July 23: Kramers Poetry Reading: Summer Edition, Kramers, Washington, DC, 7:30 p.m. With María Fernanda and Victoria Ford.
Sept. 14: Formal Poetry Playtime, The Porch, Nashville, TN, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Class description & register
Oct. 5: Emory Poetry Stage, Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA, 2:45 p.m. With Karen Head, Collin Kelley, and Willie Kinard III.
Oct. 12: SoLit Visiting Author Series, The Arts Building, Chattanooga, TN, 4:00 p.m. In conversation with Woodson Carpenter.
Oct. 19: Writing About Motherhood, Youngstown Lit Fall Lit Fest, Youngstown, OH, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Nov. 2: Featured reader, Putnam County Democratic Party 1st Saturday Book Lover’s Social, 9:00 a.m.-noon.
Nov. 9: Writing About Home: A Generative Workshop, The Porch, Nashville, TN, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon. Class description & register
Nov. 19: The Nocturne Series, Land of a Thousand Hills, Nashville, TN, 6:30 p.m. With Eliana Ramage.
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Past events
2024
May 11: Birthing the Book with NO SPARE PEOPLE Author Erin Hoover, The Porch, Nashville, TN, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Apr. 23: Poetry for Pleasure: A Workshop, Plenty Downtown Bookshop, Cookeville, TN, 5:30 p.m.
Apr. 13: Writing About Motherhood: A Poetry Workshop, The Porch, Nashville, TN, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Class description & register
Apr. 7: Poetrio, Malaprops Books, 55 Haywood St., Asheville, NC, 4:30 p.m. With Terence Degnan, Bruce Beasley, John Hoppenthaler.
SAS Events, New Orleans, LA.
Saints and Sinners Literary Fest, two events.
Mar. 23: “The Profane and the Sacred,” Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal C, 11:30 a.m-12:45 p.m. With Jubi Ariolla-Headley, Stephanie Burt, Chen Chen, Ed Madden. Moderated by Brad Richard.
Mar. 23: “Saints and Sinners Writers Read,” Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal D, 2:30-3:45 p.m. With Jonathan Alexander, Ian Henzel, Vincent Traughber Meis, Kent Quaney, K.M. Soehnlein.
AWP Conference 2024 Events
Feb. 8: Book Signing at BLP Booth # 643 & 645, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Feb. 9: Our Souths: Curating Spaces Against BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Erasure, Room 2504AB, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. With Kai Coggin, Dorsey Craft, Sebastián H. Páramo, Jessica Q. Stark.
Feb. 9: BLP Offsite Event, Belger Arts, 2011 Tracy Avenue, Crane Yard Gallery, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Feb. 10: Opening the Book on Publishing Pedagogy, Room 2215A, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level, 9:00 am to 10:15 am. With Megan J. Arlett, Lisa Bickmore, Sakinah Hofler.
Jan. 25: New Books From Creative Writing Faculty, Tennessee Tech Backdoor Playhouse. With Monic Ductan. 7:00 pm. Facebook event
2023
The No Spare People Book Tour: Fall 2023
Dec. 21: Poetry in the Boro Winter Solstice Reading, Dapper Owl Coffee, Murfreesboro, TN. 6:00 p.m.
Dec. 3: An Evening with Erin Hoover & Karisma Price, Blue Cypress Books and Lmnl Lit, New Orleans, LA. 4:00 p.m.
Dec. 2: Meet the Poet! Erin Hoover, Author of No Spare People, Thank You Books, Birmingham, AL. 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Nov. 28: Black Lawrence Press Reading Series, online. With Rachelle Escamilla and Jessica Morey-Collins. 8:00 p.m. EST. YouTube recording
Nov. 16: Mondragon Books, Lewisburg, PA. With Glorious Piner & S.E. Gilman. 7:00 p.m. Facebook event
Nov. 15: An Evening of Poetry with Erin Hoover and Nicole Santalucia. Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA. 7:00 p.m. Facebook event
Nov. 14: No Spare People Book Launch & Poetry Showcase, Tattooed Mom, Philadelphia, PA. With Claudia Cortese, Nancy Reddy, and Raena Shirali. Hosted by Keith Kopka. 7:00 p.m. Facebook event
Nov. 13: KGB Poetry Series, KGB Bar, New York, NY. With Tess Taylor and Paul Maddern. 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 10-11: Louisville Book Festival, Louisville, KY. Saturday: Literary Activism and Community Building in the American South, Room LO14, 2:00-2:50 p.m. Friday and Saturday: Bookfair Table 22A.
