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Past readings

2019


Sunday, September 29, 1 pm
with Francesca Bell
Orinda Books

Friday, September 20, 7:30 pm
With Hayden Saunier
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Sunday, September 22, 7 pm
Stable Cafe, San Francisco

Thursday, March 21
Speakeasy at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Friday, March 22
with Maggie Anderson and Kevin Prufer
Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville

Friday, April 6
Poetry World Series
Mill Valley Public Library, CA

Sunday, March 3
with Esther Lin, Amos White, and Austin Smith
Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Café, San Francisco

Wednesday, March 13
with Matthew Zapruder, Shanthi Sekaran, and Sophia Shalmiyev
The Bindery, San Francisco

2018

Thursday, December 13
with Vanessa Hua, Rae Gouirand, and more
Why There Are Words
Sausalito, CA

Sunday, December 2, 5:30-7:30pm
Flight of Poets: Pairings for the Senses
with Sam Sax, Joseph Rios, and Julia Bouwsma
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Thursday, November 1, 8pm
with Julia Levine
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

Wednesday, October 17, 7pm
Poetry World Series Litquake
with Tongo Eisen-Martin, David Tomas Martinez, Brittany Perham, Brynn Saito, and Sam Sax
The Make-Out Room, San Francisco

Saturday, October 20, 7pm
with Alicia Jo Rabins, Kisha Schlegel, Anis Mojgani, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Ryan Mills
Airstream Poetry Festival
Seaview, WA

Wednesday, October 24, 8pm
with Maya Dorn, Elana Isaacs, Kim Lembo, Willa Mamet, Anne-christine d'Adesky, and DJ Ladyfinger
The Ivy Room, Albany, CA

Thursday, October 11, 6pm
with Margo Kahn, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, and Tara Conklin
Women Writing about Home, Seattle LitCrawl
Ollie Quinn, Seattle

Friday, October 12, 7pm
with Sarah Galvin and Robert Lashley
Open Books, Seattle

Saturday, October 13, 7:30pm
Poetry World Series Seattle
with E. J. Koh, Bill Carty, Fernando Perez, Keetje Kuipers, and Quenton Baker
Hugo House, Seattle

Tuesday, October 9, 7pm
Well-RED Series, with Myles Forman & Mark Heinlein
Works/San José, San José, CA

Wednesday, September 26
with Maw Shein Win
Rebound Books, San Rafael, CA

Tuesday, September 25
USF class visit
San Francisco

Monday, September 17, 7pm
with Matthew Zapruder and Sandra Simonds
KGB Bar, New York City

Thursday, September 13, 7pm
Poetry World Series New York
with Mahogany L. Browne, Mark Doty, Patricia Smith, Chen Chen, Adrian Matejka, Erika Meitner, Tomas Q. Morin, and Erika L. Sanchez
Housing Works Bookstore Café, New York City 

Wednesday, September 12, 7pm
with Tomas Q. Morin
Penn Book Center, Philadelphia

Tuesday, September 11, 7:30pm
with Maw Shein Win, Miriam Bird Greenberg, and Margaret Stawowy
Bird & Beckett, San Francisco

Thursday, June 21
Powell's Books on Hawthorne
Portland, OR

Saturday, May 26
Saturday Night Special
Nick's Lounge, Berkeley

Thursday, May 17
with C. Dale Young
Moe's Books, Berkeley

Saturday, May 12
with Paul Hoover and Rebecca Patrascu
WordTemple Poetry Series
Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Tuesday, April 24, 7 p.m.
Copper Canyon Press reading
with Dana Levin and Dean Rader
Mill Valley Public Library, Mill Valley, CA

Saturday, April 28, 3pm
Reading and workshop
Union City Library
Union City, CA

Wednesday, April 25
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Wednesday, April 18, 7:30pm
Terrible blooms launch party!
The Bindery, San Francisco

Saturday, March 10, 1pm
AWP Panel: The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Got
with Mark Doty, Ada Limon, Chris Abani, Min Jin Lee
Ballroom C, Tampa Convention Center

Friday, March 9, 2-3pm
Author signing for Terrible blooms at Copper Canyon Press table
Booths 917, 919, 921, Tampa Convention Center

Thursday, March 8, 6:30pm
AWP offsite: Copper Canyon Press Book Launch
with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Olstein, Jenny George, Javier Zamora, Tyree Daye
Fancy Free Nursery, Tampa, FL

2017

Saturday, October 14, 6:30-7:30pm
LitCrawl reading with Dean Rader, Victoria Chang, and Javier Zamora
Craftsmen and Wolves, 746 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Saturday, September 23, 7pm
Reading at book release party for Know Me Here: An Anthology of Poetry by Women
Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Saturday, February 11, 3pm
AWP panel: I Did It My Way: Writing Who We Are
With Roxane Gay, Kevin Young, Ed Falco, and Celeste Ng
Washington Convention Center,
Room 204AB, Level Two, Washington, D.C.

