2023 Distinguished Visiting Writer of Seattle University
I will lead undergraduate creative writing majors in a generative workshop called “Writing Prose: Story Obsessions.”
Tuesdays and Thursday, March 28 – June 1, 2023, 10:15 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free, virtual and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Get Lit! Festival.
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 10 a.m.
Register now!

Equivox 2023 
I was honored to emcee this annual fundraiser for Hedgebrook, where I was in conversation with Casey Parks and Putsata Reang.
Sunday, March 19, 2023, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sodo Park by Herban Feast, 3200 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134

AWP Annual Conference in Seattle

Offsite at AWP – Sly, Witchy, Twisted, Free: Writing Women Beyond the Literary Gaze
Reading with Sonora Jha, Alexandra Teague, Sayantani Dasgupta, Laura Read, and Maya Jewell Zeller. Recommended by Seattle Met!
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122 

AWP Panel: Archives of the Body with Putsata Reang, Anastacia Renée & Michelle Bowdler
Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Seattle Convention Center, Rooms 433-434, Summit Building, 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101

Offsite at AWP – Nonfiction for No Reason
Reading organized by Katie Ellison and featuring Lilly Dancyger, Katherine Morgan, Minda Honey, Corinne Manning, Erica Berry, Natalie Lima, and surprise guests.
Thursday, March 9th, 2023 at 7 p.m.
The Woods, 1512 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. Up the stairs on the third floor.

Book Fair Signing at Red Hen Press Booth #920-924
Friday, March 10, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. with Amber Flame
Seattle Convention Center, Book Fair, 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101

Offsite at AWP with Seventh Wave Magazine
Reading with Joyce Chen, Bretty Rawson, Lars Horn, Marisa Siegel, Corinne Manning, Michael Chang, Amy Saul-Zerby, Erin Sroka, Bobuq Sayed, Teri Vela, and more to come.
Friday, March 10th, 2023, 5 – 8 p.m.
Sorrento Hotel Penthouse on the 7th floor of 900 Madison St, Seattle, WA 98104 

Book Fair Signing at Red Hen Press Booth #920-924
Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. with Elissa Washuta
Seattle Convention Center, Book Fair, 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101

AWP Panel: Girl, Writer, Crone: The Creative & Professional Value of Community with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Amber Flame, Kelly Sundberg & Puloma Ghosh
Saturday, March 11th, 2023, 3:20 p.m.– 4:35 p.m.
Seattle Convention Center, Rooms 427-429, Summit Building, 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101

Offsite at AWP – SEISMIC: Seattle, City of Literature reading
As editor of SEISMIC, a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, I will co-host this performance reflecting on our city’s UNESCO designation as a city of literature, featuring former Seattle Civic Poets Anastacia Reneé, Jourdan Keith and Claudia Castro Luna. Recommended by Seattle Met!
Saturday, March 11th, 2023, 4-6 p.m.
Folio at Pike Place Market, 93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101. Register here.

Benefit for the Golf Pencil Group jail writing program
Reading with Amber Flame, Julie-C, and Amy Hirayama in support of Seattle teaching artists who bring reflective, inspiring, and integrative writing activities to women incarcerated at King County Correctional Facility.
Thursday, March 2, 2023. 6 – 8 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and King County Library System.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, 6 p.m.
Bothell Library, 18215 98th Avenue NE, Bothell, WA 98011

Women’s Personal Essay Writing: A Workshop virtual
This nine-week online workshop is offered through the Certificate in Writing Program of the University of Washington Continuum College.
Tuesdays, January 3 – February 28, 2023. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
ONLINE WORKSHOP IN REAL TIME. JOIN US next year!

Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Lakewood Pierce County Library.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main St SW, Lakewood, WA 98499

Library of Congress PALABRA archive
Reading with Claudia Castro Luna, Carlos Gil, Kathleen Alcalá and Donna Miscolta, with Sara Peté and John Pai to host this celebration of our inclusion in this 80 year-old archive of Latine voices.
Wednesday, November 12, 2022, 12 p.m. PST
This virtual recording will have captions in both English and Spanish.

