Upcoming Appearances:
2015
October 10, 2015 New Buffalo Library Poetry Reading, New Buffalo Township, Michigan
October 30-31, 2015 Indiana Faith and Writing Conference, Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
Past Appearances:
2015
October 3, 2015 Writing Workshop: Creating Poetry from Shadows and Dreams (ekphrastic poetry workshop), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
July 31, 2015 Ashland University MFA Program, Ashland, Ohio
May 29-31, 2015 "Negotiating the Plasmapause: Patterned Images, Delayed Revelation, and Sheer Awesomeness in Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth" with Jill Christman, River Teeth Nonfiction Conference, Ashland, Ohio
April 9, 2015 "Bravery and Bearing Witness: The Power of Vulnerability in Nonfiction" with Brenda Miller, Kate Hopper, Bonnie J. Rough and Marilyn Bousquin, AWP Conference, Minneapolis, MN
April 9, 2015 Off-Site Reading, Minneapolis, MN
2014
October 31-November 1, 2014 Indiana Faith and Writing Conference, Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
July 20-August 2, 2014 "Getting Connected: Literary Citizenship," Ashland MFA Summer Residency, Ashland, Ohio
July 1-August 15, 2014 Online Instructor for The Masters Review Summer Workshop
May 30-June 1, 2014 River Teeth Nonfiction Conference, Ashland, Ohio
April 22, 2014 Poetry Reading, Wayne County Library, Ohio
April 10-12, 2014 Lunch Forum on Publishing, Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Michigan
April 4-5, 2014 Book signing at Downtown Perk, Ashland, Ohio
March 15, 2014 Reading, Borderlands Poetry Series, Main Street Books, Mansfield, Ohio
February 28, 2014 River Teeth 15th Anniversary Reading, AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 28, 2014 Poetry Reading with WordFarm, AWP Conference, Seattle, Washington
2013
November 23-24, 2013 Ashland Poetry Workshops, Ashland, Ohio
November 7, 2013, 7 p.m. Reading at Beehive Books, Delaware, Ohio
October 22, 2013, 7 p.m. Reading at Sip's Cafe, Mount Vernon, Ohio
May 19, 2013 River Teeth Nonfiction Conference, Ashland, Ohio
May 11, 2013 Reading and Book Signing, Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus, Ohio
March 21, 2013 Class Visit, Taylor University, Indiana
March 20-21, 2013 Ball State University First Books Event, Muncie, Indiana
March 8, 2013 "Faithful Niche or Faithful Kitsch? The Necessity of Christian Literary Publishing" Panel Moderator at AWP Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
February 26, 2013, 6 p.m. Reading at Sip's Cafe, Mount Vernon, Ohio
2012
Saturday and Sunday, December 1-2 Poetry Workshop at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
Monday, October 29, 4:30 p.m. Reading, Schar College of Education, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m. Reading, Tim Horton's, Coshocton, Ohio
Sunday, September 23, 7 p.m. Peripatetic Poets Reading, Columbus, Ohio
Wednesday, September 12, 7 p.m. Reading, Mac's Backs, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Tuesday, August 28, 6 p.m. Reading, Sip's Cafe, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Monday, August 6, 7 p.m. Ashland University Summer Residency - "Spreading the Word: Poetry in Public," Ashland, Ohio
Sunday, August 5, 7 p.m. Ashland University Summer Residency Reading, Ashland, Ohio
May 18-20 River Teeth Nonfiction Conference - "Motherhood and Writing" Panel and "Spreading the Word" Panel (on Marketing and ePublishing), Ashland, Ohio
April 19-21 Festival of Faith and Writing - "Poetry As Worship, Poetry in Worship: Inviting Creativity into the Worship Experience", Thursday, April 19, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan: This session will explore ways in which canonized and contemporary poets alike have incorporated spirituality into their writing as an act of worship. Tips will be given to help the writer engage the Holy Spirit in the act of writing as well as ideas poets can take back to their places of worship to incorporate the written word into the corporate worship experience. Also sitting on a literary publishing panel Saturday, April 21.
2011
February Poetry Reading and Workshop Y-City Writers Group Zanesville, Ohio
Saturday, July 31, 7 p.m. Ashland University Summer Residency Reading, Ashland, Ohio
2010
Friday, May 7, 6:30 p.m. Poetry Reading - New Beginnings Cafe Marion, Ohio
Saturday, May 8, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Ohioana Book Fair, Author Signing Columbus, Ohio
Ashland University Summer Residency Ashland, Ohio (follow the link to watch my reading)
2009
Sunday, April 19, 2-4 p.m. New Words 2009 Poetry Contest Reading Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio
Monday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m. Reading in Conjunction with River Teeth Reading Schar College of Education Building - Ronk Lecture Hall Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio
Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. Reading with Joanne Lehman Sips Cafe in Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Saturday, June 6 at 3:20 p.m. Reading Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Tent Columbus, Ohio
Thursday, June 25 at 7 p.m. Reading and Book Signing Bainbridge Public Library Bainbridge, Ohio
Monday, July 27 at 6:45 p.m. Reading to Open Up for Scott Russell Sanders Ridenour Room, Dauch College of Education Ashland University MFA Program Summer Residency Ashland, Ohio
Thursday, August 20, 7-9 p.m. Reading Tim Horton's in Coshocton, Ohio
If for some reason you'd like to schedule a reading with Sarah Wells, who is crazy passionate about reading poetry and nonfiction, feel free to email me at swells@ashland.edu.
