Readings, Performances,
Speaking Engagements & Workshops
I read and perform my work and conduct workshops nationally and internationally at conferences, coffee houses, universities, bookstores and performance venues.
Please contact me to schedule a reading, a performance or a workshop.
Below is a list of my readings, performances, conference presentations, and workshops.
Creative in Conversation hosted by Mary Dezember, Featured Creatives:
Workshops and Educational Presentations:
“I’m Being Published by Innovative Publisher Inkshares! One Author’s Story,” presentation to Whatcom Writers and Publishers, Bellingham, WA (via Zoom), June 9, 2021.
“How Surreal: Surrealist Art and Games.” New Mexico Tech Alumni Office, Socorro, NM (via Zoom), April 14, 2021.
“Poetry Inspired by Art: Close Looking and Reflective Writing,” workshop co-presenter with Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, December, 2016.
“Poetry on the Runway: Taking Flight with Story, Voice, and Style.” New Mexico State Poetry Society, Albuquerque Chapter. May 14, 2016.
Creative Presentations, Readings, Performances:
Featured Poet with the Muses (Penny Boston, Julie Ford, Karen Hellinger, Glenda Stewart-Langley, Maggie Taylor-Griffin), New Mexico Tech Celebrates National Poetry Month, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM (via Zoom), April 21, 2021.
Featured Poet, Creatives in Conversation, Poetry Birthday Bash: “I Measure My Life in Coffee Cups, Bridges, Magic & Poetry,” with additional featured reading by 4 of 6 Muses (Penny Boston, Julie Ford, Maggie Griffin-Taylor, Mary Dezember), April 7, 2021.
Featured Poet at Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, NM (via Zoom), March 14, 2021. Featured with poet Hiram Larew. Hosted by Argos MacCallum and Paola Raymi.
Featured Poet at Fixed and Free Poetry Reading, Albuquerque, NM (via Zoom), February 25, 2021. Featured with poet Teresa E. Gallion. Hosted by Billy Brown.
Muses read “Renga for Scott,” in honor of Dr. Scott Zeman, Memorial Service hosted by New Mexico Tech (via Zoom), January 28, 2021. Memorial presentation, eulogy and elegy by Dr. Mary Dezember.
Author Mary Dezember Speaks about her novel, Wild Conviction. Women’s Focus, KUNM Radio. Saturday, July 18, 2020.
Pre-order Launch for Wild Conviction: The Poetry of Fiction and the Play of Pre-order Campaigns, Jules Poetry Playhouse, Albuquerque, NM via Zoom, June 1, 2020.
Reading for Creative Writing Class, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, November 16, 2018.
Reading with Fixed and Free Anthology, 2018, poets at 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 20, 2018.
Featured Poet, RMMLA Poets Read Their Works, RMMLA Convention, Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 5, 2018.
Featured Poet, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. April, 2018.
Featured Poet, International Women’s Day Celebration at New Mexico Tech, March, 2018.
Featured poet, Sunday Chatter, Albuquerque, New Mexico. January 15, 2017.
Featured poet, Strangers Collective Pop Up Holiday Event, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 17, 2016.
Featured poet, Book Release Reading, Albuquerque Press Club, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 9, 2016.
Featured poet, Jules’ Poetry Playhouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico. December 7, 2016.
Competitive poet, Beat Poetry Contest sponsored by Beatlick Press, Placitas, New Mexico, September 25, 2016.
Featured Reader, Elena Gallegos Park Sunset Series: Open Space Poetry Reading. City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department. August 13, 2016
Featured poet, Fixed and Free Poetry Series, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 28, 2016.
Tenth Muse Poetry Collaboratorium celebrates National Poetry Month. April 20, 2016. New Mexico Tech.
Featured Reader for Bosque Open Mic at M Mountain Coffeehouse, Manzanares Street Coffeehouse sponsored by Socorro chapter of the New Mexico State Poetry Society, Rio Abajo Poets, and Manzanares Street Coffeehouse, November 21, 2015.
Featured Poet and workshop leader with John Amen Boiler Monkey Albuquerque 2015
Featured Poet, Elena Gallegos Park Sunset Series: Open Space Poetry Reading. City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department. August 8, 2015
Featured Poet, lena Gallegos Park Sunset Series: Open Space Poetry Reading, City of Albuquerque Open Space Poetry Reading, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2014
Featured Poet. Booksa Bookstore, Zagreb, Croatia. September 2012.
Featured Poet at Sunday Chatter, formerly Church of Beethoven. Albuquerque. June 2012
Featured Poet. Old Town Bistro, Socorro, hosted by the T or C, Socorro, and Valencia County chapters of the New Mexico State Poetry Society, April 13, 2012.
Featured Poet with John Amen; Santa Fe, March 2012.
Featured Poet. Op cit bookstore; Santa Fe, 2012.
Featured Poet. Book Release Reading. Winning Coffee House Albuquerque April 20, 2012
Featured Poet. Book Release Reading. Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, 2012.
Featured Poet. People’s Poetry. Albuquerque. March 17, 2012.
