Sara Pirkle has been invited to read at literary festivals, universities, bookstores, bars, coffee shops, churches, and academic conferences.  She is available to read or speak at your event. Please email her directly at sbpirkle@ua.edu to arrange speaking engagements.

RECENT READINGS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Pure Products Series, October 15, 2023

51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Pure Products Series, October 14, 2022

50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Pure Products Series, October 17, 2021

Lighthouse Lecture Series, Blount Scholars Program, UA, Web, March 24, 2021

“The Greatest Indoor Reading Series,” Web, Broadcast from Queens, NY, March 19, 2021

Chestnut Review Winter 2021 Issue Release Reading, Web (January 16, 2021)

“Inside Jokes Reading Series,” Web, April 24, 2020.

SAMLA Poets on Power, Identity, and Relationships. SAMLA 91 Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 16, 2019

The Heartland Book Festival, Elizabethtown, KY. Sept. 20-21, 2019

2019 Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Boston Public Library, Apr. 6, 2019

Poetry, Music, and Dance Night, Boston Community Church, Apr. 4, 2019

University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL, Mar. 7, 2019, 4 PM

Thomson-McDuffie County Library, Thomson, GA, Feb. 16, 2019

AUM Southern Studies Conference, Auburn University at Montgomery, Feb. 1, 2019

SAMLA Poets on “Fighters From the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and Their Allies.” SAMLA 90 Conference, Birmingham, AL, Nov. 4, 2018

Selections from The Disappearing Act, Mercer University, Macon, GA, Oct. 25, 2018

“A Day of Celebrating the Written Word,” Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA, Oct. 24, 2018

30th Annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, “The Leaving and the Coming Home: New Poetry Collections” Panel, Nashville, TN, Oct. 12, 2018

“A Celebration of the Poetry of Anya Krugovoy Silver,” Candler Mansion Library, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 11, 2018

Poetry Celebration Day 2018, Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, GA, Apr. 12, 2018

2018 Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Boston Public Library, Apr. 7, 2018

Berklee College of Music, Boston, Apr. 5, 2018

Georgia College Visiting Writers Series, Max Noah Hall, Milledgeville, GA, Apr. 4, 2018

The Disappearing Act Book Launch, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mar. 27, 2018

Second Saturday Artist Talk, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA, July 8, 2017

National Poetry Month Reading, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA, Apr. 27, 2017

Poetry Celebration Day 2017, Central Georgia Technical College, Warner Robins, GA, Apr. 13, 2017

The Disappearing Act Pre-Release Reception, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA, Feb. 23, 2017