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READINGS AND EVENTS

Sally is available for workshops, readings, book group discussions, and classroom visits.  Please contact her at sally (at) quietmoon dot com.
 



UPCOMING 


AWP 2023 SEATTLE: 

Thursday, March 9, 2023

11:00-12:00pm: signing copies of WHERE THE WOLF 
at the AWP Bookfair
Diode Editions, Bookfair Booth 406 



6:00-9:30pm:  Diode Editions Poetry Reading
with Leigh Ann Roripaugh, Joan Kwan Glass, Jane Satterfield
and others 
C&P Coffee, 5612 California Avenue SW, Seattle



Friday, March 10, 2023

11:00-12:00pm: book signing for WHERE THE WOLF
and SAYS THE FOREST TO THE GIRL
at the AWP Bookfair

Kestrel, Bookfair table T 1300
with Lesley Wheeler 

1:30-3:00 Kestrel 30th Anniversary Celebration Reading
Bookfair Stage 1
with Donna Long, Lesley Wheeler, Rick Campbell, Dough Van Gundy
and others

7:00-9:00pm One Poet, One Poem Reading
for Whale Road Review, Image, Presence, Rock & Sling, and WordFarm Press
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
15 Roy Street, Seattle




PAST EVENTS: 

​January 

Saturday, January 14, 2023, 10-11:30 am
Your Time to Shine: Submitting to Poetry Contests (Zoom panel)
Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
with Meghan Sterling, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Jessica Jacobs, Joan Kwan Glass, and Jessica Cuello


2022:

September

Sunday, September 18, 2022
Persistence of Cormorants (in person)
Gowanus Dredgers 
Brooklyn, NY
reading with Arden Levine and Jessica Cuello 


Saturday, September 17, 2022
Black Spring Books (in person) 
Brooklyn, NY 

Reading with Arden Levine, Jessica Cuello, and Stephanie Niu

July

Thursday, July 21, 2022, 12pm ER
But a Dream: Sally Rosen Kindred on Fairies and Myths (Reading)
O.B. Hardison Poetry Series of the Folger Shakespeare Library 

The Playhouse, National Building Museum, 401 F St NW

March

Monday, March 7, 2022, 7:30 pm ET
Café Muse Online, Word Works Books
reading with A. Van Jordan

Saturday, March 19, 2022, 2:00pm ET
Diode Editions

Chapbook Launch for CANCER VOODOO, by Melissa C. Johnson (Zoom Webinar)

reading with Melissa C. Johnson and Nancy Chen Long
To register for Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BjL9_KE2QwK8iQllF_hpbA


April

Friday, April 8, 2022
panel: 2:00-4:00pm
reading 6:00-8:00pm
Writing Through the Pandemic: Contemporary Folklore Symposium (in person)

Kestrel Journal of Literature/Fairmont State University
Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center
Fairmont, West Virginia

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 3:40pm
Popular Culture Association Conference (virtual)
"Intimacy and Dirty Wings: Poems of Women's Bodies" 
--reading with poets Julie Brooks Barbour and Billie Tadros

Sunday, April 17, 2022, 8:00pm Eastern 
Stone House Readers (virtual)
reading with Natalie Harris-Spencer



May

Thursday, May 19, 6:30 Central Time (virtual)
One Hundred Pitchers of Honey Reading Series 
reading with Sadie Shor-Parks and Tommy Dean
hosted by Donna Vorreyer


JUNE

Thursday, June 3, 2021 11:00am EDT 
Popular Culture Association Conference (Virtual)

“Origin Stories: Poems of Faith, Family, and Fabulism” 
—reading with poets Sarah Kain Gutowski, Kira Dunton, and Katie Manning


Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:00pm EDT 
The Toadstool Bookshop, Peterborough, NH (Virtual)
reading with poet Meg Kearney
hosted by poet Rhett Iseman Trull

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 7:00pm EDT
Iowa City Poetry’s Reading Series: Today You are Perfect

Reading with Sandra Yannone and Shannon Pulusan
hosted by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens

JULY

Friday, July 2, 2021 7:00pm EDT
Diode Editions Book Launch Reading (Virtual)

Reading with Shanta Lee Gander and Conor Bracken


Saturday, July 17, 2021 2:00pm EDT
Celebration for WHERE THE WOLF (Virtual)
​REGISTER HERE FOR LINK
hosted by poet Katie Manning

with special guest readers Anne M. Doe Overstreet,
Devon Miller-Duggan, Julie L. Moore, and more!



