Lois Roma-Deeley

Events

Spring 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1pm
Distinguished Poets Series
Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
1 College Blvd
Paterson, NJ 07505-117

Fall 2011

Thursday, Oct 20, 2011
11am
Suffolk County Community College
533 College Road
Selden NY 11784

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011
Poets in Nassau
Wyld Chyld Cafe
1708 Sunrise Highway
Merrick, NY
7:30pm
Spring 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
6:30pm
Piper House
Arizona State University (main campus)

Friday, April 8 7pm
Other Voices Reading Series
Antigone Books
411 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Ph: 520-792-3715

Wednesday, April 20
Center for the Performing Arts
Paradise Valley Community College
http:/​/​www.pvc.maricopa.edu/​cpa/​
a staged reading of "The Ballad of Downtown Jake"--a jazz opera
based on the book and characters created by Lois Roma-Deeley in High Notes

Wednesday, April 27 7-8:30
Poetry in April
http:/​/​www.tempe.gov/​arts/​events/​poetry.htm
Lakeside Gallery
Tempe Center for the Arts
700 W. Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85281
Mary Fowler at 480/​350-2880.

Oct. 20, 2011
Poets in Nassau
Merrick, New York
Wyld Chyld
7:30pm
http:/​/​poetsinnassau.blogspot.com/​



Fall 2010

Friday, Sept, 3 7pm
Changing Hands Bookstore
changinghands.com
6428 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, AZ 85283
(480) 730-0205

October 8, 7pm
Other Voices Reading Series
Antigone Books
411 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Ph: 520-792-3715

Imaginative Conversations: Poetry-Music-Art
Poetry Workshop $25
Monday, Oct. 25
Changing Hands Bookstore
changinghands.com
6428 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, AZ 85283
(480) 730-0205

"Spirit of the Senses" Arts Salon
Poetry Reading/​Musical Preview
http:/​/​www.spiritofthesenses.org/​
Thurs, Nov. 4 7pm

Spring 2010

High Notes Book Launch
April 22, 2010
Paradise Valley Community College
7:00Pm


Fall 2009

Bowling Green State University
Oct. 16, 17, 18 2009

Spring 2009
A Community of Poets and Writers:
Harold Washington College 30 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601

Readers:
Al Maginnes (Ghost Alphabet)
Lois Roma-Deeley (northSight and Rules of Hunger)
Margaret Rozga (200 Nights and One Day)

Chicago Cultural Center
Collaborative Vision: Poetic Dialogue Project
Feb. 14

Check out a review of the show
http:/​/​www.artletter.com/​html/​artletter_1_30_09.html

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
April 1


Fall 2008 Reading for Lois Roma-Deeley

Superstition Review Reading Series
ASU Polytechnic Campus, Cooley Ballroom
Monday October 13th 7:30 PM www.asu.edu/​superstitionreview or
http:/​/​www.asu.edu/​superstitionreview/​v1n1/​index.html



Lois Roma-Deeley is available for poetry readings and lectures. She was featured at the following venues:

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago,IL
Bowling Green State University, OH
West End Reading Series, Ithaca, NY
Clearwater Public Library Author Series, Tampa, FL
Austin Community College, Austin, TX
University of Wisconsin--Waukesha, WI
Chicago Humanities Festival, Loyola University,
Chicago, IL
Book Stall Bookstore,Winnetka,IL
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Associated Writing Programs Conference, Atlanta, GA
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Flagstaff, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore,Tempe, AZ
Phoenix Writers Club, Phoenix, AZ
Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale, AZ
Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
Borders Book Store, Phoenix, AZ
Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Arizona Poetry Society, Glendale, AZ
Reader's Oasis Bookstore, Tucson, AZ
Artfit, Phoenix,Phoenix, AZ,
Poetry In April, Tempe, AZ
Biblio Bookstore, Tucson,AZ
Antigone Bookstore, Tucson, AZ
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing,
Arizona State University, AZ







Selected Works

poetry
High Notes
Lois Roma-Deeley's High Notes " makes you rethink and reshape your life"
Poetry
northSight
Brilliant
--Norman Dubie
A Vital Chorus
--Jane Hirshfield
… characters worthy of Dante.
--Peter Huggins, PKP Forum
Rules of Hunger
Rules of Hunger is a satisfying debut collection of poems which creates a "mosaic of hard joy” for the “noble gestures and honorable lives" of one Italian-American family with its "legacy of sorrow as well as humor."