Quiet Lightning is pleased to host a virtual event with Omnidawn Publishing for their seasonal launch of new titles, for which each author will read from their work. Hosted by QL director Evan Karp. This event is free for all ages, but an RSVP is required. The event link will be sent to everyone who registers.

Attend The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Maria Nazos, Alice Friman, and Michael Mark.

Maria Nazos sits down with Debra Nordyke to talk about her latest book of poetry, Pulse.

Join us for this amazing author event! Book signing to follow the talk.

Each month, Writers in Conversation invites two writers at differing stages of their writing careers to share their work and engage one another in conversation about the craft of creative writing. The conversation is then opened to the entire audience for a lively discussion of all things literary. The evening is sure to please, educate, and inspire!

Join us for a lively reading at Pageturners Lounge, thanks to our gentle host, Todd “the Toddfather” Robinson, with friends Ted Wheeler and Carolina Hotchandani.

May 6 at 6 pm.

Each year, Omnidawn offers a class/workshop unlike any other. Prosody is the study and application of poetic techniques that heighten the power of one’s writing. We have our own take on prosody.

Join poet Tyler Michael Jacobs and me for a poetry writing workshop.
Location:
Niobrara Room
Kearney Public Library
2020 1st Avenue
Kearney, Nebraska

Join us LIVE on Zoom. Registration required. Link TBD.

Or watch it LIVE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpoFest/live/

Join Omnidawn Publishing and me at our AWP offsite reading, “Bewilderment: An Omnidawn Reading of Strange Poetry for Even Stranger Times.”

Saturday, March 7, 6-8 PM at Cedar House at Patterson Park.

Address: 27 S Patterson Park Ave, Baltimore, MD 21231.

Featuring: Maria Nazos, David Koehn, Maw Shein Win, Rodrigo Toscano, Laynie Browne, Liza Flum, Elizabeth Robinson, Jennifer Hasegawa, Molly Bendall, and Ewa Chrusciel.

Join us on Friday, March 6, 6-8 PM for an off-site reading and open mic event sponsored by RHINO Poetry, Hypertext Magazine, and North American Review.

NAR featured authors: Maria Nazos and Summer J. Hart. Also featuring Carmen Fought, Melisa Cahnmann, Tina Jenkins Bell, and Chelsea Laine Wells.

Friday, March 6, 2026, from 6:00-8:00 PM at M.A.P. Technologies, 322 W Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201

I am so excited to kick off my AWP schedule with a pre-order meet-and-greet at the Birmingham Poetry Review/NELLE table! I’ve long admired these journals, so it’s an honor to spend some time at their booth.

Stop by to chat about the upcoming release of PULSE, grab a QR bookmark for early access, or say hello!

When: Friday, March 6, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: Table T1158, AWP Bookfair

Come see me at the North American Review booth (Table 315) on Thursday, March 5, at 12 PM.

QR bookmarks of PULSE will be ready for early readers. Come say hi, grab a bookmark, and let’s talk about poetry and these awesome journals, Kardashians, life, and whatever else gets your pulse racing.

SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices LIVE present “Off Site. On Purpose,” featuring many of today's most inspiring women and nonbinary writers and poets! Join us for a night of life-affirming poetry on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM (Doors at 6:30 PM), Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Admission free. Cash bar available. This year’s Offsite. On Purpose. is dedicated in loving memory to Jennifer Martelli.

Readers include: Maria Nazos, Leila Farjami, Abby E. Murray, Jennifer Militello, Yamini Pathak, Dorsía Smith Silva, and Zoe Ryder White.

I can't wait to read from PULSE at Friday LIVE at the Mill on Nebraska Public Media. Now more than ever, we need to support the arts and honest news. I hope you tune in!

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Nebraska Poets Reading Series

Virtual and free to all.

Hear me read and discuss my journey of breathing life into PULSE, my first book of poems in 16 years, forthcoming from Omnidawn in Spring 2026!

Preorder your copy today.

I can't wait to read from PULSE at Friday LIVE on Nebraska Public Media. Now more than ever, we need to support the arts and honest news. I hope you tune in!

Find your PULSE today.