AUGUST

Sunday, August 1, 2021 3:00pm EDT
Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC
Poetrio Reading (Virtual)
hosted by Mildred Barya
reading with Crystal Stone and Rick Mulkey
REGISTER HERE FOR LINK


SEPTEMBER

Sunday, September 5, 2021 7:00 ET
Mercy Street Readings (Virtual)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/136060565815.
hosted by Ruben Quesada

Sunday, September 19, 2021 7:00 ET
A Conversation with
Emily Croy Barker, author of 
HOW TO TALK TO A GODDESS AND OTHER LESSONS
IN REAL MAGIC (Virtual)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkfumuqz8oHtIrx44jJPJQdU17G-nGGhYs

OCTOBER

Saturday, October 2, 2021, 1:00 PM ET
reading from Where the Wolf, hosted by Jennifer Browne
Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqtBS9H9vtPSR4Vfd3pudTw

Tuesday October 5, 2021, 7:00 PM ET
Book Launch for Slaughter the One Bird by Kimberly Ann Priest
guest reader


DECEMBER

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 7:00 pm ET
Carterhaugh Book Club Discussion of Where the Wolf (virtual discussion and Q and A)
Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic 






2020:

March 17, 2020--Thrush Virtual Reading Series
Reading featuring Katie Manning, Sandy Marchetti,
Sally Rosen Kindred, Dan Albergotti,
Jennifer Colella Martelli, Rachel Patterson Moles, and Amanda Auerbach


2019:

Thursday, August 15, 2019--Chestertown, MD  
Catechesis: A Hometown Book Launch with Lindsay Lusby
featuring Erin Dorney and Sally Rosen Kindred
6:00 p.m. 
Rose O'Neill Literary House
407 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 

Saturday, April 20--Washington, DC
Popular Culture Association Conference 2019
"The Stories They Could Re-Tell: Poems of Myths and Tales"
a reading with Karen Bjork Kubin, Sarah Ann Winn, and Marissa Glover McLargin
8:00am, Washington Room 6
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC

Saturday, April 13--Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont State Univ

Kestrel Issue 40 Celebration Reading 
with Robert McKean, Matt Miller, and Justin Wymer
2-4 pm, Joe and Throw, 323 Adams Street
Fairmont, WV


2018

Saturday, November 10--Conway, Arkansas
CD Wright Women Writers Conference
"Reinventing Ever After: Women Reclaim the Fairy Tale"
creative reading panel
with Donna Vorreyer, Stacey Balkun, and Mary McMyne
University of Central Arkansas
​Conway, Arkansas 72035

Saturday, October 6, 2018--Frostburg, MD
Western Maryland Indie Lit Festival
appearing on Poetry Roundtable at noon
with Elizabeth Savage and Gerry LaFemina (Lyric Theatre)
appearing on Balancing Your Writing and Your Life at 2pm
with Richard Peabody and Nina Forsythe (Library Community Room)
Frostburg State University
Center for Literary Arts
20 E Main St.
Frostburg, MD 21532

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Saturday, April 14, 2018--University Park, MD
Second Saturday Lecture Series
​"There Is More to the Storm than the Lightning: Two Poets Discuss Inspiration and Process"
reading/craft talk with Sarah Ann Winn
University Park Church of the Brethren, 5pm

2017

Wednesday, November 15, 2017--Kensington, MD
visiting poet, Brookewood School
Kensington, MD 


Thursday, August 17, 2017--Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Poetry Review Summer Roadshow
Nied’s Hotel, 6pm  (social hour at 6; reading begins at 7pm)
reading with Lisa Summe and Amanda Newell
5438 Butler St
Pittsburgh, PA 15201



Saturday, April 15, 2017--Newark, Delaware
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 4pm
Poet's Corner Reading Series
featured reader
S. College Ave.
Newark, Delaware


Saturday, February 11, 2017--Washington, DC
AWP, noon-1:15
"Breaking the Silence: Writing Infertility and Pregnancy Loss"
Monument, Marriott Marquis, Meeting Level Four
panel with Molly Spencer, Donna Vorreyer, Marcene Gandolfo,
and Kelly Hansen Maher

2016

November 8, 2016--Columbia, MD
Columbia Art Center, 7pm
Wilde Readings
reading with Michael Ratcliffe
Columbia MD 21045

October 14, 2016--Frostburg, MD
Frostburg Indie Lit Festival
Main Street Books, 6:30pm
reading with Rick Campbell and Teri Cross Davis
Frostburg, MD 

Friday, April 15, 2016--Fairmont, WVA
Fairmont State University, 5:30
Kestrel Journal Fundraiser
reading with Marion Brown, Michael Cox, Marc Harshman,
Ray Keifetz, Gerry LaFemina
 Marie Manilla,
Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Nancy Takacs, and Randi Ward

1201 Locust Ave
Fairmont, West Virginia

Friday, April 1, 2016--Los Angeles, CA
AWP
"Women in Speculative Fiction and Poetry"--a panel with Jeannine Hall Gailey, 
Lesley Wheeler, Nancy Hightower, and Margaret Rhee
1:30 Room 505 LA Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA

2015

Saturday, June 6, 2015--Pittsburgh, PA
Classic Lines Books
Reading with Jennifer Jackson Berry and Les Kay, 7pm
5825 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA

Sunday, April 26, 2015--Knoxville, TN
SAFTA Reading Series
Reading with Deborah Bernhardt, 3pm
The Birdhouse Knoxville
800 N. 4th Ave 
Knoxville, TN

2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014--Scranton, PA
Marywood University
Featured Reader, 7pm
Comerford Theatre (Center for Natural and Health Sciences)
Marywood U. campus, Scranton, PA 18509

