Archive - Past Events
All times listed are North American Central Time (CT).
2015
Thursday, October 1, 7:00 pm - Lake Superior anthology reading, Peace Church,
Duluth, MN
Saturday, October 17, 1-2 pm - Book-signing at New Rivers Press booth, Twin
Cities Book Festival, St. Paul, MN
Thursday, October 22, 8:00 pm - New Rivers Press Launch, Comstock Memorial
Union 101, MSUM, Moorhead, MN
Friday, October 23, 7:00 pm - Reading and silent auction, Spirit Room, 111
Broadway, Fargo, ND
Saturday, October 24, 12 pm - Red River Market, Broadway & 2nd Ave. N.,
Fargo, ND
Saturday, November 14, 7:30 pm - Spirit Lake Poetry Series Reading, Prove
Gallery, Duluth, MN
Saturday, November 21, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm - Authors Day, Duluth Public Library,
Duluth, MN
Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm - Northcountry Women's Coffeehouse, Peace Church,
Duluth, MN
2016
Friday, February 5, 7:00 pm - Reading with poet Rachel Moritz, Magers and Quinn
Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, February 24, 5:30 pm - Reading, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of
Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI
Sunday, March 13, 7:00 pm - Reading, Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St, NYC
Tuesday, March 15, 10-3 - Class visits, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA
Wednesday, March 16, 7:30 pm - Reading, Head House Books, 619 S. 2nd St.,
Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, March 17, 7:00 pm - Reading, Main Point Books, 1041 Lancaster Ave.,
Bryn Mawr, PA
March 30-April 2 - New Rivers Press reading and booksigning, AWP Conference,
Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, April 28, 6:30-8:30 pm - Poetry Night, Barnes & Noble, Duluth, MN
Monday, May 2, 7:00 pm - Homegrown Poetry Showcase, Sacred Heart Music Center,
Duluth, MN
Thursday, May 12, 7:00 pm - St. Louis River reading, Beaner's Central Coffee
House, Duluth, MN
Tuesday, May 24, 7:30 pm - Queer Voices Reading Series, Intermedia Arts,
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, May 25, 6:00 pm - Duluth Dylan Fest 2016 Poetry Showcase,
Underground Theater (Depot), Duluth, MN
Monday, October 10, 6:00 pm - Visiting writer to graduate seminar in MFA thesis
preparation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, October 15, 1-2 pm - Book-signing at New Rivers Press booth, Twin
Cities Book Festival, St. Paul, MN
Thursday, October 20, 8:20 am - Northland Morning interview, KUMD (103.3 FM),
Duluth, MN
Saturday, October 29, 2:00 pm - First Book Publication Panel/Discussion with
Lake Superior Writers, UUCD, Duluth, MN
Home Studies was the October 2016 selection for the Wisconsin Indianhead
Technical College Book Club, Rice Lake, WI.
Friday, November 4, 5:00 pm - All Souls Night reading, Underground Train Museum
at the Downtown Depot, Duluth, MN
Friday, December 16, 10:00 am - Holiday book chat with Marie Zhuikov and Julie
Buckles on Hear Me Out, KUWS, Superior, WI
2017
Friday, January 13, 7:00 pm - Reading with Michelle Matthees, Subtext Books,
St. Paul, MN
Friday, February 10, 11:00 am - Pop Up Poetry Reading, Dirksen Senate Office
Building (C Street and 1st Street corner entrance), Washington D.C.
Friday, February 10, 1-2 pm - New Rivers Press booksigning, AWP Conference,
Washington D.C.
