READINGS & PRESENTATIONS
UNIVERSITY READINGS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Old Dominion University, Visiting writer
• North Carolina State University Creative Writing Program, Visiting writer
• Portland State University
• University of Idaho Creative Writing Program, Palouse Literary Festival
• University of Oregon, Visiting writer
• University of Washington Creative Writing Program, AndNow Literary Festival
• University of Idaho Creative Writing Program, Palouse Literary Festival
• Washington State University, Visiting Writer
2022
JAN – OCTOBER | CREATIVE ARTS GRANT • Portland Chinatown Museum
Artist-in-Residence with Alex Chiu and Shu-Ju Wang | Portland, OR
MARCH 9 – 12 | 2022 Northwest Anthropological Conference
MAY | Visiting Writer – Portland State University | Portland, OR
MAY | Whitenoise Reading | Portland, OR
JUNE | Historic Wing Hong Hai Building | The Dalles, OR
JULY | Kam Wah Chung | John Day, OR
SEPTEMBER | Corporeal Writers | Portland, OR
OCTOBER | Visiting Writer – Washington State University| Pullman, WA
NOVEMBER 4 | Magic Barrel | Corvallis, OR
DECEMBER 1 | Illuminating Time – Artist-in-Residence Exhibit | Portland, OR
2020 & 2021
Boneshaker Reading Series
ZOOM Readings – Whitenoise, Bad Mouth Poetry
2019
FEBRUARY 4 | Exhibit at M. Rossetta Gallery | Seattle, WA
FEBRUARY 8 | Exhibit with reading at Modern | Eugene, OR
FEBRUARY 17 | Why There Are Words | Portland, OR
MARCH 3 | Voice of Empathy w/ Annie Lighthart | Portland, OR
MARCH 6 | One Page w/Omar El Akkad | Literary Arts |
Portland, OR
MARCH 28 | AWP Offsite – A Dozen Nothing | Portland, OR
| AWP Offsite – Lithic Press | Portland, OR
MARCH 29 | AWP Offsite – Mayday Magazine | Portland, OR
MARCH 30 | AWP Offsite – Orison Books | Portland, OR
APRIL 1 | Winter Light – Video art installation | Eugene, OR
APRIL 5 – 8 | Performatura Literature & Arts Festival |
Manila, Philippines
MAY 19| Walt Whitman 200th Birthday | Brooklyn, NY
MAY 23 | Reading From Underneath | CANADA
JUNE 1 | Mother Foucault’s Bookstore | Portland, OR
SEPT 5 | Bureau of General Services-Queer Division | New York, NY
SEPT 24 | AndNow Festival of Innovative Writing 2019
Sponsored by University of Washington MFA | Bothell, WA
OCTOBER 18 – 20 | Palouse Literary Festival
Sponsored by University of Idaho MFA | Moscow, ID
2018
JANUARY 3 | Incite: Queer Writers Read | Literary Arts | Portland, OR
JANUARY 19 | Book Launch Reading for Echolaia in Script
and Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater | Oak Street Vintage | Eugene, OR
JANUARY 30 |Malaprop’s Books w/ Jessie van Eerden | Asheville, NC
JANUARY 31 | So & So Bookstore | Raleigh, NC
FEBRUARY 8 | Oregon Writers’ Collective | Eugene, OR
FEBRUARY 19 | Art Forum – Talk & Presentation | Eugene, OR
MARCH 9 |Linn-Benton College – Workshop / Reading & Presentation | Corvallis, OR
MARCH 26 | Smallpresspalooza | Powell’s – Portland, OR
MARCH 29| Another Read Through | Portland, OR
APRIL 14 | Terroir Creative Writing Festival – Workshop / Reading & Presentation | McMinville, OR
APRIL 17 | Windfall Reading Series (Public Library) | Eugene, OR
MAY 18 | Beyond Baroque | Los Angeles, CA
JUNE 2 | Pagdiriwang Festival | Seattle, WA
