Events and Site Visits

Poetry readings, talks, site visits, conferences, guest teaching, class visits


See the Contact page for information on scheduling events, interviews, and site visits.


 
 
2024

Webinar, “Quantum Poetics: On Poetry and Physics”
Livestream and Q&A ZSR Library YouTube Channel
Sam Gladding Writing Experience
Wake Forest Special Collections & Archives
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 31, 2024


 

2022

Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER)
ENVIRONS: An Interdisciplinary Fall Gathering
University of Guelph
Ontario, Canada

Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference
Science Communication Panel
University of Guelph
Ontario, Canada

Black Mountain College Conference
ReVIEWING
Into the Light: Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop Based on the Work of Leo Amino
Co-taught with Lee Ann Brown
Asheville, North Carolina

Entanglements and Transformations
Beyond Sustainability: Radical Transformation Through Systems Thinking
Faculty Convener Adam Dickinson
Featuring Will Alexander, Madhur Anand, and Amy Catanzano
Poetry Reading and Discussion, Niagara Artists Centre
Class visit, Brock University in St. Catharines
Ontario, Canada


2021 

DANTE HUB and THE FUTURE OF THE CITIES
Dialogue Between Poetry and Quantum Science (remote)
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Group Discussion and Poetry Reading
Curated by Antonella Varesano
Trieste, Italy

CUBit Quantum Initiative
JILA (A Joint Institute of CU Boulder and NIST)
Site Visit: Tour of Labs / Meetings
University of Colorado Boulder

Kenyon College
Class Visit to Science Writing (remote)
Co-taught by Orchid Tierny and Siobhan Fennessy
Gambier, Ohio

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM)
Sponsored by NCSSM Student Poetry Club
Featured Author Poetry Reading (remote)
Durham, North Carolina

Mapping the Universe in 3 Dimensions: A Spectroscopic Poetics
Collaboration with Dr. Satya Gontcho A Gontcho
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Survey (DESI)
Kitt Peak National Observatory (remote)
Tucson, Arizona

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Collaborative Projects with James Beacham
Large Hadron Collider, ATLAS Experiment (remote)
Meyrin, Switzerland


2020

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Remote (postponed)
Collaborative Research Projects with Mark Kruse and James Beacham
Large Hadron Collider, ATLAS Experiment
Meyrin, Switzerland

Donostia International Physics Center
Mestizajes Programme
Residency / Author’s Talk (postponed)
San Sebastián, Spain


 
2019
 

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Group Poetry Reading: The Poetry and Language of Science
Venice, California                     

Skylight Book Store
Group Poetry Reading: The Science of Poetry
Los Angeles, California

University of California, Irvine   
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
Group Poetry Reading and Talk: Poetry and Science at the Margins
Irving, California

University of Washington, Bothell    
&Now Festival of Innovative Writing
Talk and Group Poetry Reading: When Poetry Meets Science
Bothell, Washington

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Site Visit / Research Artist
Large Hadron Collider ATLAS Experiment
Meyrin, Switzerland

Wake Forest University
Entanglements: A Conference on the Intersections of Poetry, Science, and the Arts
Faculty Convener and Collaborative Performance
Winston-Salem, North Carolina     

North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference
Guest Faculty, Master Poetry Class
Group Poetry Reading
Greensboro, North Carolina

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Mind Meld: Reimagining Creative Writing and Science
Group Poetry Reading and Talk
Portland, Oregon

Bookmarks Book Store
Featured Author Poetry Reading: Draft Night
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

University of Tulsa
Featured Author Poetry Reading and Class Visit
Poetry Workshop taught by Grant Matthew Jenkins
Tulsa, Oklahoma    


 
2018
 

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)
U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (now NoirLab)
Site Visit and Initiative on Intercultural Exchange
Featured Author Poetry Reading and Talk
Vicuña, Coquimbo, Chile

