UPCOMING READINGS AND TALKS:
August 28, 2018
Kundiman at Bryant Park Reading Room
Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street
Bryant Park
New York, NY 10018
September 16, 2018
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall
September 17, 2018
Marymount Manhattan College
221 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021
October 12 - October 14, 2018
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro, VT
October 19 - October 20, 2018
Dodge Poetry Festival
Newark, NJ
October 25, 2018
Towson University
English Department
8000 York Rd, Towson, MD 21252
January 23, 2019
Poets Out Loud
Fordham University
Lowenstein Hall, 113 West 60 Street, 12th floor lounge
Bronx, NY 10458
April 23, 2019
Writers at Newark Reading Series
Rutgers University
43 Bleeker Street
Newark, NJ 07102
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:
October 12 - November 16, 2017
Poets House Workshop
Thursdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
Poets House
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
PAST READINGS:
May 29, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Elliott Bay Book Company
w/ Cathy Linh Che
1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
May 22, 2018 — 7:00 PM
City Lights Bookstore
w/ Jennifer S. Cheng
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Saturday, May 5, 2018 — 11:00 AM
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
"In Transit: A Reading"
w/ Brionne Janae, Wesley Rothman, Leah Umansky
Hawthorne Hotel, Library Room
18 Washington Square W, Salem, MA 01970
Monday, April 30, 2018 — 8:00 PM
92 Y Unterberg Poetry Center Reading with Tracy K. Smith & Javier Zamora
92 Y Unterberg Poetry Center
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
Event tickets.
Friday, April 27, 2018 — 6:00 PM
The C.K. Williams Reading Series at Princeton
w/ Mim Ra Aslaoui, Nicolas Freeman, Isabella Grabski, Alicia Lai, and Rosed Serrano
Labyrinth Books, Princeton
122 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Thursday, April 26, 2018 — 2:00 PM
The College of New Jersey
w/ Professor Jiayan Mi
Bliss Hall, Main Lounge
2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing Township, NJ 08628
Thursday, April 19, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith
w/ Matthew Dickman
279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — 7:00 PM
EYE LEVEL Book Launch
w/ Joseph Legaspi, Sahar Muradi, and Nicole Sealey
PowerHouse Arena
28 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday, April 13, 2018 — 5:00 PM
NYU Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading
w/ Chase Berggrun, DeLana Dameron, Jen Hyde, Jen Levitt, and Elsbeth Pancrazi
NYU, Lillian Vernon House
58 W 10th St, New York, NY 10003
March 16, 2018
Frankin Electric Reading Series
w/ Hafizah Geter and Sam Ross
650 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
March 10, 2018 — 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Graywolf Debut Poets Reading
w/ Mai Der Vang, Donika Kelly, and Erika L. Sánchez
AWP Conference
Room 18 & 19, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
March 9, 2018 — 3:00 PM
Book Signing at the Academy of American Poets' Booth
AWP Conference Bookfair, Booth #1305
Tampa Convention Center
333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
Friday, February 23, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Paragraph Reading Series
w/ Amy Meng and Ben Purkert
KGB Bar
85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 7:30 PM
ZYZZYVA Winter Launch Reading
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Thursday, February 8, 2018 — 5:00 PM
On Eye Level: A Reading and Talk
Princeton University
Sponsored by The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers,
English Department, and Creative Writing Department
Chancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton, NJ 08540
Monday, February 5, 2018 — 12:00 PM
Graywolf Editor's Lunch
w/ Fiona McCrae
Offices of Harvest
Monday, January 29, 2018 — 7:30 PM
Soul Sister Revue Reading Series
w/Ricardo Hernandez, Denice Frohman, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Tishon Woolcock
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012
Friday, January 26, 2018 — 7:00 PM
WEIRDD Reading Series
w/ Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Marwa Helal, & Dan Thompson
Books Are Magic Bookstore
225 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Birnam Presents
w/ Ama Codjoe, Adrian Coto, Thomas Dooley
Maritea Daehlin, Emily Smith, and Nola Sporn Smith
1651 Cody Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Singapore Unbound, Second Saturdays Reading Series
Featured Reader
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 9, 2017
SLICE Literary Conference
Panel with Ricardo Maldonado, Hafizah Geter, and Javier Zamora
Moderated by Mary Gannon
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
A New Colossus, 92 Y Reading
w/ Amanda Calderon, Lynn Melnick, sam sax, Safiya Sinclair, and Paul Tran
Poets House
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
Friday, May 26, 2017
EMPIRE and EARSHOT Reading Series
w/ Brooke Ellsworth, Alex Morris, and Simone White
Art Cafe + Bar
884-886 Pacific St, Brooklyn, New York 11238
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
American Poets Issue Launch
w/ Airea D. Matthews and Nathan McClain
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St, New York, New York 10012
Thursday, April 20, 2017
cream city live! Issue Launch
w/ Chiwan Choi and Emily Stinson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hefter Center
3271 N Lake Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Drinking Gourd Launch
w/ Mayda del Valle
Chris Abani, Ed Roberson, and Tatsu Aoki Reduction String Quartet
Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior St. Chicago 60654
August 28, 2018
Kundiman at Bryant Park Reading Room
Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street
Bryant Park
New York, NY 10018
September 16, 2018
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall
September 17, 2018
Marymount Manhattan College
221 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021
October 12 - October 14, 2018
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro, VT
October 19 - October 20, 2018
Dodge Poetry Festival
Newark, NJ
October 25, 2018
Towson University
English Department
8000 York Rd, Towson, MD 21252
January 23, 2019
Poets Out Loud
Fordham University
Lowenstein Hall, 113 West 60 Street, 12th floor lounge
Bronx, NY 10458
April 23, 2019
Writers at Newark Reading Series
Rutgers University
43 Bleeker Street
Newark, NJ 07102
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:
October 12 - November 16, 2017
Poets House Workshop
Thursdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
Poets House
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
PAST READINGS:
May 29, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Elliott Bay Book Company
w/ Cathy Linh Che
1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
May 22, 2018 — 7:00 PM
City Lights Bookstore
w/ Jennifer S. Cheng
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Saturday, May 5, 2018 — 11:00 AM
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
"In Transit: A Reading"
w/ Brionne Janae, Wesley Rothman, Leah Umansky
Hawthorne Hotel, Library Room
18 Washington Square W, Salem, MA 01970
Monday, April 30, 2018 — 8:00 PM
92 Y Unterberg Poetry Center Reading with Tracy K. Smith & Javier Zamora
92 Y Unterberg Poetry Center
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
Event tickets.
