Current News + Forthcoming Events
August 29, 2023
Inhabiting Cascadia
11:30 PM, A Presentation with Elizabeth Bradfield for the Global Centre of Advanced Studies College Dublin
World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, and Zoom. Free and open to the public.
September, 2023
Judge: Oregon Poetry Association Award in Elegy
September 22-24, 2023
Reading and presenting at Litfuse in Mighty Tieton!
Tieton, WA
September 28, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: A Celebration! with Robert Lashley, Jeremy Voigt, Derek Sheffield, and Elizabeth Bradfield. In partnership with North Cascades Institute’s Nature of Writing series
7 PM, Village Books
Bellingham, WA. More details.
September 29, 2023
Join editors Elizabeth Bradfield and Derek Sheffield and contributors Rebecca Hoogs, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Rachel Edelman, Elizabeth Austen, and Christianne Balk in a reading from Cascadia Field Guide.
7 PM, Elliott Bay Books
Seattle, WA. More details.
September 30, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: A Celebration! with Derek Sheffield, Elizabeth Bradfield, Alyssa Ogi, Nancy Slavin, and Lex Runciman
6 PM, Hoffman Center for the Arts in partnership with Cloud and Leaf Bookstore
594 Laneda Ave, Manzanita, OR. More details.
Sunday, October 1, 3 pm
Tsunami Books
Eugene, Oregon
Attending this Earth: Poetry, Ecology, Gardens, and Art: Cascadia Field Guide and Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them, two new anthologies that honor and strengthen our connection to the more-than-human world, invite you to rejuvenate your love of the plants, birds, and other beings of this beautiful place through poetry, story, and more. Editors and poets Elizabeth Bradfield, Derek Sheffield, and Tess Taylor will be joined by poet Garrett Hongo; Jorah LaFleur will host the event, and Don Latarski will offer music. Artist for Cascadia Field Guide Emily Poole will have artwork on display. Whether you enjoy your back yard, your neighborhood park, or deep wilderness, this evening will nurture your sense of connection and care. This event is co-sponsored by the McKenzie River Trust and the Eugene Natural History Society. More details.
Tuesday, October 3, 6 pm
Washington State History Museum Presents Cascadia Field Guide
Tacoma, WA
Join editors Elizabeth Bradfield and Derek Sheffield with writers Ever Jones, Kevin Miller, and Anastacia-Reneé to celebrate connection and wonderment.
details to come
Tuesday, October 4
Bloedel Reserve: UP Lift: Collaborations with Nature
Bainbridge Is., WA
Join editors Holly Hughes, Rena Priest, Elizabeth Bradfield, Derek Sheffield, and CMarie Fuhrman for a presentation on the making of anthologies.
details to come
Thursday, October 5
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA
A reading and celebration with Rick Barot, Elizabeth Bradfield, Derek Sheffield, CMarie Fuhrman. Part of the PLU Visiting Writers Series.
details to come
October 6, 2023
The MAC Gallery at Wenatchee Valley College show opening: Cascadia: A More Than Human Experience
5 pm, Join artist Justin Gibbens and poets Xavier Cavazos, Maya Jewell Zeller, Derek Sheffield, and Jack Johnson for a reading from and discussion of Cascadia Field Guide.
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
October 7, 2023
Words for the More-Than-Human World
9 AM – 12 PM, Join Derek Sheffield and Cynthia Neely for a generative writing workshop on the beautiful grounds of the Wenatchee River Institute.
Leavenworth, WA
October 19, 2023
A Saunter through Cascadia Field Guide: A Talk Peppered with Poems, Art, and Your Questions
7 PM, Poet, naturalist, and co-editor Derek Sheffield will lead us on a saunter through the wilds and words of an extraordinary collection which fuses image, science, cultural knowledge, and the ineffable singing we call poem to honor the beings and place of our bioregion. Come with an open heart and be ready to love even more the interconnected and wonder-riddled place we call home.
Wenatchee River Institute, Leavenworth, WA
January, 2024
Judge: 2024 Summer Fishtrap Fellowship
October 3 – 5, 2024
Ecopoetry and Cascadia Field Guide
Skagit River Poetry Festival; Presenting and reading alongside CMarie Fuhrman and Elizabeth Bradfield.
LaConner, WA. More details.
Previous News + Events
July 27th, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: A Celebration! with Derek Sheffield, Barbara Drake, David Oates, Joe Wilkins, Kim Stafford, Nancy Slavin, Paulann Petersen, and Travis London.