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) La Serena
U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (now NoirLab)
Site Visit and Initiative on Intercultural Exchange
Featured Talk: “Multimodal Measurement: The Intersections of Literature, Science, and Art”
La Serena, Chile / Tucson, Arizona, USA

Toronto Convention Center
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
Event Chair, Group Poetry Reading: “The Brain—is wider than the Sky—”
Toronto, Canada
            
Duke University
Blackburn Literary Festival/The Mackey Sessions on Nathaniel Mackey
Group Attendee Poetry Reading
Durham, North Carolina

Wake Forest University
Group Poetry Reading: New Ideas Series
Winston-Salem, North Carolina                       

Wake Forest University 
Class Visit: Uncertainty First-Year Seminar taught by Dean Franco
Winston-Salem, North Carolina  

North Carolina School of the Arts
Featured Talk, Performance, Class Visit: “On ’Pataphysics”
Avant-Garde Film taught by Julian Semilian
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University
Inaugural Poet-in-Residence
Featured Author, World Lines: A Poetry Reading and Talk
Long Island, New York    

Stony Brook University
Class Visit, Poemetry: Poetry and Math taught by Lindsay Adkins
Long Island, New York

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Tampa, Florida


 
2017
 

Black Mountain College Museum and Center for the Arts
Group Poetry Reading: MadHat Reading Series
Asheville, North Carolina            

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University
Featured Author, Quantum Poetics: A Poetry Reading and Talk
Long Island, New York                           

North Carolina School of the Arts
Group Panel Discussion: On the Road and the Beat Generation
Winston-Salem, North Carolina            

Duke University
Class Visit: Science Fiction, Science Fact
Co-taught by N. Katherine Hayles and Mark C. Kruse
Durham, North Carolina         

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Washington DC            

Wake Forest University Humanities Institute
Talk in Group Event: Keyword Crossings, “Uncertainty”
Winston-Salem, North Carolina             

Wake Forest University
Class Visit: Writing in and About Science taught by Laura Giovanelli
Winston-Salem, North Carolina                

Naropa University, Summer Writing Program: The New Weathers
Special Guest: Poetry Reading, Student Conferences
Group Panel Talk: “Quantum Poetics in the Trumpire”
Boulder, Colorado   

Rotterdam Poetry International Poetry Festival
3D Poetry Editor Exhibition, The Gravity of Words, “Wavicles”
Featured Workshop Contributor
Rotterdam, The Netherlands


 
2016    
 

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Green Bank Telescope and Howard E. Tatel Telescope
Site Visit
Green Bank, West Virginia

Berkeley Books of Paris
Featured Author in Group Poetry Reading
Ivy Writers Paris Reading Series
Paris, France   

Donostia International Physics Center
Mestizajes Programme, Special Seminar
Featured Talk: “Quantum Poetics: Language and Reality in Physics and Poetry”

San Sebastián, Spain                             

Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC)
NEXT Experiment
Site Visit / Poet-in-Residence  
Canfranc, Spain

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Site Visit / Official Visitor
Meyrin, Switzerland 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Los Angeles, California                    

A Loft at Gallery 1548 DTLA
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Los Angeles, California                      

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Panel Talk and Podcast: Just Sayin’: A Tribute to Rae Armantrout
Los Angeles, California                         

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Panel Talk, Ekphrasis in the Digital Age: Beyond Mere Description
Los Angeles, California                         

The State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of English
Group Seminar Participant, SUNY Poetics: (The Next) 25 Years
Buffalo, New York                     

Wake Forest University
Class Visit, Uncertainty: First Year Seminar taught by Dean Franco
Winston-Salem, North Carolina      


 
2015   
 

Modernist Studies Association (MSA)
Group Panel Talk, Quantum Poetics: ’Pataphysics and the Atomic Swerve 
Boston, Massachusetts                       

Wake Forest University
Department of Physics Colloquium Series
Featured Talk and Poetry Reading: Quantum Poetics
Winston-Salem, North Carolina                       

