Alan will be reading from his co-authored memoir The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate at 6:30 pm on April 4, 2018 at the Kansas City National Archives.
Category: past events
Humor at the Leopold Art Gallery
The Leopold Art Gallery hosted Alan in December, 2016, where he read from his new, unpublished manuscript, Grinn’s Fairy Tales, Out Loud Stories.
Featured Author at Plaza Library
Alan was a featured author for the Kansas City Literary Council’s annual gathering at the Plaza Library in September, 2016.
Presentation at Westport Library
Alan gave a presentation/reading of his co-authored memoir, The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate, at the Westport Library in September, 2016.
Reading at Loose Park, June 2015
Alan read selections from his book The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate as a part of “Rhyme in the Roses” at Loose Park in June 2015.
Featured Reader at Zvi Williams Reading Series – October 2015
Alan appeared as a featured reader, along with Maril Crabtree, in the Thomas Zvi Wilson reading series at Johnson County Community Library in October 2015.
“Brownout” on KCUR
The poem “Brownout” was recorded for broadcast by KCUR public radio as part of the WORD project highlighting KC writers.
Visit the feature on Alan and the poem at the KCUR website HERE, or listen below:
Reading with River Cow and Kacico
Alan read with the River Cow Orchestra and the Kacico Improvisational Dance Troupe in October, 2014, at The Writers Place, and in July, 2016, at the Kansas City Ballet Rehearsal Hall.
Poetry Workshop – October 2014
On October 18th, 2014, Alan led a workshop entitled “Submitting Your Poetry – What Poetry Editors Crave” at the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers Guild annual Conference.
Reading at Johnson County Library
Alan read his poetry in October, 2015, and prose from his novel, Adirondack Summer, 1969, at the Johnson County Central Resource Library’s Thomas Zvi Wilson Reading Series (9875 West 87th Street, Overland Park, KS).
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