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“When speaking, Millares Young exudes a fearless, laser focus.”
“She is an exceptionally eloquent and intelligent person. I think you’re going to enjoy this conversation.”
— Otherppl podcast with Brad Listi
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— Seattle Review of Books
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Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Northwest Folklife Festival.
Friday, May 26, 12:50 – 1:30 p.m.
Northwest Folklife is held at Seattle Center; this workshop will be at Center Theater at 205 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Last of the RedHot Mamas at Northwest Folklife Festival!
Performing with Amber Flame, Roma Raye Everly and Gabby Rivera as Last of the RedHot Mamas, a blues band. Our first ensemble album, Magick Black Woman, featuring Flame’s original songs, will be released in 2023 thanks to the Jack Straw Cultural Center.
Sunday, May 28, 8:15 – 9 p.m.
Northwest Folklife Festival is held at Seattle Center; this show will be on the Fisher Green stage, outside next to the Fisher Pavilion.
Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free, virtual and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and the Spokane Public Library.
Friday, June 9, 2023, 10 – 11 a.m.
Spokane Central Library, 906 West Main Ave, Spokane, WA 99201
Contando Tu Historia: Un Taller del Ensayo Personal
Un taller de escritura creativa de la Biblioteca Pública de Spokane & Humanities WA Speakers Bureau.
El viernes, 9 de junio 2023, 11:30-12:30 p.m.
Spokane Central Library, 906 West Main Ave, Spokane, WA 99201
Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free, virtual and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and the North Central Regional Library System.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 7 p.m.
Link forthcoming
2022-2023 Community Lecture Series of the Tri-Cities
A free and generative creative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Friends of the Mid-Columbia Libraries.
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 7 p.m.
Mid-Columbia Libraries – 1620 S. Union Street Kennewick, WA 99338
Last of the RedHot Mamas performs for Summer at SAM
To kick off the free summer concerts offered every Thursday and Sunday by the Seattle Art Museum, I will sing with Amber Flame, Roma Raye Everly and Gabby Rivera as Last of the RedHot Mamas, a blues band featuring Flame’s original songs.
Thursday, July 13th, 6-8 p.m.
Summer at SAM is held at the Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference at Centrum
Morning Faculty: “Prose Style: Storied Obsessions” –– with Afternoon Craft Lecture “On Circling Back: The Art of Recurrence” and Evening Performance curated by Artistic Director Gary Copeland Lilley.
Sunday, July 16, 2023 – Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
In person at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA for vaccinated participants and faculty.
Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free, virtual and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and the North Central Regional Library System.
Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 7 p.m.
Link forthcoming
NERVOUS
In conversation with Jen Soriano in support of their collection Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing (Amistad). Last of the RedHot Mamas is slated to play some songs.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, 7 p.m. PST
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Last of the RedHot Mamas and Cape Flattery
Performing with Amber Flame, Roma Raye Everly and Gabby Rivera as Last of the RedHot Mamas, a blues band. Our first ensemble album, Magick Black Woman, featuring Flame’s original songs, will be released in 2023 thanks to the Jack Straw Cultural Center.
Saturday, September 16th, 8 p.m.
Honey Moon Mead & Cider, 1053 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Last of the RedHot Mamas at Wa Na Wari
Performing with Amber Flame, Roma Raye Everly and Gabby Rivera as Last of the RedHot Mamas, a blues band. Our first ensemble album, Magick Black Woman, featuring Flame’s original songs, will be released in 2023 thanks to the Jack Straw Cultural Center.
Saturday, September 30th, 2:30 p.m.
Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
More events are in the works. Contact me if you’d like me to perform, moderate or teach. I sing with Amber Flame’s band Last of the RedHot Mamas, currently recording an album with support from Jack Straw Cultural Center.
As a 2021-23 featured presenter for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, I am offering a free and generative writing class called Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop throughout Washington state, both virtually or in person.
Apply to host Tell Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop? My class is free to community partners like libraries, schools, universities, museums, community colleges and other nonprofits, as long as it is free and open to the public. My workshop is available in English and Spanish until December 2023. Sí se puede.
Subduction has been the focus of my craft lectures and creative writing workshops at the Institute of American Indian Arts, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Idaho, Seattle University, Oklahoma State University, Western Washington University and elsewhere. If you teach or host literary discussions, I can appear for a virtual or in-person Q&A for your class or book club.