JUNE 10 | Group Reading In celebration of Amie Zimmerman’s chapbook release | Portland, OR
JULY 26 | Moran Prairie Library | Spokane, WA
SEPTEMBER TBA | Workshop @ Corporeal Writing | Portland, OR
SEPTEMBER 21 | Beyond Baroque – Exhibit and Reading | Santa Monica, CA
OCTOBER 9| Froelick Gallery – Opening reception and reading for “The Untold Gaze”
Paintings by Stephen O’Donnell | Portland, OR
OCTOBER 18 | Magic Barrel | Corvallis, OR
NOVEMBER 10 | Incite – Portland Book Festival| Portland, OR
NOVEMBER 27 | Barnes & Noble | Vancouver, WA
DECMBER 27 | Exhibit with reading for PEN Writers at
Solidaridad Bookshop| Manila, Philippines
2017
MARCH 10 – MAY 28 | ASEMIC WRITING: Offline & In the Gallery | Minneapolis, MN
APRIL 8 | Songbook PDX | Portland, OR
APRIL 15 | Poetry For The People | Eugene, OR
MAY 6 | Platform – Integrated Arts Festival | Eugene, OR
MAY 11 | Literary Arts – Poetry & Race Reading / Panel Discussion | Portland, OR
JUNE 30 | Another Read Through Bookstore | Portland, OR
AUGUST 3 – AUGUST 26 | De-Canon Visibility Exhibit | Portland, OR
SEPTEMBER 28 | Comparative Literature Graduate Student Association (CLGSA) Slow Reading | Slightly Coffee (formerly The Barn Light -East) | Eugene, OR
OCTOBER 25 |Poetry Bridge Reading Series | West Seattle WA
OCTOBER 28 |Ashland Literary Arts Festival | Ashland, OR
DECEMBER 17 |Mildred reading | Eugene, OR
DECEMBER 21 | Pendleton Center for the Arts | Pendleton, OR
PAST READINGS / PANELS (Incomplete list)
2009 – 2016
december Magazine Reading | Portland, OR
Lan Su Chinese Garden | Portland, OR
Dear Sugar Radio – #writeourdemocracy #writersresist | Portland, OR
[sub]Urban Projections | Hult Center – Eugene, OR
The UO Comparative Literature – Graduate Student Association
SLOW Reading | Eugene, OR
Moved by Words | Portland, OR
Northwest Poets’ Concord | Newport, OR
Greenlake Public Library | Seattle, WA
Nippon Kan Theater | Seattle, WA
Ink Noise Review | Portland, OR
Oregon Writers’ Collective | Eugene, OR
Seattle Public Library – Reading/Panel | Seattle, WA
Seattle University – Reading/Panel | Seattle, WA
White Dog Poetry Salon | Portland, OR
Lane Council of Governments | Eugene, OR
Grass Roots Books & Music | Corvallis, OR
Northwind Arts w/ Red Sofa Poets | Port Townsend, WA
Another Read Through | Portland, OR
St. John’s Books | Portland, OR
Ghost Town Poetry | Vancouver, WA
Poetry in Performance | Stayton, OR
WIndfall Reading Series | Eugene, OR
Oregon Poetry Association | Springfield, OR
Burnt Tongue Reading Series | Portland, OR
Stonehenge Reading Series w/ John Sibley Williams | Portland, OR
Faultlines | Portland, OR
Faultlines | Eugene, OR
Tsunami Books | Portland, OR
University of Oregon – Guest Artist | Eugene, OR
KBOO Radio | Portland, OR
KLCC Radio | Eugene, OR
1990s
Wing Luke Museum | Seattle, WA
Isangmahal Arts Kollective, w/ Diedre De los Santos | Seattle, WA
The Pik-Me-Up w/ Alfonso Rios, Doug Sadownick | Hollywood, CA
The Whole Cafe w/ Drew Chadsey | Hollywood, CA
Insomnia Cafe | Hollywood, CA
Four Calendar Cafe | Hollywood, CA
Insomnia, w/Doy Santos | Manila, Philippines
Blue Cafe, w/Doy Santos, Alan Davis | Manila, Philippines
Highways | Santa Monica, CA
106.7 Radio | Manila, Philippines
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