October 2019
Reading at Shakespeare & Co., NYC
A reading with Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Tariq, and Shamar Hill.
Find out more »Cervena Barva Press Poetry Workshop
In this workshop, we'll look at some poems that move beyond personal experience and into material that involves historical, social, nature-related and/or other research, without sacrificing personal involvement and feeling. We'll discuss some strategies for transforming documentary material into poetry, and I'll invite you to answer some questions that might give you starting points for writing these kinds of poems yourself. Limited to 12. Sign up at website address below.
Find out more »November 2019
Reading and Booksigning in Rochester, New York
I'll be reading from my new book, Because What Else Can I Do, and translations of Vietnamese poems by Ngo Tu Lap.
Find out more »Panel: Sounding the Line, Poets as Translators
A panel at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference, with Sharon Dolin, Mihaela Moscalisc, Marcela Sulak, and Don Share
Find out more »Porter Square Books Poetry Reading
Poetry Reading with Joseph Campana. We'll both be reading from new books: his The Book of Life, my Because What Else Could I Do.
Find out more »December 2019
Poetry Reading at the Old Manse, Concord, Mass.
A poetry reading in the Poetry in the Parlor Series, with Frannie Lindsay and Fred Marchant. Doors open at 6:30 pm for free tickets.
Find out more »Deep Dive: an Art and Poetry Workshop at the ICA
A poetry workshop in conjunction with "When Home Won't Let You Go: Migration through Contemporary Art," the current exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
Find out more »Xit the Bear Series in Somerville: Talking and Reading
As part of the fourth annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Weekend, I'll be talking about a lot of my work, and reading from some of it--new poems, but old ones too. Wine etc. reception follows!
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