Appearances

Email JamesDavisMay at gmail dot com to schedule a reading. Upcoming Events Young Harris College February 19, 2026 at 5:30 pm AWP Offsite University Press Poetry Reading Featuring authors from Louisiana State University Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, and University of Wisconsin Press Baltimore Museum of Industry March 4, 2026 at 7pm Poetry & the Sacred Panel Discussion with Hayan Charara, Jared Harél, Philip Metres, and Megan Pinto. Association of Writers and Publishers Conference Room 328, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center March 6, 2026 at 9am Un/Holy Acts: Religious Violence, Sacred Texts & Religious Poetry Panel Discussion with Kazim Ali, Jessica Jacobs, Donovan McAbee, and Tess Taylor Association of Writers and Publishers Conference Room 328, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center March 6, 2026 at 10:35am Recent Events West End Poetry Festival, Carrboro, NC October 18, 2025 The 22nd Bourne Poetry Reading with Victoria Chang and Vievee Francis Poetry at Tech Cypress Theater, Georgia Tech Student Center November 2, 2023 at 7 p.m.           College of the Florida Keys Tennessee Williams Theater October 12, 2023 at 6 p.m. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference with Monica West and Dean Bakopoulos Middlebury College August 22, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. Malaprop’s Bookstore Asheville, NC July 9, 2023 Annual Laura Riding Jackson Foundation Poetry Festival Vero Beach, Florida April 22, 2023 Lincoln University April 12-14, 2023 Brooklyn Public Library – Adams Street Saturday, March 25 at 3:00 p.m. Rattlecast Monday, March 6, 2023 at 8 p.m. Georgia Center for the Book with Christina Olson Decatur, Georgia Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. LSU Press Facebook Live Author Series on Unusually Grand Ideas Wednesday, March 1 at 3:00 p.m. Unusually Grand Ideas Book Launch Presidents’ Dining Room Mercer University Macon, Georgia Monday, February 27, 2023 Wild and Precious Life Reading Series (Virtual Event) with Shareen K. Murayama & Patricia Smith Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. New York Encounter Festival New York, New York Saturday, February 18, 2023 Pat Conroy Literary Center Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.