A panel discussion with writers Jan-Henry Gray, Julie Ae Kim, Sun Yung Shin, and moderator Asha Thanki.

Presented by Philippine American Writers and Artists

Presented by the Open Society University Network 

Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82391413860?pwd=WmN4aTJrMzFaTEREYUc5WUtYYys4Zz09 Passcode: 193398

Presented by the San Francisco Public Library

With Barbara Jane Reyes, Rachelle Cruz, and Aldrin Valdez

More info at the SFPL website

SFPL YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/EkeYcNiNYlQ

Presented by Singapore Unbound

With Paul Rozario-Falcone and Rachel Stempel

More info on the Facebook Event Page

RSVP Jee Leong Koh at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org for Zoom link

With Geffrey Davis, Keetje Kuipers, and Erika Meitner

Watch here 

With Omotara James, Ashna Ali, Donika Kelly, and Nina Puro.

Hosted by Robin Gow

Watch here

With Michelle Peñaloza and Kay Ulanday Barrett

With Esther Lin and Janine Joseph

Instagram Live: @CTUndocuFund

Readers TBD, curated by Olga Livshin

Berl's Poetry

Brooklyn, NY

With Danilo Machado

Instagram Live: @CTUndocuFund

With Tara Jayakar

Hosted by Devyn Mañibo and Danilo Machado

Tickets

5/20

8:30 PM EST

Panel discussion with Michelle Peñaloza and Aldrin Valdez 

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With Michelle Peñaloza and Aldrin Valdez

The Powerhouse Arena

Brooklyn, NY

With Moncho Alvarado, Michelle Bermudez, Jack Freedman, and Zefyr Lisowski

KGB Bar

NYC, NY

With Chen Chen, Devyn Mañibo, and Sam Herschel Wein

Split This Rock

Marvin Center 310

Washington, D.C.

With Oliver de la Paz, Eugene Gloria, and Michelle Peñaloza

Split This Rock

Marvin Center 413

Washington, D.C.

With Chen Chen, Sarah Gambito, and Sam Herschel Wein

Location TBD

NYC, NY

With Frankie Concepcion, Esther Lin, Aline Mello, and Jesus Valles

AWP 2020

Room 006D, Henry B. González Convention Center, River Level

San Antonio, TX

With Marianne Chan, Mark Galarrita, and Grace Talusan 

AWP 2020

Room 218, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level

San Antonio, TX

Reading with Sara Elkamel and Malcolm Tariq

Curated by Danilo Machado

Exhibiting artists: Phil America, Bahar Behbahani, Hannah Black, Jesse Chun, Noelle de la Paz, Joey De Jesus, Alex Dolores Salerno, Francisco Eraso Jr., Noah Fox, Jenny Holzer, Tony Lewis, Ana Mendieta, Oscar Muñoz, Niina Pollari, Pope.L, Wendy Red Star, and Jennif(f)er Tamayo

Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT

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With Ryan Black, Rosebud Ben-Oni, and Nicole Steinberg

A Novel Idea on Passyunk,

Philadelphia, PA

Collaborative Chapbook Release Party: Gesundheit! by Chen Chen and Sam Herschel Wein. Reading with H. Melt, Sam Herschel Wein, and Chen Chen

First Sip Cafe

Chicago, IL

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Reading with Edgar Kunz

Bookends & Beginnings

Evanston , IL

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Reading with Beth McDermott and Alison Rollins

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

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With Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, Christina Querrer, Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo, Jason Bayani, and Eugene Igloria. Moderated by Karen Llagas

"Filipino Diasporic Poetry" panel

San Francisco Public Library, Hormel Center, 3rd floor.

100 Larkin St.

San Francisco, CA

Details TBD

Skyline College 

San Bruno, CA

Reading inside Shantell Martin's The May Room with poets R.A. Villanueva and Jan-Henry Gray

Governors Island

New York, NY 

Hosted by Isaac Fitzgerald

Umpired by Kimiko Hahn & Terrance Hayes

With Dorothea Lasky, Evie Shockley, Tommy Pico, Tyehimba Jess, & Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar

New York, NY

Along with Writers for Migrant Justice and Latinx in Publishing, The Poetry Project will host a benefit event to support Immigrant Families Together, which posts bail bonds, provides pro bono legal representation, detention assistance, and ongoing support after release to detained migrants.