7 PM, Powell’s Books
1005 W. Burnside St., Portland, OR
July, 2023
Reviewer: Public Humanities Fellows Program, Humanities Washington
July 10, 2023
Terrain.org 25th Anniversary Reading with Teresa Mei Chuc, Derek Sheffield, Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, and Joe Wilkins
8 pm, ASLE Conference
Architectural Heritage Center, Portland, OR
July 9th, 2023
Reclaiming the Commons with Cascadia Field Guide: A Panel Presentation with Andrew Gottlieb, Karen Leona Anderson, Elizabeth Jacobson, and Anne Haven McDonnell
1 PM, Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
June 29th, 2023
Raising Daughters at the End of the World: Derek Sheffield in Conversation with David Gessner
7 PM, Powell’s Books
1005 W. Burnside St., Portland, OR
June 20, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: a Celebration! with Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt, Claudia Castro Luna, Sarah Van Sanden, Derek Sheffield, Allen Braden, Betsy Aoki, Erin Fox, Martha Silano, and Sierra Nelson
7 PM, Seattle Public Library
1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA
June 3, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide signing with Kevin Miller
1 – 2 PM, Invitation Bookshop
5125 Olympic Drive, Gig Harbor, WA
May 20, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide book signing with Derek Sheffield and John Marzluff, author of Gifts of the Crow, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
Wenatchee River Institute, Leavenworth, WA
May 11, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide book signing with CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield
11 AM – 2 PM, Pilgrim’s Market
Coeur d’Alene, ID
May 10, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide reading and book signing with Derek Sheffield, CMarie Fuhrman, Stacy Boe Miller, Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague, Cori Dantini
6:00 PM, Neill Public Library
Pullman, WA
April 30, 2023
Reading and book signing with Derek Sheffield, Juniper Moon, and William O’Daly
2:00 – 4:00 PM, Salem Public Library
Salem, OR
April 29, 2023
Book signing with Derek Sheffield in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day
1:00 – 3:00 PM, A Book for All Seasons
Leavenworth, WA
April 24, 2023
Terrain.org Online Reading in celebration of Earth and Poetry Month
Derek Sheffield hosts Pattiann Rogers, Andrew Gottlieb, and Kamella Cruz
5:00 PM Pacific
April 22, 2023
Two events centered on Cascadia Field Guide, including contributors Gabrielle Bates, Andrew Gottlieb, Elizabeth Aoki, Kathryn Smith, Maya Jewell Zeller, and editors Derek Sheffield, Elizabeth Bradfield and CMarie Fuhrman
Get Lit!
Spokane, WA
April 20, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
A reading and celebration with Elizabeth Bradfield, Andrew Gottlieb, CMarie Fuhrman, Sarah Van Sanden, Maya Jewell Zeller, Justin Gibbens, Jack Johnson, Katharine Whitcomb, and Xavier Cavazos
7:00 PM Pacific
Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
April 20, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
Earth Day Celebration and Book Launch with Elizabeth Bradfield, Andrew Gottlieb, Sarah Van Sanden, Derek Sheffield, CMarie Fuhrman, Justin Gibbens, and Jack Johnson
1:00 PM Pacific
The Grove Recital Hall, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
March 30, 2023
The Canadian Launch of the Cascadia Field Guide
Hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley
Featuring Maleea Acker, Yvonne Blomer, Lorna Crozier, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Matt Rader, Al Rempel, Derek Sheffield, Sandy Shreve, Bren Simmers, Rob Taylor, and Isaac Yuen
Thursday, March 30th, 7 PM, Zoom
March 9th, 2023
Book Signing: Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy
AWP Bookfair, Trinity University Press Booth, #T1113
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 9th, 2023
Book Signing: Not for Luck
AWP Bookfair, Wheelbarrow Books Booth, #T1223
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 9th, 2023
Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
AWP Conference Book Launch: “Defining Cascadia: A Cultural Celebration”
6:00 PM Pacific
Seattle’s Town Hall, Seattle, WA
March 10th, 2023
Book Signing with Elizabeth Bradfield and CMarie Fuhrman: Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
AWP Bookfair, Western Colorado University MFA Booth, #907
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 10th, 2023
Book Signing: Not for Luck
AWP Bookfair, Western Colorado University MFA Booth, #907
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 10, 2023
Terrain.org’s 25th Anniversary: A Reading and Celebration
AWP Conference
7:00 PM Pacific
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA
March 11th, 2023
Book Signing: Not for Luck, Dear America, Cascadia Field Guide
AWP Bookfair, Terrain.org Booth, #410
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 11th, 2023
Book Signing with Elizabeth Bradfield and CMarie Fuhrman: Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
AWP Bookfair, Terrain.org Booth, #410
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 11th, 2023
Book Signing with Elizabeth Bradfield and CMarie Fuhrman: Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
AWP Bookfair, Mountaineers Books Booth, #T-227
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
Convention Center, Seattle, WA
March 16, 2023
Twitter livestream: Paisley Rekdal interviews Derek Sheffield, Garrett Hongo, and Carmen Selam about Cascadia Field Guide for High Country News
11:00 AM Pacific
February 9th, 2023
A Fine Madness: The Art of Revising a Poem
Western Colorado University MFA Program
5:30 PM MT
Gunnison, CO
January 6th – February 10th, 2023
I’m leading a poetry workshop for Orion Magazine: The Weave of Your Life in World and Poem, featuring guests Ellen Bass and Ross Gay.
November 15th – 30th, 2022
Registration window for the online poetry class I’m teaching for Orion Magazine
This class will meet over Zoom on six consecutive Fridays between January 6 and February 10, 2023
November 28, 2022
Terrain.org Reading Series
Online reading by Chris Dombrowski, CMarie Fuhrman, and Julie Trimingham
Moderated by Derek Sheffield
October 7, 2023
First Friday: PechaKucha Poetry Reading
The Music and Arts Center
5:00 PM Pacific
Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
August 8, 2023
My next book of poems has started to shape itself, and I’m grateful to the editors who are finding individual poems in their submission piles. Between now and next August, new poems will be forthcoming in The Southern Review, Northwest Review, The Georgia Review, Post Road, High Country News, and two new anthologies from Storey Press: Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them edited by Tess Taylor and The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace & Renewal edited by James Crews.
July 27, 2022
Tieton Arts Reading Series
Poetry reading and open mic
7:00 PM Pacific
Fueling Station, Tieton, 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.
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