Kate Buckley: Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
B.A. in Advertising/Public Relations, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
BOOKS
Follow Me Down (Poems) Tebot Bach, 2009
A Wild Region: Poems & Paintings Moon Tide Press, 2008
PRIZES & AWARDS
2017 - 2018 Poet Laureate of Laguna Beach
2013 Bridport Prize (Shortlisted, Short Story)
2013 Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2nd & Church (Creative Nonfiction)
2010 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Shenandoah (Poetry)
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, New Southerner (Poetry)
2008 James Hearst Poetry Prize, North American Review (First Prize)
2008 The 49th Parallel Award in Poetry, Bellingham Review (Runner Up)
2008 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist & 2nd Place)
2008 New Southerner Literary Contest (Hon. Mention, Poetry)
2008 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2008 Oregon State Poetry Association Contest (3rd Place)
2008, Green River Writers Contest (2nd Place)
2008 Midwest Book Review Selection ("A Wild Region")
2008 National Book Award Nomination ("A Wild Region")
2008 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Moon Tide Press ("A Wild Region")
2007 Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing, Kentucky Women Writers Conference (First Prize, Poetry)
2007 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist)
2000 The Desert Post Weekly Poetry Contest (2nd Place & Hon. Mention)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGIES
Ugly Mug Anthology, Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, eds., Tebot Bach (2011)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, Michael Miller, ed., Moon Tide Press (2010) (Foreword, Gabriella Miotto: "Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotta")
The 2008-09 New Southerner Anthology, Bobbi Buchanan, ed., Swallowtail Press (2009)
Verseweavers Anthology, The Oregon State Poetry Association (2008)
Tide Pools: An Anthology of Orange County Poetry, Lee Mallory, Ricki Mandeville, and Michael Miller, eds., Moon Tide Press (2006)
MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
Belmont Story Review, Issue 3 (2018)
Rattle, Issue 59 (2018)
2nd & Church, Issue 2 (2012), Issue 3 (2013) & Issue 6 (2014)
Silk Road Review, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2011)
34th Parallel, Issue 10 (April 2010)
Chaparrel (Fall/Winter 2009)
Shenandoah (Fall/Winter 2009)
poeticdiversity: the litzine of Los Angeles (Online) (August 2009)
Chickenpinata, a journal of poetry, Issue 3 (Online) (July 2009)
Bellingham Review (Spring 2009)
Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture (Broadcast April 2009)
The Cafe Review (Fall 2008)
North American Review (March - April 2008)
The Other Voices International Project, Volume 34 (Online) (2008)
The Heartland Review 10th Anniversary Issue (2008)
Spillway, Number 13 (Nov. 2007)
The Adirondack Review (Online) (Summer 2007)
New Southerner, Volume 2, Issue 3 (Online) (June/July 2006)
Slipstream # 26 (Spring 2006)
The Blue Mouse, Vol 6, No. 1 (Summer 2004)
The Heartland Review (Spring 2004; Summer 2007)
Circle Magazine, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (Winter 2002/2003)
Poetry Super Highway (Online) (Sept. 2002)
The Absinthe Review (Online) Spring 2002)
The Steel Point Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Poetic Voices, Vol. V, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Free Verse Poetry Journal, Volume 2, Issue 14 (Online) (August 2001)
Poetic License News, Volume 5 Issue 31(Online) (July 2001)
W3PX Poetry Exchange (Online) (2000)
The Desert Post Weekly (Spring 2000)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
"Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum Catalogue (2020)
Belmont Story Review, 2019: "Author Interview with Kate Buckley"
2nd & Church, Q3 2013: Essay on the Literary Inspiration of the Mid-South
2nd & Church, Q2 2012: Feature on Tennessee's Poetry Laureate, Maggi Vaughn
Soaring, the newsletter for Spalding University's MFA Alumni: "Poetry & Painting: An Interview with Kate Buckley on her art and writing life" (Interview with Verna Austen, Summer 2012)
http://PalmSprings.com/blog and http://blog.LagunaBeach.com, featured blogger/columnist/interviewer for major geodomains (May 2012 - present)
Couplets: A Multi-Author Poetry Blog Tour (http://www.joannemerriam.com/2012/04/19/i-tend-to-approach-poems-as-puzzles/): "I Tend to Approach Poems as Puzzles" (Interview with Joanne Merriam, April 19, 2012)
Soaring, the newsletter for Spalding University's MFA Alumni: "An Interview with Kate Buckley on Public Readings" (Interview with Ashley-Rose Sullivan, Fall 2011)
Williamson Social Magazine: “Due South” (August 2011 – July 2012)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, ed. Michael Miller (Moon Tide Press, 2010): Foreword to Gabriella Miotto’s Work, “Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotto”
