EVENTS & CLASSES

2024

APRIL 4, 2024, 7:30 pm EST
Brandywine Literary Arts Festival Poetry Reading
Penn State Brandywine, PA

APRIL 26, 2024, 7:30 pm EST
Poetry Reading with Joanne Leva - Wordsmiths Reading Series
Bucks County Community College (Tyler 142)

MAY 30, 2024, 1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

PAST EVENTS (2024):

FEBRUARY 26, 2024, 7-9 pm EST / 4-6 pm PST. *** FREE!
Writing Odes: Elevating the Everyday (Zoom)
Friends of Carl Sandburg - Writing Workshops

FEBRUARY 28, 2024, 4:30 pm EST
Poetry Reading with Swarthmore College Faculty & Staff
McCabe Library Atrium, Swarthmore College, PA

MARCH 9, 2024, 5:35 pm EST
Poetry Reading with Raina J León & Issam Zineh + fundraiser for Gaza
5-3-5 Poetry Salon, Philadelphia, PA - RSVP here

PAST EVENTS (2023):

JANUARY 6, 2023
Launch of The Inkubator, weekly group coaching for poets for poets.
Register for 4, 8. 12, or 16 weeks.

JANUARY 1-31, 2023 Heart on Your Sleeve Project features my original poem on Elixr’s Coffee sleeves!
Get updates via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollybgross/
Read about the project: Heart on Your Sleeve Project Launch
Visit Elixr Coffee: 207 South Sydenham Street, Philadelphia, PA | Follow on IG

FEBRUARY 28, 2023, 1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prose Writers - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 2, 2023, 4-5 pm EST / 1 - 2 pm PST
Thursdays on the Stoop - Zoom, FREE
Poem Plus Prompt (Self-portraits) | PDF
Blue Stoop

MARCH 7, 2023, 1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST ***Only 2 spots remain!
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 14, 2023, 1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Get Messy: Push Past Perfectionism & Procrastination - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 21, 2023, 1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Reaching A Readership: Submitting Your Poems To Journals - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 23, Apr 13, 20, 27, 2023, 12 pm - 2 pm EST / 9 - 11 am PST
The Inkubator - Section 3, weekly group coaching for poets
* With guest speaker, poet/editor Angela Narciso Torres
4 Thursdays
Early registration discount ends Wed., March 15, 11:59 pm EST

MARCH 25, 2023, 7 - 8:30 pm EST
Poets in Conversation with Phyllis Klein:
Reading with Carolyne Wright | PDF Flyer

MARCH 25, 2023, 7 - 8:40 pm EST
Poetry Reading & Discussion | PDF Flyer
FREE & Open to Public - Zoom
Waubonsee Community College

APRIL 14, 2023, 6-9 pm EST
Origin Stories: Mythologies of the Self - Zoom
Blue Stoop

APRIL 16, 2023, 4 pm EST
Delco Writers & Friends/Mad Poets National Poetry Month Reading
Park Avenue Community Center

MAY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2023
The Inkubator - Section 4, weekly group coaching for poets, Zoom
* With guest speaker, poet Sunu P. Chandy, author of My Dear Comrades
4 classes, Thursdays, 12 pm - 2 pm EST
Early registration discount ends Mon. May 1, 11:59 pm EST

MAY 19, 2023, 12- 3 pm EST
Lineation Elation: Lineate Your Poems with Confidence & Expression - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 2, 2023, 8 - 9:15 pm EST / 5 - 6:15 pm PST
Submit Your Poems with Success: A Zoom Panel of Poet-Editors
Early registration discount ends Fri. May 26, 11:59 pm EST

Special guests:

Ross White, Executive Editor, Bull City Press, & Contributing Editor, Four Way Review.
Angela Narciso Torres, Senior Poetry Editor, RHINO Magazine
Laura van Prooyen, Editor & Founder, Next Page Press

JUNE 27, 2023, 6-9 pm EST
As Stones from a Necklace: The Ghazal - Zoom
Blue Stoop