Portland Book Festival: A Reading Hosted by Corporeal Writing and Autofocus
Reading with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Marisa Siegel, Ryan Rivas, Marissa Korbel and Yashwina Canter, hosted by Genevieve Hudson.
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Corporeal Writing, 510 SW Third Avenue, Unit 101, Portland, Oregon 97204

Hostos Review Contemporary Nepantlas: Writing on Crossing Borders From the Americas
Reading with K. Vall de la Ville, S. Maldonado, J. Montoya, L. Rodriguez Iglesias, O. Quintanilla, A. Montes, N. Cantú, V. Bule, M. Maldonado, C. Rodriguez, N. Mercado, and A. Vanegas.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 3 p.m. PST/6 p.m. EST
This hybrid event was hosted by the Latin American Writers Institute at Longwood Art Gallery in New York

Red Hen Press 28th Annual Benefit
In support of the nonprofit indie press which published my debut novel Subduction.
Sunday, October 23, 2022. 12 –1:30 p.m. PT
Noor, 300 East Colorado Blvd, #200, Pasadena, CA 91101

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Langley Library.
Saturday, October 15th, 2022, 10 – 11 a.m. PST
Langley Library, 104 Second Street, Langley, WA 98260

Voices at the Center of American Literature: a Red Hen Press series with Letras Latinas
Reading and conversing with former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Carlos Allende.
Sunday, October 9, 2022. 4 p.m. PST
Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 (also to be livestreamed)

Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Columbia Basin Allied Arts.
Saturday, September 24, 2022, 3:30 p.m.
Mason’s Place Coffee Shop, 102 E 3rd Ave Ste 101 Moses Lake, WA 98837

Contando Tu Historia: Un Taller del Ensayo Personal
Un taller de escritura creativa de Columbia Basin Allied Arts & Humanities WA Speakers Bureau.
El sábado, 24 de septiembre 2022, 4:15 p.m.
Mason’s Place Coffee Shop, 102 E 3rd Ave Ste 101 Moses Lake, WA 98837

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association
A free writing class from Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and PNWA’s 67th conference
Friday, September 23rd, 2022, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. PST
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd. N., Renton WA 98056

The Pacific Northwest Writers Association’s 67th Annual Conference
Publishing panel with Midnight Mass screenwriter Jamie Flanagan, Mike Lawson, Janine Cross, Karen Harbaugh to be moderated by William Kenower and followed by a book signing.
Friday, September 23rd, 2022, 7 – 10 p.m. PST
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd. N., Renton WA 98056

Black & Tan Hall Block Party
Singing with Last of the RedHot Mamas.
Sunday, August 28, 2022, 4 p.m.
Black & Tan Hall 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

Hoodstock 2022
Singing with Last of the Redhot Mamas.

Saturday, July 30, 2022, 3:30-9 p.m. PST,
Hosted by the MLKy Way house and Melanation Station.

Port Townsend Writers’ Conference at Centrum
Morning Faculty (Fiction), Craft Lecture and Performance, curated by Artistic Director Gary Copeland Lilley. My workshop was called “The Architecture of the Unsaid.”

Sunday, July 17, 2022 – Sunday, July 24th, 2022
In person at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA

Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown’s Cult Classic
A discussion with Melissa Febos and Samantha Allen.
Friday, July 15th, 2022, 7 p.m. PST
Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Hugo House.
Thursday, June 16th, 2022, 12 – 1 p.m. PST
A free virtual workshop.

