In Memoriam
     Linda Corrente (1953-1999)
     Jason Shinder (1955-2008)
     Starkey Flythe Jr. (1935-2013)
Upcoming Readings and Events
Laurel has read her work before appreciative audiences at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University; Sundance Institute; Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.), AWP Chicago; Detroit Opera House; University of Rhode Island; Red Door Studio/Poetry Society of America (Los Angeles); Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston SC); Laurel Festival for the Arts (Jim Thorpe, PA); Eastern Kentucky University; Eastern Montana University; Beyond Baroque Foundation (Los Angeles); and on the YMCA National Writer's Voice National Tour. In New York City, she has been a guest at the Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, Manhattan Theatre Club, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Pratt Institute,and the Poetry Society of America; and she has been heard on Yellowstone Public Radio (Billings MT), WAMC (Albany NY), WNYC, and other local and regional radio stations. To hear Laurel's interview with Anne Cammon on WKCR-FM (New York), click here to play the audio file.

Upcoming Readings & Workshops

The Book Tour for Un-, published in March 2020, has been indefinitely postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Sunday, March 31, 2019, 4PM
Laurel Blossom and Patrick Donnelly
Beyond Baroque Foundation
631 Venice Blvd.
Venice CA 90291
310-822-3006



Recent Readings & Workshops

Sunday, March 31, 2019, 4PM
Laurel Blossom and Patrick Donnelly
Beyond Baroque Foundation
631 Venice Blvd.
Venice CA 90291

Friday, August 10, 2018, 8PM
Laurel Blossom with M.L. Liebler and crew
Beyond Baroque Foundation
631 Venice Blvd.
Venice CA 90291

Friday, October 21, 2016, 7PM
Downtown Writers Center
Syracuse YMCA
340 Montgomery St.
Syracuse NY 13202

Sunday, October 16, 2016, 3 PM
White Dog Poetry Salon
507 NW Skyline Crest Rd.
Portland OR 97229

October 14, 2016, 7PM
Puget Sound Poetry Connection
4601 Grandview Dr. W.
Tacoma WA 98466

Saturday, September 17, 2016, 1:30PM
Detroit Lit Walk at N’Namdi Gallery
52 East Forest Ave.
Detroit MI 48201

Thursday, July 28, 2016, 7 PM
Poetry Showcase Reading Series
Poets House
10 River Terrace
New York NY 10282

June 9, 2016, 6:30 PM
Piccolo Spoleto
Dock Street Theatre, Courtyard
135 Church St.
Charleston SC 29401

May 9, 2016
Monday Night Poetry and Music
East Bay Meeting House
160 East Bay St.
Charleston SC 29401

April 30, 2016, 1PM
Poets Laureate in South Carolina: Marjory Wentworth (State), Ed Madden (Columbia) and Laurel Blossom (Edgefield) reading
The Morris Museum of Art
One Tenth St.
Augusta, GA

April 21, 2016, 4:00 PM
Poets Laureate reading
Marjory Wentworth (State), Ed Madden (Columbia), Laurel Blossom (Edgefield)
Furman University
Greenville, SC

April 10, 2016, 3:00-7:00 PM
Poetry and BBQ, Featured Poets (Laurel Blossom, Alice Friman and TBA) 4:00 PM
Laura Riding Jackson Foundation, The Environmental Learning Center
255 Live Oak Dr.
Vero Beach, FL

April 1, 2016 at 1:30
Four Way Books reading
AWP Conference - Bookfair Stage
Los Angeles, CA

March 31 - April 2, 2016
AWP Conference
Los Angeles, CA

March 26, 2016, 4PM
Beyond Baroque Foundation
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA

March 22, 2016
Reading at Carol Peters' House
421 Branciforte Ave.
Santa Cruz CA 95062

March 20, 2016, 3PM
Reading with Brian Dempster
Poetry Flash
Diesel, A Bookstore
5433 College Avenue
Oakland CA

February 9, 2016, 7:30 PM
Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH

February 2, 2016, evening
Mac's Backs-Books
1820 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Hts., OH

January 7, 2016, 3 PM
Litchfield Tea and Poetry
Litchfield Higher Education Center
14427 Ocean Hwy., Litchfield Landing
Litchfield, SC

December 13, 2015 1PM
Reading with Ray McManus
The Book Tavern
936 Broad St.
Augusta, GA

December 6, 2015 3PM
Poetrio at Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe
55 Haywood St.
Asheville, NC

November 21, 2015 11 AM (PST)
Inlandia + B&N Book Fair
Barnes and Noble Booksellers
Citrus Plaza Shopping Center
27460 Lugonia Ave.
Redlands, CA 92374

November 19, 2015 7 PM (PST)
University of California Culver Center for the Arts
UCR ARTSblock
3824 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92501

November 11, 2015 12 noon
University of South Carolina Sumter
200 Miller Rd.
Sumter, SC

November 7, 2015 4:00 - 4:50 PM
Poetry Panel with Laurel Blossom, Linda Lee Harper and Ed Wilson
Georgia Literary Festival
Butler Meeting Room - 2nd floor, Jaguar Student Activities Center
Georgia Regents University, Summerville Campus
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA

November 6, 2015 7 PM
Georgia Literary Festival
Georgia Regents University
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA

November 2, 2015 7 PM
Café Muse
Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 South Park Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD

October 24, 2015 5-7 PM
Book Launch reading and book signing
The General Store
Edgefield, SC

October 3, 2015 7 PM
Four Way Books Fall Book Launch reading
KGB Bar
85 East 4th St.,
New York City, NY 10003

October 1, 2015 7:30 PM
Four Way Books Fall Books Launch reading
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St. (at S. Portland)
Brooklyn, NY 11217



Previous Readings & Workshops

WESTOBOU FESTIVAL POETRY READING
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 5PM
Starkey Flythe, Jr., Jim Hudson, and Laurel Blossom
Old Richmond Academy
540 Telfair St.
Augusta GA

Thursday, April 30, 2009
Reading by Laurel Blossom
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 4PM

January 30-February 2, 2008
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference
Reading by Laurel Blossom (Degrees of Latitude)
Tina Chang (Half Lit Houses), Jeffrey Harrison (Incomplete Knowledge),
Kevin Prufer (National Anthem), and C. Dale Young (The Second Person)
moderated by Daniel Tobin (The Narrows).
presented by Four Way Books
Saturday, February 2, 1:30-2:45

November 15-17, 2007
Vero Beach Book Festival
Vero Beach FL
Reception open to the public
Friday, November 16, 5-8 PM
Reading and book signing by Laurel Blossom,
author of Degrees of Latitude
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 10 AM
Consult printed calendar or website for details
www.verobeachbookfest.com