JULY 2023: 3 Wednesdays, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 1 - 3 pm EST / 10 am - 12 pm PST
Feast of Forms: 3-Day Intensive on Poetic Forms - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 19, 2023, 7 pm
Poetry reading with Ross White & Steven Kleinman
Moonstone Poetry Series at Fergie’s Pub

JULY 25, 2023, 1 - 4 pm EST / 10 am - 1 pm PST
Writing Odes: Elevating the Everyday - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 26, 2023, 1 - 4 pm EST / 10 am - 1 pm PST
Mythologies of the Self: Origin Stories & Self-Portraits - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023, 4-5 pm EST / 1 - 2 pm PST
Thursdays on the Stoop - Zoom, FREE
Poem Plus Prompt - spotlight on the poetry of Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Blue Stoop

SEPTEMBER 2023 - MAY 2024, Wednesdays, 5-7 pm PST / 8-10 pm EST
Yearlong Poetry: A Study of Form, 30 classes - Zoom
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

OCTOBER 26, 2023, 3:30 pm
Poetry Reading - The Blanche Armfield Poetry Series
University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill, NC

OCTOBER 27, 2023, 6:30 pm
UNC-Greeensboro MFA Program Poetry Reading with novelist Thomas Calder
Scuppernong Books, Greeensboro, NC

OCTOBER 27, 2023, 8:00 pm
Bull City Press Poetry Reading with Junious (Jay) Ward & Elizabeth Otylia
Mettlesome Theater, Durham, NC

NOVEMBER 9, 2023, 6 - 9 pm EST / 3 - 6 pm PST
Supersize Me: Exploring the Double Sonnet - Zoom
Blue Stoop

PAST EVENTS (2022):

JANUARY 2022
Faculty, Winter 2022
MFA Program for Writers
Warren Wilson College

JANUARY 3, 2022
Poetry Reading & Craft Talk:
”Emerging Constellations: Backwards-Mapping the Revision Process”
Carlow College MFA Program

JANUARY 3, 2022
Poetry Workshop:
”Befuddled, Bereft, Broken: Resistance to Poetic Closure”
Carlow College MFA Program

FEBRUARY 23, 2022
1 - 2 pm EST / 12 - 1 pm CST
DMACC's Celebration of Literary Arts
Poetry Reading with Matthew Olzmann
Free

MARCH 8, 2022
4:10 pm - 7:10 pm EST / 1:10 pm–4:10 pm PST
Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prose Writers (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 22, 2022
1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 29, 2022
1 pm - 4 pm EST / 10 am–1 pm PST
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

APRIL 6-9, 2022
WCU C.R.A.F.T. Festival, Core Faculty
“Poem Plus Prompt: The Exalted & The Everyday in the Ghazal & the Ode”

MAY 18, 2022, 4-5 pm EST
Wednesdays on the Stoop
Poem Plus Prompt (Focus poem: “The Blink Reflex” by Rick Barot) - FREE
Blue Stoop

MAY 19 - JUNE 9, 2022, 4 Thursdays
8 pm - 10 pm EST / 5 pm–7 pm PST
Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prose Writers (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MAY 22, 2022
4:10 - 7:10 pm EST / 1:10 pm PST - 4:10 PST
Crafting the Contemporary Pastoral Poem (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MAY 24 - JUNE 7, 2022, 3 Tuesdays
8 pm - 10 pm EST / 5 pm–7 pm PST
Personal & Political: Unpacking Rick Barot’s THE GALLEONS (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MAY 25 - June 8, 2022, 3 Wednesdays
1 - 3 pm EST / 4 pm - 6 pm PST
Recharge Your Revision Process (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 12, 2022
4:10 - 7:10 pm EST / 1:10 pm PST - 4:10 pm PST
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 22, 2022, 1 - 3 pm EST / 10 am - 12 pm PST
Poetry I (6 Wednesdays)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 26, 2022, 1 - 4 pm EST / 10 am - 1 pm PST (Zoom)
Befuddled, Bereft, Broken: Resistance to Poetic Closure - LIMITED SPOTS!
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 29, 2022, 11 am - 2 pm EST / 8 am PST - 11 am PST (Zoom)
Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry - Registration ends 7/28, 5 pm EST!
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

AUGUST 17, 2022, 4 pm EST (Zoom)
Cultivating Community: Reflections from the Zoom Classroom, with Nancy Reddy - FREE
WRITERS ON THE STOOP
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022, 6-9 pm EST (Zoom)
Poetry Plus Prompt: Poetry from Rick Barot’s THE GALLEONS
WRITERS ON THE STOOP
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 - MAY 31, 2023 (Wednesdays), 8 - 10 pm EST / 5 - 7 pm PST (Zoom)
Fall 2022-Spring 2023: Yearlong Class in Poetry
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

OCTOBER 16, 2019, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm EST (in-person)
Hermit Crab Forms
Caesura Poetry Conference (October 13-16)
Eclipse Center for Creative Community
Lansdale, PA

OCTOBER 21, 2022, 6-9 pm EST (Zoom)
Writing Odes: Elevating the Everyday
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 11, 2022 (Three Fridays), 1 - 3 pm EST / 10 am - 12 pm PST (Zoom)
Feast of Forms: 3-Day Intensive on Poetic Forms
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

OCTOBER 30, 5 pm EST / 2 pm PST (Zoom)
Write-O-Rama session
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

NOVEMBER 5, 2022, 7-10 pm EST (in-person)
Heart on Your Sleeve Project Launch Party
Elixr Coffee, 207 South Sydenham Street
Philadelphia, PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2022, 11 am - 12:15 pm EST (Zoom)
Poem Plus Prompt - Origin Stories: Mythologies of the Self
Virtual Conference: “The Dramatic I/Eye: Reflections on Voice & Form in Contemporary Poetry”
WCU Poetry Center, West Chester University, PA

NOVEMBER 16, 2022, 4 pm EST (Zoom)
Lineation Lab - FREE. Bring 1-2 draft poems!
WRITERS ON THE STOOP
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

DECEMBER 1, 2022, 12-1 pm EST (Zoom)
FREE Poetry Class - with Dilruba Ahmed of group coaching program, The Inkubator
The Writing Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2022, 6-9 pm EST (Zoom)
Lineation Elation: Lineate Your Poems with Confidence & Expression
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

DECEMBER 9, 2022, 6-9 pm EST (Zoom)
Befuddled, Bereft, Broken: Resistance to Poetic Closure
Blue Stoop of Philadelphia, PA

PAST EVENTS (2021):

JANUARY 2021
Faculty, Winter 2021
MFA Program for Writers
Warren Wilson College

JANUARY 14-18, 2021
Online Poetry Workshop Facilitator
27th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Murphy Writing of Stockton University

JANUARY 24, 2021, 7 PM EST
Alaska Quarterly Review 40th anniversary benefit reading
with Matthew Zapruder & Jill Osier

JANUARY 28, 2021, 8 PM EST
Voices: Celebrating the Beauty and Diversity of America’s Literary Landscape
with Nancy McCabe, Adriana E. Ramirez, & Sheila Squillante
University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

FEBRUARY 17, 7:30 PM EST
Wild & Precious Life Reading Series
with Shira Erlichman, Craig Santos Perez, & Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué
Zoom details here.

FEBRUARY 20, 1 - 4 PM EST
Online Workshop: Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prose Writers
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

MARCH 2, 2021, 6:30 PM EST
Philly Loves Poetry broadcast
with PhillyCAM & Moonstone Arts
Watch here.

MARCH 9, 2021, 7 PM EST
Livin’ on Luck Reading Series
with Laura Kincaid & Lamont Steptoe

MARCH 23, 2021, 7:30 EST
Spring Sessions Reading Series with Anjali Sachdeva
Southern Humanities Review / Auburn University
Register here.

APRIL 7, 2021, 9:30 am EST
Poem Plus Prompt session
C.R.A.F.T.: WCU's Virtual Poetry & Creative Arts Festival
Registration: www.wcupa.edu/poetryEvents
All undergrads attend FREE.