Thursday, February 9, 12pm
AWP panel: We All Have to Start Somewhere: How Bad Writing Gets Good
Richard Bausch, Tayari A. Jones, Nick Flynn, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Washington Convention Center, Room 207A, Level Two, Washington, D.C.


2016

Saturday, October 29th, 7:30pm
with Rebecca Foust
Florey's Books, Pacifica, CA
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Saturday, October 15th, 6pm
LitCrawl reading with Narrative Magazine
with Vikram Chandra, Dean Rader, Carol Edgarian, Edan Lepucki, and Debra Spark

Valencia Gardens Community Room, San Francisco
*
Thursday, September 15th, 7pm
with Dean Rader
Bookswap 2.0, The Booksmith, San Francisco
*
Wednesday, May 25, 7pm
with Peter Kline, Miah Jeffra, and JK Fowler
Martuni's Bar, San Francisco
*
Saturday, April 2, 10:30pm
AWP Panel: What's the Big Idea? Intention vs. Intuition in the Writing Process
with Mark Doty, Kevin Young, Kimiko Hahn, and Victoria Chang
Los Angeles Convention Center
*
Thursday, March 31, 12pm
AWP Panel: Writing around the Block: How to Keep the Words Flowing
with Susan Orlean, D. A. Powell, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, and Chris Castellani
JW Marriott Hotel, Los Angelels
*
Wednesday, March 30, 7-9pm
AWP offsite reading for 32 Poems, Pleiades, and Tupelo Quarterly
Opulen Studios, Los Angeles


2015

Saturday, October 24, 7pm
with Marcia Falk
Kehilla Synagogue, Piedmont, California
*
Tuesday, September 29, 7pm
with Matthew Dickman and Alicia Jo Rabins
Hugo House, Seattle
*
Saturday, April 19th, 7pm
Poetry World Series, Mill Valley Edition
with Dean Rader, Indigo Moor, Hollie Hardy, Anhvu Buchanan, and Tiffany Higgins
Mill Valley Public Library
*
Monday, March 2, 7pm
with Daniel Handler
Bookshop Santa Cruz
*
Wednesday, February 4, 7pm
with Dean Rader and Brendan Isaac Jones
Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Café, San Francisco
*
Monday, January 19th, 7:45pm
with Ladan Osman
The Lit Slam
Shelton Theater, San Francisco

2014

Sunday, December 14, 5pm
with Benjamin Wachs and Maw Shein Win
Chemical Wedding: Quiet Lightning, The Emerald Tablet, and Name Drop Swamp Records
Doc's Lab, San Francisco
*
Friday, November 21, 8pm
Sunday, November 23, 4pm
My poems "Want Me" and "Allergy" were performed by the choral group Volti in San Francisco and in Oakland, and I read the poems as well. More info.
*
Saturday, October 11, 4:30pm
San Rafael Litquake Reading!
with Troy Jollimore, Heather Altfeld, and Kathleen Winter
West End Café, 1131 4th Street, San Rafael
*
Friday, May 16, 7-9pm
Poetry World Series, with Rebecca Foust, Troy Jollimore, Heather Altfeld, Amy Glynn, Judy Halebsky, and Robert Thomas.
Emceed by Will Durst: I judged with Brian Murphy and Dean Rader
Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
*
Sunday, May 4, 3pm
Poetry Flash Reading
with Susan Cohen, Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, Colleen McKee, Julia Levine, Amrit Chima, and Lucille Lang Day
Diesel Bookstore,
Oakland, CA
*
Thursday, April 10, 7pm
Why There Are Words 
with Susan Cohen, Lisa Gluskin-Stonestreet, Colleen
McKee, Lee Slonimsky, Julia Levine, and Lucille Lang Day
Studio 333,  Sausalito, CA
*
Saturday, March 8, 7pm
with Daniel
Alarcon, Katie Crouch, Robin Sloan, and Molly Antopol
Babylon Salon
Cantina SF, 580 Sutter Street, San Francisco
*
Saturday, March 1, 9am
Hip Lit: How Innovative Reading Series Are  Revamping the Literary Scene (Panel)
with Stephen  Elliott, Adrian Todd Zuniga, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, and Eric Lorberer
AWP  Conference, 09:00:AM -  10:15:AM
Room 618/619/620, Washington
State Convention Center, Level 6
*
Sunday, January 19, 2pm
with Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, Susan Cohen, Lucille
Lang Day, Colleen McKee, and Julia Levine
Bird & Beckett Bookstore, San Francisco

