Video of The Muse's Mic: Ep 3. A conversation with John Burroughs

So grateful to hosts James Bryant and Sandra Feen and all the good people who joined in for an enjoyable conversation last night on The Muse's Mic: Ep 3. A conversation with John Burroughs. If you missed it, here's the video. 

 

And don't forget to tune in next time, when their guest will be Rick C. Christiansen.

Tune in on 3/27 for the The Muse's Mic, Episode 3, feat. John Burroughs

On Wednesday, March 27th at 7 p.m. Eastern, SpoFest hosts James Bryant and Ohio Beat Poet Laureate Sandra Feen will talk poetry and writing with recent U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate, John Burroughs. Includes audience Q&A.

 

We will also play the Fill in the Blank game, where John and a member of our audience will have a chance to win a gift card of their choice.

 

The Muse's Mic
Conversations with Creative Minds: Writers, Musicians, visual artists, and more.

 

Join us LIVE on Zoom! "Doors" open around 6:45 p.m. Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdeqppjMiGdeh_WfpUoojn_AOY02zmbHu 

Or watch it LIVE on Facebook: (live stream begins around 7 p.m. Eastern)
https://www.facebook.com/spofest/live/

Video: My 11/1/2023 SpoFest reading, with Gregory Seth Harris & Shelli Jankowski-Smith

I had the privilege of being SpoFest's guest author on November 1st, and here is the video. Many thanks to James Bryant, Rick C. Christiansen and Judy Turek, as well as the featured poets and everyone who attended and shared in the open mic. And congratulations to Freddy Fonseca, who won a copy of my book, Rattle and Numb.

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Video of my Covid interview and 11/1 I'll be the guest author for SpoFest on Zoom

From their press release:

November 1st, 6pm CST [7pm Eastern], the next must-watch SpoFest!

It features Martina McGowan, Gregory Seth Harris and Shelli Jankowski-Smith. Our guest author is US National Beat Poet Laureate, John Burroughs.

 

Sign up to read in our open mic, and enter your name in our book raffle for a chance to win a signed copy of John's book [Rattle and Numb: Selected and New Poems, 1992-2019]!

More info on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/6516327535060416/.

Click here to watch our exclusive interview with John Burroughs [I was still sick and a little brain-foggy when it was recorded]:

https://www.facebook.com/100000344932418/videos/455607636641040/.

 

 

Video of Last Night's SpoFest Event

If you missed last night's SpoFest Poetry and Prose reading, here's the video. Many thanks to James Bryant, Jose Faus, Rick C. Christiansen and featured poets Su Flatt, Judy Turek and Polly Alice McCann. All three of your readings were phenomenal. It was an honor and pleasure reading with you.

The poems I read all come from my book Rattle and Numb: Selected and New Poems, 1992-2019, published by Venetian Spider Press. I had been avoiding reading "Lens" and "Unfounded" for the past two years until this event. My entire set list:

Round 1:

Lens

Round 2:

Unfinished

Pullet

A Wrinkle in Time

Round 3:

Kiss

Slipping Backwards into Blue Eden

Rough Cure

Unfounded

 

Watch the entire event video at https://www.facebook.com/SpoFest/videos/1011361166317015.

 

SpoFest 10/19 to feature Burroughs, Turek, Flatt and McCann (online)

My next reading is October 19th via Zoom for SpoFest Poetry and Prose. I'm thrilled to be sharing a mic with fab writers Judy Turek, Su Flatt and Polly Alice McCann. Hosted by James Bryant with special co-host Jose Faus. Begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Watch live at https://www.facebook.com/SpoFest/live/ or on Zoom.

For more information, click here.

Video of 10/17 SpoFest Laureate Reading feat. Bargen, Barnstone, Craigo, Burroughs, Gunter-Seymour

If you missed last night's SpoFest reading, here's the video. Hearty thanks to our host James Bryant! It was an honor for me to read with Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour, Missouri Poet Laureate Karen Craigo and former Missouri Poets Laureate Walter Bargen and Aliki Barnstone. I begin around the 1:27:00 mark.

Video permalink: https://www.facebook.com/SpoFest/videos/1077209229398979/.

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