Upcoming Events and Readings
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Video Archive
Check out these videos of Todd's past readings. E-mail with booking inquiries.
Todd recorded several poems for Seadog Studios while attending the Poetry Society of Texas 2018 Summer Conference in Waco, Texas. A couple of those poems ended up on the two-volume CD compilation "Bridging the World." Here is "West of Key West," which was not included on the compilation but was converted into a visual poem in 2020 by Seadog Studios for their Adventure Poetry Channel.
Todd was interviewed by Biskinik, his tribal news outlet , during his 10/20/17 reading at Dallas's Deep Vellum Books. An enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Todd is fiercely proud of his Chahta heritage and draws from Native American culture and family stories to inform much of his work.
Todd reads at Malvern Books in Austin on 9/17/17 to celebrate the release of his first chapbook, Ten Counties Away. Also featured were Todd's friends Judy Jensen and Ken Fontenot.
Past Events
10.10.20 // [online] // Featured presenter on travel poetry at the October meeting of the Poetry Society of Texas
10.05.20 // [online] // Featured presenter on Blues poetry at the October meeting of the Poets of Tarrant County
05.06.19 // Fort Worth (Thomas Place Community Center) // Featured presenter on formal poetry at the May meeting of the Poets of Tarrant County
04.26.19 // Joshua (North Joshua Elementary) // Poetry presentation to second-grade students
04.13.19 // Plano (Texas King Indo-Pak Cafe) // Featured presenter on current events poetry at the April meeting of the Poetry Society of Texas
03.08.19 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Featured Reader at 2nd Friday Reading Series as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
07.13.18 // Waco (Marriott SpringHill Suites) // Texas Poetry Society Summer Conference Reading as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
05.05.18 // Fort Worth (Buffalo West Steakhouse) // Fort Worth Poetry Society Reading as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
05.03.18 // Joshua (North Joshua Elementary) // Poetry presentation to second-grade students
04.21.18 // New Orleans (New Orleans Healing Center) // Panelist for "The Poetics of Journalism in Verse" with Poets Reading the News at the New Orleans Poetry Festival
10.20.17 // Dallas (Deep Vellum Books) // Featured reader at Pandora's Box Poetry Showcase
10.13.17 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Ten Counties Away D/FW Area Book Launch
09.17.17 // Austin (Malvern Books) // Ten Counties Away ATX Area Book Launch with Ken Fontenot and Judy Jensen
04.07.17 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Texas Weather Anthology (Lamar University Press) reading
03.07.17 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dallas Poets Community First Friday Featured Reader
01.13.17 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dallas Poets Community's Cattlemen & Cadillacs reading
11.04.16 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
09.09.16 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dallas Poets Community's Cattlemen & Cadillacs reading
11.06.15 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2016 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
11.01.13 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2014 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
07.19.13 // Oxford (Off Square Books) // Featured reader at University of Mississippi's Southern Writers/Southern Writing Conference
09.14.12 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dos Gatos Press's 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar reading at the Haiku Society of America's Quarterly Meeting
03.10.12 // Stillwater (Oklahoma State University) // Featured reader at Oklahoma State University's Graduate Humanities Conference
11.04.11 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2012 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
11.05.10 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
07.11.09 // Austin (Blanton Museum of Art) // Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review release reception (with Texas Poets Laureate Dave Parsons & Larry Thomas)
06.28.09 // Austin (Barnes & Noble—Sunset Valley) // Featured reader in Borderlands' "Community of Poets" reading series
04.24.09 // Austin (The Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse) // 2009 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.23.09 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2009 Austin International Poetry Festival
09.24.08 // Granbury (Tarleton State University's Langdon Center) // Panelist at Tarleton State University's 2008 Langdon Review Arts Festival (with Texas Poet Laureate Dave Parsons)
07.02.08 // Fort Worth (Tarrant County College—Northwest Campus) // Photography lecture
04.12.08 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2008 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.10.08 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2008 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.06.08 // Austin (Blanton Museum of Art) // "If These Walls Could Speak": Blanton Poetry Project
07.07.07 // Austin (Austin History Center) // Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review release reception
04.14.07 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2007 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.12.07 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2007 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.23.06 // Austin (Ventana Del Soul) // 2006 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.22.06 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2006 Austin International Poetry Festival
11.17.05 // Austin (Triumph Cafe) // Featured reader at "Borders on the Word" reading series
