Upcoming Events

Monday, October 21 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Lower Macnungie Library Coffee House

Reading and craft talk with Robb Fillman, David Bauman, and Eric Chiles

Open mic to follow

Lower Macungie Library, 3450 Brookside Rd., Macungie, PA

Tuesday, October 29 7-9 p.m.

Poems at the Pub

I will be the featured reader. An open mic will follow. Costumes are encouraged.

Dugan’s Pub, 385 Main Street, Luzerne, PA

Saturday, November 16 7-9 p.m.

Writer’s Showcase at the Olde Brick Theater

I will be co-hosting this event with Dawn Leas. Featured readers include Dan Pape, Marcie Herman Riebe, Brianna Schunk, Tara Lynn Marta, and Robb Fillman.

126 W. Market Street, Scranton, PA

Past Events

2019 Readings

Thursday, April 11 2019 6:30 p.m.

Big Dog Reading Series

I will be reading with Daryl Sznyter.

Monty’s Assembly Room, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA

Saturday, April 13 2019 7-9 p.m.

The Writer’s Showcase Reading Series

I will be reading with other faculty and students from Lackawanna College.

The Olde Brick Theater, 126 W. Market Street, Scranton, Pa

2018 Readings

Friday, March 23 2018 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wildwood Writer’s Festival

I will give a reading at this event.

Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA

Saturday, April 7 2018 7-9 p.m.

An Evening with Pennsylvania Poets

I will be reading with Daryl Sznyter, Dawn Leas, Nancy Dymond, and Susan Jaffer.

Loose Leaf Pages Bookstore, Honesdale, PA

April 12-15 2018

The Northeastern MLA Conference

I will be part of a panel/reading entitled “Images from the Common Wealth: Poets Writing about the Keystone State.”

The Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA

Sunday, May 6 2018 3-4:30

Poetry Sundays

Daryl Sznyter and I will be the featured readers. We will also give a presentation entitled Writing the Personal: How Much Is Too Much?

The Laundrette, 20 5th Street, Narrowsburg, NY

Wednesday, August 8 2018 7-9 p.m.

Poetry Wednesdays at the Baron Arts Center

Daryl Sznyter and I will be the featured readers. We are teaching a workshop at 7 p.m. The reading begins at 8, and an open mic will follow. The event is free.

582 Rahway Ave, Woodbridge, NJ

2017 Readings

Thursday, January 12 2017 7-9 p.m.

Wilkes University M.F.A. Alumni Reading/Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series

Dorothy Dickson Darte Center Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Saturday, January 14 2017 5:45-7:45 p.m.

Italian American Writers Association Reading

Corneila St. Cafe, New York, New York

I will be reading with Phillip Giambri.

Wednesday, January 25 2017 7-9 p.m.

Lancaster Poetry Exchange

Red Rose Commons, 1700 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, PA

I will be reading with Dawn Leas. There will be a short open mic, too.

Saturday, June 3 2017

“Celebrating the Poetic Legacy of Whitman, Williams, and Ginsberg”

The Poetry Center at PCCC, Paterson, NJ

I will be on two panels at this conference/festival: “Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Ginsberg, and Williams among the Poets” at 10:30 and “Building Literary Citizenship and Expanding Poetry’s Audience in Unlikely Places” at 2:30. For more info click here. The conference is free!

Saturday, July 21 7-9 p.m.

An Evening of Poetry at Loose Leaf Pages

I will be reading with Nancy Dymond and Daryl Sznyter. An open mic will follow

527 Main Street, Honesdale, PA

Saturday, July 29 2017 9-5 p.m.

AuthorFest 2017

Dorflinger Factory Museum, White Mills, PA

I will be on a poetry panel in the morning and attending other events throughout the festival.

Friday, Oct. 6 7-9 p.m.

Ragged Edge Coffee House

100 Chambersbug Street, Gettysburg, PA

I will be the featured reader. An open reading will follow.

2016 Readings

Thursday, October 6 2016 6-8 p.m.

First Thursday Poetry Night

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

I will be reading with poet Dawn Leas.

Friday, October 7 2016 7-9 p.m.

Launch Party for Waiting for the Dead to Speak

Old Bricke Theatre, 126 W. Market Street, Scranton, PA

Come celebrate the launch party of my latest book of poems, Waiting for the Dead to Speak.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Newtown Publishing Center Showcase

289 Elliott Street,  Newtown Upper Falls, MA

I will one of the featured readers. More info TBA.

Thursday, October 12 2016 7-9 p.m.

Poetry Night at the KGB Bar

KGB Bar, New York, New York

I will be one of the featured poets this evening.

Friday, October 14 2016 6 p.m.

Scranton Launch Party for Down the Dog Hole

Library Express, Steamtown Mall, Scranton, PA

Join us to celebrate the launch of Down the Dog Hole: 11 Poets on Northeastern Pennsylvania, a book I co-edited.

Friday, October 28 2016 7-9 p.m.

Writers Workshop

Midtown Scholar Bookstore,  1302 N. 3rd Street, Harrisburg PA

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 6:30-8:30 pm.

RiverReads Bookstore, 5 Court Street, Binghamton NY

I will be reading with Dawn Leas and Jason Allen

Saturday, November 5 2016 3 p.m.

An Afternoon of Poetry

Buffalo Street Books 215 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY

I will be reading with Dawn Leas. Ocean Vuong will also read at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, November 18 2016 7-9 p.m.

Poetry Night at King’s Couryard

King’s Courtyard Artists’ Collective

124 E. King Street, York, PA 17401.

Sunday, November 27 2016 3-5 p.m.

MRAC Reading

Manayunk Arts Center, Manayunk, PA

I will be one of three featured readers at this event.

Thursday, December 1, 2016 7- 9 p.m.

Farley’s First Thursday Poetry Reading

Farley’s Bookstore, 44 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA.

I will be one of two featured poets at this event. An open mic will follow.

Friday, December 2 2016 6 p.m.

First Friday Poetry Reading

Library Express, Steamtown Mall Scranton

I will be the featured reader at this event, and I will have copies of books to sign.