Poetry
My newest book, Edgewood,
the sequel to Stonehaven, has just
been published. Please order from
Amazon and enjoy!
Journal publications include
Alabama Literary Review, Atlanta Review, Cimarron Review, The Cincinnati Review,
Euphony Journal,The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review,
The Minnesota Review, New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Poetry East, The South Carolina Review,
The Sun, Tampa Review, and The Texas Review.
Literary Journal Publications
Edgewood
A Video Reading with Music
2023
Chazen
Museum of Art’s
Bridge Poetry Series
Readings of poems inspired by
artwork by Suzanne Caporael
March 31, 2021
Stonehaven
A Video Reading with Music
2020
Overture Center
Madison, Wisconsin
The Music of Words.
An evening of poetry and music.
April 10, 2019
Cornelia Street Café Readings
New York, New York
A Night of Offerings from Unsolicited Press, May 31, 2017
Night Watch: An Elegy in Music
and Spoken Word,
with flutist Stephanie Jutt,
August 23, 2016
Finishing Line Press Authors,
January 22, 2014
Writers Room Members Reading,
April 21, 2009
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Parkside Lounge READING
New York, New York
Kelsay Books authors,
May 19, 2018; May 21, 2022; May 20, 2023
Poet’s House Readings
New York, New York
Finishing Line Press Authors,
September 6, 2014; March 29, 2014
The Writers Room Member readings,
April 4, 2013
The Yale Bookstore (Barnes and Noble)
New Haven, Connecticut
Readings of Caduceus journal authors, April 14, 2012
Residency Fellowship
Madison, Wisconsin
Edenfred Arts Colony,
February, 2009
Sundance Cinemas Madison Reading,
February 26, 2009
Guest Speaker,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
February, 2009
Pushcart Prize
nominated multiple times
Best of the Net
Award nomination
2019
Notable Readings and More
“...Belair masterfully captures in his poems the central emotional sting that is to be found in the moments when we grow and change.”
Lisa Vihos, Verse Wisconsin