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February 2020
The Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference–Feb. 21-22, 2020! 🙂
I am in Arizona next week. I am so looking forward to this. Two events! Yay! A Question of Dialect Saturday, February 22, 2020, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: Traditions, University Club Type: Craft Talk, Presentation, Workshop Genre: Mixed Genre Learn More about this Session Writing in dialect or vernacular can be tricky. At its best, is can give one's writing an organic sense of place and perspective. When mishandled, however, dialect can offend readers, seem reductive, and cover lazy storytelling. This…
Find out more »The Beauty of the Beast–Release for Dissonance Press’s first publication, “Under the Belly of the Beast.”
INFLUX COLLECTIV welcomes DISSONANCE PRESS and its first publication UNDER THE BELLY OF THE BEAST Friday, February 28, 7:30 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center FREE "Moving, searing, gorgeous—a brash, dreamy, and impeccably crafted collection that announces new authors, a new press, a new world for books as we know them." —Casey Plett, author of Little Fish and A Safe Girl to Love LOS ANGELES, CA, February 28th 2020—LA’s freshest free monthly queer poetry reading series, Influx Collectiv,…
Find out more »January 2021
A Chat with Students at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
This is one of those events that seem almost surreal even a couple weeks after the fact. I was asked to speak to Professor Pilar Milagros and her literature class at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. Because of the time difference, my lecture started at 11:00 PM and lasted until 12:30 AM the next day. It was so much fun. The students were eager and engaged ... not that I was surprised as this is the top University in Turkey.…
Find out more »SPEAKEASY: CONJURING THE COLLECTIVE: WOMXN AT SUNDANCE
Join us for an evening of dynamic performance and energizing conversation. Continuing our tradition of gathering and celebrating the womxn in our Festival community, this year’s event will reclaim the idea of a coven as a source of magic, healing, and power. We’ve devised a virtual speakeasy featuring performances from an array of talented womxn from the Festival and beyond, honoring a multiplicity of perspectives through our myths and stories, dance, art, music, and culture. Theater directors nicHi douglas and…
Find out more »April 2021
Debuts After Dark! with EVERINA MAXWELL
OMG, such excellent news! I've been asked to help kick off Debuts After Dark, a new iteration of Tor After Dark. With Everina Maxwell, whose WINTER'S ORBIT is a truly delightful queer romantic space opera that is just resplendent with the best tropes, and me, promoting LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS! Seriously, Everina's book is such an excellent read. Which character do you think I'm crushing on the most? More to follow! Yay!
Find out more »APRIL 16–Keynote for the Tri-College Asian Student Conference
I am honored beyond belief to be given the opportunity to speak to these students and keynote their conference. It's been such a difficult year for those of us in the Asian American community. Even that as I'm writing this, there was another video of an Asian elder being kicked on the street. When we are artists and scholars and thinkers, we spend so much time crafting theories, creating beauty… to be an artist or an academic or to work…
Find out more »May 2021
Beyond This Moment: A Beyond Baroque Virtual Benefit
We're celebrating poetry, literature, and renewed literary community with a virtual benefit in support of Beyond Baroque's reopening. About this event PERFORMANCES BY: Abiodun Oyewole I Amanda Gorman I Amy Gerstler I Amy Landecker I Bradley Whitford I Carolyn Foronda I E. Ethelbert Miller I Jaki Shelton Green I John Sinclair I The Linda Lindas I Louie Pérez I Luis J. Rodriguez I Lynne Thompson I Peter J. Harris I Ryka Aoki I Simon Callow I Tyehimba Jess I Wayne Kramer Hosts: Pat Thomas &…
Find out more »Virtual Event: Jenn Lyons discussing The House of Always (with me, too!)
Jenn Lyons is super cool and she asked me to join her to chat about her forthcoming THE HOUSE OF ALWAYS and my own LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS. I'm extra-grateful because it's Jenn's book tour, and she didn't have to ask me to join her--especially after already writing that amazing blurb for my book--but she's just that generous and supportive. Thank you, Jenn! So, anyway, we're going to have a LOT of fun chatting about books and other good things…
Find out more »“Our SoCal DNA” Litfest Pasadena
How does where you live affect how, when, where, and what you write? Listen in on how Southern California influences the work and literary community of these writers from across the City of Angels. Featuring Ryka Aoki, Aimee Bender, Natashia Deón, Deborah A. Lott, Luis Rodriguez, Michael Torres, and Monica Fernandez, moderator.
Find out more »Tor Author Showcase
I am super excited to be presenting with these amazing writers, and so looking forward to introducing LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS to everyone at CALIBA and PNBA.
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