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Upcoming Events:

TBD

Past Events:

11/5/25: Sex and Death Book Club Reading Series with Clare Beams and Rachelle Toarmino. Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA.

8/9/25: Reading with Hannah Bonner, grace (ge) gilbert, and Rex Martin-Hawk. Stay Gold Books, Pittsburgh, PA.

7/20/25: Poets in Pajamas Reading (virtual) with Cory Hutchinson-Reuss.

5/31/25: Reading for Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main, Pittsburgh, PA.

4/13/25: Con Tú Variety Show. Dunlap’s Corner Bar, Cleveland, OH.

3/8/25: Reading with Rose Zinnia, Will Summay, and Reid Magette. Stay Gold Books, Pittsburgh, PA.

10/5/24: Reading with Caroline Earleywine and Jessica Nirvana Ram. White Whale Books, Pittsburgh, PA.

5/18/24: Reading with Arielle Burgdorf. Bottom Feeder Books, Pittsburgh, PA.

6/17/23: Bellevue Pride Reading. Bayne Park, Pittsburgh, PA.

3/24/23: Inkling Lit Salon with Ruth Awad and Rebecca Martin. It Looks Like It’s Open, Columbus, OH.

8/20/22: Reading with Kamal Kimball and Kelly Lorraine Andrews. White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, PA.

3/24/22: AWP YesYes Books offsite reading. Callowhill Archery, Philadelphia, PA.

7/31/21: Starlight Elsewhere Reading Series. Eastman Reading Garden, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH.

4/24/21: What Are the Men Writing in the Sugar? Virtual Book Launch for Matty Bennett, also feat. Emanuel Xavier and Arthur Jackson V.

4/18/21: Mercy Street Reading Series (virtual), with Dena Igusti, Laura Van Prooyen, Michael Montlack, Gregg Shapiro, and Leah Umansky, hosted by Chelsea Dingman.

4/9/21: University of Cincinnati (virtual) reading with Julia Koets and Madeleine Wattenberg.

3/25/21: Find Me When You Come Back Virtual Book Launch for Charlie LeFever, hosted by White Whale Bookstore, also feat. Shooooz.

1/23/21: Say It Hurts Virtual Book Launch, hosted by White Whale Bookstore, feat. Diannely Antigua, Jari Bradley, Micaela Corn, and Sara Watson.

3/10/20: Redfishbowl, Pittsburgh, PA.

2/18/20: Red Dog Reading Series. Carlow University. Pittsburgh, PA.

11/9/19: Keynote reading. Craft talk: “When Less is More: Revising for Brevity to Increase Emotional Tension.” Wilson College Second Annual Colloquium in Creative Writing. Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA.

9/26/19: Annual Jazz Poetry Festival, with Vievee Francis, Ruth Awad, and S. Brook Corfman. City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA.

8/5/19: Bantha Tea Bar, Pittsburgh, PA.

4/1/19: Bantha Tea Bar, Pittsburgh, PA.

5/14/18: Inkwell Reading Series, Urban Artifact, Cincinnati, OH.

8/17/17: Pittsburgh Poetry Review Reading Series, Classic Lines Book Store, Pittsburgh, PA.

6/9/17: Versify Reading Series, White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, PA.

3/17/17: Fourth River Issue 14 Launch, Rea Coffee House, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA.

1/21/17: ALCU Benefit Reading, White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, PA.

11/3/16: Pittsburgh Poetry Review Issue 4 Release Party, Nied’s Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA.

5/7/16: Virginia Tech MFA Graduation Reading, The Lyric Theater, Blacksburg, VA.

4/8/16: Glossolalia Literary Festival, Surge 118A, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

11/15/15: New River Valley Voices Reading Celebration, Blacksburg Public Library, Blacksburg, VA.

10/17/14: Glossolalia Literary Festival, 3100 Torgersen Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

4/25/14: Women’s and Gender Studies Mini-Conference, 310 Kelly Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

3/21/14: Glossolalia Literary Festival, 3100 Torgersen Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

3/1/14: The Poet’s Billow, Poetrie, and Orange Monkey AWP off-site reading, Black Bottle, Seattle, WA.

4/3/12: Important People Reading Series, Cincinnati, OH.