Nov. 8: No Spare People by Erin Hoover Poetry Reading (+ Guests), The Bookshop, Nashville, TN. With Cara Dees and Ciona Rouse. 6:00 p.m. Facebook event
Nov. 6: Sawmill Poetry Series, Plenty Bookshop, Cookeville, TN. 7:00 p.m. Facebook event
Oct. 28: Holler Salon, Sundress Publications/Firefly Farms, Knoxville, TN. With Matthew Henry and Vincente Perez. 7:00 pm. Facebook event
2022
Dec. 4: Poets in Pajamas reading series — Sundress Publications, 7:00 p.m. online
Oct. 1: Hixtastic Book Fair — Hix Farm Brewery, Cookeville, TN, 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Facebook
May 7: How Line Breaks Work (one-day virtual workshop) — Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY website CANCELED
Apr. 14: Poetry Studies & Creative Poetry VII: From Dante’s Inferno to Covid Elegy: Collective Trauma and Poetic Justice, with Rhony Bhopla — Popular Culture Association National Conference, online website
Mar. 29: Forms and Materials (research talk) — Tennessee Tech University English Department, 11:00 a.m.
Mar. 3: Small-Press Poetry Publishing — Tennessee Tech University English Club: 11:00 a.m.
2021
July 14-16: Keystone Digital Humanities, online website
“The Unincorporated Frontier: Creative Writing in the Digital Humanities,” with Cindy Arrieu-King, Katie Baker, Keith Kopka, & Raena Shirali on July 16 at 9:30-10:45 a.m. ET
Mar. 3-7: Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, online website
“Small Press Book, Big Ideas,” with Julia Bouwsma, Marianne Chan, Keith Kopka, and Arisa White on Mar. 6 at 5:20 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. CT
Feb. 25: Faculty Garden with Angie Macri — Hendrix College, 7:30 p.m.
2020
Oct. 10: Moderating a panel w/Kay Ulanday Barrett and GennaRose Nethercott — Six Bridges Book Festival website recording
Sept. 12: Taking Risks in Narrative Poetry (one-day virtual workshop) — Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Jul. 16: Poetluck with Jocelyn Cullity and Wendy Whelan — The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR website
Mar. 26-28: Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020 — Washington, D.C. website
“The Poetics of Anger” with Megan Alpert, Regie Cabico, and Bettina Judd on Mar. 27 at 9:00 a.m., Marvin Center 301 CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Mar. 5-7: Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, San Antonio, Texas website
“Small Press Book, Big Ideas” with Julia Bouwsma, Marianne Chan, Sam Ross, and Arisa White on Mar. 6 at 3:20 p.m., Henry B. Gonzalez Conference Center Room 217B POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Jan. 27: University of Central Arkansas — Sandy Longhorn’s Advanced Forms and Theory of Poetry course, Win Thompson Hall 104. Visit starts at 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 18: Reading with Marco Rafalà — Argenta Reading Series, Argenta UMC, North Little Rock, Arkansas website Facebook event
2019
Nov. 27: Wednesday Night Poetry — Kollective Coffee + Tea, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 11-13: Southern Festival of Books — Nashville, Tennessee website
Reading with Emily Skaja on Oct. 12 at 2:00, Nashville Public Library Conference Room 3
Apr. 13: Florida Book Award Winners (with Kimberly Lojewski, Ron Cooper, D.M. Aderibigbe, moderated by Mary Jane Ryals) – Word of South, Tallahassee, Florida website
Apr. 10-12: Visiting Poet @ Moon City Reading Series (with Clayton Adam Clark), Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri website
Feb. 8: Visiting Poet — Northwest Academy, Portland, Oregon website
Feb. 7: Literary Arts with Jennifer Perrine — Portland Literary Arts, Portland, Oregon website
Feb. 7: Class Visit — Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Feb. 5-6: Kidd Lecture/MFA Program Visit — University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon — Kidd Lecture: Feb. 6, 2:00 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room website
2018
Dec. 7: New South‘s First Friday Reading Series — Java Vino, Atlanta, Georgia
Nov. 13: Florida State University Jerome Stern Distinguished Writers Series — The Bark, Tallahassee, Florida
Nov. 8: Reading for Lancaster Poetry Exchange & The Turning Wheel Poetry Series — DogStar Books, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Facebook event
Nov. 7: Reading — Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania website Facebook event
Nov. 5: KGB Poetry, Reading with Robert Kramer — KBG Bar, New York, New York Facebook event
Nov. 4: Reading with Sam Ross — The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, New York website
Nov. 2: “To Be Human in These Times”: Reading with Anne-Adele Wight and Scott Edward Anderson — Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Facebook event
Oct. 11: Poetry at The Dali, The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Oct. 6: Dual book launch with Brian Alan Ellis and Q&A with Laura Minor — Third House Books & Coffee, Gainesville, Florida Facebook event
Oct. 5: Reading & Launch Party — Midtown Reader, Tallahassee, Florida Facebook event
