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BOOK SIGNING at AWAP 2013 in Boston for Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine (May 2013)
I'll be signing advance copies at the Bookfair with my co-editor Tomás Q. Morín at the University of Iowa Press booth; Friday, March 8 from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Mari L'Esperance reading "Anju, From the Far World" at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum on June 28, 2012:
Link to the reading
Forthcoming in 2013:
COMING CLOSE: FORTY ESSAYS ON PHILIP LEVINE
A collection of essays co-edited by Mari L'Esperance and Tomás Q. Morín
Published by Prairie Lights Books, an imprint of the University of Iowa Press
Link to the book's site
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:
Link to the review
At the Prairie Schooner blog, my musings on personal and shared memory, history, and culture in the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami:
Link to the post
Nic Sebastian reads "The Poppy Field" at Whale Sound:
Link to the reading
First Book Interviews
Mari L'Esperance: #32
Link to the Interview
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.