“Readings by Poets from New Mexico Tech,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Host Institution Performance Panel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-16, 2010.
“The Tenth Muse Poetry Collaboratorium,” Ides of March Reading, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, March 8, 2010.
Reading by Mary Dezember, Sanjevani Poetry Circle, Sanjevani Health and Wellness Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 14, 2009.
Reading by Mary Dezember and Galaxy Bentley, Poetry at Paul’s. Santa Fe, New Mexico October 3, 2009.
“Five Poets and An Artist: In Celebration of National Poetry Month And Santa Fe Broadside Issue #58,” Visiting Poets Series, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, April 22, 2009.
Faculty Poetry Performance. 60th Anniversary of the Human Rights Convention, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, December 10, 2008.
Faculty Poetry Performance, New Mexico Tech Graduate Students’ Thanksgiving Dinner, Rancher’s Steakhouse, November 7, 2007.
“Dance” [Short Fiction], Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, RMMLA Prose Writers Read Their Works Panel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4, 2007
Faculty Poetry Performance, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Jean Macey Music Annex, September 26, 2007
“Faculty Reading,” New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico. October 18, 2006.
“Faculty Reading,” New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico. March 22, 2004.
“RMMLA Poets Read Their Works,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Missoula, Montana. October 10, 2003.
“Don McIver & Friends,” The Tricklock Theatre. Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 9, 2003.
“Water in the Desert: A Collaborative Performance,” with Leslie Bentley. Poetry at Paul’s. Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2, 2002.
“Mary Dezember: In Celebration of the Harvest Moon,” The Blue Dragon Coffee House, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 21, 2002.
“2000 Women Gather at the River: A Collaborative Poetry and Theater Performance (with Leslie Bentley, Assistant Professor of Theater),” Water in the Desert: Women Studies Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 9, 2002.
“Don McIver & Friends,” The Blue Dragon Coffee House, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 9, 2001.
“Women’s Focus,” KUMN Radio, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 16, 2001.
“Fire Side Poetry Reading,” Inn on the Alameda Poetry Series, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 11, 2001.
“National Poetry Month,” Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Bloomington, Indiana, April 21, 2000.
“Women of 2000,” John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana, March 4, 2000.
StoneSong Arts Festival. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. July 3, 1999.
Indiana Theatre Grand Opening. Bloomington, Indiana. April 22, 1999.
“From the Beats to the Happenings: Poetry and Pop!” Poets and Pop Art Exhibition and Arts Presentation. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, November 15, 1998.
“Earth-Marked Like You and Other Poems.” Representing Place: A Conference on Literature, Language and the Arts, Literature and Arts Centennial Celebration. University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, November 5-7, 1998.
“Saying the Unsayable: In Search of Female Solidarity.” International Women's Celebration. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March 8, 1998.
“CD Release Reading -- Nakedness: Poems of Sensuality and Spirituality.” Howard's Bookstore. Bloomington, Indiana, December 5, 1997.
“Nakedness: Poems of Sensuality and Spirituality.” Borders Bookstore. Bloomington, Indiana, February 13, 1997.
“Pagan Blood Returns! Poetry by Mary Dezember and Arthur Rimbaud.” Borders Bookstore. Bloomington, Indiana, August 30, 1996.
“Poems for Reclamation of Feminine Space,” Graduate Conference in the Humanities: Spaces, Boundaries, Domains -- On the Politics of Representation. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March 30, 1996.
“Poems of Sensuality and Spirituality.” Runcible Spoon Poetry Reading Series. Runcible Spoon Café, Bloomington, Indiana, April 3, 1995.
“Native American Poetry and Performance.” John Waldron Art Center Poetry/Music Series. Bloomington, Indiana, June 10, 1994.
Academic Presentations — Conferences, Colloquia, and Workshops:
Co-organizer (with Dr. Chris ChoGlueck) for Prusin Humanities Series: Dr. Sylvia Ramos Cruz presents “They Won the Vote! Suffragists of New Mexico and the Suffrage Campaign,” New Mexico Tech Communication, Liberal Arts, Social Sciences Department, Socorro, NM (via Zoom), September 29, 2020.
Presenter (with Dr. Chris ChoGlueck, Dr. Taffeta Elliott, with musical performance by Music Program Director Gaby Benalil), Faculty Panel on Women’s Empowerment, New Mexico Tech Communication, Liberal Arts, Social Sciences Department, Socorro, NM (via Zoom), September 29, 2020.
Going Undercover to Arrest the Male Fantasy: Bigelow’s Subversive Activism by Riding Mulvey’s Scopophilia Wave in Point Break, Film Studies Panel, RMMLA Convention, Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 5, 2018.
Co-creator of “The Tech Experience: Research, Design and Student Success” presentation and panelist for Student Success Summit, University of New Mexico, September 3 – 4, 2014
Invited Panelists. “Communicate to Educate! Creating a Co-curricular Event to Assess Student Transfer of Learning.” Showcase Session of the Higher Learning Commission Results Forum For the Academy of the Assessment of Student Learning. St. Charles, Illinois. November 20, 2014. Co-presenter with Lisa Majkowski, Director of the New Mexico Tech Office for Student Learning.