APRIL 8, 2021, 7:30 pm EST
Poetry Reading Christine Otis & Molly Peacock
C.R.A.F.T.: WCU's Virtual Poetry & Creative Arts Festival

APRIL 18, 2021, 7:30 pm EST
45th Anniversary of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, PA/NJ regional event
”Craft: The Liberating Partner of Creativity”
Poetry Fundraiser with Chris Bursk, Robin Rosen Chang, Randall Couch, Daisy Fried, John Fried, Pam Goldman, Diane Kerr, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Marcia Pelletiere, Adrienne Perry, Elaine Terranova, Jim Zervanos. Hosts: Robin Black, Elaine Terranova, J.C. Todd, & Eleanor Wilner.
Register here. Donation benefit scholarships/grants.

APRIL 19, 2021, 6:30 pm PST / 9:30 pm EST
with Naoko Fujimoto, Karen Llagas, & featured poet Angela Narciso Torres
Moderator: Aileen Cassinetto, Poet Laureate, San Mateo County
Redwood City Public Library
Register here.

APRIL 28, 2021, 4-5 pm EST
Wednesdays on the Stoop
Poem Plus Prompt (with a focus on work by Jericho Brown) - FREE
Blue Stoop in partnership with One Book, One Philadelphia

MAY 4, 7 pm EST
Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series
hosted by White Whale Bookstore
with Sheila Carter-Jones, Jeff Oaks. Rosaly DeMaios Roffman, & Bruce Weigl

MAY 23, 6-7 pm EST / 3-4 pm PST
Poem Plus Prompt / Write-O-Rama
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 1, 8, 15, 2021, 4-6 pm EST (3 Tuesdays)
Online Workshop: Lineation Elation
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 7, 6:30 pm EST
Monday Poets
hosted by Free Library of Philadelphia
with Tariq Thompson & Kayleb Candrilli

JUNE 16, 5-6 pm EST
Poem Plus Prompt - online class
Focus poem: “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown
The Writing Lab

JUNE 23, 2021, 4:10-6:10 pm EST /1:10-3:10 pm PST
Poetry I (6 Wednesdays)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 27, 2021, 4:10-7:10 pm EST / 1:10-4:10 pm PST
Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prosers
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

AUGUST-SEPT 2021 (5 Wednesdays), 4:30-6 PM EST
Feast of Forms: An Online Poetry Workshop
Murphy Writing of Stockton University

AUGUST 31, 2021, 11 am-12:30 pm EST
Lineation Lab (Zoom)

SEPTEMBER 10 & 17, 12-3 pm EST
Feast of Forms (2-day intensive; Zoom)

SEPTEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 9, Tuesdays, 6-8 pm EST
Foundations of Poetry (Zoom)
Blue Stoop

SEPTEMBER 22, 4-5 pm EST
Lineation Lab - free! (Zoom)
Blue Stoop

SEPTEMBER 23, 30, & OCTOBER 7, 1-3 pm EST
Befuddled, Bereft, Broken: Resistance to Poetic Closure (Zoom)
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2 pm EST
Launch event for Beyond Repair by JC Todd (Zoom)

OCTOBER 1, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6 pm EST
Lineation Lab (Zoom)

OCTOBER 21, 7 pm EST
Poem Plus Prompt Workshop: Origin Stories
with Community Building Art Works (Zoom)
Open to all. Pay what you can.

OCTOBER 26
Poetry Workshop
Packer Collegiate Institute
Brooklyn, NY

NOVEMBER 3, 7 pm EST (Zoom)
Release event for New Moons: Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims edited by Kazim Ali
Red Hen Press

NOVEMBER 6, 6 pm EST (Zoom)
Poetry reading & Q&A
Frenchtown Bookshop

NOVEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 13
Poetry Deep Dive: The Galleons (Zoom)
The Writing Lab

NOVEMBER 19 (Zoom)
Poetry reading with Rachel Mennies & RaMa
Chatham University MFA Program
Free & open to the public: link

DECEMBER 1, 12:30 - 1:30 pm EST / 9:30 - 10:30 am PST
Poetry Publication Support Group
The Writing Lab

DECEMBER 12, 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST
Write-O-Rama session
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

DECEMBER 21, 7 pm EST
CBAW Anthology Reading

PAST EVENTS (2020):

DECEMBER 6, 4:10 - 7:10 PM EST
Online Workshop: Recharge Your Revision Process
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

NOVEMBER 22, 6 pm EST/ 3 pm PST
Online Workshop: Lineation Elation
Write-0-Rama
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

NOVEMBER 18, 8 pm EST
Lineation Elation - online class
The Writing Lab

NOVEMBER 11, 7 pm EST
Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, hosted by Larry Robin
Reading with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Cynthia Dewi Oka, & J.C. Todd
Zoom link & details

NOVEMBER 10, 7:30 pm EST
Rosemont College MFA Reading Series
with Jennifer Steil, Ayesha F. Hamid, & MFA students
Zoom link & details

OCTOBER 2020
Lit Mag Deep Dive: NEW ENGLAND REVIEW - online class
The Writing Lab

OCTOBER 21, 9-10 pm EST
Writers on Writing - craft panel
Tasveer South Asian Litfest (TSAL, October 20-25, 2020)
Seattle, WA
Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tsal-2020-writers-on-writing-tickets-125074883343

OCTOBER 11, 2-4 pm EST
Ghazal Workshop
“Building a Shelter of Peace: A Multifaith Poetry Workshop Series”
Ritualwell.org

OCTOBER 7, 7 pm
Reading with Keetje Kuipers
Mad Poets Society's First Wednesday Reading Series
Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA

OCTOBER 6, 6-8 pm
Online Workshop: Jumpstart Your Poems & Prose
Caesura Poetry Festival

OCTOBER 4, 1-4 pm EST
Online Workshop: Jumpstart Your Poems & Prose
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

OCTOBER 3, 6:30 PM EST
PHILLY BOOK LAUNCH - Virtual Reading & Celebration with A Novel Idea
for Bring Now the Angels by Dilruba Ahmed
with readings by Rebecca L. Davis, Satya T. Nelms, & Ross White
& a recitation of Bengali poetry by special guest, Mahmuda Ahmed
Register here. Choose a free ticket, or donate to A Novel Idea if you are able.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2 PM EST
THE KITCHEN TABLE READING SERIES via Zoom
with Tina Cane, Marcus Jackson, Phillip B. Williams, and host Iain Haley Pollock
Free. Register here.

SEPTEMBER 12, 8-9:30 PM EST
A Multifaith Poetry Reading & Open Mic
with poets from “Building a Shelter of Peace: A Multifaith Poetry Workshop Series,”
Cathleen Cohen, Anjana Deshpande, & Chelsea Jackson

Free. Registration required.
AUGUST 2020
Poem Plus Prompt
ONLINE Class - THE WRITING LAB

JULY 2020 - Four Tuesdays, July 7 - 28, 1-4 pm EST
Online Workshop: Poetry I
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 27, 2020, 1-4 pm EST
Online Workshop: Sweet Dream & Rude Awakening: Crafting the Contemporary Pastoral Poem
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 20, 2020, 1-4 pm EST
Online Workshop: Leaps and Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JULY 12, 2020, 4 pm EST/ 1 pm PST
Online Workshop: Hot Stuff: Prompts to Jumpstart Your Poems & Prose
Write-o-Rama
Hugo House of Seattle, WA

JUNE 6-27, Four Saturdays
ONLINE WORKSHOP - THE WRITING LAB
Poems to Publication - registration details forthcoming!

