“Taylor plays all of poetry’s themes. There are nature poems, love poems, and growing-old poems. War lurks at the edges…But his central preoccupation is redemption.”
– John Lofy, Ann Arbor Observer
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, 27 October 2019
4–6 pm
Poetry Reading
Dunes Review Reading & Launch Party
Brilliant Books
Traverse City, Michigan
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
7:30 pm
Poetry Reading
RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music
RCAH Theater
Michigan State University
Center for Poetry
Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
Lansing, Michigan
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
7–9 pm
Poetry Reading
Taylor, Daniels, Brice & Brice
White Whale Bookstore
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monday, 6 January 2020
7 pm
Interview with Thomas Lynch
The Depositions: New and Select Essays on Being and Ceasing To Be
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Time/Location TBD
Reading with Anna Clark, Jerry Dennis, Margaret Noodin
University of Michigan
Great Lakes Theme Semester
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sunday–Saturday, 14–20 June 2020
Poetry Instructor
Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
PAST EVENTS
Archive in-progress
2019
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
6–7:30 pm
Guest Author
Ron Ron Riekki & Special Guest Authors
Pages Bookshop
Detroit, Michigan
Saturday, 12 October 2019
5–7 pm
Poetry Reading
North45East
Alpena, Michigan
Friday–Sunday, 4–6 October 2019
Featured Artist
Big Sable Writer's Retreat
Camp Douglas Smith
Free Soil, Michigan
Friday, 24 May 2019
7 pm
Introducing Clayton Eshleman and his new book of poems
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, 19 April 2019
7 pm
Poetry reading with Sue Silverman, Marc J. Sheehan, and Elizabeth Schmuhl
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2018
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
7 pm
Introducing and interviewing Elizabeth Schmuhl
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, 14 September 2018
4-6 pm
Reading with Michigan writers
Making Waves with FLOW for the Love of Water
A celebration and reading from the new chapbook, Seiche Ways, to benefit FLOW
The Workshop Brewing Company
Traverse City, Michigan
Friday, 20 April 2018
7 pm
Cody Walker conducts Keith Taylor’s “Exit Interview”
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, 29 March 2018
7 pm
Keith Taylor interviews Tarfia Faizullah at the launch of her new book Registers of Illuminated Villages
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2017
31 May - 4 June 2017
Bear River Writer's Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
Friday, 7 April 2017
10 am - 4 pm
Symposium: Poets at Michigan, Then and Now
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monday, 3 April 2017
7 pm
Reading from The Bird-while
and discussion with illustrator Tom Pohrt
Nicola's Books
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2016
2 - 6 June 2016
Bear River Writer's Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Reading
Theodore Roethke House
Saginaw, Michigan
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
6:30 pm
Whiskey & Wit:
Reading with Thomas Lynch and Michael Delp
Great Lake Commonwealth of Letters
Grand Rapids, Michigan
2015
Thursday, 23 July 2015
6 - 8 pm
Reading
Art in the Loft
Alpena, Michigan
Sunday, 14 June 2015
7 pm
Introducing chapbook winner
Interlochen Academy of the Arts Writing House
Interlochen, Michigan
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
6:30 pm
Reading with Charles Brice and Judith Brice
Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters
Grand Rapids, Michigan
28 May - 1 June 2015
Bear River Writers Conference
Walloon Lake, Michigan
Friday, 1 May 2015
7 pm
Launch of new chapbook Fidelities
Literati Bookshop
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, 30 April 2015
6 - 8 pm
Reading
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo, Ohio
Sunday, 26 April 2015
1 pm
Rivering at The Ark
Music and poetry celebrating the Huron River
The Ark
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, 24 April 2015
Reading to celebrate the publication of the broadside
"To Face the Ordinary"
Landmark Books
Traverse City, Michigan
Saturday, 18 April 2015
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Workshops: Poetry and The Tiny Essay
Rally of Writers
Lansing Community College
Conference Center, West Campus, LCC
Lansing Michigan
Friday, 10 April 2015
noon - 1:15 pm
Reading
Minneapolis Convention Center
Room 101J, Level 1
