UPCOMING
2023
2024
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 9:00 AM
Bilingual reading of Silva Kaputikyan’s poetry with Margarit Ordukhanyan
American Literary Translators Association Conference, Marriott Hotel – Canyon C Room | Tucson, AZ
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 10:45AM
“Co-Translation as Reorienting Place in the Translator-Author Encounter” Panel
With Aron Aji, Jeffrey Angles, Joshua Edwards, Margarit Ordukhanyan, & Lynn Xu
American Literary Translators Association Conference, Marriott Hotel – Madera Room | Tucson, AZ
TBA, FEBRUARY
“Graywolf, Haymarket, Kaya, & Noemi Editors on Small Press Revision Practices” Panel
With Neela Banerjee, Chantz Erolin, Suzi F. Garcia, & Sarah Gzemski
AWP Conference, TBA | Kansas City, MO
PAST
2023
SATURDAY, JUNE 24 @ 9AM Pacific
“Translation and Freedom” Panel
Both Sides Face East Workshop
Accessible Via Zoom
SATURDAY, MARCH 18 @ 9PM
Reading of Nadia Anjuman’s poetry with Regina Guimarães, Lauren Mendinueta, Luís Castro Mendes, Nuno Gomes, & a performance from the National Institute of Afghan Music
Porto University, Portugal
2021
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ NOON Pacific
“Publishing with Small Presses”
Mendocino Writers’ Conference
Accessible via Zoom
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 @ 8:00AM Pacific
“From Book Crush to Book Review: A Literary Criticism How-To”
Antioch MFA Writers Residency
Accessible via Zoom
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 9:00AM Mountain
“What is important for translators of poetry to know when acquiring rights?” Roundtable
American Literary Translators Association Conference, Marriott Hotel – Ventana Room | Tucson, AZ
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 @ 4PM
Writers House Reading Series
Merrimack College | North Andover, MA
2020
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 @ 1:45PM
“Institutional Contexts and the Shaping
of Power” Roundable
MLA Convention, Sheraton – Willow B | Seattle
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 @ 7:30PM
MLA Off-Site Reading hosted by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the U of Washington Bothell
Town Hall Forum | Seattle
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 @ 5:30PM
Visiting Emerging Poet-in-Residence Reading
Ulrich Museum | Wichita State University
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 @ 1:45PM [CANCELLED]
“First Book Angst: Grappling with
the Debut Work” Roundtable with Farooq Ahmed, Hilary Leichter, Allie Rowbottom, Xuan Juliana Wang, Ashley Wurzbacher
AWP Conference, Room 206A | Henry B. González Convention Center, San Antonio
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 @ 7PM [CANCELLED]
AWP Off-Site Reading with American Literary Review, Arkansas International, Open Letter, The Pinch
Francis Bogside Pub | San Antonio
APRIL 30 – MAY 3 [CANCELLED]
Healthy Relationships Week
University of Alaska Southeast | Juneau, AK
2019
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 @ 3:30PM
The Embodied Graduate Student in Relation Panel
MLA Convention, Columbus KL | Chicago
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 @ 12:30PM
Dissertation Defense | “Migratory Wounds: Relayed Trauma in Contemporary Poetics” (critical) and “Seiche” (creative)
USC Fishbowl Chapel | Los Angeles
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 @ 6:30PM
Ruth Stone Foundation Reading | With Major Jackson, Ruth Madievsky, & Kiev Rattee Green
Wishbone Collective | Winooski, VT
FRIDAY, MARCH 29 @ 7:00 PM
AWP | Off-Site Reading with Essay Press, Tarpaulin Sky, Reality Beach, Lavender Ink, and Acre Books
Tea Chai Té, 616 E Burnside St. | Portland
SATURDAY, MARCH 30 @ 12:00 PM
AWP | “Healing Harm/Harming Heal: The Power & Pain in Writing Through Trauma” with Tiana Clark, Natalie Eilbert, Tarfia Faizullah, & Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
AWP Conference, F151 | Portland
SATURDAY, MARCH 30 @ 1:30PM
AWP | “Editing into Negative Capability: Methods & Impacts of Manuscript Revision” with Gabrielle Civil, Janice Lee, & Aisha Sabatani Sloan
AWP Conference, Portland Ballroom 252 | Portland
MONDAY, MAY 20 @ 3PM
Hoagland Commons (CEN 203) Lane Community College | Eugene, OR
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 @ 7:30PM
Poetic Research Bureau | With Katya Apekina, Sarah LaBrie, Lisa Lee, Lisa Locascio, and Allie Rowbottom
951 Chung King Rd. | Los Angeles, CA
2018
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 @ 8:30AM
