Laura Reece Hogan’s Butterfly Nebula (Backwaters Press, 2023) is officially out now. Be sure to mark your calendars for some upcoming events celebrating this new book.

Winner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry, Butterfly Nebula reaches from the depths of the sea to the edges of space to chart intersections of the physical universe, the divine, the human, and the constantly unfolding experience of being “one thing in the act of becoming another.” This collection of poems teems with creatures and cosmic phenomena that vivify and reveal our common struggle toward faith and identity.

Check out the list of upcoming events below:

UCLA Planetarium (Los Angeles, CA) welcomes Laura Reece Hogan on October 4th for a poetry reading from Butterfly Nebula with telescope viewing to follow at 8 p.m. Directions to reach the Planetarium can be found here!

Chevalier’s Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA) welcomes Hogan on October 6th for a book launch event with additional readings from Donna Spruijt-Metz, Vandana Khanna, and Chloe Martinez at 6 p.m. Learn more about the event and RSVP here!

The Village Well (Culver City, CA) welcomes Laura Reece Hogan on November 9th for a reading from Butterfly Nebula with additional readings from Kate Bolton Bonnici at 7 p.m. Learn more about the event here!

Inflectionist Reading Series (Zoom) welcomes Hogan on November 27th for a reading from her new book at 5 p.m. Register for the event here!

Catholic University (Washington D.C.) welcomes Laura Reece Hogan on December 7th for a reading from Butterfly Nebula, in conversation with physics professor Sergio Picozzi. Check back here for the time!

Bird in Hand (Baltimore, MD) welcomes Hogan on December 10th for a reading from her new poetry collection with poet David Keplinger in the Hot L Poets Series at 4 p.m. Learn more about the event here!

Lansing Poetry Club (Lansing, MI) welcomes Laura Reece Hogan on April 14th for a reading from Butterfly Nebula at 4 p.m. Check back here for the venue!

Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA) welcomes Hogan during the Spring for a reading from her poetry collection with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici. Check back here for more information on the time and date!

Laura Reece Hogan is the author of I Live, No Longer I, O Garden-Dweller, and Litany of Flights.