Friday, October 24, 2014--Fairmont, WVA
Fairmont State University, 5:30
Kestrel Celebration
Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center
reading with Mike Koenig and Randi Ward

Sunday, September 28, 2014--Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Book Festival
Individual Artist Award winners reading, noon-1pm 
(Maryland State Arts Council) at CityLit Tent
Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

Saturday, September 27, 2014--Kensington, MD
Kensington Row Bookshop
Reading with Robert Walicki, 7pm
3786 Howard Ave, Kensington, MD

Saturday, July 13, 2014--Pittsburgh, PA
Poetry at Modernformations Gallery
Hyacinth Girl Press/Vector Press reading, 7pm
4919 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Wednesday, March 26, 2014--Greensboro, NC
Cave Wall Reading Series at Scuppernong Books
Featured Reader, 7pm
304 S. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC

Sunday, April 13, 2014 - Arlington, Virginia
Iota Poetry Series
Reading with Maggie Rosen, 6pm
Iota Café and Club, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA

Saturday, March 1--Seattle, WA
AWP Bookfair
author signing at Mayapple Press table (table D37), 11:00 a.m.-noon

Friday, February 28, 2014--Seattle, WA
AWP Bookfair
author signing at Hyacinth Girl Press table (table T4), 11:00 a.m.-noon

Thursday, February 27, 2014--Seattle WA
Speculative Poetry Reading
reading with Jeannine Hall Gailey, Lesley Wheeler and others, 8pm
Jack Straw Building, Seattle, WA

Monday, February 24, 2014--Lexington, VA
Washington and Lee U.
featured reader, 7pm
Studio 11
11 S. Jefferson St., Lexington, VA 24450

2013

Saturday, July 20, 2013--Pittsburgh, PA
Hyacinth Girl Press Reading
East End Book Exchange
4754 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15224

Tuesday, April 30, 2013--Largo, MD
National Poetry Month Reading/Little Patuxent Review
12:30-2:30 Marlborough Hall, Prince George's Community College
301 Largo Rd, Largo MD 20774

Saturday, April 13, 2013--Fairmont, W VA
Kestrel Celebration, Fairmont State Univ.
Visiting Writers reading, 2-4 pm
Heston Farm, Fairmont, WVa

2012

September 21-22, 2012--Greenville, NC
Eastern NC Literary Homecoming
Friday 7pm: reader/speaker--tribute to James Applewhite
Saturday,2:15-3:45 workshop leader: The Poetic Line
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Saturday, June 23, 2012—Columbia, MD
Little Patuxent Review 
contributors reading, 2-4pm
Oliver’s Carriage House, 5410 Leaf Treader Way, Columbia, MD 21044

Sunday, June 17, 2012—Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Featured Reader, Sunday Poetry and Reading Series, 2-3pm
Quiet Reading Room, Main Library, First Floor, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213

Saturday, June 9, 2012—Laurel, MD
C Street Arts Festival
reader, 2:25 pm
Writer’s Tent, C Street Arts District, Laurel MD

2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - Kensington, MD
Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Series
Reading with Myra Sklarew, 7pm
Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave, Kensington MD

Friday, October 14, 2011 - Frostburg, MD
Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival
5:00 pm - Reading with Elizabeth Savage at Main Street Books 
6:30 pm - Reception at the Center for Creative Writing
7:30 pm - Panel discussion on the editor/author relationship
(panelists: Kindred and Kestrel editor Donna Long)

Monday, October 3, 2011 - Pittsburgh, PA
Duquesne University Coffee House Reading Series
Reading with Shannon Cain, 7pm
Barnes & Noble Café, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh PA

Thursday, April 21, 2011 - Takoma Park, MD
Takoma Park Third Thursday Series
Reading with Mary Beth Hatem, Joshua Gray, and Don Berger
7:30pm in the Council Chamber / Auditorium
Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, MD

Friday, March 25, 2011 - Fairmont, WV
Fairmont State University, Dept. of Language and Literature
Kestrel Celebration Reading

March 4-10, 2011 - Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Day School
Writer in Residence (events not open to public)

Friday, February 25, 2011 - Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh Writers’ Café
Reading with Angele Ellis and Open Workshop, 3-5pm
Writing Center, M2 Thaw Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Friday, February 25, 2011 - Pittsburgh, PA
Reading sponsored by The Carlow University Madwomen in the Attic, 8pm
Enrico’s Tazza D’Oro  www.tazzadoro.net
1125 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh PA

Friday, February 4, 2011 - Washington, DC
AWP Bookfair
Author signing at Mayapple Press table, 9:30-11:00am
Author signing at Naugatuck River Review table, 11am

Friday, February 4, 2011 - Washington, DC
Mayapple Press authors reading, 8:15pm
Big Bear Cafe, 1700 1st Street NW, Washington DC

Sunday, January 9, 2011 - Arlington, Virginia
Iota Poetry Series
Reading with Maggie Rosen, 6pm
Iota Café and Club, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA
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