Upcoming Events
Chera is currently planning some virtual readings and conversations to promote her new 2020 books, Maps of Injury (poetry) and Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom (fiction). Please stay tuned!
Chera will be signing copies of her poetry collection Maps of Injury at AWP in San Antonio, Texas on the book's release date (Thursday, March 5) at the Sundress Publications table (T1863). She will sign early copies of her novel, Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom, on Friday, March 6, 2020 from 2:00-2:30 p.m. at the Torrey House Press table (T763). She will also participate in the Sundress Publications offsite reading the evening of Friday, March 6.
Chera will lead fiction craft workshops at the Cochise Community Creative Writing Celebration in April 2020 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. (CANCELLED)
There will be a release party at Burrowing Owl Books for Maps of Injury in March. Details TBD. (CANCELLED)
There will be a release party for Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom at Burrowing Owl Books in Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, May 19th, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. (CANCELLED)
Chera will sign copies of Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom at the Barnes and Noble in Amarillo, Texas, on Saturday, May 23rd, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. (CANCELLED)
Chera will participate in a reading and book signing (poetry and fiction) with Taos poet laureate Catherine Strisik at Op Cit Books in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sunday, June 14, at 2:00 p.m. (CANCELLED)
Chera will sign copies of Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom at the Barnes and Noble in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday, June 27, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. (CANCELLED)
Chera also normally offers free poetry and writing workshops once weekly during the Spring and Fall semesters for students, faculty, and staff of WTAMU in Canyon, Texas (though spring 2020 has so far been too busy to get them going!). Please contact her for times and guidelines. Individual appointments are also available for students, faculty, and staff of WTAMU.
If you would like to contact Chera for an event, please email her.
Past Events
"Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things" Workshop, West Texas Writers' Academy: June 12, 2019: West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
"Poets & Poetry at High Noon" Panel, Amarillo ArtsFest: May 11, 2019: Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading & Discussion with Creative Writing Students: October 10, 2018: Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX
Poetry Reading: September 25, 2018: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages
Poetry Reading: June 21, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages
Poetry Reading: May 10, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX
Poetry Reading: September 3, 2017: Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, NM
Poetry Reading: May 20, 2017: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX
Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 7, 2017: East Central University, Ada, OK
Poetry Reading: January 28, 2017: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading: August 6, 2016: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX
Signing and Book Sale: June 3, 2016: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX
Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 1, 2016: East Central University, Ada, OK
Poetry on the Patio: July 15, 2014: Amarillo Botanical Gardens, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading: September 2, 2013: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX
Pitkin Review Poetry Reading: June 28, 2013: Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC
Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Turkish House, Cary, NC
Reading and Signing: March 14, 2013: Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Creative Writing 101 ("A Crash Course"): November 26 - December 20, 2012: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX
Signing and Book Sale: October 5, 2012: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX