“Swift shows how the atrocities indwell her life years after the fact, informing her quest for knowledge of good and evil in her daily consciousness.”
Sandra McPherson
(on Intricate Moves)
Joan Swift has read at universities, colleges, and book stores across the country as well as at just plain gatherings in coffee houses and other locations.
- 2002 Skagit River Poetry Festival
- University of California at Davis
- The University of Washington, Seattle
- Duke University, Durham, N.C.
- St. Bonaventure University, Olean, N.Y.
- Sacramento Poetry Center
- Writers & Books, Rochester, N.Y.
- Distinguished Poets Series, Tacoma, W.A.
- Portland Poetry Festival
- Cody’s Book Store, Berkeley
- Elliott Bay Books, Seattle
- Barnes and Noble Books, Sacramento and Seattle
- Book Shop, Santa Cruz
and dozens more. . .