How a Poem Happens (http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2010/06/kate-buckley.html): "Contemporary Poets Discuss the Making of Poems" (Interview with Brian Brodeur, June 3, 2010)
New Southerner: “Ties to ‘A Wild Region’” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)
----. “On the Art of Kate Buckley: Exploring the Interplay of Paintings & Poems” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
"Angels in Seven," Michael Miller (Moon Tide Press, 2016)
"It's This Monkey's Business," Debra Mares (Justicia House, 2014)
The Louisville Review, Editorial Assistant, 2008 - 2009
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2024 Instructor, Visiting Writer Program (Los Angeles): "Transitions in Poetry"
Fall 2022 Instructor, Visiting Writer Program (Los Angeles): "Storytelling through the Pantoum"
Winter 2020 Presenter, "Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum
Spring 2018 Panelist, Laguna Beach Literary Festival: "Publishing: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls to Avoid"
Winter 2018 Instructor, Sawdust Festival: "Storytelling in Poetry"
Fall 2017 Instructor, Laguna Beach Community Center: "Poetry of Memoir"
Fall 2017 Instructor, Orange County Public Libraries: "Poetry for Children"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach: "Storytelling in Poetry: The Narrative Impulse"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Boys and Girls Club, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Young Adults"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Children"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Glennwood House, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Young Adults"
Spring 2017 Guest Lecturer, Chapman University BFA Program (Orange, CA): "The Literature of Orange County"
Fall 2016 Featured Instructor, The Story Expo, Los Angeles, CA: "Storytelling in Poetry: The Narrative Impulse"
Spring 2015 Team Builder/Speaker, USLI (Orange County, CA): "The Art of Communication"
Spring 2015 Instructor/Speaker, Women Wonder Writers (Temecula, CA): "The Art of Communication"
Fall 2014 Instructor/Speaker, Women Wonder Writers (Laguna Beach, CA): "The Art of Motivation"
Winter 2012 Instructor, Wonder Women Writers (Moreno Valley, CA): "Other Voices, Inner Truths: Persona Poems" Workshop
Fall 2012 Panelist, The Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, TN): "Zooming In: Poems of Seeing the Eternal in the Everyday"
Summer 2011 Lecturer, Sunset Poets (San Diego, CA): "Form as a Vessel for Emotional Content"
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “Exploring the Poetry of Kate Light”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “The Pantoum: The Warp & Weft of Feeling”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Ventura County Writers Group (Thousand Oaks, CA): “Conceived in Fire, Written in Ice: Form as a Way in Which to Create Necessary Distance from Emotional Subject Matter”
Spring 2009 Instructor, Orange County Imagination Celebration (Laguna Beach, CA): “Exploring Poetry with Kate Buckley”
Past & Ongoing Workshop Instruction: Laguna Poets Workshop (Co-facilitator)
Women Poets of Laguna (Founder/Facilitator)
Orange County Writers Group (Presenter/Instructor)
Private Workshops/Mentoring
FEATURED READINGS/PERFORMANCES (Partial Listing)
"Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, January 2020
Laguna Beach Literary Festival, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2018
Flintridge Bookstore, La Canada, CA, March 2018
Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept. 2017; Nov. 2017; March 2018
Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2017
Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2017
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2017
Laguna Live!, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2017
Sunset Serenades, Laguna Beach, CA, May 2017
The MFA in Creative Writing Program at Chapman University, Orange, CA, May 2017
Laguna Talks Podcast, Laguna Beach, CA, March 2017
The Story Expo, Los Angeles, CA, September 2016
Silent River Poetry Summit, Irvine, CA, August 2015
Artist-in-Residence, Laguna Mercantile, Laguna Beach, CA, August 2015
National Poetry Month Ensemble Event, Sea Country, Aliso Viejo, CA, April 2015
Marin Poetry Center, Summer Traveling Show, Mill Valley, CA, July 2014
California Regional Alumni Event & Reading for the MFA in Writing program for Spalding University, Orange, CA, June 2013
PondWater Society, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013
Reading Series at Vinatero, Whittier, CA, February 2013
Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN, January 2013
Women Wonder Writers, Moreno Valley, Temecula & Laguna Beach, CA, Nov. 2012; Oct. 2014; April 2015