MLA | “Humanimal‘s ‘Rescued’ Wolfgirls: Bhanu Kapil’s Investigation of the Displaced”
Session 469 | New York, NY
– FULL VIDEO HERE –
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 @ 7:00PM
Sunview Luncheonette | With EG Asher & Simone White
221 Nassau Ave. | Brooklyn, NY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 @ 12:00PM
Wesleyan University Reading
Downey House Room 113 | Middletown, CT
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 @ 8:00PM
The Poetry Project | With Anna Vitale
St. Mark’s Church | East Village, NY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 @ 7:30PM
Other Books | With Natalie J. Graham
2006 E. Cesar E. Chavez | Los Angeles, CA
FRIDAY, MARCH 3 @ 7:30PM
Liberate Hollywood | With Victoria Chang, Ruth Madievsky, & Douglas Manuel
6365 Selma Avenue | Los Angeles, CA
THURSDAY, MARCH 8 @ 1:30PM
AWP | Telling the Whole Truth: Refracting Languages and Perspectives That Are Rarely Translated
Room 1, Tampa Convention Center | Tampa, FL
FRIDAY, MARCH 9 @ 11AM
AWP Whale Prom Book Fair | 1913 Table
Rialto Theater | Tampa, FL
FRIDAY, MARCH 9 @ 5PM
AWP Off-Site Reading | Futurepoem, BOAAT, Gramma, & Ugly Duckling Presse
C.1949 Florida Beer Garden | Tampa, FL
FRIDAY, MARCH 9 @ 7PM
AWP Off-Site – An All Human Reading | 1913 Press, Cupboard Pamphlet, Noemi Press, & Rose Metal Press
Southern Brewing | Tampa, FL
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 @ NOON
AWP | Explorations of Insidiousness: Writing Complicated Political Realities
Florida Salon 6, Marriott Waterside | Tampa, FL
SUNDAY, MARCH 18 @ 7:30PM
Now That’s What I Call Poetry | with TM Lawson & Katie Manning
Tiger! Tiger! | San Diego, CA
SATURDAY, MARCH 24 @ 7:30PM
Poetic Research Bureau | With Manuel Paul López, Joseph Rios, & Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
951 Chung King Rd. | Los Angeles, CA
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 @ 7:00PM
Diana Khoi Nguyen’s Ghost Of Book Launch | With Jane Wong, Ingrid Rojas Conteras, & Bin Ramke
Green Apple Books @ 9th Ave. | San Francisco, CA
SUNDAY, APRIL 1 @ 7:00PM
Wolfman Books | With Amy Berkowitz & Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
410 E. 13th St. | Oakland, CA
MONDAY, APRIL 2 @ 7:00PM (sharp)
The Switch | With Janice Lee & Stacey Tran
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave. | Portland, OR
TUESDAY, APRIL 3 @ 6:00 PM
Oregon Writers’ Collective Series | With Michelle Penaloza, James Gapinski, Wayne Harrison, & Carl Swart
Old Nicks | Eugene, OR
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 @ 10:30AM
American Literature in the World Conference | “Poetics of Relation and the Role of the Reader in M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong!“
Yale University | New Haven, CT
TUESDAY, APRIL 10 @ 4:00PM
Playing Monster :: Seiche Reading
Le Moyne College| Syracuse, NY
SUNDAY, APRIL 22 @ 3:00PM
LA Times Festival of Books | Poetry Stage
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA
SATURDAY, APRIL 28 @ 6:00PM
Death Horse | With Camille Dungy & Douglas Manuel
Bar Max | Denver, CO
MONDAY, APRIL 30 @ 6:30PM
ASU Piper Center Reading | With Douglas Manuel
Valley Bar | Phoenix, AZ
TUESDAY, MAY 1 @ 5:30PM
Diving into the Wreck: Excavating Family Histories in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, & Hybrid Writing Workshop | With Douglas Manuel
ASU Piper Center | Tempe, AZ
SUNDAY, MAY 6 @ 1PM
POG | With Douglas Manuel
Hop Shop | Tucson, AZ
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 @ 7:30PM
Random Name | With Cindy Arrieu-King
Dahlak | Philadelphia, PA
TUESDAY, JULY 24 @ 7:00PM
With Paul Legault & Amy Lawless
Codex Books | New York, NY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 @ 8:30PM
Rapp Saloon with David Gale, Charlyne Yi, Nelson Alburquenque
1436 2nd Street | Santa Monica, CA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 @ 7:30PM
With Allie Rowbottom
Skylight Books | Los Angeles, CA
– FULL AUDIO HERE –
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 @ 7:00PM
With Douglas Manuel
Changing Hands Bookstore | Tempe, AZ
SATURDAY @ NOVEMBER 3 @ 10:45AM
Bilingual Reading of Nadia Anjuman | With Niloufar Talebi
ALTA Conference, State Room West | Bloomington, IN
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 @ 2PM
Translating the Work of the Dead | With Gabrielle Civil, Katrina Dodson, & Mike Fu
ALTA Conference, RedBud Room | Bloomington, IN
2017
SUNDAY, MARCH 5 @ 4PM
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Event | Hosted by Los Angeles
Review of Books and The Markhaz
