erika meitner
Past Readings, 2010
April 7-10, 2010 - AWP Denver
Reading - Friday, April 9, 3-4:15pm - From the Fishouse Anthology Contributors
(with Major Jackson, Adrian Matejka, Oliver de la Paz, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, & Jeffrey Thompson)
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Panel - Saturday, April 10, 12-1:15pm - The Evolution of the MFA: The 21st Century Student
(with Mary Biddinger, Julie Carr, Eric Morris, Serena Chopra, & Raina Fields)
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Offsite Reading - Saturday, April 10, 6:30pm at Paris on the Platte
to celebrate Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days
Reading - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
7pm, Pamplin 30
Group Reading/Tribute to Lucille Clifton - Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 7pm - Wilson Hall Auditorium
73 (!) poets will be reading - sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center and the Steger Poetry Prize
(at James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA)
Reading - Thursday, September 23, 2010 - RopeWalk Reading Series - University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN)
5pm, Kleymeyer Hall in USI's Liberal Arts Center
Reading - Sunday, October 3, 2010 - Poetry in the Garden (Cleveland, OH)
sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve
Register here for free admission to the garden for the event!
12:00pm-4:00pm at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Boulevard
(with Ilya Kaminsky, Phil Metres, Kazim Ali, & Michael Dumanis)
Note: I'll be reading from 1-1:50 and 2-2:50 with Kazim Ali
and we'll be rotating between the Japanese Garden and the Rose Garden.
Craft Talk & Poetry Reading - Monday, October 4, 2010 - University of Akron (Akron, OH)
with Mary Biddinger, 1:30-3:00pm, Room 130 of the UA Student Union
"Poetry Taboos and You; Or, How to Break the Rules, and Why"
Reading - Thursday, October 7, 2010 - Sweet Briar College, with Colin Cheney (Amherst, VA)
Q&A at 4:30-5:30pm in the Library Browsing Room - Reading at 8:00-9:30pm in the Pannell Gallery
Reading - Friday, October 8, 2010 - at The Bridge, with Colin Cheney (Charlottesville, VA)
6pm, 209 Monticello Road
Reading - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - Barnes & Noble (Manhasset, NY)
7:30pm, 1542 Northern Blvd. (more info here)
Reading - Friday, October 22, 2010 - NYU, with Colin Cheney and Julie Carr (New York, NY)
5:00pm at the Lilian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St (btwn 5th & 6th Aves)
(audio podcast of the reading is up here)
Reading - Thursday, November 4, 2010 - Millsaps College with Mary Biddinger (Jackson, MS)
(10-11am Craft Talk ~ 7:30pm Reading ~ publicity in The Clarion-Ledger here)
Reading & Craft Talk - Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Salem College (Winston-Salem, NC)
Poetry Craft Talk at 1:00-2:00pm in the Assembly Room, 3rd Floor, Gramley Library
Reading at 7:00-9:00pm in Shirley Recital Hall, Salem Fine Arts Center
Reading - Friday, November 12, 2010 - Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, UNC Greensboro
5pm, UNCG Faculty Center (Greensboro, NC)
Reading - Monday, November 22, 2010 - louderARTS Reading Series (NYC)
Open Slam featuring me, 7:30pm at Bar 13 (35 East 13th Street, corner of 13th & University, 2nd Floor)
Reading - Sunday, January 2, 2010 - Studio Roanoke/The Literary Lounge (Roanoke, VA)
30 Campbell Ave. SW (more details soon...)