Events

Readings

  • First Friday Reading Series hosted by Golden Sardine, San Francisco (May 3rd, 2024)

  • Literary Speakeasy hosted by James J. Siegel @Martuni’s, San Francisco (April 25th, 2024)

  • The Living Room: A Reading Series and Salon hosted by Kevin Dublin @SYZYGY SF, San Francisco (April 28th, 2023)

  • In Our Nature: Queer Work in the Garden" presented by Green Apple Books & San Francisco Botanical Garden, San Francisco (June 17th, 2023)

  • Yes, It’s Magic reading Curated by N. Cuzzi and Maxwell Shanley, San Francisco (April 2nd, 2023)

  • Sweetness: A Literary Reading with Celeste Chan, Chen Chen, Muriel Leung, D. Keali’i MacKenzie, and Jane Wong, Virtual (December 28th, 2022)

  • To Truong, With Love: A reading and celebration of Truong Tran's Book of the Other hosted by Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco (December 9th, 2021)

  • Brocken Spectre Launch Party hosted by STRUT, San Francisco (October 3rd, 2021)

  • New Voice Series (with Edward Gunawan and Carlos Osoria) @ San Francisco State University’s The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, San Francisco, CA (May 5, 2021)

  • Hot Pot Lunar New Year Reading hosted by Muriel Leung (Friday, February 12, 2021)

  • Open Studios x February AiR @ Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR (February 29, 2020)

  • Com/Promised Land: Kundiman NorCal at Lit Crawl @ The Laundry, San Francisco, CA (October 19, 2019)

  • Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire Book Launch @ Eastwind Books, Berkeley, CA (August 23, 2019)

  • 2019 Asian American Literary Festival: Queer Literaoke @ Smithsonian APAC, Washington, D.C. (August 2-4, 2019)

  • Show Us Your Spines Reading @ San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA (April 18, 2019)

  • The Poetry Show with Bhanu Kapil @ KRBX 93.5 Radio Boise, Boise, ID (April 22, 2018)

  • What Have I to Say to You Book Launch with Megan Levad @ Ming Studios, Boise, ID (April 6, 2018)

  • Death Rattle Writers Festival @ Lloyd Square, Nampa, ID (October 7, 2017)

  • The Poetry Show @ KRBX 93.5 Radio Boise, Boise, ID (December 4, 2016)

  • Tooth and Bristle Reading Series @ Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID (November 18, 2016)

  • Kundiman presents THE UNSETTLED BODY @ LitCrawl, San Francisco, CA (October 15, 2016)

  • Tooth and Bristle Reading Series @ Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID (November 20, 2015)

  • Boomtown, a reading for the National Queer Arts Festival @ Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA (June 8, 2015)

  • Lyrics and Durges @ Pegasus Books, Berkeley, CA (March 18, 2015)

  • Crown Roast at the Haight Street Art Walk @ Café du Soleil, San Francisco, CA (March 7, 2015)

  • Solo Reader and Collaborator with Elevate Ensemble, San Francisco, CA (January 24, 2015)

  • Hyphen’s San Francisco’s LitCrawl @ theBalm, San Francisco, CA (October 18, 2014)

  • Launch for Mad Honey Symposium @ E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, Oakland, CA (September 26, 2014)

  • Echo/Transmission Workshop Reading @ Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA (July 31, 2014)

  • Beast Crawl @ Farley’s East, Oakland, CA (July 12, 2014)

  • Radar Reading Series, San Francisco, CA (July 3, 2014)

  • Kundiman Bay Area Reading @ Café du Soleil, San Francisco, CA (June 2, 2014)

  • Poetry Reading: Artist+SF=Meaning? @ Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA (March 21, 2014)

  • Radar Reading Series @ San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA (March 12, 2014)

  • Red Light Lit Vol. 2 Reading (with Carson Beker) @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA (November 10, 2013)

  • APAture 2013 Literary Night @ 50 Mason Social House, San Francisco, CA (October 18th, 2013)

  • The Lone Pear Tree Reading Series, San Francisco, CA (August 22, 2013)

  • The Living Room Reading Series, San Francisco, CA (March 9, 2013)

  • Kundiman Fellows Reading @ Lilian Vernon House, New York, NY (July 25, 2012)

  • “This Greeny Leaf” dramatic reading @The 571 Projects Performance Series, New York, NY (July 13, 2012)

  • Self Portrait as Rumor and Blood Chapbook Release Reading, Los Angeles, CA (April 22, 2012)

  • Lone Glen Reading Series, San Francisco, CA (March 9, 2012)

  • Goodbye Rabbit! Reading @ 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA (January 13, 2012)

  • Sin Rostro! Reading Series, New York, NY (December 26, 2012)

  • Velvet Revolution Reading Series, San Francisco, CA (September 28, 2011)

  • Restacking the Deck: Cave Canem & Kundiman Poetry Reading, Berkeley, CA (June 5, 2011)

  • Rainbow Book Fair Salon, New York, NY (March 27, 2010)

  • Telephone Bar Reading, New York, NY (October 6, 2008) 

Presentations and Workshops

  • “Building Literary Community” for Contemporary Asian American Writers course facilitated by Mary-Kim Arnold, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (April 2nd, 2021)

  • Visiting Poet for Intro to Creative Writing Course facilitated by Jane Wong @ Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington (February 16th, 2021)

  • “Exploring Queer Poetics” for Contemporary American Poetry course facilitated by Matthew Zapruder, Saint Mary’s College, Oakland, CA (April 21st, 2020)

  • “Beyond Research: Creative Writing Practices in the Composition Classroom” @ Association of Writers & Writing Programs in San Antonio, Texas (March 5th, 2020)

  • “Can, Shouldn't, Could: Ethics in the Poetry Workshop” @ Association of Writers & Writing Programs in Tampa, Florida (March 7th-10th, 2018)

  • “The Diversity Machine and Rhetorical Agency” @ Thinking Its Presence Conference, Tucson, Arizona (October 19th-21st 2017)

  • Writing, Professionalization, and Community Seminar @ Kundiman Annual Summer Retreat (June 23rd, 2017)

  • “Poetics: Literary Connections for First-Year, Multilingual Writers” @ Symposium on Second Language Writing, Tempe, Arizona (October 19th-22nd, 2016)

  • “Collaging New Futures: A Multimodal Poetry and Bookmaking Workshop” @ Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (October 15th, 2016)

  • Poet Facilitator for Youth Writing Workshop, Changing the World with Words, San Francisco, CA (April 5th, 2012)

  • Guest Poet for Youth Poetry Workshop @ Project Reach, New York (July 20th, 2010)