11.09.05 // Austin (Austin Poetry Co-Op) // "Poetry of Protest": Presentation on political poetry for the Austin Poetry Co-Op
10.08.05 // Austin (12th Street Books) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
09.21.05 // Austin (Alligator Grill) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
09.08.05 // Austin (Barnes & Noble—Arboretum) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
spring 2001 // Laredo (Laredo Community College) // La Frontera release reception
fall 2000 // Laredo (Laredo Community College) // La Frontera release reception
10.05.20 // [online] // Featured presenter on Blues poetry at the October meeting of the Poets of Tarrant County
05.06.19 // Fort Worth (Thomas Place Community Center) // Featured presenter on formal poetry at the May meeting of the Poets of Tarrant County
04.26.19 // Joshua (North Joshua Elementary) // Poetry presentation to second-grade students
04.13.19 // Plano (Texas King Indo-Pak Cafe) // Featured presenter on current events poetry at the April meeting of the Poetry Society of Texas
03.08.19 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Featured Reader at 2nd Friday Reading Series as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
07.13.18 // Waco (Marriott SpringHill Suites) // Texas Poetry Society Summer Conference Reading as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
05.05.18 // Fort Worth (Buffalo West Steakhouse) // Fort Worth Poetry Society Reading as Winner of the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest
05.03.18 // Joshua (North Joshua Elementary) // Poetry presentation to second-grade students
04.21.18 // New Orleans (New Orleans Healing Center) // Panelist for "The Poetics of Journalism in Verse" with Poets Reading the News at the New Orleans Poetry Festival
10.20.17 // Dallas (Deep Vellum Books) // Featured reader at Pandora's Box Poetry Showcase
10.13.17 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Ten Counties Away D/FW Area Book Launch
09.17.17 // Austin (Malvern Books) // Ten Counties Away ATX Area Book Launch with Ken Fontenot and Judy Jensen
04.07.17 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Texas Weather Anthology (Lamar University Press) reading
03.07.17 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dallas Poets Community First Friday Featured Reader
01.13.17 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dallas Poets Community's Cattlemen & Cadillacs reading
11.04.16 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
09.09.16 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dallas Poets Community's Cattlemen & Cadillacs reading
11.06.15 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2016 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
11.01.13 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2014 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
07.19.13 // Oxford (Off Square Books) // Featured reader at University of Mississippi's Southern Writers/Southern Writing Conference
09.14.12 // Benbrook (Benbrook Public Library) // Dos Gatos Press's 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar reading at the Haiku Society of America's Quarterly Meeting
03.10.12 // Stillwater (Oklahoma State University) // Featured reader at Oklahoma State University's Graduate Humanities Conference
11.04.11 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2012 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
11.05.10 // Dallas (Half-Price Books—Flagship) // Dos Gatos Press's 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar reading
07.11.09 // Austin (Blanton Museum of Art) // Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review release reception (with Texas Poets Laureate Dave Parsons & Larry Thomas)
06.28.09 // Austin (Barnes & Noble—Sunset Valley) // Featured reader in Borderlands' "Community of Poets" reading series
04.24.09 // Austin (The Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse) // 2009 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.23.09 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2009 Austin International Poetry Festival
09.24.08 // Granbury (Tarleton State University's Langdon Center) // Panelist at Tarleton State University's 2008 Langdon Review Arts Festival (with Texas Poet Laureate Dave Parsons)
07.02.08 // Fort Worth (Tarrant County College—Northwest Campus) // Photography lecture
04.12.08 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2008 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.10.08 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2008 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.06.08 // Austin (Blanton Museum of Art) // "If These Walls Could Speak": Blanton Poetry Project
07.07.07 // Austin (Austin History Center) // Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review release reception
04.14.07 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2007 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.12.07 // Austin (Ruta Maya Coffee House) // 2007 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.23.06 // Austin (Ventana Del Soul) // 2006 Austin International Poetry Festival
04.22.06 // Austin (BookPeople) // 2006 Austin International Poetry Festival
11.17.05 // Austin (Triumph Cafe) // Featured reader at "Borders on the Word" reading series
11.09.05 // Austin (Austin Poetry Co-Op) // "Poetry of Protest": Presentation on political poetry for the Austin Poetry Co-Op
10.08.05 // Austin (12th Street Books) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
09.21.05 // Austin (Alligator Grill) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
09.08.05 // Austin (Barnes & Noble—Arboretum) // Austin Poetry Co-Op's Glass Eye promotional reading
spring 2001 // Laredo (Laredo Community College) // La Frontera release reception
fall 2000 // Laredo (Laredo Community College) // La Frontera release reception