The BRIDGES Reading series is intended to bring together writers across genres and cultural backgrounds to express themselves, but also build links to each other. Featured writers are: Michael Kiesow Moore, La Donna Sanders Redmond, Lynette Reini-Grandall, John Medeiros, Sequoia Nagamatsu and Heidi Czerwiec.
Join us as the Martin Lake Poetry Workshop launches its new 2016 poetry Anthology.
The Saint Paul Almanac will hold a release party for the latest edition of the Saint Paul Almanac: On a Collected Path at the Black Dog Café on Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. This eleventh edition has a new look with new Saint Paul stories like the ones that have gained the Almanac its national reputation for curating authentic […]
The Birchbark Books Reading Series returns on April 26 after taking a winter break. Please join us! Margaret Hasse has published five books of poems: Stars Above, Stars Below (New Rivers Press); In a Sheep’s Eye, Darling (Milkweed Edition); Milk and Tides (Nodin Press); Earth’s Appetite (Nodin Press); and most recently, Between Us (Nodin Press). […]
Our 8th season of readings concludes on May 10 a 7 pm. Reading will be Nora Murphy, Choua Yang, Taiyon J Coleman, and Ronald P. Leith.
The Birchbark Books Reading Series begins its 9th season of readings on September 27. Reading with us will be Todd Boss, Sharon Chmielarz, and Marcie R. Rendon. Please join us!
This class is about using playful techniques to inspire new writing. Working with external prompts we’ll make found poems, bricolage poems (a type of found poem using multiple sources), and use images and objects as inspiration, especially from art in the galleries. Students can expect to write during class and share work with one another. […]
October brings a first for the Bridges reading series at Barnes & Noble HarMar Mall: All readers are participants in the Martin Lake Poetry Workshop founding in 2016 by guest host Michael Dean. Beginning with some writing friends, the workshop now has over 1,000 participants. I will read with fellow participants of the Poetry Workshop.
The Fall season of readings for the Birchbark Books Reading Series concludes on November 1. Reading will be Heid E. Erdrich, David Lawrence Grant, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Thomas Redshaw. Co-hosts for the series are Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina.
I will join other authors in the current copy of Water~Stone Review for a launch party. Water~Stone Review is a literary annual published by the The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University.
How do you hold light in the darkness? Can "peace" be such a light, and if so how? There are perhaps fewer words more used, for who does not want peace for themselves or the world? But what does peace actually look like? Through writing we will consciously explore what peace is. Writing is a […]
The 6th annual tribute to John Lennon (on his birthday) and the Beatles. Organized by Thomas R. Smith and featuring poetry and music by him and his friends. Free! Come and sing along! River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St, River Falls WI 54022
The spring season of readings for the Birchbark Books Reading Series begins on March 28 at 7:00 pm at the Bockley Gallery (near Birchbark Books). Reading will be Diane Wilson, Anthony Ceballos, Susan Power and James P. Lenfestey.
Greg Watson will host a reading with me, Michael Kleber-Diggs, and Norita Dittberner-Jax followed by an open mic.
I will be a featured author for the North Hennepin Reading Series. The reading is free and open to the public.
The spring season of readings for the Birchbark Books Reading Series continues on April 18 at 7:00 pm at the Bockley Gallery (near Birchbark Books). Reading will be contributors from How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse edited by Sherry Quan Lee Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books […]
Join us for a reception of the Crossings at Carnegie Poet-Artist Collaboration, where artists create works of art based on selected poems. My poem, "And the Prophet Spoke to Me Last Wednesday," was selected for an artist to create a painting. We will read our poems, and the artists will discuss the works they made. […]
I will host the Cracked Walnut 2018 Lit-Fest reading with the theme of "Allen Ginsburg."
The Ramsey's Braggarts Morris Men - the "official" Morris Dance team for Birchbark Books - will dance again for Indie Book Day!
The Literary Lights Reading Series celebrates Poetry Month at Blue Harbor Center for the Arts. Joining me for my reading will be cellist Lars Krogstad Ortiz to present some of our collaborative work together.
Poet and spoken word artist Eric McKendry is hosting a reading of League of Minnesota Poets.
I will teach my workshop "Playdate with Words" as part of the Banfill-Locke BLCA 3rd Annual Writers Workshop. This year's theme is "Tending the Word Garden." Do you want to write a poem but don’t know where to begin? This class will be all about finding playful, fun ways to start new writing. Expect writing […]
A poetry writing workshop. The beating heart of a poem could be said image. When we explore image we dive into the deep nature of symbol, and use the tools of simile and metaphor to express the deeps. In this writing workshop we will examine these waters and then take some swims into the waters […]
Join me as Red Bird Chapbooks celebrates the launch of "Fierce Lament", fearing the work of 30 poets, writers, artists, and activists addressing the challenges of our time. The evening starts with readings from the book followed by a dance party.
The fall season of readings for the Birchbark Books Reading Series continues on November 7 at 7:00 pm at the Bockley Gallery (near Birchbark Books). Reading will be Elizabeth Weird, William Reichard, Stanley Kusunoki, and Margaret Hasse. Birchbark Books is located at 2115 West 21st Street, Minneapolis, MN 55405. (612) 374-4023
Join us for an afternoon of poetry and music with Thomas R. Smith, Ardie Medina and the Asiginaak Singers, and Michael Kiesow Moore with cellist Lars Krogstad Ortiz. Suggested donation $10, but no one turned away
We will explore the connections between the practice of mindfulness meditation and the act of writing from the heart. Making use of guided meditations and time for writing we will give attention to ourselves, our world, and everything the present moment offers us. The class will also include readings and discussion. All writing skill levels […]
The Spring season of readings for the Birchbark Books Reading Series starts on April 24 at 7:00 pm at the Bockley Gallery (near Birchbark Books). Reading will be Reading will be LeRoy N. Sorenson, Rosemary Davis, Carla Hagen, and Kate Lynn Hibbard. Birchbark Books is located at 2115 West 21st Street, Minneapolis, MN 55405. (612) […]
Join me as poets selected to participate in the 18th annual Poet-Artist Collaboration at Crossings at Carnegie present their work as the artwork made to go with our poems are projected on the silver screen during the reading.
The spring season of readings at Birchbark Books continues on Wednesday, May 22. Reading will be Jim Bohen, Miriam Weinstein, Ken McCullough, and Lynette Reini-Grandell. Please join us!