Thursday, February 16, 7:00 pm - 3 Poets on Motherhood & More: Reading with
Carol Kapaun Ratchenski and Michelle Matthees, Red Herring Lounge, Duluth, MN
Monday, May 1, 7:30 pm - Homegrown Poetry Showcase, Sacred Heart Music Center,
Duluth, MN
Wednesday, May 24, 6:30 pm - Duluth Dylan Fest: Poets of the North Country,
Spirit of the North Theatre at Fitgers, Duluth, MN
Thursday, August 17, 5:00 pm - Reading with Michelle Matthees, Farmstead
Creamery and Cafe, Hayward, WI
Saturday, November 4, 5:00 pm - All Souls Night Reading at the Depot (lower
level), Duluth, MN
2018
Wednesday, February 20, 6 pm - Chance anthology reading and book
release, Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
Saturday, April 7, 3 pm - Poetry reading at WTF Exhibit, 315 N. Lake St.,
Duluth, MN
Monday, April 30 - Homegrown Poetry Showcase, NorShor Theatre, Duluth, MN
Thursday, June 7, 7 pm - Scrap: On Louise Nevelson book release reading,
Zenith Bookstore, 318 N. Central Ave., Duluth, MN
Saturday, June 16, 1-4 pm - "Crafting the Prose Poem" Workshop, Lake
Superior Writers, UUCD Work Room, 835 W. College St., Duluth, MN
Saturday, July 7, 6-8 pm - Exhibit opening for "Threads: A Photography and
Prose Poetry Collaboration," with Q & A and reading at 7 pm, Lyric
Center for the Arts, 514 Chestnut St., Virginia, MN (exhibit up from July 5-28;
gallery open Thurs-Sat 11-3)
July 5-28 - "Threads: A Photography and Prose Poetry
Collaboration," cross-disciplinary exhibit at Lyric Center for the Arts,
514 Chestnut St., Virginia, MN; gallery open Thurs-Sat 11 am - 3 pm
Saturday, October 13, 1-4 pm - Prose Poetry Workshop, Lyric Center for the
Arts, Virginia, MN
Saturday, November 10, 4 pm - All Souls Night Reading, The Depot, Duluth, MN
2019
Friday, April 5, 5:30 pm - WTF! Exhibit Reading, Prove Gallery, Duluth,
MN
Friday, April 12, 7:30 pm - Poetry Reading with Athena Kildegarde & Angela
Hume, Banfille-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
Thursday, April 18, 12 pm - Visiting Writer Reading, Fond du Lac Tribal and
Community College, Cloquet, MN
Wednesday, April 24, 5 pm - Cross-Genre Panel with Lucie Amundsen and Linda
LeGarde Grover, University of Minnesota Duluth
Thursday, August 29 at 7 pm - Queer Voices Anthology Reading, Zenith Bookstore,
Duluth, MN
2020
Thursday, May 7, 2020, 7 pm - Rocked by the Waters: Poems of Motherhood anthology reading, hosted by Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN (via Zoom)
Friday, October 16, 2020 - All Souls Day Reading, Duluth, MN (via Zoom)
2021
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 2 pm - Art, Music & Poetry in the Planetarium,
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Thursday, September 9, 2021, 7 pm - Music & Poetry in the Planetarium, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Monday, October 18, 2021, 7 pm - Bringing Joy Anthology Reading, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (virtual)
2022
Monday, May 2, 2022, 7 pm - Homegrown Poetry Reading, Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, MN
Thursday, June 2, 2022 - "Environmental Object Investigations in Northern Minnesota," Conference on Landscape, Narrative, and Deep Time, St. Louis University-Madrid (virtual)
Saturday, September 3, 2022, 12 pm - Poetry Reading, Twin Ports Pride, Bayfront Park, Duluth, MN
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6 pm - Past Poets Laureate & Friends Reading, University of Minnesota Duluth
Saturday, October 15, 2022 - New Rivers Press Book-signing, Twin Cities Book Festival, St. Paul, MN
December 1-3, 2022 - New Rivers Press anthology readings in Moorhead, MN and Fargo, ND
2023
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 7 pm - Bringing Joy Anthology Award Celebration & Reading, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet, MN (virtual)
Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7 pm - I Think I Know You Book Launch & Reading, Zenith Bookstore, Duluth, MN
Wednesday, April 12, 12 pm - Lunchtime Poetry Reading with Emily August, Ruth A. Myers Library, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet, MN
Tuesday, June 13, 7 pm - Reading with Michelle Matthees, SubText Bookstore, 6 West 5th Street, St. Paul, MN
Thursday, June 15, 6 pm - Writer's Salon, Featured Guest with Michelle Matthees, Wussow's Concert Cafe, Duluth, MN
Saturday, November 11, 2 pm - Locker Room Talk Anthology Reading, Eat My Words Bookstore, 214 13th Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN
2024
Tuesday, February 20, 7:30 pm - Readings by Writers at the University Club, St. Paul, MN
Thursday, March 7, 3:00 pm - "Self-Care in a Caring Profession," panel presentation at the 2024 Conference on Writing and Well-being, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Wednesday, July 31, 6:00 pm - Of Rust and Glass Journal Release Reading, New Albany, OH (virtual)
Saturday, August 31, 11:00 am - Duluth-Superior Pride Zine Reading, Bayfront Park, Duluth, MN.
