A poetry reading with New Mexico Beat Poet Laureate P.W. Covington

Name: A poetry reading with New Mexico Beat Poet Laureate P.W. Covington
Start: 2025-02-15T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-02-15T17:00:00-07:00
Location: 3018 Cielo Court Ste. D, Santa Fe, NM

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

3018 Cielo Court Ste. D, Santa Fe, NM | Santa Fe, NM

PW (Patrick Wayne) Covington was born in Victorville, CA in 1974. His childhood included years in Greece and various communities across the USA, as a member of a Cold War military family.
He attended High School in the rural town of Cuero, TX until being expelled in the 11th grade for publishing and distributing an underground newspaper critical of campus and district officials. He immediately tested for and was awarded his GED.
PW completed four semesters at Victoria College in Victoria, TX before enlisting in the US Air Force, where he served as an Air Transportation Specialist. Covington earned medals and awards for his duty in Somalia and the Persian Gulf as a member of the 2nd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron.
He is rated 100% Service-Connected Disabled by Veterans Affairs.
Covington is the author of six full length poetry collections, including his debut, Like the Prayers of an Infidel, One American Airman’s Experience of Service, War, and Return (Hercules Publishing. 2010), Sacred Wounds (Slough Press, 2015), and malepoet. (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2021). He has also published a novel, Dear Elsa, Letters from a Texas Prison (2014), and a collection of short fiction titled North Beach and Other Stories, which was named a Finalist in LGBTQ Fiction by the International Book Awards in 2019.
He has also worked as a stand-in or background performer on film and television productions such as Better Call Saul (AMC), The Cleaning Lady (FOX), and Duster (forthcoming from HBO).
His latest poetry collection, titled Vintage Denim, has a release date of January 1, 2025, from Indie publisher Alien Buddha Press.