Current News + Forthcoming Events
April, 2023
Walking Spokane’s Wilds with Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, and Poetry
Time and Location TBA
Get Lit!, Spokane, WA
March, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, and Poetry
Book launch!!!! Time and Location TBA
AWP, Seattle, WA
June 12, 2022
Words, Wine, Bird song, and Beer at Ski Hill Lodge
Poetry reading with Ana Maria Spagna and Sarah Van Arsdale, hosted by A Book for All Seasons
6:00 PM Pacific
Ski Hill Lodge, Leavenworth, WA
May 21, 2022
A Thousand Blended Notes: A Life of Birds and Poetry
Keynote Address, Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest, including a special poetry broadside courtesy of J. Drew Lanham and Juniper Moon of Dwell Press
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth, WA
May 21, 2022
Literary Birding
A reading of avian-inspired poetry and prose with Heather Durham, Cynthia Neely, and Jackie Haskins
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth, WA
March 26, 2022
Book Signing for Not for Luck
Hosted by Terrain.org
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
AWP Bookfair, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Phila, PA
March 24, 2022
Book Signing for Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy
Hosted by Trinity University Press
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern
AWP Conference. Bookfair, Booth #740, Pennsylvania Convention Center
March 24, 2022
Socializing the Nature Poem: The Non-Human World and Identity
Panel reading with Brian Teare, Chaun Ballard, Derek Sheffield, Elizabeth Aoki, and Andrew Gottlieb
10:35 am – 11:50 am Eastern
AWP Conference. Number: T137. Location: 113A, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
March 24, 2022
Urgent Wonder: The Practice and Paradox of Teaching Environmental Writing
Panel presentation with Ana Maria Spagna, Derek Sheffield, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, and Nicole Walker
12:10 pm – 1:25 pm Eastern
AWP Conference. Number: T178. Location: 124, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
February 10, 2022
Visiting Writer
Nancy Takacs’ poetry class.
Online
January 16, 2022
Big thanks to MSU Press for nominating several poems from Not for Luck for a Pushcart Prize.
January 1, 2022
Gratitude and admiration for the editors of The Massachusetts Review who have included one of my poems in an incredibly wide-ranging special issue focused on the climate crisis.
November 18, 2021
Cascadia: A Field Guide through Art, Ecology, and Poetry, edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield, will be published by Mountaineers Books in the spring of 2023.
October 21, 2021
Visiting Writer
Western Colorado University, MFA Program in Nature Writing
Online
October 1, 2021
Shenandoah nominates “Monsters” for the 2021 Best of the Net anthology.
Previous News + Events
September 21, 2021, 7 PM (Alaska Time), Zoom, Live. Register here.
Alaska World Arts Festival
“New Work, New World.” Rich Chiappone will host Kazim Ali, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Chaun Ballard, Nicole Stellon O’Donnell, and me for a live reading. The festival with also feature Elizabeth Bradfield and Sean Hill.
September 7th, 2021, 11:00 AM (Pacific), Podcast, Coming from Left Field
Poets Kevin Miller, Janice O’Mahony, and I will be joining hosts Pat Cummings and Greg Godels for a round of light verse!
September 2, 2021, 6:30 PM (Pacific). Ski Hill Lodge, Leavenworh, WA. Live and in person!
A Book for All Seasons is hosting Jack Johnson, Holly Thorpe, Zach Eddy, and me for a live, outdoor reading in the spectacular setting of Ski Hill. Plenty of microbrews will be on tap.
August 23, 2021, 5 PM (Pacific) Terrain.org Reading Series. Zoom. Register here.
I will be hosting three amazing writers–Alison Hawthorne Deming, Suzanne S. Rancourt, and Anne Haven McDonnell. Alison’s new book, A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress, is just out from Counterpoint!
June 17, 2021
Not for Luck nominated for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.
June 14 – 17, 2021, Story Catcher: Summer Writing Workshop and Festival. Live. In-person. Register here.
