SATURDAY, Oct. 10, 2015, 3-4 p.m.: Gregory Donovan reading from Torn from the Sun
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room 3
27th annual Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015: Reading with fiction writer Erin McGraw.
RICHMOND BOOK LAUNCH of TORN FROM THE SUN from Red Hen Press
7 P.M., Historic Scott House, 909 West Franklin Street,
VCU Monroe Park Campus, Richmond, VA.
events
2016 Virginia Festival of the Book
"Still Smoldering: A Poetry Reading" with Reginald Dwayne Betts & Gregory Donovan
SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016, 4 p.m., New Dominion Book Shop, 404 E. Main St.
Charlottesville, VA
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Official Selection of the Richmond International Film Festival 2017 | Feb. 28 - Mar. 5
screening as part of a double feature: Poetry Spotlight, Mar. 5, 12-2:30 p.m.
in attendance/ discussion afterward: director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
SELECTED PAST READINGS, LECTURES, FILM SCREENINGS, & MORE :
The Poetry Society Of Virginia Presents:
Zoom 2021 POETRY FESTIVAL Saturday, MAY 29 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Featuring Readings by Winners of the North American Book Award:
John Murillo & Maya Popa
With Additional Presenters:
Ethelbert Miller Michele Poulos Gregory Donovan
Free! and online
To register for the Festival, click here: https://forms.gle/YArF5jbYciWQ9BTWA
Once registered, you will be sent a link the day before the event.
AWP 2015 in Minneapolis: TriQuarterly offsite reading event, Friday April 10, 5-6 p.m.
Gamut Gallery, 1006 S. Marquette Ave.
Gregory Donovan Reading with Sara Eliza Johnson, Kai Carlson-Wee, Glen Retief, and Alix Ohlin.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015: UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA low-res MFA PROGRAM
JUNE 2015 SUMMER RESIDENCY
Afternoon Craft Lecture and Evening Reading
SATURDAY, September 12, 2015, 4 PM: POETS HOUSE
reading with Afaa Michael Weaver & Andrea Scarpino
10 River Terrace, New York, NY. Kray Hall (1st Floor )
2018 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Tampa, FL, March 7-10, 2018
Panel: PAWP Conference panel, “
Date/Time: 12:00pm - 1:15pm on Friday March 9, 2018
Location: Room 24, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
None scheduled at this time
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015: Hudson Valley Writer's Center
reading with poet, screenwriter, & filmmaker Michele Poulos
300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY.
Gregory Donovan
Larry Levis Celebration: University of Maryland, Saturday Oct. 20. 2018
Events all day, 1:00 to 6:30 pm: Tawes Fine Arts Building, Room 320
2 to 3 pm: afternoon reading by poets Gregory Donovan & Michele Poulos
4 to 5 pm: screening of A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Q&A afterward with director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
March 30, 2016 -- Loyola Marymount College, 7:30 pm
Poetry reading: Gregory Donovan (Torn from the Sun) with Michele Poulos (Black Laurel)
Los Angeles, CA
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015: Bowers Writers House, Elizabethtown College, PA
Afternoon Lecture (4 p,m,) and Evening Reading (8 p.m.) with DEXTER BOOTH,
winner of the 2012 Cave Canem Prize for Scratching the Ghost.
AWP 2016 in Los Angeles, March 30-April 2, 2016:
"Sneak Peek: A Late Style of Fire--the Larry Levis Documentary"
Friday April 1, 1:30 pm to 2:45 p.m. | Theater, Room 411, LA Convention Center
Panelists include: Director, Michele Poulos, with Carolyn Forché, David St. John, & Carol Muske-Dukes.
Moderated by: Producer, Gregory Donovan.
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
FRESNO, CA November 18, 2016 6:30 - 9:30 PM
The Central California premiere presented by the Creative Writing Program at Fresno State
a celebratory community screening at Fresno's historic Tower Theatre
Featuring special appearances by director Michele Poulos; producer Gregory Donovan; and poet David St. John
O, Miami Poetry Festival 2017: Filmmakers Salon: TUE., APRIL 4 2017, 9:30-11:00 AM
an intimate breakfast salon at the famous Betsy Hotel in South Beach
discussion of the making of A Late Style of Fire: Larry Levis American Poet
with Director Michele Poulos and Producer Gregory Donovan
COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017:
BEELER GALLERY VISITING ARTISTS & SCHOLARS SERIES: THE POET’S LIFE
Reading by David St. John 4:30 pm | & film screening 5:30 pm:
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Q&A afterward with the poets, including director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
http://beelergallery.org/the-poets-life-a-reading-film-screening/
New Leaves Conference: George Mason University, Thursday April 11, 2019
3:00 pm Panel Discussion: Literary Journals--Fenwick Library Reading Room (Fenwick 2001) with Tara Laskowski (SmokeLong Quarterly), Tara Campbell (Barrelhouse), and Gregory Donovan (Blackbird)
7:00 pm: screening of A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Film screened in Fenwick Library | Q&A afterward with director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
Week 4 (July 16-23): 2016 Chautauqua Writers' Center Conference
Chautauqua Institution | P.O. Box 28 · One Ames Ave. • Chautauqua, N.Y. 14722 | 1.800.836.ARTS
One week poetry workshop: "Writing Out of Your Mind: Science, History, Imagination"
Donovan Reading on Sunday, July 17, 3:30 p.m. & Lecture on Tuesday, 7/19, 12:15 p.m.
