2026 Workshops and Events
For inquires about workshops, readings and events, send me a note!
Jan. 24-Feb. 28, 1-3:30 pm ET, You Don't Have to Tell the Truth: Omission, Fabulation and Fruitful Lies in Poetry
Kenyon Review's Young Writers Winter Online Workshops (ONLINE)
Feb. 20, 6 pm, Fla. Birthday Book Launch with Jessica Stark
The Lynx Books, Gainesville, FL
Feb. 26, 7:30 pm, NYC Book Launch with Emily Lee Luan, Megan Pinto, & Jimin Seo
Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 6 pm, Philadelphia Book Launch with Sara Mae and Jimin Seo
The Head & The Hand Books, Philadelphia, MD
March 5, 7 pm, Mess and Friction: A Baltimore Reading Series
Fadensonnen, Baltimore, MD
March 5, 7-9 pm, Charm City Debuts: An Offsite Reading
2640 Space, Baltimore, MD
March 6, 1:45-3 pm, Cultural Realities: Blurring Barriers of Magic Realism & Genre Expectations
AWP, Baltimore Convention Center, Room 320, Level 30
March 6, 5-6:30 pm, 8 Ball Poetry Reading with Preeti Vangani, Jenny Qi, Dāshaun Washington, Laura Grothaus, D.S. Waldman, Jessica E. Johnson, & Mariya Zilberman
Le Mondo, Baltimore, MD
March 12, 7 pm ET, Virtual Craft Chat with Laura Cresté
The Writers Center (ONLINE)
March 14, 1-4 pm CT, You Don’t Have to Tell the Truth: Omission, Fabulation and Fruitful Lies in Poetry
The Loft Literary Center (ONLINE)
March 19, 7 pm, Reading with Helen Pruitt Wallace and Erin L. McCoy
Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg, FL
March 26, 7 pm, Dreamboat Reading Series with Eleanor Boudreau and Natasha Kane
The Greenhouse Bar, Jacksonville, FL
April 1-May 6, 6:30-8:30 pm ET Can a Poem be a Conversation?
Poetry Society of New York (ONLINE)
April 2, 3 pm, Writing Poetry
Sankofa Public Library, Ocala, FL
April 7, 3 pm, Writing Poetry
Headquarters-Ocala Public Library, Ocala, FL
April 9, 6 pm, Poetry at The Dalí with Samyak Shertok
Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
April 12, Not a Love Poem but Something Close: Generative Workshop
Kundiman South (ONLINE)
April 17, 2:30 pm, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Lagniappe Reading 2
Kajun's Karaoke Bar, 2256 St Claude Ave
May 5-June 9, 6-9 pm ET, In This Poem Something Grows
Orion Magazine ONLINE Workshop
May 21, 6 pm, Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series with Esther Lin and Jimin Seo
The Emily Dickinson Museum (ONLINE)
July 11, 10 am-1 pm CT, Not a Love Poem but Something Close: Generative Workshop
The Loft Literary Center (ONLINE)
Aug. 13, 4:30 pm, Reading with Sarona Abuaker and Ina Cariño
Epilogue Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Aug. 22, 1-4 pm ET, Developing Your Critical Voice with the Book Review
McCormack Writing Center (ONLINE)
Sept. 2, 6 pm, Reading and Conversation with Arielle Hebert
The Lynx, Gainesville, FL
Oct. 7, 1:30 pm, “Finding Home” with Mansi Dahal at Fall for the Book Festival
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Oct. 15, 7 pm, Black Cat Poetry Party with Eliana Ramage and NDN Girls Book Club!
Strega, Nashville, TN
Oct. 16, 3 pm, "Not a Love Poem But Something Close (in partnership with Southern Festival of Books)
The Porch, Nashville, TN
Oct. 17, 11 am, Southern Festival of Books Panel
Nashville, TN
Oct. 19, 7 pm, Book Launch for Beauty Talk with Felicia Zamora and Carolina Hotchandani
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH
Nov. 6, 6 pm, Fla. Book Launch for Beauty Talk with Dorsey Craft
The Lynx Books, Gainesville, FL
Nov. 14, Baltimore Writers Conference
Baltimore, MD
Nov. 20, Brooklyn Poets with Rhoni Blankenhorn and Sampson Starkweather
Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 21-22, Miami Book Fair, “Urgent Worlds: Writing From the Fault Lines”
Miami, FL
Dec. 3, Reading with Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg, FL
2027 Workshops and Events
Jan. 14, Reading with with Brenda Shaughnessy, Soham Patel, and Serena Solin
Poets House, New York, NY
Jan. 19-Feb. 23, 6-9 pm ET, In This Poem Something Grows
Orion Magazine ONLINE Workshop
Feb. 26, The Lynx Book Launch for Ellie Black’s Revelator
Gainesville, FL
March 13-14, Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AZ
**More to come!**
Recordings
Poetry at the Dali with the Dalí Museum, “Featured Poets Asa Drake and Samyak Shertok,” April 2026