I Know What’s Best For You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom
A reading and discussion with editor Shelly Oria, Amber Flame and Kamari Bright.
Monday, July 6th, 2022, 7 p.m. PST
Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA

Orcas Island Lit Fest
“Women Who Confound Expectations,” a panel with Sonora Jha, Alexandra Teague & Laura Read. “Writing as a Political Act,” a panel with Octavio Solis, Jennifer Perrine & Andrew Altschul.
Saturday June 4th from 11 – 11:50 a.m. and 1:30-2:20 p.m., respectively
Orcas Island Lit Fest, Orcas Center Main Stage, 917 Mt. Baker Road, Eastsound, WA 98122

Contando Tu Historia: Un Taller del Ensayo Personal
Un taller de escritura creativa de Tieton Arts & Humanities, CreARTe & Humanities WA Speakers Bureau.
El sábado, 14 de mayo 2022, 2 p.m. PST
Mighty Tieton, 608 Wisconsin Avenue, Tieton, WA 98947

Voices, Words, and Books: An Unprecedented Literary Phenomenon in Spanish
Hosted by Town Hall Seattle, MC’d by Alfonso Mendoza, presidente de Seattle Escribe, with Adriana Pacheco, founder of Hablemos Escritoras podcast, Catalina Cantú, president of La Sala, Miguel Guillien of ArtsWA, Claudia Castro Luna and Pepe Montero.
El jueves, 21 de abril 2022, 7:30 p.m. PST
Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

In Conversation with Emily St. John Mandel
With thanks to Stesha Brandon of Seattle Public Library and Elliott Bay Book Co., I am honored to moderate this conversation with the author of Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, a National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner finalist made into the HBO Max series of the same name. Also streaming digitally.
Monday, April 18, 2022. 7:30 p.m. PST
Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Whatcom County Library System
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 11 a.m. PST
A free virtual workshop.

AWP Annual Conference in Philadelphia

Unmake the Patriarchy of Your Mind with Anastacia-Reneé, Alexandra Teague & Laura Reed 

Beyond the Immigrant Narrative: the Poetics, Politics, & Craft at the Margins with Juan Carlos Reyes, Erika Wurth, Shin Yu Pai & Jason Magabo Pérez

Friday, March 25, 2022, 3:20 –4:35 PM and Thursday, March 24, 2022, 1:45 –3:00 PM
109AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level, Philadelphia, PA

PANK Magazine Launch: AWP Flash Mob reading
I will read “Father’s Day” alongside Kazim Ali other contributors to the double issue 16-17. 
Thursday, March 24, 2022. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. PST
Upstairs at The Times 1315 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, King County Library System and the Newcastle Arts Council.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022. 6:30 p.m. PST
A free virtual workshop.

Women’s University Club: “Meet the Author” Event
I will read from Subduction and discuss my award-winning debut.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022. 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PST
1105 6th Ave #301, Seattle, WA 98101

Lion Rock Visiting Writer Series
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Central Washington University, also featuring a reading by Karla Yaritza Maravilla.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022. 12:00 p.m. PST
A free virtual workshop.

Seventh Wave Magazine One-Time Intimate Talk 
I am happy to support the Seventh Wave community by appearing for a 90-minute virtual discussion series that also includes Melissa Febos, Donika Kelly, Ruth Ozeki, Kaveh Akbar, Destiny O. Birdsong, Jane Wong, Callum Angus and Elsa Sjunneson.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022. 5:30 p.m. PST
Please support this excellent literary magazine by registering for this one-time intimate talk, which comes with a signed copy of Subduction.

Contando Tu Historia: Un Taller del Ensayo Personal
Un taller gratis de escritura creativa gracias a Humanities WA Speakers Bureau y Spark Central.
El jueves, 20 de enero 2022 7 p.m. PST
Taller virtual y gratis.

A Workshop for Women: Writing and Publishing Personal Essays virtual
Offered through the Certificate in Writing Program of the University of Washington Continuum College.
Tuesdays, January 4 – March 8, 2022. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
ONLINE WORKSHOP IN REAL TIME. JOIN US next year!

Strength and Instability: The Tightrope that Women Walk
A reading and discussion with Keila Vall de la Ville, author of The Animal Days.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST
Please register for this virtual event hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company.

Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Okanogan Land Trust.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 5:30 p.m. PST
A free virtual workshop.