TUESDAY, August 4, 2015: Annenberg Community Beach House
reading with David St. John, Anna Journey, & Ron Koertge,
with moderator Kate Gale, Editor, Red Hen Press
415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, CA.
A life dedicated to the art of poetry: A Stephenson Center for Appalachia event:
Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC, Nov. 8 & 9, 2018
Nov. 8, 7 pm: screening of A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Cannon Student Center, Q&A afterward with director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
Nov. 9, 2 pm, Shelton Learning Center: Poetry reading with Poulos & Donovan
VIRGINIA PREMIERE | A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Official Selection of the Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA
SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 3:45 pm | Venue: St. Anne's-Belfield School, 2132 Ivy Road
followed by a discussion with film director, MIchele Poulos & producer, Gregory Donovan
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Official Selection of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2017 | June 7-11, 2017
Thursday, June 8 | 5:00 PM | THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
6712 Hollywood Boulevard in HOLLYWOOD | the Los Angeles premiere!
in attendance/ discussion afterward: director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
April 29-May 1st, 2016: RIVER PRETTY WRITERS RETREAT
Three days of workshops, readings, and craft lectures in the Ozark Mountains
Dawt Mill Resort, Tecumseh, Missouri * * * * For information: http://riverpretty.org
NEXT UPCOMING EVENT:
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY, OCT. 24 & 25, 2018:
Two day residency with readings & class visits by poets Gregory Donovan & Michele Poulos
screening A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet | 5 p.m., Wed. Oct. 24, Blow Hall Rm 332
Q&A afterward with director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
Poetry Reading by Michele Poulos & Gregory Donovan | 5 p.m., Thurs. Oct. 25 in Tucker Hall Theatre
2016 BREAD LOAF WRITERS CONFERENCE, August 10-20, 2016
Gregory Donovan, Guest Editor & Lecturer
Location: Ripton, Vermont | See: http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet in Miami
special screening at the O, Miami Poetry Festival 2017 | Tue., April 4, 2017 7:30-10:00pm
O Cinema Miami Shores @MTC 9806 NE 2nd Ave www.omiami.org
in attendance/ discussion afterward: director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
WORLD PREMIERE! | MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL | OCT. 15, 2016
A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
the feature-length documentary film produced by filmmaker/poet Michele Poulos and Gregory Donovan
with original musical score by Iron & Wine
in attendance/ discussion afterward: Michele Poulos, Greg Donovan, Sam Beam, David St. John
Poetry Society of Virginia | Annual Conference | May 20th & 21st 2016
Richmond Public Library 101 E. Franklin St.
Sat. 5/21: Donovan Presentation 11:10-12:45 & Panel Discussion: The Publishing Poet 2:55-4:30
Panelists: Greg Donovan, Joan Mazza, & Dorinda Wegener.
Chesapeake Writers’ Conference | St. Mary’s College of Maryland | June 24-30, 2018
Publishing Panel June 28: literary agent Jessica Papin of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret,
Caroline Casey of Coffee House Press, and Gregory Donovan, Senior Editor of Blackbird.
http://www.smcm.edu/events/chesapeake-writers-conference/
LITQUAKE! | "Naked Truth: True Stories of Kismet" | Mill Valley Public Library
A Late Style of Fire producer and voice actor Gregory Donovan will be performing
Friday Oct. 14th, 2016 7 p.m for the Mill Valley Library.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuesday, OCT. 3, 2017:
Gregory Donovan, Master Class: "Battling Extinctions: Poetry, Levis, Blackbird, & Me" | Morgan 301, 9:30-10:15 am
screening of A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet | Ferguson Theater, 7-9 p.m.
Q&A afterward with director Michele Poulos & producer Gregory Donovan
DREW UNIVERSITY LOW-RES MFA program SUMMER SESSION:
Gregory Donovan & Michele Poulos Poetry Reading with Roberto Carlos Garcia
JUNE 21, 7 pm Founder's Room, Mead Hall
6 pm Public Screening of A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet, Thurs. 6/23, LC28
Gregory Donovan, Blackbird editor, craft talk Sat. 6/24 1:30-3:00, Arts 106
Diode Editions Press at AWP 2020 in San Antonio, Texas:
BOOK LAUNCH of Prismatics: Larry Levis & Contemporary American Poetry
edited by Gregory Donovan and Michele Poulos
Transcriptions of 14 interviews with poets from the film A LATE STYLE OF FIRE: Larry Levis, American Poet
Regrettably, Greg & Michele were unable to attend in 2020.
FRIDAY, October 30, 2015: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
David St. John hosts a celebration of Gregory Donovan’s new collection, Torn from the Sun,
joined by poet Gail Wronsky (Pastoral Imperfect).
681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, CA.
WEDNESDAY, October 28, 2015, 5 p.m.: University of Southern California
Reading & Discussion by Gregory Donovan, author of Torn from the Sun
Doheny Memorial Library, USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study
Los Angeles, CA.