AWP Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, 9 April 2015
5 pm
Reading with Hanging Loose Authors
Solar Arts Building
AWP Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, 2 April 2015
5 - 7 pm
Painter & Poets Project Unveiling
Reception & Reading
University of Michigan
Institute for the Humanities
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2014
Saturday, 20 September 2014
6:30 - 9 pm
Reading at fundraiser
Everybody Has a Story
South Bend, Indiana
Friday, 22 August 2014
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Into the Wind
Muskegon, Michigan
Thursday, 7 August 2014
6 - 9 pm
Reading
Alpena Poets Nights
Alpena, Michigan
Thursday, 19 June 2014
5:30 - 8 pm
Banquet and Reading
Theodore Roethke House
Saginaw, Michigan
Friday,13 June 2014
5 - 7 pm
Reading with other contributors
Poetry in Michigan, Michigan in Poetry
Dog Ears Books
Northport, Michigan
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Thursday, 12 June 2014
7:30 pm
Recorded poem as part of dance performance
Into the Wind
Betty Pease Studio Theater
University of Michigan Department of Dance
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2013
Friday, 4 October 2013
Reading from Ghost Writers
Benzonia District Library
Petoskey, Michigan
Thursday, 30 May -
Monday, 3 June 2013
Bear River Writers' Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Celebrating Tagore: Translations through
Music, Dance, and Poetry
University of Michigan
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
8 pm
Thursday, 31 May -
Monday, 4 June 2012
Bear River Writers' Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
Monday, 26 March 2012
Reading
Noon Reading Series
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Friday, 23 March 2012 -
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Details TBD
Translation Conference
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Wednesday, 29 February -
Saturday, 3 March 2012
AWP 2012 Conference
Chicago, Illinois
Friday, 9 am
Conference Presentation:
"Back from the Crash: Michigan Authors
Reflect on Crisis and Renewal"
Location: Continental C, Hilton Chicago
Friday, 11 am
Book Signing: Ghost Writers
Location: Wayne State University Press Booth
at AWP Book Exposition
Friday, noon
Book Signing: Marginalia for a Natural History
Location: Black Lawrence Press Booth
at AWP Book Exposition
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
8:30 pm
PitE Concert: Love Each Other, Love Your Earth – Inspiring Environmental Change through Music and Literature
Featuring two new songs by
Evan Chambers based on Keith Taylor's poems
University of Michigan, Residential College
Keene Auditorium, East Quad
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monday, 6 February 2012
7 pm
Reading
Wellspring Literary Series
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Thursday, 19 January 2012
7 pm
Presenting Ghost Writers
Bayliss Library
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
7 pm
Talk on the poetry of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Chippewa County Historical Society
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
2011
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
5:30 pm
Reading and Discussion
Ghost Writers
Authors Forum
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sunday, 13 November 2011
noon - 3 pm
Writers on the River
Book Fair
Monroe County Library
Monroe, Michigan
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
7 pm
Book Launch
Marginalia for a Natural History
Nicola's Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, 4 November 2011
10 am - 4 pm
Conference on The Great Lakes
"Love Song and Lament"
Sponsored by Michigan Quarterly Review
3222 Angell Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Saturday, 29 October 2011
5 pm
Reading from Ghost Writers
with Contributors
Horizon Books
Traverse City, Michigan
Friday, 28 October 2011
7 pm
Reading from Ghost Writers
with Contributors
Brilliant Books
Suttons Bay, Michigan
Thursday, 27 October 2011
7 pm
Reading from Ghost Writers
with Elizabeth Kostova
Schuler Books
Lansing, Michigan
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
6 pm
Reading from Ghost Writers with
Laura Kasischke and Elizabeth Kostova
Zingerman's Vampire's Ball:
A fundraiser for Food Gatherers
Zingerman's Roadhouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, 13 October 2011
7 pm
Book Launch for Ghost Writers:
Us Haunting Them
Nicola's Bookstore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sunday, 2 October 2011
1 pm
Reading
Oaken Transformations
Brighton, Michigan
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
