I gave a poetry reading on Wednesday, September 30, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. It was part of the Fall for the Book Festival. I grew up in Bethesda, so returning to the D.C. area represented a homecoming. I read mainly from Sea Level Rising.

I also took part in an open-mic reading at the Writer's Center in Bethesda (4508 Walsh Street) on Sunday afternoon, September 27, starting at 2:00 p.m. I read “Sonnets for Mr. Lewis,” a sequence about my charismatic, terrifying, inspirational 9th grade English teacher.