The Spoken Word, Laguna Woods, CA, October 2012
The Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN, October 2012
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, August 2011
Moon Tide Press presents Poetry at the Great Park, Irvine, CA, August 2011
Beyond Baroque (with Victoria Chang and Sarah Maclay), Los Angeles, CA, July 2011
Sunset Poets at the Vista Library, San Diego, CA, July, 2011
The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, October 2010
The Moe Green Poetry Hour, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010
Indelible Ink, Pasadena, CA (with Jerry Quickley), July 2010
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA, June 2010
Spalding University MFA Graduation Reading, Louisville, KY, May 2010
Ventura County Writers Club, Thousand Oaks, CA, April 2010
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY, April 2010; May 2008
Holler Poets Series, Lexington, KY, March 2010
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series, San Diego, CA (with Molly Fisk), March 2010
The Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, CA, (with Michael Miller, Carroll Kearley, Marcia Cohee and Jeanette Clough), Dec. 2009
Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA, Dec. 2009
Factory Readings at the Gypsy Den, Santa Ana, CA, Dec. 2009; Feb. 2009; Aug. 2008; April 2008; July 2006; June 2006
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at the Ugly Mug Caffé, Orange, CA, Aug. 2015; Nov. 2009; Nov. 2008; May 2008; Oct. 2007; May 2006; April 2006
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (with Cecilia Woloch), Oct. 2009; April 2008
“Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture” (WRFL/Radio Free Lexington) Oct. 2009
Marc Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Oct. 2009
Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; May 2008
Golden West College Community, Laguna Beach, CA (Tebot Bach series: assorted readings with Brendan Constantine, Donna Hilbert, Gerald Locklin, Sam Pereira, David St. John & Carine Topal), Sept. 2009; May 2008; April 2008; Jan. 2006
Redondo Poets, Redondo Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; July 2008
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA, Aug. 2009
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA (with Holly Prado, Cathie Sandstrom, Larry Colker, Judith Pacht & others), April 2009
Orange County Inauguration Celebration, Laguna Beach, CA, Jan. 2009
Cobalt Poets at the Cobalt Café, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2008
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2008
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, Lexington, KY, May 2008
“Tonic: An Arts & Music Magazine with a Twist” (WUKY/NPR) May 2008
Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY, May 2008
Laguna Niguel Library, Laguna Niguel CA, May 2008
Latitude 33 Bookshop, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2008
Orange County Writers Group, Irvine, CA, April 2008; Nov. 2007
Central Lexington Public Library, Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, KY
(Gabehart Prize Winners Reading), Sept. 2007
BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2007
Poetry at Alta, Newport Beach, CA, June 2007; Jan. 2007
Orange County Poetry Festival, Orange County, CA, May 2007; May 2006
Poetry at The Neighborhood Cup, Laguna Hills, CA, July 2006
BOARDS, PANELS & COMMUNITY SERVICE (Partial Listing)
With My Own Two Hands Gala Committee & PR Consultant, 2018 - present
Poet Laureate of Laguna Beach, 2017 - 2018
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, 2016 - present
The Friendship Shelter Gala Committee, 2016 - 2017
The Peace Exchange, Communications Strategist Community Partner & Volunteer, 2013 - present
Poetry Out Loud Poetry Contest, Lexington, KY, Judge, 2015
Board Member of Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, November 2012. Named to Executive Board, Secretary, 2013. Named Director, 2014
Instructor & Volunteer, Women Wonder Writers, 2012-2015
Author & Panelist, The Southern Festival of Books, 2012
Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Contest, Judge, 2011
Poetry Out Loud in conjunction with the NEA and the Poetry Foundation, Judge, 2011
Poet of Occasion for the Orange County Inauguration Celebration, 2009
Invited author & panelist, Southern Kentucky Book Fest, 2009
Laguna Beach Public Library Poetry Contest, Judge, 2009
Invited author, Kentucky Book Fair, 2008
Certified pet partner & therapy dog handler, Delta Society International, 2007-present
Literacy volunteer, Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club, 2007-2008
Benefit for Help Blue Water, Laguna Beach, 2007
Benefit for Derrick Brown, Orange County, CA, 2007
Invited author, Palm Springs Book Fest, 2006
Children's Hospital Orange County, Laguna Beach Guild, 2002-2011