The Literary Arts Series with Louise Erdrich
On behalf of Seattle Arts & Lectures, I was deeply honored to moderate a conversation with Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band), Winner of the Pulitzer Prize  for The Night Watchman and the author of eighteen novels, including The Sentence in 2021.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021. 6 p.m.
Please register to view this virtual event.

Investigations of the Body
A reading and discussion with Michelle D. Bowdler, author of Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, as well as Grace Talusan, author of The Body Papers.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST
Watch our conversation thanks to Elliott Bay Book Company. Our talk is also available via the KUOW 94.9-FM Speakers Forum podcast.

Red Hen Press 27th Annual Benefit
Appearing to support the nonprofit indie press which published my debut novel Subduction.
Sunday, October 24, 2021. 12 –1:30 p.m. PT
A virtual event for Red Hen Press of Pasadena, CA

Literary Investigations
A reading and discussion with Michelle D. Bowdler, author of Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, as well as Steve Almond, author of Bad Stories and Dariel Suárez, author of The Playwright’s House, both from Red Hen Press.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST
Please register for this virtual event hosted online by Belmont Books. Buy indie!

A Debut of Indigenous Stories from a Feminist Press
A reading and discussion to celebrate Choctaw author Savannah Johnston’s Rites: Stories with Whitehorse author Erika T. Wurth, moderated by Lily Hoang of Jaded Ibis Press.
Monday, October 11, 2021, 5 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. CST/ 8 p.m. EST
My thanks to Skylight Books for hosting our reading and discussion. Buy indie!

In Conversation with Anne Liu Kellor
A reading and discussion with the author of Heart Radical.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 7 p.m. PST
Third Place Books

Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free virtual writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Jack Straw Writers Program.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 7 p.m. PST
My thanks to the 80 writers who registered for my virtual workshop.

Keep a Green Bough: Voices from the Heart of Cascadia
I am honored to join Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest (Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation), Sara-Marie Ortiz, Bethany Reid, Tina Shumann, Arianne True, Wendy Call, Sharon Hashimoto, Sandy Polzin and Empty Bowl anthology editor Holly J. Hughes. I will read my introduction to Seismic: Seattle, City of Literature.
Sunday, September 13, 2021, 3 – 5 p.m. PST
Outdoors at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA 98199. We welcome folks who are vaccinated and masked.

Telling Your Story: The Power of the Personal Essay
A free virtual writing class given with Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and LitFUSE.
Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 4 p.m. PST
Hosted by LitFUSE.

Hoodstock 2021: Bustin’ Out
I am singing with Last of the Redhot Mamas. Other acts include King Youngblood, Mirrorgloss, CarLarans, Trick Candles, Hotels, The Black Chevys, Julie-C, Steelo Brown/Rocket tha prophet, Jules Esquire, Korvus Blackbird, DJ Mamma Casserole, DJ Riz, Base Tan and DJ LBSTR de la Hoya

Saturday, July 31, 2021, 3:30-9 p.m. PST
More details here about this $15 concert hosted by the MLKy Way house and Melanation Station.

Port Townsend Writers’ Conference at Centrum virtual
Afternoon workshop faculty, teaching “& it was done/& it was human on Thursday, July 22nd from 2-3:30 p.m. and “To Frame A Draft” on Friday, July 23rd from 2-3:30 p.m.

Reading with Claudia Castro Luna and CMarie Fuhrman to be livestreamed at www.centrum.org/the-port-townsend-writers-conference
Saturday, July 24, 2021. 5 p.m. PST
The 2021 Conference was held virtually. I miss Wheeler Theater in Port Townsend, WA 

Migratory Politics: The Craft of Cultural Identity
A reading and discussion with Dariel Suárez and moderator Christopher Romaguera.
Thursday, July 15, 2021, 6 p.m. PST
Hugo House. Please register for this virtual event.

PANK Magazine: Issue 16 launch
A reading and discussion moderated by Chris Campanioni.
Thursday, July 15, 2021, 5 p.m. PST
PANK Magazine virtual event.

