September 24: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. SRS reading in the evening. Details to come. For information: Alison Townsend at townsena@uww.edu or www.uww.edu/calendar/cac/index.php.

October 3-4: University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. SRS reading 7:30 p.m. October 3; session for children and parents at Faulkner County Library as part of ArtsFest, Conway, Arkansas, on morning of October 4. For information: Gayle Seymour at GayleS@uca.edu or 501-450-3295.

October 5: Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois. Talk by SRS on "Loving Creation," 7:00 p.m., 920 3rd Ave, Rockford. For information: 815-963-4815

October 11: Rich Warren’s Folk Stage & Midnight Special - WFMT Chicago. "Wilderness Plots" Show. SRS in performance with Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Michael White, and Tom Roznowski.Details to come. 8:00 p.m.

October 15-16: Civic Tourism Conference, Providence, Rhode Island. SRS keynote address, 6:45 p.m. Details to come. For information: Natalie Carter at 401-724-2200 or natalie@tourblackstone.com.

October 19-25: Residency, Andrews Experimental Forest, Cascade Mountains, Oregon. In association with The Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University, and the U.S. Forest Service. For information: Charles Goodrich at Charles.Goodrich@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-6198; http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/.

October 29: Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. SRS public reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium of GCSU. For information: Karen McElmurray at karen_mcelmurray@msn.com or 478-445-0962.

November 2: Spirit & Place Festival, Indianapolis, Indiana. SRS as moderator for Public Conversation on "Exploring Imagination" at 2:00 p.m. in Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University campus. For information: www.spiritandplace.org/PublicConversation.aspx; Pam Blevins Hinkle at 317-278-2644 or pbhinkle@iupui.edu.

November 6: Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. SRS public reading at 4:30 p.m. in Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence Hall 105, on the Colgate University campus. For information: Jennifer Brice at jbrice@mail.colgate.edu or 315-228-7261.

November 13-14: Louisiana College, Alexandria, Louisiana. SRS to deliver keynote address at Louisiana College Composition Conference. Details to come. For information: Ginger Jones at gingerjones27@suddenlink.net or 318-427-4475.

November 20-21: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. "Wilderness Plots" Show. SRS in performance with Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Michael White, and Tom Roznowski. Details to come.

November 22: Bridge View Center, Ottumwa, Iowa. "Wilderness Plots" Show. SRS in performance with Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Michael White, and Tom Roznowski. 7:30 p.m. For information: 641-684-7000 or click here.

November 24: DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. "Wilderness Plots" Show. SRS in performance with Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Michael White, and Tom Roznowski. 7:00 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall, Green Center for the Performing Arts, DePauw University campus. For information: 765-658-4689 or www.depauw.edu/arts/PAS/.

2009

January 4: Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. SRS giving public reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Clara Eagle Art Gallery on the campus of Murray State University. For information: Squire Babcock at squire.babcock@murraystate.edu or 270-809-4730.

February 11-14: Associated Writing Program annual conference, Chicago, Illinois. SRS in three panels and one tribute, times and locations to be announced.

June 28-July 4: Split Rock Arts Program, Cloquet, Minnesota. Week-long writing workshop on "Person, Planet, Cosmos: Imagining Ourselves in Nature." For information: splitrockarts@umn.edu, 612-625-1976, http://www.cce.umn.edu/splitrockarts/index.html.