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“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



​2025

Monday, 30 June 2025
Time TBD
Poetry Reading

St. Ignace Library
110 W. Spruce St
St. Ignace, Michigan

Tuesday, 24 June 2025
6 pm
Poetry Reading
Willard Library
7 W. Van Buren St.
Battle Creek, Michigan

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
​6 pm
Poetry Reading
St. Claire County Library System
Main Branch

210 McMorran Blvd.
Port Huron, Michigan

Monday, 16 June 2025
​7 pm
Poetry Reading
Northville District Library

212 W. Cady
Northville, Michigan

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

5:30 pm
Author's Talk

Escanaba Public Library
400 Ludington Street
Escanaba, Michigan

Saturday, 26 April 2025

4:30–9 pm
Night for Notables Celebration
Michigan Notable Books 2025

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, Michigan

​Wednesday, 23 April 2025
7 pm
Poetry Reading
A Celebration of Poetry
Brighton Public Library

100 Library Drive
Brighton, Michigan

Thursday, 17 April 2025

6 pm
Poetry Reading
with Nandi Comer and 
M. Bartley Seigel 
to celebrate Matt's book In the Bone-Cracking Cold

Literati Bookstore
124 E. Washington
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

6 pm
Poets and Pies
with Irene Wellman, Keith Taylor,
Nancy Shattuck, and Stephen Leggett

Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave
Detroit, Michigan

Sunday, 23 March 2025
2 pm
Poetry Reading of Ekphrastic Poems
Inspired by WSG art
WSG Gallery

111 E. Ann
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thursday, 20 February 2025
7 pm
Poetry Reading
Aretha's Jazz Café

350 Madison
Detroit, Michigan


2024

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
6:30 pm
Poetry Reading with Monica Rico

Literati Bookstore
124 E. Washington 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

​Monday, 23 September 2024
7 pm
Poetry Reading
Art Reach

111 E. Broadway St.
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Saturday, 31 August 2024

4 pm
Poetry Reading
​A celebration of new books by Bear River luminaries Monico Rico & Keith Taylor
Bear River Writers' Conference
Camp Michigania
​Boyne City, Michigan


Saturday, 10 August 2024
3 pm
Poetry Reading from What Can the Matter Be?
Schuler Books
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thursday, 1 August 2024
7 pm
Poetry Reading
A2AC Author Series: Stratum and Breadth
with Ashwini Bhasi, Shannon Daniels, Zilka Joseph, Alison Swan
Ann Arbor Art Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thursday, 30 May 2024
7 pm
Poetry Reading from All the Time You Want Selected Poems 
with Monico Rico
McLEAN& EAKIN Bookstore
Petoskey, Michigan

​Tuesday, 23 January 2024
6:30 pm
Poetry Reading from All the Time You Want Selected Poems
Ann Arbor District Library
​
4th Floor
Ann Arbor, Michigan


2023

Tuesday, 24 October 2023
7 pm
Poetry Reading
crosshatch.org
BOS Winery | 135 Ames Street | Elk Rapids, Michigan

Wednesday, 25 October 2023
2–4:30 pm
Poetry Writing Workshop
crosshatch.org
Happy Camper Co. | 212 River Street | Elk Rapids, Michigan


​2020

Sunday, 30 August 2020
2 pm
Poetry Reading
The Living Room Online Literary Series
Online

CANCELLED
​Sunday–Saturday, 14–20 June 2020
Poetry Instructor
Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

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

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


2019

Wednesday, 6 November 2019
7–9 pm
​Poetry Reading
Taylor, Daniels, Brice & Brice
White Whale Bookstore
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Sunday, 27 October 2019
4–6 pm
Poetry Reading
Dunes Review Reading & Launch Party
Brilliant Books
Traverse City, Michigan

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
29 May–2 June 2008
Bear River Writer's Conference
Petoskey, Michigan

10 and 17 May 2008
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 2008
Old Burying Ground by Evan Chambers
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York


2007
10 December 2007
Old Burying Ground by Evan Chambers
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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