As a literary moderator, I have been in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winners Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band) and Viet Thanh Nguyen, as well as Carmen Maria Machado, Luis Alberto Urrea, Madeline Miller, Terese Marie Mailhot (Seabird Island Band), Weike Wang, Cristina Henríquez, Ada Calhoun, Ruth Ozeki, Pam Houston, Chris Abani, Elissa Washuta (Cowlitz), G. Willow Wilson, Aimee Liu, Ellen Meeropol, Donna Hemans and many other writers I admire. It is a joy to be in service to ideas.
Check out my style of speaking during a recent appearance for the New York State Writers Institute. Recordings of my virtual performances can be found on Facebook and via my YouTube playlist.
Do you play music or create visual art? Want to making something together? Check out this interdisciplinary collaboration, a visual poem from Subduction.
During Lit Jam: A Night of Words and Music at Hugo House and recommended by The Stranger, I performed my own work and sang songs by Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch with The House Band, feat. Sam Ligon, Kim Addonizio, Gary Copeland Lilley and D.D. Wigley.
Recent
Thanks to those who showed up to launch my debut novel Subduction. Your presence imbued my tour’s readings and conversations — 70 and counting, many recorded on YouTube and Facebook — with real meaning.
APOCRIFA co-presented by Hedgebrook and Red Hen Press
Reading and discussion with Amber Flame in support of her poetry collection apocrifa, a non-binary love story told in verse.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, 7 p.m. PST
Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Telling Your Story: A Personal Essay Workshop
A free and generative writing class from the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau and Yakima Valley Libraries.
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 11 a.m.
West Valley Community Library, 223 South 72nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98908
Authors Out Loud
A reading, craft talk, conversation, and book signing.
Friday, April 21, 2023, 6 p.m.
Yakima Central Library, 102 North Third Street, Yakima, WA 98901
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 Renée, 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, King Khazm, Shelby Handler 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. You can take this generative workshop without enrolling in the program. You will leave with two workshopped essays that are ready to be submitted to editors.
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
Reading and conversing with former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Carlos Allende
Voices at the Center of American Literature: a Red Hen Press series with Letras Latinas.
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 Amber Flame as Last of the RedHot Mamas with Roma Raye Everly and Gabby Rivera.
Sunday, August 28, 2022, 4 p.m.
Black & Tan Hall 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Hoodstock 2022
Singing with Amber Flame and the 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 generative workshop was called “The Architecture of the Unsaid.”
The best novels submerge their intentions. When we compel readers to think through the choices of our characters, we create empathy by using craft. During this generative workshop, you will learn how to move toward complexity through revision. With close study of recent works by Gabriela Garcia, Valeria Luiselli, Savannah Johnston (Choctaw) and Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band), you will develop and hone a chapter-length story. Throughout the week, during class and on your own time, you will complete a series of writing, revision and feedback sessions, guided by my prompts and Jesmyn Ward’s belief that drafting is “a continuous thing.” You’ll practice the art of elision through dialogue, relying on setting, image and syntax to imply emotional landscapes. I will show you how to provide constructive comments to yourself and others, knowing that kindness is the greatest form of rigor.
Sunday, July 17, 2022 – Sunday, July 24th, 2022
In person at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA for vaccinated participants and faculty.
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
Microsoft Auditorium at Central Library, 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-Renée, 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 PM–4:35 PM ET and Thursday, March 24, 2022, 1:45 PM–3:00 PM ET
109AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level, Philadelphia, PA
PANK Magazine Launch: AWP Flash Mob reading
I will read “Father’s Day” alongside 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 Essaysvirtual
Available to any woman-identified writer, this ten-week online workshop is offered through the Certificate in Writing Program of the University of Washington Continuum College. You can take this generative workshop without enrolling in the program. You will leave with two workshopped essays that are ready to be submitted to editors.
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 Amber Flame and the 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 with Dariel Suárez and moderator Christopher Romaguera.
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
VOW: Voices of Womxn Salon
Hosting literary salon to support women & womxn-identified writers
Friday, September 20, 2019. 5:30 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the #MeToo Movement
McSweeney’s launch with anthology editor Shelly Oria, Kamari Bright, Sasha LaPointe and Jalayna Carter.
Friday, September 20, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference at Centrum
Reading with Gary Copeland Lilley and Paisley Rekdal.
