The Arts Club of Washington sponsored a reading of From the Belly with Marty Sanchez-Lowery, Henry Crawford, Hiram Larew, and Don Illich.

Words Out Loud & Phil Wexler hosted a From the Belly Reading with a ModPo focus that included Barbara Goldberg, Margy Ross, Hal Greenwald, Karren Alenier

Hosted & conceived by DC Musica Viva's Carl Banner  & led by Anne Becker, Karren performs with several poets.

 Karren moderates and does short reading. Includes Michael Davis, Burgi Zenhaeusern, Henry Crawford, Indran Amirthanayagam, & Barbara Goldberg.

Karren gives a Valentine's reading.

Karren reads with EJ Antonio, Meg Kearney, JoAnne McFarland. Find her reading 3rd (28 minutes in).

Karren reads with Linda Pastan, Jean Nordhaus, Rose Solari. Her theme is "girl talk."

Karren reads with Don Thompson & John Repp, all authors of Broadstone Books.

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.

Karren reads a selection of poems from how we hold on with mother figures in them.

Karren reads from the Jamaican poems in how we hold on. The reading was dedicated to Jim Rich, her late spouse.

Stockbridge Library for NPM: Karren reads “sunset from the cliffs” from how we hold on.

“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.

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.

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.