2018
Monday Monologues at ISU's Parks Library: The Craft of Creative Writing with Jacob Dawson
An evening with Jeff Alessandrelli, Paul Brooke, Kyle Flak and Kyle McCord
Poetry and TV: A conference at the University of Birmingham
An afternoon with Kyle McCord and Jeff Sirkin for Veliz Book
UW-Platteville Creative Writing Festival
DMACC Lit Fest with Dean Bakopoulos
Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis with Michael Bazzett, Roy Guzman and Matt Mauch
Beaverdale Books with Matt Mauch
2017
Waldorf University
Midwest Women's Herbal presents "Mycelium Mysteries"
Goldie's Club at the Iowa State Historical Museum
Drop the Mic in Cedar Rapids
1,000 Words or More at Moberg Gallery in DM with Kyle McCord, Meg Johnson and Christopher Snethen
The Spirit Lake Poetry Series in Duluth, Minnesoter!
IYWP's Junior High Writing Conference in Iowa City
Eight Poets for National Poetry Month at Artisan Gallery 218
KHOI's "Pantorium Series" with Ned Balbo and Heather Derr-Smith
Iowa Arts Council's "Meet the Artists" Series in Sioux City
Taproom Series in Lawrence, Kansas with Crystal Boson & Pete Fey
Poetry Out Loud Iowa State Finals
Iowa Arts Council's "Meet the Artists" Series in Dubuque
The Iowa Arts Council's Meet the Artist series in Coralville
AWP 2017: "Arsenic Icing: Sentiment as Threat in Contemporary American Women's Poetry" with Vievee Francis, Cate Marvin, Erin Belieu and Brenda Shaughnessy
Writer's Resist at Beaverdale Books
2016
The Iowa Arts Council's Meet the Artist series in Osceola
Iowa City Book Festival
Iowa Bird of Mouth Launch Party at the Ames Public Library
The Poetry Extension with Salena Godden, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Sarah Howe, Kathryn Maris & Andrew McMillan
Berl's Books with Natalie Eilbert, Sharon Mesmer & Jason Scheiderman
The Pen + Brush Series with Laura Sims & Carey McHugh
The Bryant Park Reading Series in NYC with Ada Limón & Jason Schneiderman
The Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival
The Ames Public Library with Ada Limón
DMACC Lit Festival
Monsters of Poetry series
Woodland Pattern in MKE
Shippensburg University
Florida State University
Prairie Lights with Johannes Göransson
2015
Midwest Writing Center
Dead Media in Minneapolis
Twin Cities Book Festival
LitCrawl PDX
Central Washington University
Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Taproom Poetry Series in Lawrenceville, Kansas
The Observable Reading Series in St. Louis
Otis College of Design in Los Angeles
The Dollhouse Reading Series in Chicago
Grossmont College Literary Festival, San Diego
Ball State University, with Ada Limón
Virginia Tech Glossolalia Literary Festival
Iowa State University
Kansas City Art Institute’s A Common Sense Reading Series with Rauan Klassik
2013
The Getty Museum, “Six Impossible Things, A Night of Poetry for Abelardo Morell” with Amber Tamblyn and Joshua Marie Wilkinson
The Norwood Club with Amber Tamblyn and Derrick Brown
Berl’s Books, Brooklyn
Bloome Country Arts Council
Mission Creek Festival with Patricia Smith,
The National Arts Club
The New York Poetry Festival
2012
University of Kansas
White Swallow Reading Series, Cornelia Street Café, Fall 2012
Page Meets Stage Reading Series, Fall 2012
The Polestar Reading Series, Cakeshop, Spring 2012
The Hammer Museum with Sarah Manguso, Spring 2011
For The Best American Poetry 2011 book launch with Kevin Young, Major Jackson, Katha Pollitt, James Richardson, Patricia Smith, Gerald Stern and Mark Strand, Fall 2011
Spring Poetry Forum, The New School, Fall 2011
New York University Alumni Reading with Kathleen Graber, Kazim Ali, Ada Limón, Gregory Pardlo and Jason Schneiderman, Fall 2011
New York University Emerging Writer’s series, Fall 2011
San Diego Writer’s Ink series, Fall 2011
Spring Poetry Forum, The New School, Spring 2011
For the anthology Seriously Funny (University of Georgia Press, 2010) with Albert Goldbarth, David Kirby and Mark Halliday, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Spring 2011
Clemson University Literary Festival with Rick Moody, Spring 2010
University of San Francisco's Emerging Writer's Festival, Spring 2010
Emory University, Fall 2010
Ball State University, Fall 2010
LIT Magazine launch party for issue 17, Spring 2010
“Influence: Literary Influence Beyond Books, Literary Community Beyond the Living” with Zadie Smith, Pratt Institute, Spring 2009
The Adult Education Series, Spring 2009
Bryant Park’s Word for Word Summer Reading Series with James Tate, Spring 2009
Projection Reading Series with Nick Flynn, Brooklyn, Spring 2009
An Actual Kansas Series, Spring 2008
Bryant Park’s Word for Word Summer Reading Series, Spring 2008
Ball State University, Spring 2008
Emory University, Spring 2008
Southern Oregon University, Spring 2008
For The Best American Erotic Poems book launch, Fall 2008
Long Island University, Fall 2008
Just Buffalo Small Press Reading Series, Spring 2007
For Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to Present book launch, Fall 2007|
Florida State University, Fall 2007
The Vox Reading Series, Fall 2007
University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2006
For The Best American Poetry 2006 book launch with Billy Collins, Fall 2006
University of Texas at Austin , Fall 2006
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Fall 2006
Wesleyan University, Fall 2006
Davidson College, Fall 2005
Emory University, Fall 2005
Ball State University, Fall 2005
The Green Mill, Chicago, Fall 2005
Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Fall 2005
The Trampoline Hall Series, Spring 2004
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Later Event: October 14
The Author's Cafe with Paul Brooke at the Ames Public Library!