Sunday, July 14, 2019. 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Joseph F. Wheeler Theater, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Afternoon Fiction Faculty: Let Your Characters Surprise You, Find Your Story in Revision, The Ethics of Transgression & Better Fiction Through Facts.
Monday July 15, Tuesday July 16, Thursday July 18 & Friday, July 19, 2019. 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Publishing Intensive 2019
Guest lecturer for daylong seminar by Peter Mountford, Karen Finneyfrock and Theo Nestor.
Sunday, June 2, 2019, 4 – 4:45 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Orcas Island Lit Fest
The Unlikeable Women: A Main Stage Panel about Unsympathetic Narrators with Sonora Jha, Elisabeth Eaves & Allison Augustyn. Moderated by Margot Kahn Case.
Saturday, April 6th, 2019. 12:10 – 1:15 p.m.
Orcas Island Lit Fest, Orcas Island, WA 98122
Offsite at AWP: Atelier26 Books & Moss with Margaret Malone, With Margaret Malone, Donna Miscolta, Jason Arias, Woody Skinner and Sidney Wade.
Friday, March 29, 2019. 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Ford Food & Drink, 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97202
Beyond the Desk: Engaging Community as a Writer
AWP Panel with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Sam Ligon, Dawn Pichon Barron & Julia Hands.
Friday, March 29, 2019. 3 – 4:15 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center, Room A106, Level 1, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232
Terese Marie Mailhot, Pam L. Houston and G. Willow Wilson in Conversation
I moderated this AWP discussion on behalf of Hugo House, Seattle Arts & Lectures and Grove/Atlantic.
Thursday, March 28, 2019. 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom 201, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232
Launch of Latina Outsiders: Remaking Latina Identity (Routledge) Off-site AWP Reading with anthology editor Dr. Grisel Acosta alongside Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, Luis Lopez-Maldonado, Jane Gabriels & Stephanie Laterza.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019. 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Milagro Theater, 525 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97124
Seattle Writes En Español: Revisando lo personal, dado por la Biblioteca Pública de Seattle
Revisando narrativas personales.
Saturday, March 23, 2018. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
South Park Branch, Seattle Public Library, 8604 8th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98108
Seattle Writes En Español: Escribiendo lo Personal, dado por la Biblioteca Pública de Seattle
Escribiendo narrativas personales.
Saturday, March 16, 2018. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
South Park Branch, Seattle Public Library, 8604 8th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98108
Mixed Bag
Performing with hosts Jeanine Walker and Steve Mauer during an evening of sketch comedy, live music, literary arts and stop motion animation.
Saturday, March 9, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Lit Jam: A Night of Words & Music
Performing songs and readings with Kim Addonizio, Sam Ligon, Gary Copeland Lilley and Kate Lebo, deemed a Don’t Miss by The Stranger.
Friday, March 8, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
A Field Researcher’s Guide to Authoritative Storytelling
Eight-week prose workshop about infusing narrative with lyric accuracy.
Tuesdays, February 12 – April 2, 2019. 7:10 – 9:10 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Discussion: The Fact and Fiction of Lost Children Archive
Panel with Angélica Cházaro of the UW School of Law.
Monday, February 25, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
A Red Hen Press Reading
Performing with fellow Red Hen Press authors Brittany Ackerman, Cai Emmons and Sarah Cannon.
Friday, February 15, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Third Place Books, 6504 20th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Short Story Form and Function
Moderating panel to feature Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Ramon Isao, Corinne Manning, Becky Mandelbaum, and E. Lily Yu.
Thursday, January 24, 2019. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
A Field Researcher’s Guide to Authoritative Storytelling
Generative prose workshop about infusing narrative with lyric accuracy.
Tuesdays, October 16 – December 18, 2018. 7:10 – 9:10 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
A Night about the News with Investigate West
Salon discussion about how great stories are made.
Thursday, December 13, 2018. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Type Set, 3827C East Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118
Seattle Writes: Nonfiction Storytelling for Seattle Public Library
A class about bringing facts into stories.
Sunday, October 21, 2018. 2 – 4 p.m.
Central Library of the Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104
Seattle Writes: Mejor Narración De Historias A Través De La Investigación
Incorporando los datos en la escritura.
Saturday, October 20, 2018. 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
South Park Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 8604 8th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98108
Seattle Writes: Nonfiction Storytelling for Seattle Public Library
A class about bringing facts into stories.