Closing Keynote for the Chuckanut Writers Conference virtual
Breakout session about revision: “You know it’s finished when you can’t do anything more to it.” – James Baldwin. Wednesday, June 23rd, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Faculty reading: Friday, June 25th, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Author panel: Saturday, June 26th, 10 – 11 a.m.

Closing keynote: “Pa’lante in a Pandemic: Stories to Bridge Social Distance.” Sat., June 26th 6:30-7:30 p.m. 
The 2021 Chuckanut Writers Conference will be held virtually.

Hugo Literary Series with Tommy Orange, Khadijah Queen and Amanda Winterhalter
Themed “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” we’ll present new work about “War.” The essay I wrote for this performance actually scares me, which is a good thing.
Friday, June 4, 2021, 6 p.m. PST
Please register for this virtual event.

Writing Off the Patriarchy: Love Letters for Change
Reading and discussion with Dr. Sonora Jha, Soniah Kamal and Stuart Getty to celebrate How to Raise a Feminist Son.
Thursday, May 27, 2021, 7 p.m. PST
Please register for this virtual event.

In Conversation with Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
I will moderate a fascinating reading and conversation to celebrate White Magic by Washuta (Cowlitz) and Other Worlds Here: Honoring Native Women’s Writing in Contemporary Anarchist Movements by Dr. Warburton
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021. 7 PT
Please register for this Town Hall Seattle virtual event. $5 

Get Lit! Conference: Unmaking the Patriarchy of the Mind
Reading and panel discussion with Sonora Jha, Alexandra Teague, Brooke Matson and Laura Read.
Monday, April 12th, 2021 5:30 PST
Eastern Washington University will stream this virtual conferencefor free on their YouTube channel

Grove/Atlantic Presents: Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Kristen Millares Young
I am honored to moderate this conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Saturday, March 6, 2021, 6 – 7 p.m. PST, 8 – 9 p.m. CST
AWP Conference virtual event

Tomás Rivera Conference at University of California, Riverside
Register here for a reading and discussion with Living Color author Donna Miscolta hosted by Cruising author Alex Espinoza.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 12-1 PST
UC Riverside virtual event

Rulebreakers: A Reading with Corinne Manning and Shannon Perez-Darby
Our reading and conversation about curiosity, harm, community and healing was hosted by the collectively owned Bluestockings Bookstore.
Thursday, January 28th, 2021. 4 PT/7 ET
Bluestockings virtual event

Seattle Arts & Lectures Literary Arts Series: Madeline Miller
Moderator for the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles
Wednesday, January 27, 2021. 7 p.m PT
Virtual event hosted by Seattle Arts & Lectures

Featured Alumna for Castalia Reading Series virtual
Reading with Professor Rick Kenney as well as Ally Ang and Anna Ciummo, current students of the University of Washington MFA program from which I graduated in 2012 as a GO-MAP Scholar.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021. 7:30 p.m PT
Virtual event hosted by UW and Hugo House

First Reading of 2021! virtual
Reading with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Elissa Ball.
Saturday, January 9th, 2021. 7 – 9 p.m.
Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W Main Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

Writing and Publishing the Personal Essay virtual
A ten-week class, available to any adult, from the Certificate in Writing Program offered through the University of Washington Continuum College.
Tuesdays, January 5 – March 9, 2021. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
ONLINE WORKSHOP IN REAL TIME

Bushwick Book Club x Hugo House WATCH IT HERE
Seattle musicians wrote songs inspired by my novel Subduction (Adé Cônnére, Julia Massey and Nottingham/Wicks), Amber Flame’s Ordinary Cruelty & Anastacia-Renée’s (v.).
Saturday, December 12, 2020. 7:30 – 9 p.m. PT
Please consider making a donation to Bushwick for this free event.

