readings and performances include
Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum
Ariadne Institute, Lesbos, Greece
A Room of Her Own Conference, New Mexico
American Embassy, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Associated Writing Programs Conference
Association for the Study of Women and Mythology
Beyond Baroque, Venice, California
Bowery Poetry Club, New York
Brattleboro Poetry Festival, Vermont
Counterbalance Poetry Series, Seattle
Des Moines National Poetry Festival, Iowa
Emerging Women Conference, San Francisco
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
Harvard University
Holloway Poetry Series, UC Berkeley
Jaipur Literary Festival, Jaipur, India
Jazzmouth Poetry and Jazz Festival, Portsmouth, NH
Jefferson Parish Library, New Orleans
readings and performances include
Laverne University, Athens, Greece
Ministry of Culture, Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville
National Museum of Women in Arts, Washington DC
Oxfam Reading Series, London
Oxford University
Poetry Center of Chicago
Poetry Ireland, Howth, Ireland
Point Reyes Community Center, CA
Prairie Schooner Anniversary, Lincoln, Nebraska
River Styx Poetry Series, St Louis, MO
Salmon Publishing Anniversary, Liscannor, Ireland
Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, DC
Stonecoast in Ireland, Dingle, Ireland
Tucson Literary Festival, Arizona
University of Notre Dame Literary Festival
WICE Series, Paris
Writers Voice Series, Fordham University
Yale University
“Finch stood tall, flowing, earthy . . . the delicacy of her poems marked the minutes and invoked the emotional seasons. They had a cumulative effect of grace.” —Troubadour Series, Paris, France
“Annie Finch’s beautiful reading drew the largest audience of the year’s events and elicited a stream of messages to me (as curator of the series) expressing thanks and inspiration.”—University of California, Berkeley
Annie Finch’s poetry emboldens the spirit and enlightens the soul, offering the listener a journey like no other. — Jeffrey Cantrell, Director, Counterbalance Poetry Series, Seattle
“I wish you could have heard my students talking about your reading. They were crazy in love with your reading performance.” — University of Baltimore
“I was deeply moved by the emotional power of your language, amazed how naturally the rhythms and structures of your written poetry came to life. I was especially gratified that our students responded so sincerely and passionately.”—Nassau Community College
“From Annie Finch’s poetry is a pure tone that calls us home to the first impulse of poetry. We link to mystery. We lift off.” — Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate
