News
OFFSITE EVENT at AWP 2012 in Chicago:
Connotation Press: Gettin' Our Read On (also featuring Natasha Trethewey, Campbell McGrath, Carol Frost, and many others)
Thursday, March 1; cocktails from 2:30 p.m., readings from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.; Kasey's Tavern, 701 S. Dearborn Street
PANEL at AWP 2012 in Chicago:
Prairie Schooner Tenth Anniversary Book Prize Series Reading (with Kara Candito, Shane Book, and James Crews); Thursday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m., Wiliford A, Hilton Chicago, 3rd floor
BOOK SIGNING at AWP 2012 in Chicago:
I'll be signing copies of The Darkened Temple at Prairie Schooner's Bookfair table (O20) on Friday, March 2 from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Hilton Chicago
My review of Malinda Markham's second collection Having Cut the Sparrow's Heart at Connotation Press: An Online Artifact:
http://connotationpress.com/book-reviews/956-book-review-having-cut-the-sparrows-heart-by-malinda-markham
At the Prairie Schooner blog, my musings on personal and shared memory, history, and culture in the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami:
http://prairieschooner.typepad.com/the_prairie_schooner_blog/2011/03/
japan-ever-present.html
Nic Sebastian reads "The Poppy Field" at Whale Sound:
http://whalesound.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-poppy-field-by-mari-lesperance/
First Book Interviews
Mari L'Esperance: #32
http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/32-mari-lesperance.html
Teaching and Consultation
I am available to lead small-group poetry workshops for adults. I also provide private, one-to-one manuscript consultation, in person or online. I've taught poetry writing through Poetry Center San Jose and at New York University, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and Merritt College in Oakland, California. Please contact me for further information or check this page for announcements of future workshops and classes.