With Alexis Aceves Garcia, Daniel Alarcón, Desiree C. Bailey, Mahogany L. Browne, Wo Chan, Megan Fernandes, Ariel Francisco, Rigoberto González, Jan-Henry Gray, Ellen Hagan, Terrance Hayes, Marwa Helal, Zakia Henderson-Brown, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Rindon Johnson, Vivian Lee, Joseph O. Legaspi, Esther Lin, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Sheila Maldonado, David Tomas Martinez, Yesenia Montilla, José Olivarez, RA Villanueva, and Javier Zamora.

The Poetry Project

New York, NY 

National Convention Center

Leesburg, Virginia

Performances by: DJ Williams, Zyle Cook, Megan Kirby, and more TBD

Nightingale Cinema

Chicago, IL

BOA Editions Reading with Chen Chen and Christine Kitano

Governors Island

New York, NY

Hosted by Scott Free

Big Chicks Bar (my favorite bar in Chicago!)

Chicago, IL

With Naomi Washer, Jan-Henry Gray, Maya Marshall, and Sarah Goodman

"American Girl Doll" is published by Ursus Americanus Press

Volumes Bookstore

Chicago, IL

Poetry faculty include Craig Santos Perez, Myung Mi Kim, and Jennifer Tseng.

Fordham University

New York, NY

With Maya Marshall and Connie Voisine, Hosted by Simone Muench and Kenyatta Rogers.

Hungry Brain

Chicago, IL

With Anni Liu, Dan "Sully" Sullivan, and Chantel Massey

Hoy Polloy Gallery

Indianapolis, Indiana

Faculty include Héctor Tobar, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Meghan Daum, Jan-Henry Gray, Lilliam Rivera, and Patrick Coleman.

Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana

Hosted by Megan Kirby, Catherine Eves, and Jan-Henry Gray

Delilah's

Chicago, IL

Mess House is a free event that is part house party, part performance, part gallery that brings art into people's homes.

Uptown

Chicago, IL

With Kimberly Dixon-Mays, Nina Sudhakar, Jeremy T. Wilson, Liam Hubbard, Foster Monroe, and Daniela Morales, hosted by Faisal Mohyuddin.

Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center

Chicago, IL

Documents and mai c. doan's water/tongue with Xandria Phillips

Double book launch followed by a conversation with three poets of color and their first books of poetry. Part of the Six Points Reading Series, presented by the Poetry Center of Chicago. 

Women and Children First Bookstore

Chicago, IL

With Barbara Jane Reyes, Jennifer S. Cheng, and Irwin Swirnoff

Alley Cat Bookstore

San Francisco, CA

Co-sponsored by the English department and MFA program, the Emerging Writers Festival features two days of readings by up-and-coming writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. On the second day of the festival, the authors hold a panel discussion on their experiences navigating life as a writer and the complexities of the publishing industry.

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With Jennifer S. Cheng, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joseph Rios, Ching-In Chen, and Will Vincent

Passages Bookshop

Portland, OR

Exhibit Space 7093, Oregon Convention Center

Portland, OR

With Barbara Jane Reyes, Jake Vermaas, Michelle Peñaloza, Janine Joseph,

Sam Roxas-Chua, Janice Lobo Sapigao, Luisa Igloria, Hari Alluri, and Asa Drake

Bota Bar/Bar Botellón

Portland, OR

With Esther Lin, Anni Liu, Jan-Henry Gray, Aline Mello, Janine Joseph, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

This panel explores the diversity of undocumented poets and their challenges of moving through the literary world. Poets will read their work, and discuss how their status has informed their craft and the particular aesthetic concerns of writing about, through, and in spite of documentation.

Portland, OR