Oklahoma State University virtual
Register here for this Craft Talk and Reading from Subduction
Friday, December 4th, 2020. Craft talk 3-4 CT, Reading 5:30 PT/7:30 CT/8:30ET 
English Department Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing

Women Writing Toward Freedom virtual
Reading with Anastacia-Renée, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Jean Ferruzola and Kait Heacock
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020. 6 – 7 p.m.
University Book Store, 4326 University Way Northeast, Seattle, WA

Red Hen Press 25th Annual Benefit virtual
Appearing with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Allison Joseph, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Aimee Liu, Richard Bausch, Janet Fitch, David Francis, Judy Grahn, Donna Hemans, Major Jackson, Ellen Meeropol, Honor Moore, Jason Schneiderman, Susan Straight, Tom Lutz & Laurie Winer
Sunday, October 25, 2020. 12 –1:30 p.m. PT
Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA

Women Who Confound Expectations virtual
Starred recommendation from The Inlander! Watch this reading and discussion with Sharma Shields and Alexandra Teague. Check out my conversation with Sharma in Moss, a journal of the Pacific Northwest.
Saturday, October 24, 2020. 7 – 9 p.m.
Wishing Tree Book Store, 1410 E 11th Ave, Spokane, WA 99202

Idaho launch of Subduction virtual
Reading and conversation with Alexandra Teague, Sayantani Dasgupta & Anna Vodicka. 
Thursday, October 22, 2020. 7 – 9 p.m.
BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S Main St., Moscow, ID 83843

IAIA MFA CW Fall Reading & Lecture Series virtual
Reading, craft talk and discussion hosted by MFA program director Santee Frazier
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 6 – 7:30 p.m. MT (5-6:30 PT)
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Escribiendo Memorias: Seattle Writes en Español
Pulse aquí para registrarse. (gratis)
Sunday, October 18, 2020. 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Seattle Public Library virtual event

Daughters of Diaspora: In Conversation with Anca Szilágyi for City Lit Books virtual
Click here to watch this reading and discussion of craft and the intergenerational inheritance of hard stories. Facebook event.
Friday, October 16, 2020, 6:30 p.m. CDT
City Lit Books, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647

Fight For Our Lives: Civic Engagement Edition virtual
An evening with Laura Da’, Juan Carlos Reyes, Frances S. Lee and Sherae Lascelles. Hosted by Ruth Joffre and Joyce Chen of Seventh Wave Magazine. 
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6 – 7:30 p.m. PT 
Seventh Wave Virtual Event

In conversation with Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans virtual
My conversation was hosted by King County Library System and Third Place Books
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 7:30 PT 
WATCH OUR VIRTUAL BROADCAST

University of Notre Dame virtual
Reading and discussion hosted by Letras Latinas with Red Hen Press, which will stream live on their Facebook page and YouTube page. Watch it now.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 4 PT / 7 ET 
Institute for Latino Studies, 331 Bond Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556

With Kim Addonizio and Elizabeth Rosner for Left Bank Books virtual
Watch our reading and conversation here.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020. 7 p.m. CDT
Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108

Silent Book Club
RSVP here for this conversation with founders Laura Gluhanich and Guinevere de la Mare.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020. 5 p.m. PDT/8 p.m. EDT
Visit their website to find your local chapter

Virtual Book Party for Subduction hosted by Hugo House, Elliott Bay Book Co. and Red Hen Press
Watch my performance and conversation, moderated by Melanie McFarland, was recommended by Buzzfeed Books, Seattle Met and The Stranger.
Friday, October 2, 2020. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Red Hen Press Showcase virtual
My reading with Red Hen Press poets Amber Flame and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha was recommended by Buzzfeed Books!
Thursday, October 1, 2020. 7 p.m. 
Third Place Books Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle WA 98118

Write on the Sound virtual 
Teaching two 65-minute generative workshops.
Thursday, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 11 a.m. 
Registration is open for this conference. Check it out!