7:30 pm
A Reading from Ghost Writers
with Contributors
Benzinger Library, East Quad
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, 22 September 2011
5:30 - 9 pm
A Celebration of Books
Supporting Wayne State University Press
Studio dg at Display Group
Detroit, Michigan
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
7 pm
Discussion and Reading from Ghost Writers
Grosse Pointe Public Library, Ewald Branch
Gross Pointe, Michigan
Thursday, 15 September 2011
7 pm
Panel Discussion
Literary Life Bookstore
Grand Rapids, Michigan
2 - 6 June 2011
Bear River Writers Conference
Walloon Lake, Michigan
Friday, 6 May 2011
7 pm
Reading
At the Red Barn, Copper Colored Mountain Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
27 - 28 April 2011
Time TBD
Reading and Workshop
With Wayne State University Press
"Made in Michigan" Writers
Traverse City National Writer's Series
Traverse City, Michigan
April 2011
Day, Time TBD
Reading
Michigan Technical University
Houghton, Michigan
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Time TBD
Reading
Midwest Literary Walk
Chelsea, Michigan
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Time TBD
Performance
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Mapping the River" with music by
Evan Chambers and choreography by
Jessica Fogel.
3 - 5 February 2011
AWP Conference
Washington, DC
Panelist – "The Good Review: Criticism in
the Age of Book Blogs and Amazon.com"
4 February, 9 am
Delaware Suite, Marriott Conference Center
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
5 pm
Reading with critics and scholars
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Response to Randolph Rogers' sculpture
"Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii".
Friday, 14 January 2011
7 pm
Reading
Lido Gallery
Birmingham, Michigan
With performances by musicians
Dick Siegel, Sigrid Christiansen,
and poet Liza Young.
2010
3 - 7 June 2010
Bear River Writer's Conference
Monday, 3 May 2010
Reading
7 pm
Art Reach
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Reading
with Robert B. Hass
8 pm
Single Voice Reading Series
Allegheny College
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Friday, 19 March 2010
Reading
7 pm
INsideOut Detroit
Writer's Reading Series
with UM MFA Students and
Vievee Francis
Detroit Artist Market
Detroit, Michigan
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Reading
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Reading
Time TBD
University Liggitt School
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Introducing Jerry Dennis
Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Reads 2010
7:30 pm
Washtenaw Community College
Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2009
28 May–1 June 2009
Bear River Writers' Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Reading
7 pm
Plymouth Coffee Bean
Plymouth, Michigan
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Reading
Wayne State University Press 4th Annual Spring
Made in Michigan Writer Celebration
Wayne State University Press
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Historic Charles T. Fisher Residence
Detroit, Michigan
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Reading with Ann Arbor Symphony
Premier of Evan Chambers'
Huron River Watershead
8 pm
Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Reading
1 pm
River Gallery
Chelsea, Michigan
Friday, 11 April 2009
Reading
7 pm
McLean & Eakin Booksellers
Petoskey, Michigan
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Ekphrastic Extravaganza
Reading celebrating the re-opening of the
University of Michigan Museum of Art
3:30 – 5 pm
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2008
10 December 2018
Old Burying Ground by Evan Chambers
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
29 May–2 June 2008
Bear River Writer's Conference
Petoskey, Michigan
10 and 17 May 2018
Nature Walk and Nature Writing Workshop
Benefit for the Huron River Watershed Council at the New Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contact: Margaret Smith
17 April 2008
Favorite Poem Night, M.C.
7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Public Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan
10–12 April 2008
Between the Lakes: An Interlochen Symposium for Writers and Readers
Interlochen College of Creative Arts
Interlochen, Michigan
6–7 March 2018
Writing in Public: Conference in Honor of Karl Pohrt
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
28 February 2018
Old Burying Ground by Evan Chambers
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York