Chevalier’s Books | Los Angeles, CA
TUESDAY, APRIL 11 @ 8PM
Stories Books and Cafe | With Myriam Gurba, Kate Partridge, & Catherine Theis
1716 W. Sunset Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA
SATURDAY, APRIL 29 @ 4PM
Andrew Wessells’A Turkish Dictionary Book Launch With Laura Vena
Wolf & Crane | Los Angeles, CA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ 8PM
With Lightness & Darkness Chapbook Launch | Muriel Leung
Poetic Research Bureau | Los Angeles, CA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 11AM
ALTA | Telling the Whole Truth: Refracting Languages and Perspectives That Are Rarely Translated
Norway 1 | Minneapolis, MN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 6:30PM
Next Poetix | With Gabrielle Civil, Sawako Nakayasu, & Chaun Webster
MCAD Main Auditorium | Minneapolis, MN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 8PM
Playing Monster :: Seiche Book Launch | With Dana Johnson,
Emily Lacy, & Jack Sjogren
Human Resources | Los Angeles, CA
– FULL VIDEO HERE –
2016
SATURDAY, APRIL 2 @ 10:30AM
AWP | “Sensuality, the Body, and the Quest for Authenticity in Translation”
LA Convention Center Room 405 | Los Angeles, CA
FRIDAY, APRIL 22 @ 5:30PM
The Ouroboros Effect Reading
UC-Berkeley, Comparative Literature Library, Dwinelle Hall | Berkeley, CA
FRIDAY, JUNE 10 @ 8PM
VOX & Voices Reading with Jen Hofer
Stories Books & Cafe | Los Angeles, CA
2015
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 @ 9AM
Thinking Its Presence: Racial Imaginary | “Racializing Whiteness” Panel
University of Montana | Missoula, MT
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 @ 4PM
CalArts &Now | “Lyrical Visions” Panel
2800 McBean Pkwy | Valencia, CA
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 @ 1PM
Caldera Open Studios | With 2015 Artists in Residence
Caldera Arts Center | Sisters, OR
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 @ 6PM
AWP | Off-Site Small Press Reading
Gamut Gallery | Minneapolis, MN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 @ 2PM
1888 Center | “Judging Books by Covers” Panel
Barnes & Noble | Orange, CA
– FULL AUDIO HERE –
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 @ 2PM
Fourth Sundays Reading
Claremont Public Library | Claremont, CA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 3:45PM
ALTA 38: Translation & Traffic Conference | “Vernaculars as the Substantiation of Traffic” Panel
Tucson Mariot University Park | Tucson, AZ
2014
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 @ 7PM
Pop-Hop | With Ashley Farmer & Brandon Som
5002 York Blvd | Los Angeles
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 @ 7:30PM
Studio One | With Ben Mirov
365 45th Street | Oakland
SUNDAY, MARCH 16 @ 7:30PM
If Not For Kidnap | With Amaranth Borsuk & Nicole Trigg
Food + Drink | Portland
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 @ 5PM
Non-Standard Lit Event | With Joshua Edwards & Lynn Xu
Gym Standard | 2903 El Cajon Blvd | San Diego
FRIDAY, MAY 30 @ 8PM
ENTER>text | With Kate Durbin, Janice Lee, others
Human Resources | 410 Cottage Home St | Los Angeles
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 @ 7PM
Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop | With Christine Kanownik & J. Hope Stein
126A Front Street | DUMBO Brooklyn
– FULL AUDIO HERE –
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 8PM
Vermont Studio Center
Lowe Lecture Hall | Johnson, VT
2013
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 @ 8PM
Death Centos Chapbook Launch & Party
Concord Space | 1010 N. San Fernando Road | Los Angeles
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 7PM
2×2 | With Anna Deeny Morales & Janaka Stucky
Lorem Ipsum Books | 1299 Cambridge Street | Cambridge
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 @ 7PM
With Erica Mena & Kate Schapira
Ada Books | 717 Westminster Street | Providence
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 @ 7PM
Cellar Series with Rachel Levitsky & Maged Zaher
The Old American Can Factory | 232 Third Street #E303 | Brooklyn
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 @ 7PM
Morbid Anatomy | With Natalia Porter
Proteus Gowanus Gallery | 543 Union Street | Brooklyn
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 @ 7:30PM
With Douglas Kearney & Sarah Vap
The Last Bookstore | 453 Spring Street | Los Angeles
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 @ 7PM
With Anna Moschovakis
Mello Velo | 550-556 Westcott Street, 2nd Floor | Syracuse