Sunday, September 23, 2018. 2 – 4 p.m.
Columbia City Branch, Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98118
The New Hugo House: A Grand Opening
Featured reading with Maria Semple, Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Renée, Quenton Baker, Amber Flame, Gabriel Teodros, Nancy Guppy and the Bushwick Book Club to celebrate the new building permanently installed in Hugo House’s original location.
Saturday, September 22, 2018. 5 – 7 p.m.
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Port Townsend Writers’ Conferencee at Centrum
Afternoon Faculty – “Better Storytelling through Research”
Tuesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 19, 2018. Classes 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Literary Happy Hour: An Evening of Intoxicating Verse.
Reading for monthly series.
Tuesday, June 26 2018. 7 – 9 p.m.
Capitol Cider, 818 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
Lit Fix Seattle
Reading with Garth Stein and Anca Szilágyi for reading series organized by Mia Lipman Irwin to benefit the youth literacy programs offered by the Bureau of Fearless Ideas. $5.
Thursday, June 21, 2018. 7 – 9 p.m.
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, 1508 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Moss: Volume Three Release Party
Poetry; prose; food; drinks to celebrate Pacific Northwest literary review.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018. 7 – 9 p.m.
Type Set, 3827C East Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118
Write Your Democracy: A Teach-In
Reading and teaching with Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Renée, Wendy Call and Seattle Escribe’s Dalia Maxum for quarterly series organized by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum and Julia Hands.
Saturday, June 9 2018. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St, Seattle, WA
Conversation with Weike Wang
Moderator for discussion about Chemistry (Penguin/Random House)
Thursday, April 12, 2018. 7 – 9 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
A Field Researcher’s Guide to Authoritative Storytelling
Eight-week prose workshop about infusing narrative with lyric accuracy.
Tuesdays, April 10 – May 29, 2018. 7:10 – 9:10 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St, Seattle, WA
Word Works: Ruth Ozeki
Introducing and interviewing the novelist and Buddhist priest for Hugo House in partnership with Seattle University’s Search for Meaning Festival.
Friday, February 23, 2018. 7 – 9 p.m.
Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave Seattle, WA
A Night about the News with Investigate West
Salon celebration of the people who keep our newsrooms humming.
Thursday, January 25, 2018. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Type Set, 3827C East Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118
Pie & Whiskey: Seattle Launch
Reading with Kim Addonizio, Jess Walter and more for launch of Pie & Whiskey: Writers Under the Influence of Butter & Booze (Sasquatch Books), a New York Times New & Notable Book edited by Kate Lebo and Sam Ligon.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017. 7 – 9 p.m.
Hosted by Town Hall Seattle at Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave Seattle, WA
Pie & Whiskey: Spokane Launch
Reading with Kate Lebo, Sam Ligon, Shawn Vestal and Jess Walter for launch of Pie & Whiskey: Writers Under the Influence of Butter & Booze, edited byLebo & Ligon
Thursday, October 26, 2017. 8 p.m.
Hosted by Terrain, 304 West Pacific Avenue, Spokane, WA
#FML: Lit Crawl Seattle
Reading with Sasha La Pointe, hosted by Jeanine Walker, as part of annual night of literature: 35 events in 15 venues.
Thursday, October 19, 2017. 9 p.m.
Capitol Cider, 818 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
A Field Researcher’s Guide to Authoritative Storytelling
Generative prose workshop about infusing narrative with lyric accuracy.
Tuesdays, October 17 – December 12, 2017. 7:10 – 9:10 p.m.
Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St, Seattle, WA
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
Afternoon Faculty – “Better Storytelling through Research” & “Revising Your Novel: You Can, and You Must.” – and Panelist: “On Cultural Appropriation” with Melissa Febos, Gary Copeland Lilley, Sam Ligon & Dawn Pichon Barron
Monday, July 17, & Thursday, July 20, 2017. Classes 2 – 3:30 p.m., panel at 4.
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Staying Savvy: Media and Social Movements
Leading salon-style discussion about journalism in the age of fake news.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017. 12:30-2 p.m.
North Seattle Community College, CC 2153, 9600 College Way N, Seattle, WA 98103
Lewis County Writers Guild
Reading and delivering a talk.
Friday, February 17, 2017. 6 – 8 p.m.
