Category: reading aloud

  • Reading in the Summer Workshop

    I was invited to read from Detours at the IPRC on Wednesday night, with other Burnside Review writers, celebrating the publication of Burnside Review 9.1. Great audience, great hosts–thank you, all! Nothing like an appreciative crowd and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. And I came home ready to make stuff. Make books.   For those who’ve never been there, the…

  • Reading Trafalgar (Small Beer Press Podcast 17)

      Readers of this blog know I love reading aloud. So I jumped at the chance to read for Small Beer Press‘s podcast series. More than jumped–I asked for the chance. One of those self-invitations. Then I hesitated at the suggested story. Yes, the story’s in English now, but some of the words are still hard.…

  • Reading at Winter’s Hill

    This weekend, we celebrated the 2nd annual Wine and Word tasting at Winter’s Hill Vineyard. I wrote about last year’s reading here, and the pairing of wine–or food–with texts. It’s natural, I think, to bring them together; say what you will about eating only at a table with cutlery and dishes, sipping while reading (or…