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association virtual 
Appearing for Authors on the Map luncheon.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020. 1 -2:30 p.m. PDT
http://www.pnba.org 

Open Book on Location with Sierra Crane Murdoch, Elissa Washuta and William Deverell virtual
I am fascinated by their books Yellow Bird, White Magic and My Body is a Book of Rules.
Aired September 28, 2020
Watch this Open Book On Location episode with Pasadena Literary Alliance on YouTube

VOW: Voices of Womxn Salon virtual
Host. Register here for this literary salon to support women & womxn-identified writers
Friday, September 25, 2020. 4:30 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Launch of Seismic – Seattle, City of Literature virtual 
As editor of this essay collection (free! download here) that reflects on Seattle’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature, I am proud to host Rena Priest, Jourdan Imani Keith, Claudia Castro Luna,  Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Wei-Wei Lee, Anastacia-Renée, Dujie Tahat and Ken Workman, a direct descendant of Chief Si’ahl.   
Tuesday, September 15, 2020. 7 PDT
Seattle Public Library Central Branch, 100 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Launch of Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19
Reading with Pam Houston, Caroline Leavitt, Ruben Quesada and editor Jennifer Haupt; all sales of this Central Avenue Publishing anthology will benefit booksellers through BINC.
Thursday, September 3, 2020. Times TBA
Cuyahoga County Public Library Cleveland, OH  

Red Hen Press at Annenberg Beach House virtual broadcast
Livestreamed at www.santamonica.gov/beachculture:  “Life’s a Beach: Publishing in a Pandemic” discussion with Elizabeth Earley, Deborah Lott, Anna Dorn and Reema Rajbanshi.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020. 4 – 6 p.m. PDT
Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway
Santa Monica, CA, 90402

L.A. Launch of Subduction virtual broadcast
Reading with Alexandra Teague, Brittany Ackerman and Lory Bedikian, followed by a Q&A.
Friday, July 24th, 2020. 6:30 p.m. PDT
Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

The Antibody Reading Series on LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel virtual broadcast
Check out my reading with Mary South & Elisabeth Thomas, hosted by Brian Gresko & Green Light Books
Tuesday, July 21, 2020. 5 p.m. PDT/ 8 p.m. EDT
Green Light Books online, but do remember the address for future times: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Litquake on Lockdown
Reading and discussion with Aimee Liu, Donna Hemans and Ellen Meeropol. 
Tuesday, July 14, 2020. 6 p.m. PDT
Livestreamed via Crowdcast and Facebook

Chuckanut Writers Conference virtual broadcast
Workshop & reading
10 a.m. Workshop on Thursday, June 25, 6 p.m. Reading 5:30 PST on Friday, June 26, 2020.
Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Kellogg Road Bellingham, WA 98226

Books Are Magic with Weike Wang and Tracy O’Neill virtual  
Watch our reading and Q&A here.
Thursday, June 4, 2020. 7 – 9 p.m.
Books Are Magic 225 Smith St. Brooklyn, NY 11231 

Village Books Reading with Noé Álvarez and Ted O’Connell virtual
Ted wrote new songs based on our books, readings and Q&A.  
Saturday, May 30, 2020. 6 – 8 p.m.
Village Books, 1200 11th St, Bellingham, WA 98225 

SAL Presents Launched: Corinne Manning, Kristen Millares Young and E.J. Koh Watch our virtual broadcast here.
Reading followed by a Q&A. 
Thursday, May 28, 2020. 6 – 8 p.m. PST
Hosted by Seattle Arts & Lectures, Hugo House and Elliott Bay Book Co.

Margin Shift: Friends in Poetry virtual
Reading for poetry series with Shin Yu Pai, Abi Pollokoff and Samar Abulhassan.
Thursday, May 21st, 2020. 7 p.m.
Common Area Maintenance, 2125 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 

The Literary Arts Series with Luis Alberto Urrea. Watch our conversation here.
Moderating post-lecture Q&A for Seattle Arts & Lectures.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020. 7:30 p.m.
Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 200 University St, Seattle, WA 98101

White Whale Bookstore virtual
A reading and conversation about Subduction.
Monday, May 18, 2020. 7 – 9 p.m.
White Whale Bookstore, 4754 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15224

A Red Hen Press Reading: Deborah Lott, Ellen Meeropol and Kristen Millares Young watch it here
Wednesday, April 22, 2020. 
A virtual Spring Book Tour series celebrating the releases of Red Hen Press’s Spring 2020 season