The Station: Coffee Bar & Bistro, Centralia, WA
Pacifica Literary Review Issue #9 Release Party
Reading with JM Miller, Diana Xin, Bill Carty and Gabrielle Bates.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017. 7 – 9 p.m.
Capitol Cider, 818 East Pike St, Seattle, WA
WRITERS RESIST: A Celebration of Free Speech
Reading with Daniel James Brown, G Willow Wilson, Jess Walter, Seattle Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna, Bruce Barcott, Washington state poet laureate Tod Marshall, Elissa Washuta, Seattle youth poet laureate Angel Gardner, Jane Wong, Robert Lashley, Imani Sims, David Laskin and Sam Ligon as part of a national series to express commitment to democratic ideals.
Sunday, January 15, 2017. 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA
Till Writers Collective Reading for launch of chapbook from the Till residency at Smoke Farm.
Friday, December 9, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
King Street Station, Seattle, WA
Lit Crawl Seattle: The Body is a Map in Any Language
Emcee & Featured Reader with Jordan Hartt and Jamaica Baldwin.
Thursday, October 27, 2016. 8 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust Author Panel
Presented to EDGE program with Elissa Washuta and Gary Copeland Lilley.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016. 2 – 3 p.m.
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Artist Trust Reading
Featured reader with Nicole Hardy and Elissa Washuta.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
Emcee for nightly open mikes at Building 262
July 17-24, 2016.
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
Because of The Metaphysical Ukulele
Featured reader with Samantha Updegrave and Sean Cardwell.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Under the Influence: Dickinson and Whitman
Featured reader with Kathryn Hunt, Gary Copeland Lilley, Nancy Rawles, Michelle Peñaloza, Alice Derry and Kathleen Flenniken.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Reading with Jordan Hartt
Featured reader and moderator to launch second printing of Jordan Hartt’s Leap (Tebot Bach Press)
Friday, March 11, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Spring into Writing
Featured reader for series sponsored by University of Washington Tacoma Arts & Lectures
Monday, March 7, 2016. 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Jane Russell Commons, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
A Loose Leaf Reading Presents an Evening of Storytelling and Music
Featured reader with Michelle Peñaloza, Patty Belsick, Jenny Hayes, Casandra Lopez and Nora Hughes.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016. 7 – 9 p.m.
Chop Suey, 1325 East Madison, Seattle, WA
A Field Researcher’s Guide to Authoritative Storytelling
I taught a prose workshop at the Richard Hugo House from January through March of 2016. The ten-week class was about learning to infuse narrative with lyric accuracy through careful study of the world around us.
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference 2015
Emcee for nightly open mikes at Building 262
July 9-19, 2015.
Port Townsend, WA
Seattle Fiction Federation
Featured reader. Check out my performance — the link comes with a cautionary note.
Monday, June 22, 2015. 7 – 10 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Tukwila Revealed
Litcrawl reading for Duwamish Revealed festivities and art installation
Sunday, June 21, 2015. 5:45 p.m.
Duwamish Hill Preserve, 3800 S 115th St, Tukwila, WA
Creative Nonfiction across Cultures
Moderator for discussion of The Rainy Season.
Saturday, April 25, 2015. 7 – 9 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Get Lit! Pie & Whiskey IV
Reading with Samuel Ligon, Kate Lebo, Jess Walter, Benjamin Percy, Gary Copeland Lilley, Renee D’Aoust and Jordan Hartt.
Thursday, April 23, 2015. 9:30 p.m.
The Women’s Club of Spokane, 1428 West 9th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204
AWP Conference 2015
Panelist for Digging for Story: Research, Fieldwork and Accuracy in Creative Writing.
Friday, April 10, 2015. 10:30 a.m.
Room 204 & 5, Minneapolis Convention Center, 1201 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403
AWP Conference 2015: Words and Music
Performance with Kim Addonizio, Sam Ligon, Peter Kline, Brittany Perham and Charles D. Jones.
Thursday, April 9, 2015. 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Scott James Bookfair Stage, Minneapolis Convention Center, 1201 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Literary Wilderness
A Reading to Benefit Prison Writers, Offsite @ AWP
Thursday, April 9, 2015. 8:15 – 10 p.m.
Nicollet, 1931 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Rainier Valley Lit Crawl
A Southside first: four readings from Hillman City to Columbia City.