Volunteer instructor, Junior Achievement, 1997-1998
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2013 - present: Buckley Media Group: President/CEO
1998 - present Castello Cities Internet Network: Executive Vice President
2013 - 2014: LB Interactive: President & Publisher, LagunaBeach.com
2011 - 2012: Columnist for Williamson Social Magazine
1998 Kiner/Goodsell Advertising; Account Executive/Copywriter
1997-1998 Saybrook Advertising Agency: Director of Marketing/Copywriter
1997 Grey Advertising: Creative Assistant to V.P. Creative Director
CONTINUING EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Richard Bausch Creative Writing Workshop at Chapman University, 2019
Brendan Constantine Workshop at the Wrightwood Literary Festival, presented by Rattle Magazine, 2017
The Story Expo, Los Angeles, 2016
Timothy Green Workshop at the Wrightwood Literary Festival, presented by Rattle Magazine, 2016
Maurice Manning Workshop at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, 2015
Margaret Wrinkle Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2014
Tom Barbash Master Class at Litquake, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Molly Peacock Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2013
Kim Addonizio Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2012
Spalding MFA Alum Peer Review Workshops in Poetry & Fiction, 2010 - present
Mark Doty Workshop at the Ruskin, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Marie Howe Workshop at the Idyllwild Poetry Festival, 2008
Richard Garcia Workshop at the Idyllwild Poetry Festival, 2007
Nickole Brown Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2007
Sharon Olds Workshop at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, 2007
Laguna Poets Workshop, Laguna Beach, CA, 2006-present
Saddleback Community College (continuing Spanish language studies), 2006
AMA Public Speaking Course (successfully completed with instructor commendations), 1998
REFERENCES
Michael Miller
Past Publisher, Moon Tide Press
Contact information provided upon request
Professor Molly Peacock
Editor, The Best Canadian Poetry;
Poetry Faculty (Emerita), Spalding University MFA in Writing Program
Contact information provided upon request
Professor Jeanie Thompson
Executive Director, The Alabama Writers' Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts;
Poetry Faculty, Spalding University MFA in Writing Program
Contact information provided upon request
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
B.A. in Advertising/Public Relations, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
BOOKS
Follow Me Down (Poems) Tebot Bach, 2009
A Wild Region: Poems & Paintings Moon Tide Press, 2008
PRIZES & AWARDS
2017 - 2018 Poet Laureate of Laguna Beach
2013 Bridport Prize (Shortlisted, Short Story)
2013 Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2nd & Church (Creative Nonfiction)
2010 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Shenandoah (Poetry)
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, New Southerner (Poetry)
2008 James Hearst Poetry Prize, North American Review (First Prize)
2008 The 49th Parallel Award in Poetry, Bellingham Review (Runner Up)
2008 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist & 2nd Place)
2008 New Southerner Literary Contest (Hon. Mention, Poetry)
2008 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2008 Oregon State Poetry Association Contest (3rd Place)
2008, Green River Writers Contest (2nd Place)
2008 Midwest Book Review Selection ("A Wild Region")
2008 National Book Award Nomination ("A Wild Region")
2008 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Moon Tide Press ("A Wild Region")
2007 Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing, Kentucky Women Writers Conference (First Prize, Poetry)
2007 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist)
2000 The Desert Post Weekly Poetry Contest (2nd Place & Hon. Mention)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGIES
Ugly Mug Anthology, Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, eds., Tebot Bach (2011)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, Michael Miller, ed., Moon Tide Press (2010) (Foreword, Gabriella Miotto: "Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotta")
The 2008-09 New Southerner Anthology, Bobbi Buchanan, ed., Swallowtail Press (2009)
Verseweavers Anthology, The Oregon State Poetry Association (2008)
Tide Pools: An Anthology of Orange County Poetry, Lee Mallory, Ricki Mandeville, and Michael Miller, eds., Moon Tide Press (2006)
MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
Belmont Story Review, Issue 3 (2018)
Rattle, Issue 59 (2018)
2nd & Church, Issue 2 (2012), Issue 3 (2013) & Issue 6 (2014)
Silk Road Review, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2011)
34th Parallel, Issue 10 (April 2010)
Chaparrel (Fall/Winter 2009)
