Poetry Events and Performances
Please use the "contact" function for inquiries about booking poetry readings, talks on poetry, talks on Narrative Medicine, or other educational seminars.
Seminars, Talks, and Lectures
"The Boneheap in the Lion's Den: My Journey as a 'Poet and…'" for The Holton Arms School, November 2023
"Introduction to Narrative Medicine" for Rutgers Health, October 2023
"Moratorium: Gun Violence and Poetry," for Jefferson Health, September 2023
"How We Create Distance from Disability: Pedestals, Shock, and Humanity" for HMH Palliative Care Department, June 2023
"You *Can* Take It with You: Integrating Narrative Medicine into Your Medical School Experience" talk with Margaux Danby, MS at Narrative Medicine: ExCHANGE, June 2023
"Introduction to Narrative Medicine" for Press 53, 2023
"Metaphor as Medicine" for UKCOM's Narrative Medicine as Social Justice speaker series, 2023
"The Value of Narrative in Medicine," Narrative Medicine Workshop for Philly Metro Midwives Annual Retreat, October 2022
"Narrative Medicine: How Humanities can Impact and Enrich Healthcare" for the University of Kentucky School of Medicine Narrative Medicine Club
"Become a Poet and…" Keynote Speech for the Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration for the Walt Whitman Association May 2022.
"How We Create Distance from Disability: Pedestals, Shock, and Humanity" for Columbia Pre-Medical Post Bac Students, October 2021
"Radical Flexibility: A Framework for Narrative Medicine Facilitation" talk with Margaux Danby, MS and Sarah El Halabi, MS MD at Narrative Medicine: ExCHANGE, June 2021
"Writing the Specific: Detail in Illness Narratives" for Made Visible, January 2021
Narrative Medicine Workshops
"Persons in Progress" for HMH Pain and Palliative Care Department, October 2023
"Introduction to Narrative Medicine" for End-of-Life Doulas via Till the Last Doula, June 2022
"Micropoetry and Close Reading the Patient" for Nurse Practitioners in the Kaiser Permanente Network, October 2021
6 Workshop Series for Memorial Hermann Hospital employees with Columbia University, Spring 2021
9 Month Workshop Series for Healthcare Workers and Educators during the Pandemic, May 2020-January 2021
6 Workshop Series for Healthcare Workers and Educators as part of the Practicum Course at Columbia University with Helen Towers, MS, March-May 2020
6 Workshop Series for Healthcare Workers and Educators as part of the Practicum Course at Columbia University with Sarah McLoughlin, MS, March-May 2020
Performances and Poetry Readings
"Poets in Healthcare: A Reading and Discussion with Stacy R. Nigliazzo, Maya J. Sorini, Steve Cushman" September 2023 via Press 53
"The Boneheap in the Lion's Den: Poetry Reading and Book Launch", April 2023 via Press 53
Poetry reading for the Arts and Medicine Plenary at the Mid Atlantic Society of General Internal Medicine's Annual Meeting, October 2022
Poetry Performance for Frontline Arts at their 2022 Annual Benefit, Pathways and Confluences April 2022