May 7, 2013
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., New York, NY 10003
Reading (poetry) Women Write Resistance at Tuesdays with Writers with Grace Bauer, Lucy Adkins, Deborah McGinn, Becky Faber, Megan Gannon, Twyla Hansen, Sara Hennings, Marge Saiser, and more
7 p.m., May 7, 2013
South Mill, 48th & Prescott, Lincoln, Nebraska
Performance (poetry) in Bottom’s Dream / Martian Tales (in absentia)
7-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Theatre Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago
Reading of Women Write Resistance in Philly with Shevaun Brannigan, Carol Quinn, Elliott batTzdek, and Therese Halscheid (editor in absentia)
7 p.m., April 26, 2013
Wooden Shoe Books
704 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Reading (Poetry) at Indigo Bridge Books in The Shakespeare Night with Amelia Montes, Marge Saiser, Brad Tice, Carole Levin, Grace Bauer, James Shea, Joy Castro, Julia Schleck, Kelly Stage, Marianne Kunkel, Scott Stanfield, Stephen Buhler, Trey Moody, and more
7 p.m., April 25, 2013
701 P Street #102, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Interview with The Nebraska Girls Lit Hour hosted by Dr. Melissa Alvarado and Wyatt Underwood
3:00-4:00 p.m. PDT, April 23, 3013
Reading (Poetry) in Art Block Party with Jason Hertz, Sam Berner, and more
8:30-10 p.m., April 5th, 2013
LUX Center of the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Reading (Poetry) at Indigo Bridge Books with Twyla Hansen
7-8 p.m., April 4, 2013
701 P Street #102, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (Poetry) at Tuesdays with Writers with Marjorie Saiser and with art by Wendy Bantam
7 p.m., April 2, 2013
South Mill, 48th & Prescott, Lincoln, Nebraska
Interview on “Friday Live” at the Mill by William Stibor (starts 26:50, or 28:23)
with Marge Saiser and Wendy Jane Bantam
9:00-10:00 a.m., Friday, March 29, 2013
The Mill, 800 P St., Lincoln, NE
Visiting Writer
Reading (poetry) in Celebration of Women’s History Month
12:00-1:00 p.m., March 25, 2013
Wyckoff Room, Collum-Davis Library
Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625
Visiting Writer
Poetry Workshop
New Hampshire Institute of Art
March 20, 2013
Manchester, NH
Reading (poetry) in the Visiting Writer Series
Teti Library, New Hampshire Institute of Art
4:30 p.m., March 20, 2013
Manchester, NH
Women Write Resistance (poetry reading) in “Shakespeare’s Sister” Women’s Week with Becky Faber, Grace Bauer, Sarah A. Chavez, Deborah McGinn, Lucy Adkins, Twyla Hansen, and more
4-5 p.m., March 13, 2013
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (Poetry) in Femme Qui Bercent with Cat Dixon, Marilyn Coffey, Mary Spittler, Denise Eileen Brady, and more
6 p.m., March 1, 2013
Noyes Gallery, 119 South 9th St. Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (prose) from Women Write Resistance in No Limits
1:45-3:00 p.m, March 1, 2013
Goldenrod Room, East Campus Union, UNL
Lincoln, NE
Reading (poetry) in Poetry at the Moon with Fran Higgins
7 p.m., February 25, 2013
Crescent Moon, 140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) in What Will Her Kids Think? with Sally Deskins, Cat Dixon, Danielle Herzog, Michelle Troxclair, Felicia Webster, Marilyn June Coffey, Fran Higgins, and more
5 p.m., February 24, 2013
Star Deli Gallery, 6114 Military Ave, Benson, Omaha, NE
Reading (poetry) in An Expression of Social Issues on Sexuality
8:00 p.m., Friday, February 22, 2013
Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 1624 South St., Lincoln, NE 68502
Reading (poetry) in One Billion Rising: Lincoln with Barbara Salvatore, Lucy Adkins, Juanita Rice
7:30-9:30 p.m., February 14, 2013
Gratitude Bakery, 1551 North Cotner Street, Lincoln, NE
2012
Reading (poetry) in the Group Holiday Reading at Tuesdays with Writers
7 p.m., December 4, 2012
South Mill, 48th & Prescott, Lincoln, Nebraska
Performance (poetry) in Lit Undressed / Omaha Lit Fest
8 p.m., October 24, 2012
House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) in 100 Thousand Poets for Change with Jeff Alessandrelli, Grace Bauer, J V Brummels, Sarah Chavez, Crystal Gibbins, Neil Harrison, and Kelly Madigan, hosted by Grace Bauer & Rex Walton
7 p.m., October 1, 2012
Crescent Moon, 140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) with Grace Bauer at Tuesdays with Writers
7 p.m., September 4, 2012
South Mill, 48th & Prescott, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) The Lincoln Underground Summer Issue Release Party & Reading
7-9 p.m., July 31st, 2012
Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso
1624 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68502
Reading (poetry) Poetry at the Moon with Cat Dixon
7 p.m., July 16, 2012
Crescent Moon, 140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) in War is Trauma
7 p.m., July 14, 2012
Hot Shops Art Center, 1301 Nicholas Street, Omaha, NE 68102
Residency at Prairie Center of the Arts
May 14 – July 4, 2012
Peoria, IL
Reading (poetry) with Dancing Girl Press authors J. Hope Stein, Laura Goldstein, & Tricia Taaca
7 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012
The Edge Gallery 6318 N Clark
Chicago, IL 60660
Reading (poetry & prose) with April Flynn & Katey Schultz, CIAO Peoria at Prairie Center of the Arts
7 – 8:30 p.m. June 1, 2012
1506 SW Washington St., K-3 Studios
Peoria, IL 61602
Reading (prose) at CCWWP
9:30 a.m. Friday, May 11 2012
Toronto, ON
Show (poetry) in Les Femmes Folles:VOICEexhibit
April 13 – 24, 2012
The New BLK, 1213 Jones St, Omaha, NE
Show (poetry) Broadside Collaboration with artwork by Kate Renee
March 1 – 29, 2012