Chadron State Park, Nebraska
In the company of my co-presenters–Alyson Hagy, Carson Vaughan, and Laura Pritchett–I will be giving a craft talk and reading and leading a workshop.
June 5, 2021, 10 AM to 10:50 AM PT. Poets in the Park. Zoom. Register here.
Redmond, Washington
I will be reading with Terrain.org editors Allen Braden and Elizabeth Jacobson and Terrain.org Editor’s Prize winner Chaun Ballard.
May 6, 2021, 6 PM – 7 PM (Pacific Time), Zoom, Live. Registration.
Oregon Poetry Association.
I will be giving a short workshop called “Tracking the Ecopoem in the Anthropocene.”
May 4, 2021, Visiting Writer
Eastern Washington University, MFA Program
April 26, 2021, 5 PM Pacific, Zoom, Live. Register here. (free)
Terrain.org monthly reading series.
In honor of Earth and Poetry Month, a reading and talk with Jane Hirshfield, Derek Sheffield, Alison Hawthorne Deming, and J. Drew Lanham.
April 22, 2021, 1 PM Pacific, Zoom, Live. Register here. (free)
Wenatchee Valley College.
In honor of Earth Day, Derek Sheffield hosts Ross Gay and Scott Russell Sanders for a reading and conversation on the art of joy, connection, and resilience as we work together to address the interconnected challenges of social and environmental degradation.
April 12 – 18, 2021, Zoom, Live. (must register for GetLit!)
Spokane’s legendary lit. fest, GetLit!
Ecopoetry and cocktails with Derek Sheffield, Ellen Bass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Jess Walter.
March 22, 2021, 5 PM Pacific, Zoom, Live. Register here. (free)
Terrain.org monthly reading series.
With Derek Sheffield, Arthur Sze, Susan Cohen, Cameron Walker, and Kristina Moriconi.
March 2, 2021, Visiting Writer
Orion Magazine Poetry Workshop
With Liz Bradfield.
February 26, 2021, 12 PM Pacific
Michigan State University Press.
Podcast with Derek Sheffield and Noah Davis.
February 23, 2021, 6 PM Pacific, Skype/Facebook, Live. Register here. Or here.
Rattle Magazine.
Rattlecast with Tim Green, Editor of Rattle Magazine. A livestreaming poetry reading and podcast.
February 18, 2021, 1 PM Pacific, Zoom, Live
Wenatchee Valley College.
In honor of Black History Month and with the Climate Crisis looming, Derek Sheffield hosts J. Drew Lanham for a reading and talk on the intersections of race and the environment.
January 30, 2021, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific, Zoom, Live
Winter Fishtrap: Resilience
Join a group of poets including Derek Sheffield, Todd Davis, Jane Hirshfield, and James Crews as they discuss and read from two anthology projects, Dear America and Healing the Divide, devoted to bringing us together and building community resilience through verse. In the afternoon, hear from prose writers and place-based activists about what resilience means in their lives and local communities.
January 10, 2021, 5 PM Pacific
Writing for Peace: Reading and Interview with Juniper Moon.
January 4, 2021, 6 PM Pacific
Elliott Bay Books, Zoom.
An Evening of Ecopoetry with Ellen Bass and Derek Sheffield. Join poets Ellen Bass and Derek Sheffield as they read from their new collections, Indigo and Not for Luck, and discuss the nature of ecopoetry in today’s world. Hosted by Elliott Bay Books. Preorder copies of Not for Luck here. Order copies of Indigo here.
Not for Luck named a must-read poetry collection in The Millions. Jan. 4, 2021.
Reading with Dennis Held. Blacksmith House Poetry Series. Cambridge, MA. December 14, 2020.
Broadsided Press nominates “Timid As Any Herd Thing” for a Pushcart Prize. November 29, 2020.
Presenter. Virtual Town Hall: After the Election, Readings and Conversations sparked by Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. Featuring Dear America co-editors Derek Sheffield, Elizabeth Dodd, and Simmons Buntin, with special guests Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming, and poet and essayist Cherene Sherrard. Hosted by Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, WA. November 10, 2020