University of Pennsylvania
Poetry and Poetics Graduate Reading Group
Group Talk and Poetry Reading: Quantum Poetics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                       

Duke University, English Department
Group Poetry Reading: Lute & Drum Reading Series
Durham, North Carolina        

The Impossible Reading Series
Group Poetry Reading
Brooklyn, New York           

Salem College, Center for Women Writers
Group Poetry Reading
Winston-Salem, North Carolina             

SubText Books
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Minneapolis, Minnesota                       

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Group Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Minneapolis, Minnesota                       

University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Department of English
Group Poetry Reading: On Poetry and Science


 
2014    
 

Wake Forest University
Class Visit, French Literature taught by Sally Barbour
Talk: “Stéphane Mallarmé and Contemporary Visual Poetry”
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Wake Forest University
Poetry Reading: Library Lecture Series
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

High Point University
Poetry Reading: Phoenix Reading Series
High Point, North Carolina

The Print Center Art Gallery
Poetry Reading: Poetry and Science
In conjunction with exhibition by Demetrius Oliver: Canicula
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Outer Space Studio
Poetry Reading and Collaborative Performance
Red Rover Reading Series: The Vulnerable Rumble
Chicago, Illinois

Noemi Press Authors Reading
Seattle, Washington

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Fordham University Press Authors
Seattle, Washington


 
2013    
 

Naropa University, Summer Writing Program, Symbiosis
Poetry Reading and Guest Faculty
Class: The Alphabets of the Future Are Wormholes
Boulder, Colorado

Counterpath Books
Poetry Reading
Denver, Colorado

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Boston, Massachusetts             


 
2010-2012   
 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Fordham University Press Authors
Chicago, Illinois

20th Annual Literary PEN Center USA Awards Ceremony
Poetry Award Honoree, Multiversal
Beverly Hills, California

Innisfree Poetry Book Store
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Bad Shadow Affair Reading Series
Poetry Reading
Denver, Colorado

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Washington DC

 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Poetry Reading: Naropa University Faculty
Denver, Colorado

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Poetry Reading: Ahadada Books Authors
Denver, Colorado

Mercury Café
Poetry Reading: Naropa University Faculty
Denver, Colorado

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Mercury Café Colorado Poets Reading
Denver, Colorado


 
2009    
 

Naropa University, Summer Writing Program
Poetry Reading and Guest Faculty
Class: Quantum Poetics and New Narratives
Boulder, Colorado

Stratford Park Reading Series
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Boulder Book Store
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
Multiversal Book Launch
Poetry Reading
New York, New York 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Poetry Reading: Fordham University Press Authors
Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University
Poetry Reading: A Best of Fence Anthology Reading
Chicago, Illinois

University of Colorado, Boulder
Class Visit: Poetry Workshop taught by Noah Eli Gordon
Boulder, Colorado


 
2002-2008  
 

Colorado State University
Poetry Reading and Panel Talk
Greyrock Poetry Festival, On Modernism
Fort Collins, Colorado

The Dikeou Collection Art Gallery
Poetry Reading
Denver, Colorado

Trident Booksellers
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Naropa University, Extended Studies
Talk: “Poetry and Science”
Class: Poetry and The Invisible Universe
Boulder, Colorado

Naropa University
Poetry Readings (yearly 2006-2011)
Women of Naropa Reading Series
Boulder, Colorado

Bas Bleu Theatre
Poetry Reading
Fort Collins, Colorado

The Dairy Center for the Arts
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Left Hand Book Store and Reading Series
Poetry Reading
Boulder, Colorado

Penny Lane Coffee House
Poetry Reading: Monday Night Reading Series
Boulder, Colorado

 

1995-1999

Iowa City Public Library
Iowa Writers’ Workshop Poetry Reading
Iowa City, Iowa

Stone Lion Book Store
Poetry Reading, Greyrock Review
Fort Collins, Colorado

Avogadro’s Café
Poetry Reading, Greyrock Review
Fort Collins, Colorado