Belles Lettres, Altered Esthetic, Minneapolis, MN
Reading (poetry) in the Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2011
4 p.m., Saturday March 25, 2012
Parallax Space, 1746 N Street, Lincoln, NE
Reading (poetry) in the Belles Lettres Opening
7:00-10:00 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2012
Altered Esthetics, 1224 Quincy Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Reading (poetry) in UNL Amnesty’s Demand Dignity benefit concert
8:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2012
Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 1624 South St., Lincoln, NE 68502
2011
Reading (poetry) in 2012 Nebraska Poets Calendar at Poetry at the Moon
7 p.m., December 19, 2011
Crescent Moon, 140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) in 2012 Nebraska Poets Calendar reading and art show
2-4 p.m., Sunday, December 11, 2011
Noyes Gallery, 119 South 9th St. Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) in Tuesdays with Writers at the South Mill
7 p.m., December 6, 2011
4736 Prescott Avenue (near Union College), Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry)
9 a.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011
Warren County Courthouse, Indianola, Iowa
Reading (poetry) at MMLA
12-1:30, Friday, November 4, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri
Reading (prose) at MMLA
8:30-10, Sunday, November 6, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri
Performance (poetry) in Lit Undressed / Omaha Lit Fest
8 p.m., October 19, 2011
House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at European Studies Conference
3:30-4:45, Friday, October 7, 2011
Dodge Room A, Milo Bail Student Center, UNO, Omaha, Nebraska
Residency at Prairie Center of the Arts
July 1 – August 12, 2011
Peoria, Illinois
Reading in (poetry) Dr. Carole Levin’s History class
9:30 a.m., June 3, 2011
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at Indigo Bridge Books
7 p.m., May 16, 2011
701 P Street #102, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) at Poetry at the Moon at Crescent Moon with Michelle Menting
7 p.m., May 9, 2011
140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Reading (poetry) in Tuesdays with Writers at the South Mill with Jen Davis-Korn
7 p.m., May 3, 2011
48th & Prescott, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) in UNL English Department Literary Contest Winners
3-4:30, Bailey Library, Andrews Hall
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Poster (poetry) at UNL Research Fair
3 9.m., April 13, 2011
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at Rawley Conference
9 a.m., April 9, 2011
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at Red River Graduate Student Conference
3:15 p.m. March 26, 2011
NDSU Union, Hidatsa and Arikara rooms, Fargo, North Dakota
Display (poetry) in the “Visions of Sisterhood” for Women’s Week
March 14-18, 2011
Rotunda Gallery, Nebraska Union, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at No Limits
9 a.m. March 5, 2011
UNK Nebraskan Union (Ponderosa Rooms), Kearney, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) at Poetry on the Moon at Crescent Moon with Mary K. Stillwell
7 p.m., February 14, 2011
140 N 8th St #10, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
2010
Reading (poetry) in No Name Reading Series
4 p.m. November 12, 2010
Zen’s Lounge, Lincoln, Nebraska
Residency at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
May 10 – 21, 2010
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) in No Name Reading Series
4 p.m. March 26, 2010
Sur Tango Bar, Lincoln, Nebraska
Poetry Workshop at Split This Rock Poetry Festival
March 2010
Washington, D.C.
2009
Reading (poetry) at Western Literature Association Conference
October 2009
Spearfish, South Dakota
Reading (poetry) at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
July 26, 2009
West Branch, Iowa
Residency at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
July 15 – August 1, 2009
West Branch, Iowa
Reading (poetry & prose) in No Name Reading Series
March 26, 2009
Sur Tango Bar, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (prose) at AWP
February 2009
Chicago, Illinois
2008
Reading (prose) at NWSA
June 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio
Reading (prose) at Death, Murder, and Mayhem Symposium
April 2008
Omaha, Nebraska
Reading (poetry) in No Name Reading Series
March 2008
Sur Tango Bar, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (prose) at Split This Rock Poetry Festival
March 2008
Washington, D.C.
2007
Reading (poetry) at NWSA
June 2007
St. Charles, Illinois
Reading (poetry) at NACCS
April 2007
San Jose, California
Reading (poetry) at No-Limits
March 2007
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Reading (poetry & prose) in No Name Reading Series
March 2007
Sur Tango Bar, Lincoln, Nebraska
2005
Reading (prose) at PCA/ACA
March 2005
San Diego, California
2004
Reading (prose) at PCA/ACA
April 2004
San Antonio, Texas
Reading at New Directions in Critical Theory
April 2004
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Reading (prose) at Women’s Studies Colloquium
April 2004
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2003
Reading at Theory Matters Graduate Conference
April 2003
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2002
Reading (prose) at Focus for the Arts Festival
April 2002
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Reading (prose) at International Women’s Day
March 2002
YWCA, Ames, Iowa
1997
Reading (poetry) at Seventh Annual Des Moines National Poetry Festival
May 1997
Des Moines, Iowa


























