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Playa-bound: A homecoming, a disappearing

1/26/2019

 
I value the solitude, community of artists, and exposure to landscapes that residencies provide. The Great Basin in particular has had a powerful effect on my writing, as I’ve been traversing it for close to forty years, first as a ski racer in my teens traveling to events across the West, then as a geography student and eventually a professional land use planner working with small towns in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and beyond.

As a writer, over the years, I have been a fortunate recipient of multiple residencies with Playa at Summer Lake in Oregon’s Great Basin country. I’ll return this March to work on my next full length book of poems, which is expected to publish in 2020 thanks to the fine people at Salmon Poetry. I also hope to use the time to explore an idea for a nonfiction project that has been on my mind for a long time and should draw on my experience as a small-town planner and artist.

Thank you for reading, and happy trails.
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Fall Readings and Workshop

8/18/2018

 
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Sept 2018 — Shotpout Residency and Writers Workshop, Oregon State University Spring Creek Project. I am honored to have been invited back to Shotpouch Cabin in the Oregon Coast Range for another residency, and to lead a writers workshop on Sept 29 at the end of my stay. More info here!

Oct 2018 — I’m delighted to be giving two readings in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon:

Oct 2, 7pm, Springfield Poetry Series, with Roy Seitz and Annie Lightheart. Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477. More info here!

Oct 28 - Eugene River Road Readings. More info here!

Daughters, Here | Daughters, Gone - Now Available

2/25/2018

 
"Daughters, Here | Daughters, Gone is not about loss but self-determination. It is a father’s prayer for his daughters, and daughters everywhere, as they remake the world in their vision." Please support this small press by purchasing a copy of the chapbook beginning mid-March here: Uttered Chaos Press.
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Milwaukie Ledding Library Pond House Reading, Dec 13, 2017

10/13/2017

 

New! Link to Dec 13, 2017 Reading.

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Praise for 'Constellation' in Hiram Poetry Review

7/29/2017

 
Thank you, Henry Hughes and Hiram Poetry Review editors, for reviewing The Constellation of Extinct Stars and Other Poems. (Click cover photo.)

“When the power goes out / an older power switches on,” Scot Siegel tells us in his stellar collection, The Constellation of Extinct Stars... Generations, poets, problems, styles, solutions—even stars—come and go, but these words of Scot Siegel will stay bright long after the cover closes."
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Constellation Reviewed in High Desert Journal

1/19/2017

 
Thank you, Jamie Houghton and High Desert Journal for reviewing The Constellation of Extinct Stars!

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You could say the poems in this book are like breadcrumbs of light, leading the reader through time, but more importantly, each one by itself is like a gentle, steady, point of eye contact. Siegel’s words stick,"
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Book Review in Terrain.org

9/18/2016

 
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Thank you, reviewer Mary Cisper and publisher Simmons Buntin, for this insightful and thought-provoking review of The Constellation of Extinct Stars and Other Poems. Please click on Terrain.org, or the above link, for the review, and please support this fine journal!

More Readings On The Way

8/13/2016

 
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Thank you all, for the successful 2016-17 reading tour!
Stay tuned for more events in the Fall of 2017 and 2018.


Oregon

April 18, Tuesday at 7:00 pm
Scot Siegel and Paulann Petersen
Lake Oswego Library
​National Poetry Month, Honoring William Stafford

Washington

May 21, Sunday at 7:00 pm (workshop 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm)
Scot Siegel and Ann Tweedy
Book Tree Bookstore
609 Market St.
Kirkland, WA 98033
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May 23, Tuesday at 7:00 PM
Vancouver Barnes & Noble
Vancouver Plaza 7700 NE Fourth Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98662

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Eastern Oregon

Feb. 13, 2017. Thursday at 7:00 pm
Pendleton Center for the Arts - First Draft Writers' Series
214 N. Main
Pendleton, OR 97801
http://pendletonarts.org/index_files/first_draft.htm


Arizona

Oct. 27, Thursday at 7:00 pm
Four Chambers Literary Series
The Coronado, Phx
2201 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85006


Oct. 28, 2016, Friday at 5:30 pm
Hosted by: Terrain.org.
​Sponsored by UofA
English Dept. & Institute for the Environment
Earth & Environmental Science Bldg., Rm S225
1177 E. Fourth St.
​Tucson, AZ 85719


Portland

Aug 14., 2016, Sunday at 7:00 pm
With Steve Williams
Stonehenge Studio - Studio Series
3508 SW Corbett Ave.
Portland, OR 97239
http://leahstenson.com/studio-series-at-stonehenge-studios/

Sept. 15, 2016, Thursday at 7:00 pm
Broadway Books - Comma Series
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232
http://www.broadwaybooks.net

​October 16, 2016, Sunday at 3:00 pm
Peregrine Literary Series
Mary's Woods-Holy Names Heritage Center
17425 Holy Names Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Hillsboro

Nov. 28, 2016, Monday at 7:00 pm
Conversations With Writers
Reedville Presbyterian Church
2785 SW 209th Ave
Aloha, OR 97124
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Willamette Valley

Oct. 10, 2016. Monday at 7:00 pm
Grass Roots Bookstore
227 SW Second St.
Corvallis, OR
http://www.grassrootsbookstore.com


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Summer Readings and Book Signings in Poetland, Oregon

6/28/2016

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Book Launch Set, 2016 Reading Dates Coming Together

4/16/2016

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Please join me Wednesday, June 1, at 7:00 pm, as I launch my third full length book, "The Constellation of Extinct Stars, and Other Poems." The Oswego Heritage Council is hosting the reading and talk as part of their First Wednesday Series, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and refreshments will be served.

Lake Oswego (Launch)

June 1, 2016, Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Oswego Heritage Council, Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
http://www.oswegoheritage.org/first-wednesday-series-1/

I hope you can make it, but if not other readings are being scheduled (click 'Read More', below) and you can always invite me to come to your town :)

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