Present & Future

Past

2020

Miscellaneous events at AWP 2020!

2019

Friday, March 29th, 12-1:15pm. 2019 AWP Conference, Portland, OR. “Obsession in the Archives: The Art of Research in Fiction and Poetry.” With Valerie Vogrin, Jasmin Darznik, Silas Hansen, and Amaud Jamaul Johnson.

2018

Thursday, March 18th, 3:30-4:45pm. 2018 AWP Conference, Tampa, FL. "Our Brilliant Friends: Women, Friendship, and Art." With Addie Tsai, Jennifer De Leon, Danielle Evans, and Catherine Pierce.

Friday, March 9th. 10:30-11:45am. 2018 AWP Conference, Tampa, FL. "A WITS Alumni Reading: The Unfiltered Imagination." With Jack McBride, Karyna McGlynn, Ramon Isao, and Niki Herd.

2017

Friday, May 6th, 7-9pm. "Poets & Their Microscopes: A Reading by Nicky Beer, Jenny Molberg, and Kathryn Nuernberger." BookBar, Denver, CO.

Friday, March 10th. 4pm. "SoCo Reading Series with Nicky Beer and Wayne Miller." Colorado State University - Pueblo, CSU-Pueblo LARC, Room 108, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, CO 81001. Free and open to the public. 

Saturday, February 11th, 2017 AWP Conference, Washington DC. 1:30-2:45pm. Panel: "Poets on Craft—Tipping the Scales in Persona Poetry." With Laura Fairgrieve, Brian Barker, Sandra Beasley, and Tina Chang. 

2016

Thursday, October 6th, 6:30pm. Open Bard Reading SeriesSherbino TheaterRidgway, CO. With Brian Barker

Thursday, October 20th, 7pm. The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers SeriesHope College, Recital Hall, Jack H. Miller Cntr. Holland, MI. With Brian Barker

Thursday, May 19th, 6-8pm. Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant Street, Denver, CO"Art + Lit; a Discussion on Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick & Jackson Pollack's Summertime with Nicky Beer and Dean Sobel." 

Friday, April 29th, 7pm. BookBar, Denver, CO. Colorado Book Awards Finalist reading for poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction.

Saturday, April 23rd. Arapahoe Community College Writer's Studio 11th Annual Literary Festival. Arapahoe Community College, Half Moon ACC Main Building, Littleton, CO. 11:30am-1:15pm, lunch and readings with workshop faculty. 1:30-3:30pm: craft workshop with Nicky Beer

Tuesday, April 12th, 4:30pm. Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College, Chestertown, MD. "Stunned Into a Poem by A Fact: A Craft Talk on Poetry and Research."

Wednesday, April 13th, 4:30pm. Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College, Chestertown, MD. Poetry Reading.  

Thursday, March 31, AWP Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Off-site reading: "Literary Friction." With Paisley Rekdal, Campbell McGrath, Lynn Emanuel, Geffrey Davis, Simone Muench, F Douglas Brown, LN Holmes, Anders Carlson-Wee, Kai Carlson-Wee, and Scott O'Connor. At These Days, 118 Winston St, Los Angeles, California 90013. Presented by PoemoftheWeek, Friction, and the Floodgate Poetry Series. OPEN BAR!

Friday, April 1, 3-4:15pm. AWP Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Panel: "Serial Killers: How to Survive the Series Poem." With John Nieves, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Alexandra Teague, and Kathryn Nuernberger. 

Saturday, February 20th, 7pm. BookBar, Denver, Colorado. Poetry Reading with Wayne Miller and Rebecca Morgan Frank.

2015

Thursday, November 5th, 7pm. Reading with Brian Barker for the Single Voices Reading Series at Allegheny College. Tillotson Room, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA.

Wednesday, September 30th, 7pm. Reading for Seton Hall University’s Poetry-in-the-Round reading series. Faculty Lounge of the University Center. Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.

Monday, September 28th, 7-9pm. Reading with a Mystery Poet at KGB Bar. 85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003.

Monday, June 8th. Appearing at Cephalopod Appreciation Societycelebration. Richard Hugo House. Seattle, WA.

Friday, May 8th. 5pm. Reading with Brian Barker at The Second Story: Personally Recommended Books, 105 Ivinson Ave. Laramie, WY 82070.

Saturday, May 2nd, 7pm. Reading at Bash Contemporary Gallery, 210 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco.  Also celebrating release of limited edition print of book cover image by Sandra Yagi.

Thursday, April 9th, 7-10:00pm. Offsite-reading at 2015 AWP Conference in Minneapolis, MN. RIOT ACT READING SERIES welcomes PUNK HOSTAGE PRESS, featuring readings by Nicky Beer, Traci Brimhall,Steven Church, Paul Dickinson, Hollie HardyDaniel A. HoytAlexandra NaughtonMichael Nye, A. Razor, and Darci Schummer. With Live Music from vintage blues band HOT LAVA!! Black Forest Inn, 1 E 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

March 2015: Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH.