Judith Lauter

Welcome to my site

This site will provide an introduction to my work in human neuroscience, poetry, and photography/art. See below for a checklist of events such as lectures, workshops, and presentations of poetry and photographs or art. [I am available for a variety of presentation formats, for both science and poetry; contact me by clicking on the email icon at upper right of this page.]

***ALL 5 PAGES ON THIS SITE HAVE A MAIN PAGE WITH ITS OWN INFO, plus 4 of them also have sub-pages. Use the main page in each case to see an overview of what that section of the site contains.***

Besides this home page, other pages on the site [note that many pages are in progress] will cover:
    Biography
            A. family background
            B. education
            C. work experience
        Science
            A. popular neuroscience (How is Your Brain Like a Zebra, etc.)
            B. experimental human neuroscience
        Poetry [includes sub-pages for all my published books]
            A. overview of my history in poetry; recent book-related events
            B. excerpts, including contents and sample pages, from each poetry book
            C. How Do You Do Haiku? workshop summary outline
Photography/Art
             A. overview of my history in photography and art;
                      recent photo/art related events
             B. samples of my photos & drawings

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Recent Events

Note: events on this page are about my books including poetry;
for events related to photography & art, click on the MAIN page for Photography/Art

Invited speaker, 6th Annual East Texas Book Fest, Tyler Junior College West Campus, Tyler TX, Saturday September 13, 2014, 10 am - 3 pm: I gave a short presentation on my Zebra brain model, and offered all my books for sale, including my poetry books. The Fest this year was co-sponsored by Humanities Texas, where I am listed as one of their supported speakers.

Pineywoods Summer Haiku -- a gallery exhibit of photographs and poems from this book, sponsored by the Center for Regional Heritage Research; at the historic Nacogdoches Railroad Depot, 101 Old Tyler Road, downtown Nacogdoches TX, October 1 - November 7, 2014. Exhibit hours during the run: M-W 11:30 - 3:30, Th by appointment, F 9-1; opening reception, reading, and book signing: 6 - 7:30 pm on Friday, October 3; workshop "How do you do haiku?" originally scheduled for Oct. 18 was cancelled. [For an outline of the workshop, see Haiku Workshop subpage under the Poetry tab, above.]
Copies of the book are now available at the following locations
in East Texas:
Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau Visitors Center
200 E. Main, Nacogdoches TX 75961
Stephen F. Austin State University Barnes & Noble
SFA Campus University Center
Nacogdoches TX 75961
Galleria Z
615 N. University Drive, Nacogdoches TX 75961
Texas Forestry Museum
1905 Atkinson Drive, Lufkin TX 75901
Longview Museum of Fine Arts
215 E. Tyler St., Longview TX 75601

Coastal Bend Winter Haiku -- copies of this book are now available at the following locations
in and around Corpus Christi TX:
South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
8545 S. Staples, Corpus Christi TX 78413
Art Museum of South Texas
1902 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi TX 78401
Art Center for the Islands
323 N. Alister, Port Aransas TX 78373Art Center for the Islands323 N. Alister, Port Aransas TX 78373

LaNana Creek Haiku -- copies of this book are now available at the following locations
in East Texas:
Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau Visitor Center
200 E. Main, Nacogdoches TX 75961
Stephen F. Austin State University Barnes & Noble
SFA Campus University Center
Nacogdoches TX 75961
Galleria Z
615 N. University Drive, Nacogdoches TX 75961
The Museum of East Texas
503 N. 2nd St., Lufkin TX 75901
Texas Forestry Museum
1905 Atkinson Drive, Lufkin TX 75901
Longview Museum of Fine Arts
215 E. Tyler St., Longview TX 75601

Invited author, "Blaze a Trail with Ab" dinner honoring Dr. Francis E. "Ab" Abernethy, Banita Creek Hall, Nacogdoches TX, March 10, 2015; I was invited to include my LaNana Creek Haiku book (co-dedicated to Dr. Abernethy) on their book table, as part of a fundraising effort for the Banita Creek Trail Development Fund
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Participating author, Dogwood Book Festival, Palestine TX, March 28, 2015
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Participating author, North Texas Book Festival, Denton TX, April 11, 2015
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Prize-winning author, Judy B. McDonald Library National Poetry Month Poetry Contest, April, 2015
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

The Legacy Land Conservancy based in Ann Arbor MI
has posted my poem Canada Geese on their website as of July, 2015

Invited author, book signing (Coastal Bend Winter Haiku)
Art Center for the Islands, Port Aransas TX, February, 2016
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Participating author, Meet the Authors open house, Nacogdoches TX, April, 2016
sponsored by the Daily Sentinel as part of the Nacogdoches Tricentennial celebration
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Participating author and photographer, ArtWalk, Longview TX, July 2016
sponsored by a number of art-related groups in Longview
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Book Reading with slideshow (Rockies Autumn Haiku)
Shuter Library, Angel Fire NM, August 2016
sponsored by the Shuter Library
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph)

Book reading with slideshow -- joint reading with Ken Lauter:
"Rembrandt and Vermeer: Two Dutch Painters as seen by Two Nacogdoches Poets,"
Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches TX, November 2016
(see Recent Events subpage for photographs and more details)

Book reading with slideshow -- joint reading with Ken Lauter:
"Rembrandt and Vermeer: Two Dutch Painters as seen by Two Texas Poets,"
SOMOS, Taos NM, August 2017
(see Recent Events subpage for photographs and more details)

Book reading with slideshow -- joint reading with Ken Lauter:
"Just Back from the Mountains: Two Nacogdoches poets
visit northern New Mexico and southern Colorado,"
The Bosslight Bookstore, Nacogdoches TX, October 2017
(see Recent Events subpage for photographs and more details)

Poem reading: my poem "Esperando" (in Spanish),
Evening of International Poetry, Nacogdoches TX, November 2017
(see Recent Events subpage for photograph and more details)

[For additional information regarding listed events, including images,
go to the Recent Events subpage included under the Home-page tab, above]