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
2023
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
U.S. ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
Residency with U.S. ATLAS Outreach
July 1-August 7, 2023: Meyrin, Switzerland
Electronic Literature Organization
Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change
Conference attendee
July 12-15, 2023: Coimbra, Portugal
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference
Panel: “Art and Science in Collaboration,” Madhur Anand, Rae Armantrout, Amy Catanzano, Jeanne Heuving, Redell Olsen
Book Signing: Noemi Press, AWP Bookfair
Entanglements Seattle: Readings & Performances with Vidhu Aggarwal, Madhur Anand, Rae Armantrout, Endi Bogue Hartigan, Amy Catanzano, John Cayley, Kelly Krumrie, Nick Montfort, Ed Roberson, Edwin Torres
Seattle, Washington
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