Events

Fall 2023 Events

Sept 28 – Oct 15 – T.S. Eliot House Residency (Gloucester, MA)

Oct 15 – Oct 19 – Mandel Fellowship Retreat (Brookline, MA)

Oct 25 (Wed) – Poets of Queens – QED Astoria (Queens, NY)

Nov 2 (Thurs) – 4:30pm EST – Cleopatra Mathis Poetry & Prose Series – Sanborn Library, Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)

Nov 6 (Mon) – 6pm CST – A Room of One’s Own – Infertilities, A Curation w/ Maria Novotny (Madison, WI)

Nov 13 (Mon) – 6pm EST – 2023 Jewish Writers’ Conference – “The Epigenetics of Joy: Writing Judaism Beyond Trauma” w/ Chanda Feldman and Mónica Gomery (virtual, register here)

Winter 2024 Events

Jan 8 – Jan 22 – Loghaven Artist Residency (Knoxville, TN)

Feb 7 – Feb 10 – AWP Conference (Kansas City, MO)

Feb 17 – Arts + Literature Laboratory w/ Maya Pindyck (Madison, WI)

More readings and events coming soon….

p.s. I love doing readings, class visits, workshops and craft talks–if you’d like me to come visit, please contact Blue Flower Arts!

Selected Past Readings

Erika has given over 300 readings, presentations, craft talks, lectures, and workshops over the past 20 years.

International Readings: England – Bath Spa University; Netherlands – Geen Daden Maar Woorden Festival; Iceland – NonfictioNOW 2017; Ireland – Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, University College Dublin; Northern Ireland – Queen’s University Belfast, The Lifeboat Series; Israel – Bar Ilan University

National Readings: Miami Book Fair – University of Tampa – University of Colorado Boulder – Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival – Columbus College of Art & Design – Hudson Valley Writers’ Center – Whitman College – Bowdoin College – NYU – University of West Georgia – Bryant Park Reading Series – Salem College – The Jewish Museum of Florida – full list of past readings here