Past Events

Linda joins Miriam Pederson, Daneen Wardrop, and Hedy Habra as Schuler Books & Music celebrates National Poetry Month.  
The event, promoted as "The Fearsome Foursome: Michigan Women Poets," features poetry readings.

Linda reads in Mount Pleasant as part of Central Michigan University's Wellspring Literary Series.

Linda is a sponsor for "Poetry & the Creative Mind: Celebrating National Poetry Month."  This gala event is organized by the Academy of American Poets and benefits the Academy's national programs.

Linda is poet-in-residence at Pine Ridge Elementary School for the fourth-grade class.  Presentations, readings, workshops, and individual instruction will take place in every fourth-grade classroom.

Linda joins Miriam Pederson, Daneen Wardrop, and Hedy Habra as Kazoo Books celebrates National Poetry Month.

Linda leads a writing workshop, Living the Creative Life, at the Detroit Institute of Arts.  Participants will first have an art tour of several iconic pieces exhibited at the DIA.  Linda will then discuss the nature of creativity and lead writers from all genres in writing exercises that utilize other creative arts (like the wonderful works at the DIA) to expand their writing experiences.

Linda's poetry is featured in a panel of readings and discussions at the second annual conference of "The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination" held at Fordham University (Lincoln Center, Manhattan location).

In this informal salon, Linda will discuss the poems she was commissioned to write as Grand Rapids' first Poet Laureate (2003-05), read several favorite poems from her six collections in print, and talk about new work that has recently been honored with national awards and recognition.