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 Infinity Ballot Out Loud at The Print Factory, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at 6pm


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infinity Ballot conversation with Julie Swarstad Johnson for Philly Chapbook Review, June 2026

Infinity Ballot, winner of the 2025/'26 Bateau Press BOOM chapbook contest


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room 203 reading series, PUSHING WATER with Charles Alexander: Poetry, Conduction, Reception, March 13, 2026

"Appalachia: The Varied Landscapes of Keystone Poetry," Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia, March 6-7, 2026

Hodge Podge reading series, Mondragon Books, Lewisburg, PA. Nov. 7, 2025  

Hometown Voices reading series, State College, PA. Oct. 26th, 2025

"Tree Talks for All," a lesson plan using Wendy Burk's Tree Talks (Delete Press, 2016) to engage beginning readers. Available to download from Delete Press. 

Caretelling Circle: Conversation on Reproductive Rights, Art Alley in the HUB-Robeson Student Center, Penn State, University Park. For "Capacities of Care," an exhibition curated by Aaron Knochel. March 28, 2025, 1-2:30pm.


 

 

 

 

 

"Gettysburg Poem #3" in Keystone Poetry, an anthology published by Penn State Press in May 2025.

 

Presentation at Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia: "Documenting the Places and People of Northern Appalachia" with Julia Kasdorf. March 8th 2025.

 "Where We're From," summer art camp in Aaronsburg, August 2024

"'Holp Me, Granny!': Reproductive Power in Appalachian Literature & Life," panel for the 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference, March 7-9, Cullowhee, NC.

Stadler Center Writers Series, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 / 7 p.m. at Community Zone, 328 Market St, Lewisburg, PA.













As I Said on Heavy Feather Review's list of 2023 favorites.

Remembrance of Peg Johnston on Words of Choice.

Reading w/ Jamaica Baldwin, Smith College Boutelle-Day Poetry Center, Oct. 17 2023.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Abortion's Poetic Figures," a critical essay on As I Said: A Dissent by Margaret Ronda. From "Abortion Now, Abortion Forever" issue of Post45. June 2023.

Review of As I Said: A Dissent by Jamie Wendt. Jewish Book Council, July 2023.

As I Said bestseller on Small Press Distribution (April 2023 / July 2022)

"Archival Reproductive Poetics" keynote reading w/ Kwoya Maples: Gender, Bodies & Technology conference, March 2023

Reading with Shout Your Abortion, Seattle, WA, March 2023


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep the Channel Open, Episode 136, Dec. 2022

"Whitetail" on Poetry Moment w/ WPSU, Jan. 2023

"Once in a Black Silk Gown: A Film Noir" on Arts & Letters

As I Said in Air/Light: 'Using the Lens of Abortion to Look at Other Things,' Sept. 2022

As I Said on Book Thoughts with Mike Sakasegawa, Sept. 2022

Big Dog Reading Series at Bloomsburg U, Sept. 19, 2022

As I Said on Words of Choice / August 2022

As I Said: book release party at The Workshop in Centre Hall, July 9th 2022



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Adventures summer camp, August 2022  


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound Like a Leaf, Talk Like a Creek summer camp, June 2022

Basic Folk Backstage episode with Jean Rohe, May 2022

Skylight Books virtual reading, 6pm Pacific Time / 9pm EST, May 13th, 2022

Art Alliance Recycled Art Show 2022

Liberate Abortion with ACLU PA, 4/20/2022

Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia 2021

Interview with Contrary Magazine, 2019


RESOURCES: art

 Naropa Poetics Audio Archive 

The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions 

Gee's Bend


RESOURCES: abortion

find a clinic 

find your local abortion fund 

Abortion Care Network

All-Options Talkline 

What's An Abortion, Anyway? picture book

Shout Your Abortion graphics

Women Who Abort, by Katie Lew 


RESOURCES: teaching outside of academic institutions

Social Poetics 

TimeSlips