At Corners of the Mouth a monthly reading series at Linnaea’s Cafe located at 1110 Garden Street in San Luis Obispo, Ca. on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7:00.

At the Artists’ Union Gallery on the Ventura boardwalk on October 12 at 7:30

At the Carol Connolly series reading at the University Club on Summit Ave. in St. Paul on October 19 at 7:30.

I would love to see you at a reading.

I’ve been reading your book and much enjoying it. I like the organization–the convent material, then the move to family, the exploration of Ireland and ancestry, and the return to some of the earlier subjects at the end. And I like your ability to take observations of the personal and the natural world and connect them to larger issues and things outside yourself or the immediate thing being observed. I like your clear, strong, descriptive language.

See John?s wonderful new novel, Vestments, just published by Milkweed Editions.

“When one reads the poems of Mary Kay Rummel, one expects a certain precision of language, a vigilant detail, a concentrated lyric whisper that elevates the ordinary life’s ordinary aspirations. On these counts, What’s Left Is The Singing does not disappoint. But these poems are also transformative. Here we find beauty that resists adoration, caution that armors raised fists, and belief that survives religion. Here we find metaphors for life’s passion in the scapes of sand and tides and endless stars that shine through us.” – David Oliveira