so many readings!

So many readings lately!

Two weeks ago, Jeff and I headed to Lincoln, Nebraska, to read from I Miss You Very Much at SP CE. The reading was small but a lot of fun, and the trip was amazing. The two days we spent in the car were exceptionally beautiful, and we made a lot of stops along the way just to get out of the car and be overwhelmed by the landscape.

A week and a half before the trip, I read at one of the Writers' Workshop student reading series, called Talk Art. The reading series is set up so one second-year fiction student and one second-year poetry student read for 15-20 minutes apiece, and each is introduced beforehand, typically in an untraditional fashion (a skit, a roast, etc.) Jeff did my intro and nailed it, naturally. The reading went really well, other than the microphone being placed directly under an incredibly bright light, which 1) made it a bit difficult for me to see my poems and 2) made me look like Powder. I'm going to post the video footage of the reading here now, but I'll take it down soon since I might want to try to publish these poems somewhere.

Lastly: Tomorrow night at 8 p.m., I will be reading with fellow Workshopper Alex Walton; we'll each be reading for 20 minutes at Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa, so if you're in the area, see you there! I'll be reading poems from This Room Has a Ghost and I Miss You Very Much, as well as some newer work.