2013

Thursday, January 10, 2013, 7pm
Why There Are Words, Anniversary Show 
with Matthew Zapruder, Dean Rader, Cary Tennis, Carolyn Cooke, Glen David Gold, Julie Bruck, and Lewis Buzbee
Studio 333, Sausalito, CA
*
Friday, January 25th, 7pm
with Matthew Zapruder, Jesse Nathan, Jesus Castillo, and Evan Karp
San Francisco
*
Thursday, March 7th, 7pm start
32 Poems Magazine Anthology Reading with 18 other fabulous poets!
Players' Lounge, McGreevy's
AWP Conference, Boston, MA
*
Saturday, March 9th, 4:30pm
Hating Your Writing: A Love Story (AWP panel)
with Richard Bausch, Molly Peacock, Daniel Nester, and Chad Sweeney
AWP Conference, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
*
Wednesday, March 20, 7:30pm
Lyrics  & Dirges
Pegasus Books,  Berkeley, CA
*
Thursday, March 21, 7:30pm
Poetry Writing Groups: Secrets of Success (Panel)
with  Robert Thomas, Idris Anderson, and Beverly Burch
Marin Poetry Center, Falkirk
Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
*
Sunday, April 14, 7-9pm
Poetry World Series, with CJ Evans, Keith
Ekiss, Rebecca Foust, Julie Bruck, and Dean Rader
Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
*
Wednesday, August 21st, 7:30pm
Lyrics  & Dirges
Pegasus Books, Berkeley, CA
*
Tuesday, October 15, 6:00pm
Poetry World Series:
Litquake Edition

Hosted by  Will Durst; with Matthew Zapruder, Dean Rader, Jamaal May, Troy Jollimore, and  Alexandra Teague... AND Susan Orlean, Cristina Garcia, and Troy Jollimore!
The Make-Out Room, San Francisco


2012

Tuesday, February 7, 7:30pm
126 Voorhies, University of California at Davis
*
Friday, March 2, 1:30pm
First Things First: What It's Really Like to Win a Book Contest (AWP panel)
with Keetje Kuipers, Nick Lantz, J. Michael Martinez, and Iain Haley Pollock
Palmer House Hilton, 4th Floor, Red Lacquer Room,  Chicago
*
Friday, March 2, 3:00pm
The APR/Honickman First Book Prize Celebration Reading
with Elizabeth Scanlon, Dana Levin, Gregory Pardlo, and Nathaniel Perry (AWP reading)
Waldorf, Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor, Chicago
*
Sunday, April 22, 7-9pm
Poetry World Series with Daniel Handler, Gillian Conoley, Ada Limon, Troy Jollimore, Dean Rader, Robin Ekiss, and more!
Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
*
Sunday, May 13, 4-6pm
with Susan Cohen
Valona Deli Poetry Series
1323 Pomona Street, Crockett, California
*
Wednesday, July 11th, 8pm
Tin House Writers Conference, Portland, Oregon
with Elissa Schappell and Steve Almond
*
Tuesday, July 31st, 12:30pm
Jessie Square, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Litquake reading at Yerba Buena Gardens with Chana Bloch, Matthew Siegal, and Jacqueline Berger
*
Wednesday, September 12, 7pm
Well-RED Series
Poetry Center San José, San José, CA
*
Friday, October 26, 7pm
with Michael Medrano
Pinot Wine Bar and Bistro, Fresno, CA
*
Sunday, December 9, 2pm
Performers Under Stress: You Need to Read Poetry
with Pireeni Sundaralingam
Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco


2011

Friday, January 28th, 7:30pm
Earshot Reading Series at Rose Live Music, Brooklyn
*
Sunday, January 30th, 5pm
Polestar Poetry Series at Bruar Falls, Brooklyn
*
Monday, February 7th, 7pm
Cafe Muse Literary Series, Chevy Chase, MD 
*
Tuesday, February 8th, 9:30am
Community College of Philadelphia
*
Thursday, February 24th, 7:30pm
with Matthew Zapruder

Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeley
*
Friday, February 25th, 2pm
The Moe Green Poetry Discussion Hosted by Tracy Darling, blogtalkradio
*
Monday, February 28th, 7:30pm
with Sharon Campbell