Friday, April 27, 2018 — 6:00 PM
The C.K. Williams Reading Series at Princeton
w/ Mim Ra Aslaoui, Nicolas Freeman, Isabella Grabski, Alicia Lai, and Rosed Serrano
Labyrinth Books, Princeton
122 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Thursday, April 26, 2018 — 2:00 PM
The College of New Jersey
w/ Professor Jiayan Mi
Bliss Hall, Main Lounge
2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing Township, NJ 08628
Thursday, April 19, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith
w/ Matthew Dickman
279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — 7:00 PM
EYE LEVEL Book Launch
w/ Joseph Legaspi, Sahar Muradi, and Nicole Sealey
PowerHouse Arena
28 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday, April 13, 2018 — 5:00 PM
NYU Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading
w/ Chase Berggrun, DeLana Dameron, Jen Hyde, Jen Levitt, and Elsbeth Pancrazi
NYU, Lillian Vernon House
58 W 10th St, New York, NY 10003
March 16, 2018
Frankin Electric Reading Series
w/ Hafizah Geter and Sam Ross
650 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
March 10, 2018 — 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Graywolf Debut Poets Reading
w/ Mai Der Vang, Donika Kelly, and Erika L. Sánchez
AWP Conference
Room 18 & 19, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
March 9, 2018 — 3:00 PM
Book Signing at the Academy of American Poets' Booth
AWP Conference Bookfair, Booth #1305
Tampa Convention Center
333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
Friday, February 23, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Paragraph Reading Series
w/ Amy Meng and Ben Purkert
KGB Bar
85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 7:30 PM
ZYZZYVA Winter Launch Reading
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Thursday, February 8, 2018 — 5:00 PM
On Eye Level: A Reading and Talk
Princeton University
Sponsored by The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers,
English Department, and Creative Writing Department
Chancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton, NJ 08540
Monday, February 5, 2018 — 12:00 PM
Graywolf Editor's Lunch
w/ Fiona McCrae
Offices of Harvest
Monday, January 29, 2018 — 7:30 PM
Soul Sister Revue Reading Series
w/Ricardo Hernandez, Denice Frohman, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Tishon Woolcock
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012
Friday, January 26, 2018 — 7:00 PM
WEIRDD Reading Series
w/ Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Marwa Helal, & Dan Thompson
Books Are Magic Bookstore
225 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Birnam Presents
w/ Ama Codjoe, Adrian Coto, Thomas Dooley
Maritea Daehlin, Emily Smith, and Nola Sporn Smith
1651 Cody Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Singapore Unbound, Second Saturdays Reading Series
Featured Reader
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 9, 2017
SLICE Literary Conference
Panel with Ricardo Maldonado, Hafizah Geter, and Javier Zamora
Moderated by Mary Gannon
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
A New Colossus, 92 Y Reading
w/ Amanda Calderon, Lynn Melnick, sam sax, Safiya Sinclair, and Paul Tran
Poets House
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
Friday, May 26, 2017
EMPIRE and EARSHOT Reading Series
w/ Brooke Ellsworth, Alex Morris, and Simone White
Art Cafe + Bar
884-886 Pacific St, Brooklyn, New York 11238
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
American Poets Issue Launch
w/ Airea D. Matthews and Nathan McClain
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St, New York, New York 10012
Thursday, April 20, 2017
cream city live! Issue Launch
w/ Chiwan Choi and Emily Stinson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hefter Center
3271 N Lake Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Drinking Gourd Launch
w/ Mayda del Valle
Chris Abani, Ed Roberson, and Tatsu Aoki Reduction String Quartet
Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior St. Chicago 60654