Past Poetry Readings
Colleges and Universities:
- Philadelphia College of Art, PA
- Sarah Lawrence College, NY
- Bucks County Community College, PA
- Muhlenberg College, PA
- Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
- California State University at Chico, CA
- Memphis College of Art, TN
- Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
- University of Memphis, TN
- Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA (Southern Women Writers’ Conference)
- University of North Alabama, Florence, AL
- Mississippi State University, MS
- Mississippi University for Women, MS
- Pacific Northwest College, Portland, OR
- Upcountry Literary Festival, University of SC (online)
- Bridgewater International Poetry Festival, Bridgewater College, VA (online)
- Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA
- Barton College, Wilson, NC
Arts Institutions and Civic Organizations:
- The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Philadelphia Art Alliance
- YM/YWHA, Philadelphia
- Pen and Pencil Club, Philadelphia
- Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, NJ
- Meridian Writers Cooperative, Philadelphia
- Lanier Library Poetry Festival, Tryon, NC
- Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
- All Souls Church Poetry Reading & Conversation: Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC
- Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN
Radio and Television Stations:
- The Louise Collins Show, WHWH Radio Station, Princeton, NJ
- WXPN Radio Station, Philadelphia, PA
- "Voice," Drexel University Television, DUTV-Cable 54, Philadelphia, PA
- "Checking on the Arts" interviews, WKNO radio, Memphis, TN
- KXCI Radio Station, Tucson, AZ
- Wordplay, Asheville FM (online), Asheville, NC
- WNCW 88.7 at Isothermal Community College, NC
- "Asheville 'N The Arts" Radio Show, 103.7 FM or online
Libraries:
- Whitman Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
- New York Public Library, 127 Amsterdam Ave., NYC
- Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., NYC
- Logan Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia, sponsored by Commission on Human Relations, PA
- Northwest Regional Library, Philadelphia, PA
- Bethesda Public Library, MD (Bethesda Literary Festival)
- Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, TN
- Pack Library, Haywood Street, Asheville, NC
- Durham Library, Durham, NC
Bookstores, Art Galleries, Clubs:
- Barnes & Noble, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
- Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Place, NYC
- Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn, NY
- Davis Kidd Books, Memphis, TN
- Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN
- Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
- The Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- City Book Shop, Philadelphia, PA
- Borders Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
- Cabbages and Kings Book Store, Haddonfield, NJ
- Barnes & Noble, Princeton, NJ
- Blue Moon Jazz Club, Philadelphia, PA
- (introduction by Yusef Komunyakaa)
- Deliberate Literate, Memphis, TN
- Borders Bookstore, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
- Bar Noir Jazz Club, Philadelphia, PA
- York Harbor Reading Room, York Harbor, ME
- The Readers' Oasis, Tucson, AZ
- Kings English Bookstore, Salt Lake City, UT
- Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT
- Wordsworth Books, Cambridge, MA
- Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ
- Posana Cafe & Restaurant, Asheville, NC
- Downtown Book & News, Asheville, NC
- Malaprops Book Store, Asheville, NC
- Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville, NC
- City Lights Books, Sylva, NC
- McIntyre's Books, Pittsboro, NC
- Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
- Regulator Bookshop, Chapel Hill, NC
- Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
- Fergie’s Pub, Philadelphia, PA
- A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- McMenamin’s Ringler’s Pub, Portland, OR
Elementary and Secondary Schools in Philadelphia:
- Germantown Friends School
- Friends Select School
- The Grover Cleveland School
- A.D. Harrington Elementary School
Prisons:
* Holmesberg Prison, Philadelphia
