For my latest project, I got the opportunity to work with a handful of artists that I love. I recorded some poems for the flipside of a 7inch vinyl record. The San Francisco band Sweat Lodge has two songs on their side. Songwriter/musician
I got an opportunity from the Arizona Commission On The Arts to do a reading that incorporated projected images throughout the performance. So I was able to put together a show at one of the iconic Phoenix venues The Trunk Space with some o…
Tonissa Saul and I had a great time handling the rinky dink press table at the AWP Philadelphia bookfair. We launched a brand new series featuring (clockwise in photo) Ann Pedone, Kurt Mikhael, Eric Dovigi, Michael Buckius, Jamie King, Hals…
Very cool to see that our book was a finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Since all of my celebrations are virtual, here are a few more of those "Poetic Distancing Reading Series" video sessions that I did instead of whatever boo…
"There is something both cheeky and somber about Baker and Orion’s united perspective. Orion’s poems are as close to punk rock as we can get in 2021." Wolf mentions that a few of the poems reference legendary skateboarder Rodney Mullen, so
Excited to say that our book is now available at Stinkweeds Record Store if you're ever in Downtown Phoenix. This is especially cool because back in high school, I used to drive out to Kimber Lanning's original shops in Mesa and Tempe to bu…
Having our book out during the pandemic was strange, since we couldn't encounter people at readings or lit festivals. It made you wonder if it was really "out there" in the world. So we truly appreciated seeing a few book reviews pop up eve…
Since the new book Gravity & Spectacle came out right at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, I wasn't able to do any readings and that was disappointing. I tried a few Zoom readings and subjected people to my cluttered backroom, confusin…
I can mail you one for $15 or a combo pack with one of my books for $27 through PayPal https://www.paypal.me/ShawnteOrion or Venmo https://venmo.com/ShawnteOrion I'd be happy to personally send you a signed copy of Gravity & Spectacle or my…
March 6th - Pen-Demonium Poetry Readingperforming along with Roxy Runyan, Christopher Cipollini, and Michelle Barry March 7th - Changing Hands Bookstorefeaturing with Inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix Rosemarie Dombrowski Changing Hands Bo…
Jia Oak Baker's stunning photographs of a discarded punk-rock-skateboard-video-prop-mask, and Shawnte Orion's sardonic, pop culture-infused poetry make the strange world of Gravity & Spectacle. It is a slanted ode to Phoenix and its surroun…