Upcoming Readings / Appearances

Thursday, May 14, 8PM, Book Launch for Siew Hii, Stardust, Orlando, FL

July 22-July 24, Visiting Editor, Sewanee Writer’s Conference, TN

Virtual Recordings (Selected)

Words Together, Worlds Apart:

David Has Zoom Pro for a Few Months Reading:

Debut Revue, July 8th streaming w/ George Abraham, Leila Chatti, and Lucia LoTempio.

Debut Launch, May streaming w/ Alyse Bensel, Marlin M. Jenkins, Esteban Rodríguez, and Eric Tran can be viewed here:

Past readings (selected)

International Poetry Festival, MOCA, Jacksonville, FL, 2026

Jax Poetry Festival, Dawn Songs: Workshop on the Aubade Form (Virtual), 2026

Douglas Anderson Guest Artist Series, Preservation Hall, Jacksonville, FL, 2026

New Orleans Poetry Festival, Lagniappe Reading (2), New Orleans, LA, 2026

Sewanee Writers’ Conference (Visitor), Sewanee, TN, 2025

Writers in the Sun Series, UCF, Orlando, FL, 2025

Arts + Literature Laboratory with Ae Hee Lee & Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Madison, WI, 2024

Quarry with Sommer Browning, Richmond, VA, 2024

International Poetry Festival, University of North Florida, UNF Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, 2024

Bards & Brews, Jacksonville, FL, 2024

Punch Bucket Lit, Asheville, NC, 2024

So&So Bookstore, Raleigh, NC, 2024

Soft Speak Offsite Poetry Reading, PT’s Coffee, Kansas City, KS, 2024

AWP Panel: “Our Souths: Curating Spaces Against BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Erasure,” F129, Kansas City, KS, 2024

Wild and Precious Life Series (Virtual), 2024

The Literary Lounge, Jacksonville, FL, 2024

Ripon College, Ripon, WI, October 10-12, 2024

Jax Book Festival, Jacksonville, FL, 2024

University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, Eau Claire, WI, 2024

Book Launch Party at the Root Down, Jax, FL, in-person, 2023

Interview Writers & Books and BOA Editions, virtual, 2023

Gallery Reading at the University of North Florida, Jax, FL, in-person, 2023

Reading Feature at Rain Dogs with Whatsinaverse, Jax, FL, in-person, 2023

Lit Chat at the Jacksonville Public Library, Willowbranch, Jax, FL, in-person and virtual, 2023

AWP Offsite Readings

Wed, March 8, 2023: Reading with Sofia Fey, Jason B. Crawford, K. Iver, and others, Saint John’s Bar, 10:30PM

Thurs, March 9, 2023: Seattle Public Library, 10th Floor Reading Room, Seattle, 6PM

Fri, March 10, 2023: Reading with Alicia Mountain, Seattle, Bad Bar, 7PM

Fri, March 10, 2023: Reading with Birds, LLC, Rendezvous Bar, Seattle, 9PM

AWP Panels

Thurs, March 9, 2023, 1:45-3PM, “Mixed-Race Asian American Writers on Identity and Visibility,” T205

Friday, March 10, 2023, 12:10-1:25PM, “Asian Women Poets Writing About History,” F180

August 6, 2022, 7PM @The Octopod, Durham, NC w/ Lightsey Darst and Polyorchard

May 27, 2021, Virtual Reading, More information here: Poetry Goes Viral: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Hosted by Eric Tran

April 8th, 2021, Virtual Reading, UNC-Chapel Hill “Humanities for the Public Good Symposium”

March 30th, 2021, Meredith College (Virtual Reading) with Joanna Penn Cooper, Todd Colby, and Julia Story

Indigena Reading Series, Visual Art Exchange (VAE), Raleigh, NC, February 2020.

Neptune’s, NC Book Festival, Raleigh, NC, February 2020.

UNC-Wilmington with Eduardo C. Corral at Wilmington, NC, February 2020.

Salon: An Evening of Readings with The Archive, Duke Coffeehouse, Durham, NC, February 2020.

Howse Party with Marta Núñez Pozols and Alyson Fuller-Smith, Durham, NC, January 2020.

Okay Alright, Durham, NC with Bull City Press, Durham, NC, January 2020.

Paradiso Reading Series, Nightlight, Carrboro, Durham, NC, November 2019.

Residency Reading, Arcana, Durham, NC, November 2019.

Writers for Migrant Justice, The Love House, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2019.

The Mothership Art Party, The Mothership, Durham, NC, March 2019.

International Women’s Day, Flyleaf Bookstore, Chapel Hill, NC, March 2019.

Ethel Zine Press Reading, The Carrack, Durham, NC, March 2019.

Lute & Drum Reading, The Brown Hotel, Louisville Conference, Louisville, KY, 2019.

Little Corner Reading Series, Duke Coffeehouse, Durham, NC, December 2018.

So & So Books, Contemporary Arts Museum (CAM), Raleigh, NC, December 2018.

Blackburn The Mackey Sessions, Durham Hotel, Durham, NC, September 2018.

Howse Reading Series, Durham, NC, August 2018.

The Fish Gallery, Raleigh, NC, June 2018.

National Poetry Foundation Conference on Poetry and Poetics, University of Maine, Orono, ME, June 2017.

Lauren Hunter’s Book Launch, The Shed, Durham, NC, 2017.

So & So Books, So & So Bookstore, Raleigh, NC, 2016.

The Archive Reading Series, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2016.

Inversions Reading Series, The Shed, Durham, NC, 2016.