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The University of Notre Dame is hosting the festival this year, and on Saturday, 10/6, 10:30AM—Noon, I will be participating on a panel, “(An) Alternate Notion(s) of Home,” with Johannes Görranssen, Mary-Kim Arnold, Diana Khoi Nguyen, and Alison Grimaldi Donahue. … Continue reading →

Laura Hinton, Amy King, Susan Lewis, and I will be reading at The Golden Notebook Bookstore in Woodstock, NY, at 4:30PM.

The first ever Albany Book Festival is happening Saturday, September 29, 2018, 10AM—4PM at the University of Albany, Campus Center, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. I will have a table there with books to sell, and look forward to seeing many … Continue reading →

I will be reading from my work on Wednesday, September 26, 6:00pm, in the Henry Hudson Room in Fontaine Hall at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Hosted by Dr. Lea Graham and the Marist English Department, this event is free … Continue reading →

“SPOKEN WORD” Where actors, poets and writers read Shira Dentz Susan Lewis Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston, NY Series Founder and Host: Annie LaBarge Saturday, September 8, 7:00 pm $5 suggested donation Shira Dentz is … Continue reading →

“The way a drop,” a poem from my new book, how do i net thee, on Verse Daily!

Greetings, and happy summer! We’re delighted to announce the newest issue of Posit, featuring brand-new poetry and prose by Devon Balwit & Jeff Whitney, Laynie Browne, Shira Dentz, Ravitte Kentwortz, Rusty Morrison, Ryan Nowlin, Kwame Opoku-Duku, Jennifer Pilch, Jessica Lee … Continue reading →

3 Poems at Dispatches, Poetry Wars, June 2018 update:

Friday, June 22 @7PM in The Silo Series at The Word Barn in Exeter, NH Tuesday, June 26 @6:30PM  at Pete’s Candy Shop in Brooklyn, NY Thursday, June 28 @6PM at The Book House at Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, NY … Continue reading →

by John Keene I first saw some of Claude Monet‘s (1840-1926) “Waterlilies” paintings on a school trip to the Art Institute of Chicago when I was junior high school. The trip was memorable–and I have written about it, in condensed form, … Continue reading →