AWP 2020 Annual Conference & Book Fair 

AWP Panel: Women Trespassing: Women Breaking the Rules with Liz Harmer & Aimee Liu
Saturday, March 7, 2020. 9 – 10:15 a.m.
Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205, Room 08

A Red Hen Press Omnibus Reading
Off-site at AWP
Friday, March 6, 2020. 6 – 8 p.m.
Francis Bogside pub 803 S St Mary’s St, San Antonio, TX 78205

In Conversation with Ada Calhoun on behalf of Grove/Atlantic and Seattle Arts & Lectures watch it here
Friday, March 6, 2020. 12:10 – 1:25 p.m.
HemisFair Ballroom C3, Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205

A Red Hen Press Reading: Aimee Liu, Ellen Meeropol and Kristen Millares Young watch it here
Thursday, March 5, 2020. 12:10 – 1:25 p.m.
HemisFair Ballroom C3, Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205

Book Signing at Red Hen Press Booths 1455 & 1456
Thursday, March 5, 2020. 2 – 3 p.m, Friday, March 6, 2020. 1- 2 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2020. 11 am – 12 p.m.
Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205

From Start to Finish: Get to a Draft in One Day
Learn the magic of the timer in this all-day generative workshop.
Sunday, March 1st, 2020. 10 – 5 p.m., lunch break at noon
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Seattle Arts & Lectures with Carmen Maria Machado
KUOW 94.9-FM Speaker’s Forum rebroadcast the post-lecture discussion I moderated for Machado during SAL’s Women You Need to Know series.
Friday, January 24, 2020. 7:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

Winter Institute 2020: American Booksellers Association
Appearances for my novel Subduction arranged by Red Hen Press
Wednesday, January 22 – Thursday, January 23, 2020.  
TBD, Baltimore, MD

Writing and Publishing the Personal Essay
A ten-week class, available to any adult, from the Certificate in Writing Program offered through the University of Washington Continuum College.
Thursdays, Jan. 9 – March 12, 2020. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
University of Washington Campus, Seattle, WA 98195

Cascadia Magazine: Seattle Artists + Seattle Writers
Reading “On Being A Reporter” with Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Renée and Ruth Joffre, deemed literary event of the week by Seattle Review of Books.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019. 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, 1508 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Red Hen Press at Elliott Bay Book Co.
Reading and moderating Q&A.
Monday, November 4, 2019. 7 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA

Better Fiction Through Facts: Seattle Writes for Seattle Public Library
A free creative writing class to serve our community.
Saturday, October 26, 2019. 2 – 4 p.m.
Ballard Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107

Escribiendo lo Personal: Seattle Writes for Seattle Public Library
Una clase de escritura creativa.
Saturday, October 26, 2019. 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Greenwood Branch, Seattle Public Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

Lit Crawl Seattle
Reading with Jane Hodges and Jean Ferruzola about the theme of “work”
Thursday, October 24, 2019. 5 p.m.
Intrigue Chocolate & Coffeehouse, 1520 15th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Contando Las Historias Profundas
Dado en colaboración con Seattle Escribe, este taller de cuatro semanas culminará con una lectura en público en las instalaciones de Hugo House.
Tuesdays, Oct. 22 & 29, Nov. 5 & 12, reading Nov. 19, 2019 7:10 – 9:10 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Better Fiction Through Facts: Seattle Writes for Seattle Public Library
A free creative writing class to serve our community.
Sunday, October 20, 2019. 2 – 4 p.m.
Capitol Hill Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102

Word Works: Chris Abani on “Mining for Awe”
Moderating the author Q&A.
Friday, October 18, 2019. 7 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Write Doe Bay
Teaching “Let Your Story Surprise You” as a generative workshop during an Orcas Island writing conference featuring multidisciplinary artists.
Thursday, October 10 – Monday, October 14 2019.
Doe Bay Resort & Retreat, 107 Doe Bay Road, Olga, WA 98279