Poetry
My new collection of poems, Settling In,
from Kelsay Books, is now available.
Please order from Amazon and enjoy!
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Journal publications include
Alabama Literary Review, Atlanta Review, Cimarron Review, The Cincinnati Review,
Euphony Journal,The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review,
The Minnesota Review, New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Poetry East, The South Carolina Review,
The Sun, Tampa Review, and The Texas Review.
Literary Journal Publications
Edgewood
A Video Reading with Music
2023
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Chazen
Museum of Art’s
Bridge Poetry Series
Readings of poems inspired by
artwork by Suzanne Caporael
March 31, 2021
Stonehaven
A Video Reading with Music
2020
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Overture Center
Madison, Wisconsin
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The Music of Words.
An evening of poetry and music.
April 10, 2019
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Cornelia Street Café Readings
New York, New York
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A Night of Offerings from Unsolicited Press, May 31, 2017
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Night Watch: An Elegy in Music
and Spoken Word,
with flutist Stephanie Jutt,
August 23, 2016
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Finishing Line Press Authors,
January 22, 2014
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Writers Room Members Reading,
April 21, 2009
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Parkside Lounge READING
New York, New York
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Kelsay Books authors,
May 19, 2018; May 21, 2022; May 20, 2023
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Poet’s House Readings
New York, New York
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Finishing Line Press Authors,
September 6, 2014; March 29, 2014
The Writers Room Member readings,
April 4, 2013
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The Yale Bookstore (Barnes and Noble)
New Haven, Connecticut
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Readings of Caduceus journal authors, April 14, 2012
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Residency Fellowship
Madison, Wisconsin
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Edenfred Arts Colony,
February, 2009
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Sundance Cinemas Madison Reading,
February 26, 2009
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Guest Speaker,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
February, 2009
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Pushcart Prize
nominated multiple times
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Best of the Net
Award nomination
2019
Notable Readings and More
“...Belair masterfully captures in his poems the central emotional sting that is to be found in the moments when we grow and change.”
Lisa Vihos, Verse Wisconsin