Invited Panelist by Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of the Higher Learning Commission Andrew Lootens-White for 2015 Annual Conference: “Organizing in the Assurance Argument” (Attendance of approximately 1,000 people at this panel)
“Communicate to Educate: Creating a Co-curricular Event for Mission Assessment.” March 31, 2015. 2015 Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. Co-presenter with primary presenter Lisa Majkowski, Director of the New Mexico Tech Office for Student Learning.
Roundtable leader: “Factoring Student Learning Assessment into Faculty Review, Tenure and Promotion” 2015 Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference
“Designing the Tech Experience: Innovation to Enhance Retention.” NMHEAR, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 26, 2015. Co-presenter with Lisa Majkowski, Director of the Office for Student Learning.
"'Loaded Guns' and Bursting Flowers: Women as Sacred Spaces," Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Special Topics Panel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-16, 2010.
“Characters + Collaboration + Crafting Literary Elements = Creativity,” Fiction Pedagogy Forum, Association of Writers and Writing Programs National Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 8, 2010. Readings by Poets from New Mexico Tech.
Invited Workshop Presenter and Roundtable Discussion Participant. Digging Into Other Worlds Science Fiction Convention, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, September 12 – 14, 2008.
Invited Panelist for Family Policy Panel. Department Head Retreat, New Mexico Alliance for Diversity/Partnerships for Adaptation and Dissemination (PAID), Elephant Butte, New Mexico, May 21-22, 2008.
“Gendered Space: The Sexual Semiotics of Sartre’s The Respectful Prostitute,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Women in/and Literature Panel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 5, 2007.
“Bringing the Complementary Skills of Einstein and of Picasso to the Classroom or What You Should Know About Students at Tech,” co-sponsored by the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning and the Humanities Research Colloquium, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, September 19, 2007.
“In Spite of Plato: Poetry Public Readings as ‘Traditional Rhetorical Texts’,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Oral and Traditional Arts Panel, Tucson, Arizona, October 12, 2006.
“E=mc2 and Other Artistic Concepts: Encouraging the Complementary Skills of Einstein and of Picasso through Redefinition.” Oxford Round Table, 2006 Session: The Two Cultures: The Current Debate, Harris Manchester College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England, August 9 -14, 2006.
“Saying the Unsayable: Sylvia Plath’s Metaphors, The Feminine Mystique, and the ‘Glass Coffins’ of Mid-Twentieth Century American Women, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, American Literature after 1900 Panel, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, October 21, 2005.
“Poets as Modern Art Critics: Deciphering the ‘Code’ of the Abstracted Image,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Literature and Other Arts Panel, Boulder, Colorado, October 1, 2004.
“Poetry Inspired by Art,” Creative Writing Pedagogy Forum, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Chicago, Illinois, March 25 & 26, 2004.
“Poetry as Film: The Vision of Maya Deren,” Humanities Research Colloquium, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, December 3, 2003.
“Poetry as Film: The Vision of Maya Deren,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Literature and Other Arts Panel, Missoula, Montana, October 10, 2003.
“Poetry Inspired by Art: Featuring Poems by Tech Students,” Humanities Research Colloquium, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, October 23, 2002.
“Poetry Inspired by Art: A Studied Approach to Teaching Creative Writing,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Creative Writing Panel, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 10-12, 2002.
“The Wilderness, Cosmopolitanism, and Wallace Stevens’ ‘Moment of Light,’ With a Viewing of 20th Century Cityscapes.” Citizen of the World: Cosmopolitanism and Its Ancient Antecedents. California State University Long Beach, Department of Comparative Literature and Classics, March 2002.
“Female Initiation: Emily Dickinson’s Poetry of Renewal.” Water in the Desert: Women Studies Conference. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2002.
“Ekphrasis and Beyond: Poetry Inspired by Art, A Gallery Presentation.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Literature and Other Arts Panel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 11-13, 2001.
“‘When the Gods Awaken’: The Moment of Ekphrasis.” Comparative Arts: What Was…What Is…What’s Next, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, April 5-8, 2001.
“Resolving Oppositions by Activating Literature: The Non-Literary Functions of the Poet.” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting and Conference. ACLA, Montreal, Canada, April 9-11, 1999.
“The Quest in Text: Seeking Identity in Whitman's 'Song' and Rimbaud's Hell.” Thirty-Fourth Annual Comparative Literature Conference: The Self in Literature. California State University, Long Beach, March 18-19, 1999.
“Sacralizing the Profane in Jean Genet's The Blacks: A Clown Show.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, February 25-27, 1999.
“Nature, Space and Place: Rites of Passage in Whitman's ‘Song,’ Rimbaud's Hell and Gauguin's Tahitian Paintings.” Representing Place: A Conference on Literature, Language and the Arts, Literature and the Arts Centennial Celebration. University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, November 5-7, 1998.
Still Howling book launch at Strangers Collective
Painting by Steve Dezember II, entitled Hope