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The Literary Events Calendar is a nationwide calendar of readings, workshops, and other literary events. If you're interested in attending events featuring any of the writers listed below, please be sure to get in touch with the contact person listed to confirm the time and place for the event.

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		1 George Evans Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp George Evans Lewis MacAdams Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Lewis MacAdams Tracie Morris Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Tracie Morris George Evans Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Kristin Prevallet Kristin Prevallet Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Kristin Prevallet See All	2 Lisa Lenard-Cook Fiction Workshop Book Passage corte madera, CA Contact: Kate Ferguson E-mail: kferguson@bookpassage.com www.bookpassage.com Lisa Lenard-Cook	3 Mei Mei Berssenbrugge Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Mei Mei Berssenbrugge Lee Ann Brown Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Lee Ann Brown Junior Burke Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Junior Burke Bobbie Louise Hawkins Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Bobbie Louise Hawkins Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Stacy Szymaszek See All	4 Poets Party Convention Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop/Performance Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu poetsparty.blogspot.com Poets Party Convention	5 Amiri Baraka Poetry Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Amiri Baraka Thulani Davis Fiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Thulani Davis Charlene Fix Poetry Reading Goodale Park Columbus, OH Contact: Shanna Harrell E-mail: info@poetryinthepark.com www.poetryinthepark.com Charlene Fix Eileen Myles Poetry Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Eileen Myles Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Eileen Myles See All
6 Estha Weiner and Sandra Jackson-Opoku Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop The Sixth Annual Mt Chocorua Writing Workshop and Retreat Conway, NH Contact: Andrea Walsh E-mail: office@worldfellowship.org www.worldfellowship.org Estha Weiner and Sandra Jackson-Opoku Galway Kinnell Poetry Reading Mocha Maya's Shelburne Falls, MA Contact: Lea Banks E-mail: Lbanks2@verizon.net www.mochamayas.com Galway Kinnell Estha Weiner Sandra Jackson-Opoku Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop The Sixth Annual Mt Chocorua Writing Workshop and Retreat Conway, NH Contact: Andrea Walsh E-mail: office@worldfellowship.org www.worldfellowship.org Estha Weiner Sandra Jackson-Opoku	7 Melissa Waddy Thibodeaux Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop Harris County Public Library Stratford & Aldine Branches, CA Contact: Melissa Waddy Thibodeaux E-mail: waddymel@usa.net Melissa Waddy Thibodeaux	8 Brian Evenson Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Brian Evenson Jo Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Joanna Howard Joanna Howard Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Joanna Howard Pierre Joris Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Pierre Joris Joanna Howard Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Sawako Nakayasu See All	9 Mary Lee Gowland Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Oakhurst Branch Library Oakhurst, CA Contact: Mary Lee Gowland E-mail: gowland@sti.net Mary Lee Gowland Lewis J. Kahler Poetry Reading/Workshop Mohawk Correctional Facility 6100 School Road Rome, NY Contact: Richard H. Harding Phone: (315) 339-5232 ext. 4000 This event is not open to the public. Lewis J. Kahler Joan Murray Poetry Reading/Workshop Literary Arts Center at Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY Contact: Lesley Williamson Phone: (716) 357-6310 Joan Murray	10 Rikki Ducornet Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Rikki Ducornet Raymond Federman Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Raymond Federman Forrest Gander Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Forrest Gander Anna Moschovakis Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Ilya Kaminsky Anna Moschovakis Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Anna Moschovakis See All	11 Sarah Bartlett Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Metta Earth Institute Lincoln, VT Contact: Sarah Bartlett E-mail: sarah@womenwritingvt.com www.mettaearth.org This event is not open to the public. Sarah Bartlett Ellen s Creative Nonfiction Reading Powells Portland, OR Contact: E-mail: ellen@ellensussman.com Ellen Sussman	12 Dodie Bellamy Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Dodie Bellamy Patricia Fargnoli Poetry Workshop Great River Arts Institute Bellows Falls, VT Contact: Alexis Doshas E-mail: alexis@greatriverarts.org www.greatriverarts.org Patricia Fargnoli Armstead Fisher Poetry Reading Loon Lake Poetry Festival 30 East Lake Road Cohocton, NY Contact: Beatrice O'Brien Phone: (585) 728-5181 ext. 585 Armstead Fisher Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Dionondehowa & Greenwich Free Library Shushan and Greenwich, NY Contact: Bonnie Hoag Phone: 518-854-7764 Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Bob Holman Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Naropa University Boulder, CO Contact: Julie Kazimer E-mail: jkazimer@naropa.edu www.naropa.edu/swp Bob Holman See All
13 Clem Albertoni Poetry Reading Community Center Salinas, CA Contact: Frank Pinney E-mail: frpinney@aol.com Clem Albertoni Fred Engel Poetry Reading Community Center Salinas, CA Contact: Frank Pinney E-mail: frpinney@aol.com Fred Engel Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Dionondehowa & Greenwich Free Library Shushan and Greenwich, NY Contact: Bonnie Hoag Phone: 518-854-7764 Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Joan Murray Poetry Reading/Workshop Wiawaka Holiday House 3778 State Route 9L Lake George, NY Contact: Christine Dixon E-mail: director@wiawaka.org Joan Murray	14 Russell Salamon and Keith Hollyoak Poetry Reading Village Books - Moonday Poetry Reading Pacific Palisades, CA Contact: Alice Pero E-mail: pero@earthlink.net www.moondaypoetry.com Russell Salamon and Keith Hollyoak	15 Jeanne Heiberg Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Wiawaka Holiday House 3778 State Rout 9L Lake George, NY Contact: Christine Dixon Phone: (518) 945-3547 Jeanne Heiberg Diane L Poetry Reading Cornelia Street Cafe New York City, NY Contact: Angelo Verga E-mail: bronxpoet1@gmail.com corneliastreetcafe.com Diane Lockward JC Todd Poetry Reading Cornelia Street Cafe New York City, NY Contact: Angelo Verga E-mail: bronxpoet1@gmail.com corneliastreetcafe.com JC Todd John Wareham Poetry Workshop Downstate Correctional Facility 122 Red School House Road Fishkill, NY Contact: Marvin Gallaway Phone: (845) 831-6600 ext. 4340 This event is not open to the public. John Wareham	16 Mary Lee Gowland Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Oakhurst Branch Library Oakhurst, CA Contact: Mary Lee Gowland E-mail: gowland@sti.net Mary Lee Gowland Jeanne Heiberg Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Wiawaka Holiday House 3778 State Rout 9L Lake George, NY Contact: Christine Dixon Phone: (518) 945-3547 Jeanne Heiberg Lewis J. Kahler Poetry Reading/Workshop Mohawk Correctional Facility 6100 School Road Rome, NY Contact: Richard H. Harding Phone: (315) 339-5232 ext. 4000 This event is not open to the public. Lewis J. Kahler Rhonda Morton Poetry/Fiction Reading/Workshop Steele Memorial Library/Carriage House Elmira, NY Contact: Chris Corter E-mail: corterc@stls.org Rhonda Morton	17 Jeanne Heiberg Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Wiawaka Holiday House 3778 State Rout 9L Lake George, NY Contact: Christine Dixon Phone: (518) 945-3547 Jeanne Heiberg Gary Lehmann Poetry Reading Free Speech Zone Reading Series Rochester, NY Contact: Frank Judge, reading coordinator E-mail: rochfreespeechzone@gmail.com houseofhamez.com Gary Lehmann Susan Sibbet Poetry Reading City Art Point Arena, CA Contact: Blake More E-mail: blake@snakelyone.com Susan Sibbet West Virginia Writers' Workshop Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop West Virginia Writers Workshop Morgantown, WV Contact: Marsha Bissett E-mail: marsha.bissett@mail.wvu.edu www.as.wvu.edu/wvww/ West Virginia Writers' Workshop West Virginia Writers' Workshop Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop West Virginia Writers Workshop Morgantown, WV Contact: Marsha Bissett E-mail: marsha.bissett@mail.wvu.edu www.as.wvu.edu/wvww/ West Virginia Writers' Workshop	18 Ross Gay Poetry Reading Music Hall Center for Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit, NY Contact: Christina M. Archer E-mail: carcher@detroitpoetrycollective.com Ross Gay Ross Gay Poetry Reading Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Detroit, NY Contact: Alana Wright Phone: (313) 887-8524 Ross Gay Allison Joseph Poetry Reading Music Hall Center for Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit, NY Contact: Christina M. Archer E-mail: carcher@detroitpoetrycollective.com Allison Joseph Allison Joseph Poetry Reading Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Detroit, MI Contact: Alana Wright Phone: (313) 887-8524 Allison Joseph Robert Milby Poetry Reading Florida Public Library 4 Cohen Circle Florida, NY Contact: Madelyn Folino Phone: (845) 651-7659 Robert Milby See All	19 Diane L Poetry Reading Brockton Public Library Brockton, MA Contact: Diane Lockward E-mail: dslockward@gmail.com thinkworks.com/BrocktonPoetrySeries Diane Lockward Robert Moss Fiction Workshop Johnson Hall Historical Site Johnstown, NY Contact: Wanda Burch Phone: (518) 762-8712 Robert Moss The Ohio Poetry Association Poetry Reading Annual Ohio Poetry Picnic Columbus, OH Contact: Doug Rutledge Phone: (614)268-5094 www.ohiopoetryassn.org The Ohio Poetry Association Rochester Poets Poetry Reading Annual Picnic & Reading Penfield, NY Contact: Frank Judge, President E-mail: rocchesterpoets@gmail.com This event is not open to the public. Rochester Poets Michael Schurch Poetry Reading Annual Ohio Poetry Picnic Columbus, OH Contact: Doug Rutledge Phone: (614)268-5094 www.ohiopoetryassn.org Michael Schurch
20	21	22 Anne Panning Fiction Reading Common Grounds Coffee House 35 Albany Street Cazenovia, NY Contact: Philip Memmer E-mail: phil@ymcaarts.org Anne Panning Cati Porter Poetry Reading Redondo Poets Reading Series/Coffee Cartel Redondo Beach, CA Contact: Redondo Poets/Larry Colker Phone: (310) 316-6554 redondopoets.com/ Cati Porter John Wareham Poetry Workshop Downstate Correctional Facility 122 Red School House Road Fishkill, NY Contact: Marvin Gallaway Phone: (845) 831-6600 ext. 4340 This event is not open to the public. John Wareham	23 Mary Lee Gowland Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Oakhurst Branch Library Oakhurst, CA Contact: Mary Lee Gowland E-mail: gowland@sti.net Mary Lee Gowland Lewis J. Kahler Poetry Reading/Workshop Mohawk Correctional Facility 6100 School Road Rome, NY Contact: Richard H. Harding Phone: (315) 339-5232 ext. 4000 This event is not open to the public. Lewis J. Kahler Rhonda Morton Poetry/Fiction Reading/Workshop Steele Memorial Library/Carriage House Elmira, NY Contact: Chris Corter E-mail: corterc@stls.org Rhonda Morton	24 Hettie Jones Poetry Reading/Workshop Eastern Correctional Facility 338 Institutional Road Napanoch, NY Contact: Janine Pommy Vega Phone: (845) 688-7068 This event is not open to the public. Hettie Jones Nicholas Karavatos Poetry Reading Colored Horse Studio Ukiah, CA Contact: Susan J. Sparrow Phone: (707) 275-9010 Nicholas Karavatos Sharon Mesmer Poetry Reading Bright Hill Literary Center Treadwell, NY Contact: Sharon Mesmer E-mail: shardav@verizon.net www.brighthillpress.org/2008eventsartists.html Sharon Mesmer Sharon Mesmer Poetry Reading Bright Hill Literary Center Treadwell, NY Contact: Sharon Mesmer E-mail: shardav@verizon.net www.brighthillpress.org/2008eventsartists.html This event is not open to the public. Sharon Mesmer Sharon Mesmer Poetry Reading Bright Hill Literary Center Treadwell, NY Contact: Sharon Mesmer E-mail: shardav@verizon.net www.brighthillpress.org/2008eventsartists.html This event is not open to the public. Sharon Mesmer	25 Christine Hamm Poetry Reading Papa B Studios 907 Broadway Brooklyn, NY Contact: The Madame E-mail: thepoetrybrothel@gmail.com Christine Hamm David Surface Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop FEGS Sandra & Frederick P. Rose Ctr 199 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY Contact: Arthur Strimling Phone: (917) 606-6599 This event is not open to the public. David Surface Matthew Yeager Poetry Reading Papa B Studios 907 Broadway Brooklyn, NY Contact: The Madame E-mail: thepoetrybrothel@gmail.com Matthew Yeager	26 Anthony Cody Poetry Reading Fresno Art Museum, Bonner Auditorium Fresno, CA Contact: Burlee Vang E-mail: burleevang@hotmail.com Anthony Cody Olga Garcia Echeverria Poetry Workshop The Front San Diego, CA Contact: Brent Beltran E-mail: redcalacarts@cox.net Olga Garcia Echeverria Xai Lee Poetry Reading Fresno Art Museum, Bonner Auditorium Fresno, CA Contact: Burlee Vang E-mail: burleevang@hotmail.com Xai Lee Pacyinz Lyfoung Poetry Reading Fresno Art Museum, Bonner Auditorium Fresno, CA Contact: Burlee Vang Phone: 1323 N Homsy Avenue Pacyinz Lyfoung Pos Moua Poetry Reading Fresno Art Museum, Bonner Auditorium Fresno, CA Contact: Burlee Vang E-mail: burleevang@hotmail.com Pos Moua See All
27 Mark Doty Poetry Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan www.napawritersconf.org Mark Doty Olga Garcia Echeverria Poetry Workshop The Front San Diego, CA Contact: Brent Beltran E-mail: redcalacarts@cox.net Olga Garcia Echeverria Ann Packer Fiction Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Ann Packer Claudia Rankine Poetry Reading/Workshop St. Supery Winery, St. Helena Highway Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Claudia Rankine	28 Mark Doty Poetry Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan www.napawritersconf.org Mark Doty Ann Packer Fiction Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Ann Packer Claudia Rankine Poetry Reading/Workshop St. Supery Winery, St. Helena Highway Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Claudia Rankine John Roche Poetry Reading Storylines Bookstore & Caf 211 North Franklin Street Watkins Glen, NY Contact: Charlotte Dickens E-mail: cdickens@lightlink.com John Roche	29 Mark Doty Poetry Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan www.napawritersconf.org Mark Doty Danella P. Hero Fiction Reading Woldenberg Village 3701 Behrman Place New Orleans, NY Contact: Harriett D. Cortez Phone: (504) 367-5640 ext. 640 Danella P. Hero Derek McKown Poetry Reading Common Grounds Coffee House 35 Albany Street Cazenovia, NY Contact: Philip Memmer E-mail: phil@ymcaarts.org Derek McKown Ann Packer Fiction Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Ann Packer Claudia Rankine Poetry Reading/Workshop St. Supery Winery, St. Helena Highway Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Claudia Rankine See All	30 Mark Doty Poetry Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan www.napawritersconf.org Mark Doty Mary Lee Gowland Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Oakhurst Branch Library Oakhurst, CA Contact: Mary Lee Gowland E-mail: gowland@sti.net Mary Lee Gowland Rhonda Morton Poetry/Fiction Reading/Workshop Steele Memorial Library/Carriage House Elmira, NY Contact: Chris Corter E-mail: corterc@stls.org Rhonda Morton Ann Packer Fiction Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Ann Packer Claudia Rankine Poetry Reading/Workshop St. Supery Winery, St. Helena Highway Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan Napa Valley Opera House Claudia Rankine	31 Roberta B Poetry Workshop International Haiku Conference and Festival Plattsburgh, NY Contact: Kathleen Chilton, Conference Director Phone: (518) 564-3054 web.plattsburgh.edu/about/profiles/programs/haiku.php Roberta Beary Gayle Brandeis Fiction Reading/Workshop College of the Redwoods Fort Bragg, CA Contact: Charlotte Gullick E-mail: charlotte@mcn.org Gayle Brandeis Suzanne Byerley Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop College of the Redwoods Fort Bragg, CA Contact: Charlotte Gullick E-mail: charlotte@mcn.org Suzanne Byerley Michael Datcher Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop College of the Redwoods Fort Bragg, CA Contact: Charlotte Gullick E-mail: charlotte@mcn.org Michael Datcher Mark Doty Poetry Reading/Workshop Napa Valley Opera House, 1000 Main Street Napa, CA Contact: Charlotte Morgan www.napawritersconf.org Mark Doty See All