Featured Speaker/Visiting Author:

Selected Conferences

• William Stafford Centennial Celebration, Opening Address, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
• Kansas Library Association Annual Conference, Opening Address, Sunflower Ballroom, Kansas Expocentre, Topeka, KS
• Kansas Book Festival, Kickoff Presentation, Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, KS
• Transformative Language Arts Annual Conference, Kickoff Presentation with five poets laureate, Excelsior Springs, MO
• Kansas Alliance for the Arts in Education, Annual Conference, Wichita, KS
• Kansas Sierra Club, Poetic Invocation, Biennial Conference, Topeka, KS
• Annual Festival of Writers, Kickoff Presentation, Rensselaerville, NY
• Swan Arts Festival, Kickoff Presentation, Carnegie Cultural Center, Ottawa, KS
• North Central Kansas Library System Book Fair, Manhattan, KS
• Lindsborg Midsummer Festival, Lindsborg, KS
• Astra Arts Festival, The Landon House, Independence, KS
• Kansas Reading Association Annual Conference, Emporia, KS
• Maple Woods Writers Conference, Kansas City, MO
• The Kansas City Literary Festival, Kansas City, MO
• The Kansas Book Festival, Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Wichita, KS
• River City Reading Festival, Lawrence, KS
• Kanza Days Festival, Kansas Voices Winners Reading, Winfield, KS
• Poets-at-Large, Top Poets of the Midwest, Kansas City, MO
• Heart of America Writers Conference, Overland Park, KS
• The New York Book Fair, New York, NY
• The Small Press Book Fair, Kickoff Presentation, New York, NY

Selected Universities

• University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
• Waldorf University Distinguished Visiting Writer Series, Forest City, IA
• Pittsburg State University Distinguished Writers Series, Pittsburg, KS
• Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Center for Poets & Writers, Tulsa, OK
• University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, KS
• Hesston College, Hesston, KS
• The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• Friends University, Wichita, KS
• Columbia University, New York, NY
• Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
• Washburn University, Topeka, KS
• Emporia State University, The Teachers College, Emporia, KS
• Cottey College, Nevada, MO
• Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
• The University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

Selected Organizations

• Academy of American Poets, Honorary Host Poet, "Poetry and the Creative Mind," Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
• Eisenhower Presidential Library, Closing Address, constituents and the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Abilene, KS
• The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
• Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, New York, NY
• Taller Latinoamericano, New York, NY
• The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
• Koester House Museum, Marysville, KS
• The Writers Place, Kansas City, MO
• Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ
• Books & Company, Dayton, OH
• Salina Poetry Series, Salina, KS
• Kansas Author Dinner, Marriott Ballroom, Wichita, KS
• The Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
• The Kansas City Public Library, Truman Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
• Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, KS
• National Library Week Writer-in-Residence, Pioneer Memorial Library, Colby, KS
• Salina Arts and Humanities Commission, Salina, KS
• Camp Bluebird for those living with cancer, Parkville, MO
• The Pomegranate Series, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
• The Simpson House Series, Kansas City, MO
• The Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
• National Speakers Association, Kansas City, MO
• The Small Press Center, New York, NY

Selected Schools

• Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, MO
• Cunningham School, Cunningham, KS
• Leawood Elementary School, Leawood, KS
• Brookwood Elementary School, Leawood, KS
• Santa Fe Trail Elementary School, Overland Park, KS
• Trailwood Elementary School, Overland Park, KS
• Stilwell Elementary School, Stilwell, KS
• Roeland Park Elementary School, Mission, KS
• Gracemor Elementary School, Kansas City, MO
• Pinkerton Elementary School, Kansas City, MO
• Dorothy Moody Elementary School, Overland Park, KS
• St. Paul's Episcopal Day School, Kansas City, MO
• Gladstone Academy, Kansas City, MO
• Paseo Academy for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO

Selected Radio Interviews

• KPR, Interviewed by Kaye McIntyre
• NPR, New Letters on the Air, Poets Laureate program, with Angela Elam
• WHBU-AM, Interviewed by Leland Franklin, Indianapolis, IN
• WEXT-FM , Interviewed by Shawn Michaels, Milwaukee, MN
• WPHM-AM , Interviewed by Paul Miller, Detroit, MI
• KBYG-AM, Interviewed by Brian Michaelz, El Paso, TX
• WBZ-AM, Interviewed by Deb Lawler, Boston, MA
• WBSM-AM, Interviewed by Pete Braley, Providence, RI
• WOBM-FM, Interviewed by Lisa Leonard, Monmouth, NJ
• WGBR-AM, Interviewed by Wayne Alley, Raleigh, NC
• KCMN-AM, Interviewed by Tron Simpson, Colorado Springs, CO
• WACK-AM, Interviewed by Larry Ann Evans, Rochester, NY
• WICO-AM, Interviewed by Bill Reddish, Salisbury, MD
• WZYX-AM, Interviewed by Jeff Pennington, Nashville, TN
• KPQ-AM, Interviewed by Ken Johannessen, Seattle, WA
• ABC Network (national), The Owen Spann Show
• ABC Network (national), The Karen Grant Show
• WJR, Detroit, MI
• KIRO, Seattle, WA
• Jubilee Radio Network (national)
• KKFI, Kansas City, MO
• KAJX, Interviewed by John Noonan, Aspen, CO
• WPON, Art in the Air Poetry Winners, Detroit, MI
• Star 102, Sunday Star Magazine with Laurie Roberts, Kansas City, MO

Selected Television Appearances

• Oklahoma Public Television, Writing Outloud, Tulsa, OK
• WOR-TV, The Joe Franklin Show, New York, NY
• KCTV5, The Early Show with Carolyn Long, Kansas City area
• News Five at Noon, Kansas City area
• FOX-4, Morning News, Kansas City area
• KMBC, News at Five with Karen Kornacki, Kansas City area
• WDAF-TV, Midday with Gary Lezak, Kansas City area
• KOTV, Noon Update, Tulsa, OK
• JCCC, It's Our Community, 30-minute interview with Dr. Mary Cohen, Kansas City
• NYC cable, Dance On, 30-minute interview with Billy McClain, New York, NY