Upcoming Events
All events currently planned are virtual. Please email for the Zoom information or check Chera's Facebook page.
Burrowing Owl Books and Torrey House Press are sponsoring the launch of Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom with a Zoom event at 7 p.m. CST on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020. The event will include readings from Maps of Injury and Monarchs, as well as a conversation and Q&A with Chera.
On Friday, August 21st, 2020, at 8 p.m. CST (6 p.m. Arizona time), Chera will be the guest author at an open mic hoested by the Cochise Creative Writing Celebration in Arizona. There will be a reading and interview, and Chera will conduct a short writing workshop. Anne Terashima from Torrey House Press will be present to answer questions as well. All are invited to perform at the open mic.
Future events are still being planned. If you would like to contact Chera for an event, please email her.
Past Events
Book signings (novel and poetry collection) and offsite Sundress Publications reading, AWP: March 4-7, 2020, San Antonio, TX
"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