Shenandoah (Fall/Winter 2009)
poeticdiversity: the litzine of Los Angeles (Online) (August 2009)
Chickenpinata, a journal of poetry, Issue 3 (Online) (July 2009)
Bellingham Review (Spring 2009)
Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture (Broadcast April 2009)
The Cafe Review (Fall 2008)
North American Review (March - April 2008)
The Other Voices International Project, Volume 34 (Online) (2008)
The Heartland Review 10th Anniversary Issue (2008)
Spillway, Number 13 (Nov. 2007)
The Adirondack Review (Online) (Summer 2007)
New Southerner, Volume 2, Issue 3 (Online) (June/July 2006)
Slipstream # 26 (Spring 2006)
The Blue Mouse, Vol 6, No. 1 (Summer 2004)
The Heartland Review (Spring 2004; Summer 2007)
Circle Magazine, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (Winter 2002/2003)
Poetry Super Highway (Online) (Sept. 2002)
The Absinthe Review (Online) Spring 2002)
The Steel Point Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Poetic Voices, Vol. V, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Free Verse Poetry Journal, Volume 2, Issue 14 (Online) (August 2001)
Poetic License News, Volume 5 Issue 31(Online) (July 2001)
W3PX Poetry Exchange (Online) (2000)
The Desert Post Weekly (Spring 2000)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
"Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum Catalogue (2020)
Belmont Story Review, 2019: "Author Interview with Kate Buckley"
2nd & Church, Q3 2013: Essay on the Literary Inspiration of the Mid-South
2nd & Church, Q2 2012: Feature on Tennessee's Poetry Laureate, Maggi Vaughn
Soaring, the newsletter for Spalding University's MFA Alumni: "Poetry & Painting: An Interview with Kate Buckley on her art and writing life" (Interview with Verna Austen, Summer 2012)
http://PalmSprings.com/blog and http://blog.LagunaBeach.com, featured blogger/columnist/interviewer for major geodomains (May 2012 - present)
Couplets: A Multi-Author Poetry Blog Tour (http://www.joannemerriam.com/2012/04/19/i-tend-to-approach-poems-as-puzzles/): "I Tend to Approach Poems as Puzzles" (Interview with Joanne Merriam, April 19, 2012)
Soaring, the newsletter for Spalding University's MFA Alumni: "An Interview with Kate Buckley on Public Readings" (Interview with Ashley-Rose Sullivan, Fall 2011)
Williamson Social Magazine: “Due South” (August 2011 – July 2012)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, ed. Michael Miller (Moon Tide Press, 2010): Foreword to Gabriella Miotto’s Work, “Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotto”
How a Poem Happens (http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2010/06/kate-buckley.html): "Contemporary Poets Discuss the Making of Poems" (Interview with Brian Brodeur, June 3, 2010)
New Southerner: “Ties to ‘A Wild Region’” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)
----. “On the Art of Kate Buckley: Exploring the Interplay of Paintings & Poems” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
"Angels in Seven," Michael Miller (Moon Tide Press, 2016)
"It's This Monkey's Business," Debra Mares (Justicia House, 2014)
The Louisville Review, Editorial Assistant, 2008 - 2009
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2024 Instructor, Visiting Writer Program (Los Angeles): "Transitions in Poetry"
Fall 2022 Instructor, Visiting Writer Program (Los Angeles): "Storytelling through the Pantoum"
Winter 2020 Presenter, "Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum
Spring 2018 Panelist, Laguna Beach Literary Festival: "Publishing: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls to Avoid"
Winter 2018 Instructor, Sawdust Festival: "Storytelling in Poetry"
Fall 2017 Instructor, Laguna Beach Community Center: "Poetry of Memoir"
Fall 2017 Instructor, Orange County Public Libraries: "Poetry for Children"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach: "Storytelling in Poetry: The Narrative Impulse"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Boys and Girls Club, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Young Adults"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Children"
Summer 2017 Instructor, Glennwood House, Laguna Beach: "Poetry for Young Adults"
Spring 2017 Guest Lecturer, Chapman University BFA Program (Orange, CA): "The Literature of Orange County"
Fall 2016 Featured Instructor, The Story Expo, Los Angeles, CA: "Storytelling in Poetry: The Narrative Impulse"
Spring 2015 Team Builder/Speaker, USLI (Orange County, CA): "The Art of Communication"
Spring 2015 Instructor/Speaker, Women Wonder Writers (Temecula, CA): "The Art of Communication"
Fall 2014 Instructor/Speaker, Women Wonder Writers (Laguna Beach, CA): "The Art of Motivation"
Winter 2012 Instructor, Wonder Women Writers (Moreno Valley, CA): "Other Voices, Inner Truths: Persona Poems" Workshop
Fall 2012 Panelist, The Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, TN): "Zooming In: Poems of Seeing the Eternal in the Everyday"
Summer 2011 Lecturer, Sunset Poets (San Diego, CA): "Form as a Vessel for Emotional Content"
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “Exploring the Poetry of Kate Light”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “The Pantoum: The Warp & Weft of Feeling”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Ventura County Writers Group (Thousand Oaks, CA): “Conceived in Fire, Written in Ice: Form as a Way in Which to Create Necessary Distance from Emotional Subject Matter”
Spring 2009 Instructor, Orange County Imagination Celebration (Laguna Beach, CA): “Exploring Poetry with Kate Buckley”
Past & Ongoing Workshop Instruction: Laguna Poets Workshop (Co-facilitator)
Women Poets of Laguna (Founder/Facilitator)
Orange County Writers Group (Presenter/Instructor)
Private Workshops/Mentoring
FEATURED READINGS/PERFORMANCES (Partial Listing)
"Word & Image in Dialogue," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, January 2020
Laguna Beach Literary Festival, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2018
Flintridge Bookstore, La Canada, CA, March 2018
Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept. 2017; Nov. 2017; March 2018
Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2017
Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2017
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2017
Laguna Live!, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2017
Sunset Serenades, Laguna Beach, CA, May 2017
The MFA in Creative Writing Program at Chapman University, Orange, CA, May 2017
Laguna Talks Podcast, Laguna Beach, CA, March 2017
The Story Expo, Los Angeles, CA, September 2016
Silent River Poetry Summit, Irvine, CA, August 2015
Artist-in-Residence, Laguna Mercantile, Laguna Beach, CA, August 2015
National Poetry Month Ensemble Event, Sea Country, Aliso Viejo, CA, April 2015
Marin Poetry Center, Summer Traveling Show, Mill Valley, CA, July 2014
California Regional Alumni Event & Reading for the MFA in Writing program for Spalding University, Orange, CA, June 2013
PondWater Society, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013
Reading Series at Vinatero, Whittier, CA, February 2013
Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN, January 2013
Women Wonder Writers, Moreno Valley, Temecula & Laguna Beach, CA, Nov. 2012; Oct. 2014; April 2015
The Spoken Word, Laguna Woods, CA, October 2012
The Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN, October 2012
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, August 2011
Moon Tide Press presents Poetry at the Great Park, Irvine, CA, August 2011
Beyond Baroque (with Victoria Chang and Sarah Maclay), Los Angeles, CA, July 2011
Sunset Poets at the Vista Library, San Diego, CA, July, 2011
The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, October 2010
The Moe Green Poetry Hour, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010
Indelible Ink, Pasadena, CA (with Jerry Quickley), July 2010
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA, June 2010
Spalding University MFA Graduation Reading, Louisville, KY, May 2010
Ventura County Writers Club, Thousand Oaks, CA, April 2010
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY, April 2010; May 2008
Holler Poets Series, Lexington, KY, March 2010
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series, San Diego, CA (with Molly Fisk), March 2010
The Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, CA, (with Michael Miller, Carroll Kearley, Marcia Cohee and Jeanette Clough), Dec. 2009
Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA, Dec. 2009
Factory Readings at the Gypsy Den, Santa Ana, CA, Dec. 2009; Feb. 2009; Aug. 2008; April 2008; July 2006; June 2006
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at the Ugly Mug Caffé, Orange, CA, Aug. 2015; Nov. 2009; Nov. 2008; May 2008; Oct. 2007; May 2006; April 2006
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (with Cecilia Woloch), Oct. 2009; April 2008
“Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture” (WRFL/Radio Free Lexington) Oct. 2009
Marc Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Oct. 2009
Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; May 2008
Golden West College Community, Laguna Beach, CA (Tebot Bach series: assorted readings with Brendan Constantine, Donna Hilbert, Gerald Locklin, Sam Pereira, David St. John & Carine Topal), Sept. 2009; May 2008; April 2008; Jan. 2006
Redondo Poets, Redondo Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; July 2008
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA, Aug. 2009
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA (with Holly Prado, Cathie Sandstrom, Larry Colker, Judith Pacht & others), April 2009
Orange County Inauguration Celebration, Laguna Beach, CA, Jan. 2009
