EVENTS

The Big One (Jan 21, 2023) (hosted by the Laguna Art Museum, with panelists Deborah Young, Charlotte Young, and Eric Johnson, about the life and work of Robert Young)

Public Art in Laguna Beach (Jun 4, 2022) (hosted by the Laguna Art Museum, with panelists Gerard Basil Stripling, Casey Parlette, Siân Poeschl, and Adam Schwerner)

The Poetics of Space (Dec 4, 2021) (hosted by the Laguna Art Museum, with panelists Jacques Garnier and Anders Lasater)

Family Ties (Apr 6, 2019) (with Literary Orange panelists Julie Clark, Amy Meyerson, and Lydia Fitzpatrick)

Family Secrets (Apr 7, 2018) (with Literary Orange panelists Janelle Brown, Nova Jacobs, and Abbi Waxman)

Home Truths (Apr 1, 2017) (with Literary Orange panelists Stephen Metcalfe, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Steven Rowley)

What Remains (Apr 2, 2016) (with Literary Orange panelists Sejal Badani, Laura Nicole Diamond, Jan Ellison, and Gwendolyn Womack)

Life Happens (Apr 11, 2015) (with Literary Orange panelists Janelle Brown, Suzanne Greenberg, Christopher Noxon, and Kate Rorick)

Outside Looking In (Apr 5, 2014) (with Literary Orange panelists Caroline Leavitt, Nicole Mones, and Dora Levy Mossanen)

The Human Comedy (Apr 9, 2011) (with Literary Orange panelists Amy Alkon and Laurie Perry)

Something to Talk About (Apr 10, 2010) (with Literary Orange panelists Michelle Huneven, Merrill Markoe, and Nina Revoyr)

Readings

Reading of Aviculture at 150th anniversary celebration of Reed Magazine at San Jose State University (Sep 22, 2017)

Teaching

The Art of the Short Story, Susi Q Community Center, Laguna Beach (Sep-Nov, 2022)

The Art of the Short Story, Writing Workshop Series, Laguna Beach (Oct 19, 2018)

Workshop Participation

Tin House (Portland) (Jul 2016)

One Story (New York City) (Jul 2015)

Mary Rakow workshops (2004-2006)

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett workshops (2003-present)

Jim Krusoe (Santa Monica College) (2002)