Sunday, March 8, 2015. 5 – 9 p.m.
Union Bar at 5, Afrikando Banadir at 6, Flying Lion Brewing at 7, Lottie’s Lounge at 8.
Jack Straw Artists Showcase
Readings, music, storytelling
Saturday, March 7, 2015. 2 – 5 p.m.
Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Seattle, WA.
Reading with Shelly Oria
Farrar, Straus and Giroux reading for her book Tel Aviv 1, New York 0
Saturday, December 5, 2014. 7 – 9 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Bushwick Book Club Seattle
Performance with Joy Mills, part of the 2014 Jack Straw Writing Program
Sunday, November 16, 2014. 4 – 7 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Kahini Celebration
Reading with Rebecca Brown, Donna Miscolta and Philip Shaw
Saturday, November 15, 2014. 6 – 10 p.m.
Seattle, WA
Jack Straw Reading Series
Reading with 2014 Jack Straw Writing Program Fellows
Saturday, November 8, 2014. 2 – 5 p.m.
Seattle Public Library Central Branch, 100 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Gray Skies Reading Series
Reading solo
Thursday, September 18, 2014. 7:30 p.m.
Oly Rockfish Grill, 700 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA
Parents on Parenting
Reading with Ross McMeekin
Saturday, September 6, 2014. 3 – 6 p.m.
Columbia City Branch, Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98118
Jack Straw Reading Series
Reading with 2014 Jack Straw Writing Program Fellows Margot Kahn, Raúl Sánchez and Gigi Rosenberg
Thursday, August 7, 2014. 7 – 9 p.m.
University Book Store, 4326 University Way Northeast, Seattle, WA
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference 2014
Emcee for nightly open mikes at Building 262
July 10 – 20, 2014.
Port Townsend, WA
Reunited: Women of EDGE
Reader and emcee for fellow alumnae of the 2013 Artist Trust EDGE Program for Literary Artists
Sunday, May 18, 2014. 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Jack Straw May Reading Series
Reading with 2014 Jack Straw Writing Program Fellows Michelle Peñaloza, Margot Kahn and Raúl Sánchez
Friday, May 16, 2014. 7 – 9 p.m.
Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Seattle, WA.
AWP Conference 2014 February 26 – March 1, 2014 – Seattle, WA, 2014
Like Sand to the Beach: Bringing Your Book to Market
Panel with Karen Maeda Allman, Jonathan Evison, Rachel Fershleiser and Jarret Middleton
Thursday, February 27, 2014. 12 – 1:15 pm. Room 2B, Washington State Convention Center, Level 2. Washington State Convention Center & Seattle Sheraton Hotel.
AWP Off-Site Reading for Trifecta: A Celebration of Three Debut Books
Debut Lit reading with Lorraine Doran and Jessica Nelson Hosted by Rebekah Anderson. Suggested by The Stranger.
Thursday, February 27, 2014. 6 – 7 p.m.
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, 1508 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
AWP Off-Site Reading for Artist Trust 2013 Winners
Reading with fellow Artist Trust winners Carmiel Banasky, Katy E. Ellis, Patty Kinney and Claudia Rowe
Friday, February 28, 2014. 6 – 7 p.m.
Black Coffee Co-op, 501 East Pine Street, Seattle.
The Casserole Reading Series August 11, 2013
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference 2013 July 7 – 21, 2013 – Port Townsend, WA
Pacifica Literary Review Summer Issue Launch June 10, 2013 – Seattle, WA — Check out this recording.
Artist Trust EDGE Reading at The Elliott Bay Book Co. April 14, 2013 – Seattle, WA
Cheap Beer & Prose at Richard Hugo House March 21, 2013 – Seattle, WA Check out this recording.
AWP Conference 2013 off-site event to Benefit Prison Writing Programs March 7, 2013 – Boston, MA
Dark Coast Press Reading for LitCrawl October 18, 2012 – Seattle, WA
Centrum: The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference 2012 July 8 – 22, 2012 – Port Townsend, WA
Castalia Reading Series at Richard Hugo House April 23, 2012 – Seattle, WA
Dark Coast Press Book Launch Party June 9, 2011 – Seattle, WA Check out this recording.
Society of Professional Journalists Annual Banquet May 21, 2011 – Seattle, WA
Castalia Reading Series at Richard Hugo House Nov. 9, 2010 – Seattle, WA
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