Sacramento Poetry Center, Sacramento 
*
Sunday, March 6th, 2pm
with Rebecca Foust and Dean Rader
Bird & Beckett Books and Records, San Francisco
*
Saturday, March 19th, 7:30pm
Writers With Drinks, The Make-Out Room, San Francisco
*
Wednesday, March 23rd, 8-9pm
J.P. Dancing Bear's "Out of Our Minds" radio show, KKUP 91.5 FM
*
Monday, April 4th, 7pm
Quiet Lightning w/ Litquake's Epicenter, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco
*
Wednesday, April 6th, 7pm
with Joan Gelfand and Mary Mackey
Sunset Poetry by the Bay at Studio 333, Sausalito
*
Saturday, April 23rd, 7pm
with Paul Hoover and Pui Ying Wong
WordTemple Poetry Series, Sebastopol, CA
*
Thursday, April 28th, 7pm
with Nava EtShalom
Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
*
Saturday, April 30th, 6pm
with Mark Doty and Pascale Petit
Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City
*
Sunday, May 15th, 3pm
The Exquisite Reading
with Shane Book, Jennifer L. Knox, Jeffrey McDaniel, and Ada Limon (exquisitereading.com)
Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
*
Monday, May 16th, 7pm
louderARTS reading at Bar 13, New York City
*
Tuesday, May 24th, 7pm
Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show
with Robert Thomas, Catlyn Fendler, Daniel Polikoff, Julia Vose, and Claire Blotter
Mill Valley Public Library, Mill Valley, CA
*
Tuesday, June 14th, 7:30pm
with Lisa Allen Ortiz
Poetry Santa Cruz, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
*
Friday, August 12th, 4:15pm
with Benjamin Hale and Caitlin Horrocks
Little Theatre, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Ripton, VT
*
Wednesday, August 17th, 7pm
Katherine Hastings's WordTemple radio show on KRCB, 90.9 FM; streaming at krcb.org/wordtemple
*
Sunday, September 11th, 4pm
with Thirteen Ways poetry group (Robert Thomas, Diane Martin, Lisa Gluskin-Stonestreet, Beverly Burch, George Higgins, Zack Rogow)
The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA
*
Friday, September 23rd, 7pm
with Katherine Hastings and Lee Slonimsky
Rebound Bookstore, San Rafael, CA
*
Saturday, September 24th, 7pm
with Helen Benedict and Chella Courington
Bernal Yoga Literary Series, San Francisco
*
Tuesday, September 27th, 7pm
with Camille Dungy and Marie-Elizabeth Mali
The Depot Bookstore & Cafe, Mill Valley, CA
*
Wednesday, October 5th, 6pm
The First Annual Poetry World Series with Matthew Zapruder, Ada Limon, Troy Jollimore, Robin Ekiss, and Dean Rader...with special guests Michael Krasny, Daniel Handler, and Michelle Tea!
Latino Room, San Francisco Public Library
*
A New Cadence Poetry Series, Santa Cruz, CA
*
Saturday, October 15th, 8:30pm
Poetpalooza, with Dilruba Ahmed, Derek Mong, Ingrid Browning Moody, Lisa Allen Ortiz, and Joshua Rivkin
Lit Crawl, Love & Luxe, San Francisco
*
Sunday, October 23rd, 4pm
with John Beer
Powell's Books on Hawthorne, Portland, OR
*
Monday, October 24th, 8pm
Poetrynight, The Amadeus Project, Bellingham, WA
*
Wednesday, October 26th
with Peter Mountford
Everett Community College, Everett, WA
*
Friday, October 28th, 7:30pm
with Carl Adamshick
Open Books, Seattle, WA
*
Saturday, October 29th, 6pm
Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues Reading Series, with Matthew Nienow, Carter Sickels, Ed Skoog, Melissa Stein, Urban Waite, Zachary Watterson
Faire Cafe, Seattle, WA


2010

Sunday, September 12th, 4pm
BOOK RELEASE PARTY!
The Booksmith, San Francisco
*
Saturday, September 18th, 7:30pm
with Diane K. Martin and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
Pegasus Books Downtown, Berkeley
*
Saturday, September 25th, 3pm
Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa
*
Saturday, October 2nd, 12-1pm
Litquake event: "Off the Richter Scale"
Variety Preview Room Theatre, San Francisco
*
Sunday, October 17th, 7:30pm
with Dean Rader and Jonathan Silverman
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
*
Monday, October 18th, 7pm
with John Fox
California State University, Fullerton
*
Thursday, October 28th, 6pm
with David Moolten

Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia
*
Saturday, October 30th, 7:30pm
with Gregory Pardlo
Unnameable Books, Brooklyn
*
Tuesday, November 2nd, 12:45pm
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
*
Thursday, November 4th, 7:30pm
with Chad Sweeney
Poetry Flash at Moe's Books, Berkeley
*
Thursday, November 11th, 7pm
with Ada Limon
Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA
*
Sunday, December 19th, 9-10pm
The Poetry Show
, KSUP, 88.9FM (central CA coast)

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