Broadstone Books
eight poems
Karren reads reads with Don Thompson & John Repp, all authors of Broadstone Books.
Poets vs The Pandemic
seven poems
Karren reads a selection of poems, most from how we hold on, that speak to turbulence. Mervyn Taylor & Julie Marie Wade read as guest poets.
Stockbridge Library Reading
ten poems
Karren reads a selection of poems from how we hold on with mother figures in them.
Book Launch Reading
nine poems
Karren reads from the Jamaican poems in how we hold on. The reading was dedicated to Jim Rich, her late spouse.
National Poetry Month 2021
one poem
Stockbridge Library for NPM: Karren reads “sunset from the cliffs” from how we hold on.
KARREN READS
one poem
“you can tell ‘em I’ll be there” first published in Written in Arlington, edited by Katherine E. Young and is also in how we hold on.
Road Reading
from San Francisco
Karren Alenier reads “repeating repeating” in her collaborative program “Poetry in Red Dress.” This event celebrating Gertrude Stein took place January 15, 2013, at Books and Bookshelves.
Great Wall
Mao Zedong poem
In a voice over, Karren Alenier reads “Snow” by Mao Zedong as a slide show of photos by Bob Hohl rolls. Jim Rich produced this video.