If you would like to arrange a reading, talk, or class visit, please feel free to contact me.
Upcoming:
Friday, August 30, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
New Poetry with Dora Malech
Skylight Books, 1814 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
Long Beach City College, Room TBD, Long Beach, CA
Past:
Diving into the Wreck: The Inheritance of Trauma with William Archila, Lori Bedikian, and Douglas Manuel, LitFest Pasadena, Pasadena, CA (May 2019)
AWP Panel, “Post-MFA vs. POC: Five Poets Speak About and Read from First Books” with Ángel García, Douglas Manuel, Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa, and Steven Sanchez, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR (March 2019)
Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading with D.M. Aderibigbe, Melissa Crowe, and Rebecca Hazelton
at Produce Row Cafe, Portland, OR (March 2019)
Writing from the Margins: A Reading and Talk on Poetry and Identity, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (March 2019)
Fourth Sundays at the Claremont Library: Reading with Cindy Rinne, Claremont, CA (February 2019)
Reading with Steven Sanchez, Sacramento, CA (February 2019)
Reading with Heather June Gibbons, Randall Mann, and Barbara Jane Reyes, San Francisco, CA (February 2019)
Reading with Cynthia Guardado, Santa Ana, CA (February 2019)
Book Launch for Why Can’t It Be Tenderness, Highland Park, CA (January 2019)
Reading with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Heather June Gibbons, and Joseph Rios, Highland Park, CA (January 2019)
Long Beach Poetry Book Fair: Reading with Cynthia Guardado, Long Beach, CA (October 2018)
Hella Poetry Reading with Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa, Steven Sanchez, sam sax, and Vanessa Villarreal, Highland Park, CA (September 2018)
Writers' Block Live with Steven Sanchez and Mathieu Cailler, Orange, CA (May 2018)
Writers Resist Los Angeles: Climate of Change, Venice, CA (January 2018)
Poetry of Place, the Place of the Poet: A Poetry Reading and Talk, Kalamazoo, MI (January 2018)
Painting the Canvas: A Reading of Writers of Color, Fresno, CA (June 2017)
A Celebration & Reading with Genevieve Kaplan & Callie Siskel, Culver City, CA (September 2016)
Launch for Theory on Falling into a Reef, Long Beach, CA (June 2016)
The Loudest Voice Reading Series, Los Angeles, CA (April 2016)
Poetry Day at Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April 2016)
Participant Reading at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (March 2016)
Uptown Word Reading Series, Long Beach, CA (November 2015)
La Palabra Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (October 2015)
Sumarr Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (August 2015)
Mixed Remixed Festival at the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA (June 2015)
The Loudest Voice Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (February 2015)
Sumarr Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (June 2014)
USC Collaborative, Pasadena, CA (May 2014)
The Loudest Voice Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (July 2014)
Side Door Poetry Reading, Corona Del Mar, CA (May 2013)
The Loudest Voice Reading Series, Highland Park, CA (January 2013)
Night Muse at Ay Que Vintage, Long Beach, CA (November 2012)
Hitched: The Fresno Poets at Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA (April 2012)
Poetry Reading in Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Fresno, CA (May 2011)
Fresno Public Library Poetry Series, Fresno, CA (April 2011)
MFA Graduate Thesis Reading at California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA (April 2011)
Writers for Japan: A Reading and Fundraiser at Mr. Sushi Restaurant, Fresno, CA (April 2011)
National Poetry Month at Roosevelt High School, Fresno, CA (March 2011)
Calyx's 35th Anniversary at Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (March 2011)
Rogue Festival: A Reading with Chicano Writers and Artists Association, Fresno, CA (March 2011)
Rogue Festival: Poetry and Prose with San Joaquin Literary Association, Fresno, CA (March 2011)
Central Valley Buzz Radio/TV with Chuck Leonard, Fresno, CA (February 2011)
Calyx 26:1 Launch at Modern Times Books Store, San Francisco, CA (August 2010)
The Poets of Fresno: Summer Reading Series, Fresno, CA (August 2010)
Napa Valley Writers' Conference Participant Reading, St. Helena, CA (July 2010)
National Poetry Month at Roosevelt High School, Fresno, CA (May 2010)
The Moe Green Poetry Hour (World Wide Word Radio Network), Los Angeles, CA (March 2010)
Rogue Festival: Poetry and Prose with San Joaquin Literary Association, Fresno, CA (March 2010)
In a Flourishing Way: An Afternoon with Pakatelas, Fresno, CA (December 2009)
Pakatelas (KFCF Radio), Fresno, CA (October 2009)
Reading at the Writing Workshops at San Miguel, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico (June 2009)
Swing Shift with the San Joaquin Literary Association, Fresno, CA (November 2008)
MFA Student Reading Series at California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA (September 2008)