Cobalt Poets at the Cobalt Café, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2008
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2008
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, Lexington, KY, May 2008
“Tonic: An Arts & Music Magazine with a Twist” (WUKY/NPR) May 2008
Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY, May 2008
Laguna Niguel Library, Laguna Niguel CA, May 2008
Latitude 33 Bookshop, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2008
Orange County Writers Group, Irvine, CA, April 2008; Nov. 2007
Central Lexington Public Library, Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, KY
(Gabehart Prize Winners Reading), Sept. 2007
BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2007
Poetry at Alta, Newport Beach, CA, June 2007; Jan. 2007
Orange County Poetry Festival, Orange County, CA, May 2007; May 2006
Poetry at The Neighborhood Cup, Laguna Hills, CA, July 2006
BOARDS, PANELS & COMMUNITY SERVICE (Partial Listing)
With My Own Two Hands Gala Committee & PR Consultant, 2018 - present
Poet Laureate of Laguna Beach, 2017 - 2018
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, 2016 - present
The Friendship Shelter Gala Committee, 2016 - 2017
The Peace Exchange, Communications Strategist Community Partner & Volunteer, 2013 - present
Poetry Out Loud Poetry Contest, Lexington, KY, Judge, 2015
Board Member of Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, November 2012. Named to Executive Board, Secretary, 2013. Named Director, 2014
Instructor & Volunteer, Women Wonder Writers, 2012-2015
Author & Panelist, The Southern Festival of Books, 2012
Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Contest, Judge, 2011
Poetry Out Loud in conjunction with the NEA and the Poetry Foundation, Judge, 2011
Poet of Occasion for the Orange County Inauguration Celebration, 2009
Invited author & panelist, Southern Kentucky Book Fest, 2009
Laguna Beach Public Library Poetry Contest, Judge, 2009
Invited author, Kentucky Book Fair, 2008
Certified pet partner & therapy dog handler, Delta Society International, 2007-present
Literacy volunteer, Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club, 2007-2008
Benefit for Help Blue Water, Laguna Beach, 2007
Benefit for Derrick Brown, Orange County, CA, 2007
Invited author, Palm Springs Book Fest, 2006
Children's Hospital Orange County, Laguna Beach Guild, 2002-2011
Volunteer instructor, Junior Achievement, 1997-1998
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2013 - present: Buckley Media Group: President/CEO
1998 - present Castello Cities Internet Network: Executive Vice President
2013 - 2014: LB Interactive: President & Publisher, LagunaBeach.com
2011 - 2012: Columnist for Williamson Social Magazine
1998 Kiner/Goodsell Advertising; Account Executive/Copywriter
1997-1998 Saybrook Advertising Agency: Director of Marketing/Copywriter
1997 Grey Advertising: Creative Assistant to V.P. Creative Director
CONTINUING EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Richard Bausch Creative Writing Workshop at Chapman University, 2019
Brendan Constantine Workshop at the Wrightwood Literary Festival, presented by Rattle Magazine, 2017
The Story Expo, Los Angeles, 2016
Timothy Green Workshop at the Wrightwood Literary Festival, presented by Rattle Magazine, 2016
Maurice Manning Workshop at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, 2015
Margaret Wrinkle Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2014
Tom Barbash Master Class at Litquake, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Molly Peacock Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2013
Kim Addonizio Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2012
Spalding MFA Alum Peer Review Workshops in Poetry & Fiction, 2010 - present
Mark Doty Workshop at the Ruskin, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Marie Howe Workshop at the Idyllwild Poetry Festival, 2008
Richard Garcia Workshop at the Idyllwild Poetry Festival, 2007
Nickole Brown Workshop at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 2007
Sharon Olds Workshop at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, 2007
Laguna Poets Workshop, Laguna Beach, CA, 2006-present
Saddleback Community College (continuing Spanish language studies), 2006
AMA Public Speaking Course (successfully completed with instructor commendations), 1998
REFERENCES
Michael Miller
Past Publisher, Moon Tide Press
Contact information provided upon request
Professor Molly Peacock
Editor, The Best Canadian Poetry;
Poetry Faculty (Emerita), Spalding University MFA in Writing Program
Contact information provided upon request
Professor Jeanie Thompson
Executive Director, The Alabama Writers' Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts;
Poetry Faculty, Spalding University MFA in Writing Program
Contact information provided upon request