JUNE 5, 7-8:30 pm
Poetry reading with Nancy Krygowski, Virgil Suárez, & Kristofer Collins
White Whale Bookstore of Pittsburgh, PA

MAY 23, 9-11:30 am EST
ONLINE WORKSHOP - THE WRITING LAB
Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prosers

MAY 16, 9-11:30 am EST
ONLINE WORKSHOP - THE WRITING LAB
”Do the Ghazal”

MAY 2, 9-11:30 am EST
ONLINE WORKSHOP - THE WRITING LAB
Feeding the Muse: Reinvigorate your writing practice

MAY 1, 2020, 12-3 pm - ONLINE
Saying the Unsayable: A Poetry Workshop
MAINE WRITERS & PUBLISHERS ALLIANCE

MARCH 20, 2020, 9:30 - 11:30 am, ONLINE WORKSHOP - THE WRITING LAB
Creative Nonfiction: Shapes & Containers

JANUARY 9, 2020, 10 am - 12 pm
New Year, New Poems, co-facilitated with Prageeta Sharma & Shadab Zeest Hashmi
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA

JANUARY 8, 2020, 7 pm
SubContinental Drift: Poetry Reading with Prageeta Sharma, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, & Kazim Ali
Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA

JANUARY 8, 2020, 2:30-3:45 pm
The Diverse Desi: Readings in Poetry & Memoir
with Prageeta Sharma, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, & Kazim Ali (Chair: Samina Najmi)
SALA Annual Conference 
Thompson Seattle, 110 Stewart Street
Seattle, WA

OCTOBER 19, 2019. 11 am- 12:30 pm
“I Woke Up / And It Was Political”: Exploring Contemporary Poems
Caesura Poetry Conference
Camphill Soltane, Glenmoore, PA

OCTOBER 6, 2019, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
32nd Annual Mad Poets Festival with readings by 40 local poets [my scheduled slot ~ between 4 -5 pm]
Mansion Parlor, Media Borough Hall, 301 N. Jackson St.
Media, PA

AUGUST 4, 2019, 10-11:30 AM
Poetry Reading with Cathy Linh Che & Mai Der Vang
Asian American Literature Festival, Eaton DC Rooftop Bar
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Washington, DC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019, 7 PM
The Best American Poetry 2019 NYC poetry reading & launch,
with anthology contributors
The New School, 66 W. 12th Street
New York, NY

APRIL 6, 2019
Contest Judging & Workshop,
Montgomery County Poetry Laureate program
LitLife Conference
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

MARCH 14, 2019, 12 pm
Poetry Reading & Workshop
Penn State-Brandywine
Media, PA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Poetry Reading with H-CAN (Havertown Community Action Network)
Arts Advocacy Action Group [JPG flyer]
Common Space
Ardmore, PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018, 4 pm
Reading with Iain Haley Pollock, author of Ghost, Like A Place
Penn Book Center
Philadelphia, PA

AUGUST 18, 2018
Keynote & Workshop
Caesura Poetry Conference / Montgomery County Poetry Laureate Program-20th Anniversary
Camphill Soltane, Glenmoore, PA

MAY 21, 7 PM
Poetry Reading
Cafe Muse Poetry Series/The Word Works
Friendship Heights Village Center
Chevy Chase, MD

APRIL 21 & 28, 1-3 PM
Leaps & Swerves: Creating Surprise in Poetry (2-Day Workshop).
Asian American Writers' Workshop, 112 West 27th Street, #600, New York, NY

APRIL 7
LitLife Conference
Keynote & Workshop
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

JANUARY 27, 7 PM
Poetry reading with Iain Haley Pollock.
Common Space, 25 Rittenhouse Pl, Ardmore, PA

POSTPONED EVENTS: [updates forthcoming]

APRIL 16, 2020, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm - POSTPONED
National Poetry Month reading with Pitt Poetry Series, University of Pittsburgh Press
with Daniel Borzutzky, Rickey Laurentiis, Nancy Krygowski, & Jan Beatty
Ace Hotel, East Liberty, 120 South Whitfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA
RSVP requested (not required). FREE.

APRIL 29, 2020, 7 pm - POSTPONED
Poetry Reading & Book-signing
Print: A Bookstore
273 Congress Street
Portland, ME

APRIL 30, 7 PM - POSTPONED
Poetry Reading
Asian Student Alliance & Student Center for Multicultural Life
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME

JUNE 18-21. 2020- POSTPONED
Core faculty, Chatham University's 2020 Summer Community of Writers
Community Workshop: Hermit Crab Forms for Poets & Prosers
Chatham University Low Residency MFA Program for Writers
Eden Hall Campus
Gibsonia, PA