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I’ll be sharing some poetry and video art at the library in Sitka in a few weeks. I’m especially excited about this reading because I’ll be sharing poems about winter light in the far north with people who are intimate with this type of light; I’m eager for the conversation and what they have to say about their experiences in that landscape–what those elements have said into them.

I’m excited to share that I’ll be reading from my new book, Aerial Concave Without Cloud, at Portland State this spring! I’ll have more details once they make the event public, but it also means I’ll be spending that full week in Portland to work and catch up with friends before the event.

I had the chance to read with Ella Longpre and Vi Ki Nhao for Belladonna’s Close Distances reading series. This event was hosted by Zoe Tuck and Meka’Ayo Coleman back on November 24, 2021. I wasn’t great about posting about it in advance since I was managing a lot at my day job, but I’m glad to be able to share the archived video of the reading. ❤

I had the chance to share some poetry in honor of Earth Day and National Poetry month with several other BIPOC writers for the Denver Public Library. The event featured Suzi Q Smith, Franklin Cruz, Sheree Brown, and myself.

I read some speculative poems from Solar Maximum, a work in progress, a longer piece in series titled “The Incident” that is forthcoming with my new book from Nightboat, and a short poem on grief and landscape that I published with the Poetry Foundation as a little mini podcast episode. That poem is called “After Noise.”

This may be one of my most favorite readings I’ve participated in. Truly a pleasure, and so satisfying to hear everyone. Check out the recording on YouTube.

CA Conrad reached out in the early pandemic last year. The invitation—a piece on death. I wasn’t sure if I was up to it. I still don’t know if I was, but I’m in outstanding company in this collection at Entropy Magazine.

I’m speaking on March 18th on a panel of artists at the Longmont Museum about the intersection between justice and the arts. I’ll be joined by Cipriano Ortega, Jaycee Beyale, and Christina Pittaluga. To access the live stream and details, click here.

I’m very excited to be joining an alumni panel to present and be in dialogue together at this year’s Juniper Festival, March 12-13 2021. . The theme is The World and The Word: Literature of the Ecological Crisis.

The entire event looks amazing! I’ll be participating Saturday night.

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Saturday, March 13: Alumni Reading and Conversation, 8pm EST | Register Now

Readings & conversation with renowned alumni Sueyeun Juliette Lee (MFA ’06), Travis Nichols (MFA ’04), Jason Schwartz (MFA ’06), and Leni Zumas (MFA ’04). Molly Dorozenski (MFA ’04) will moderate a conversation following the reading. Madden Aleia (MFA ’23), Colin Drohan (MFA ’22), Jane Feinsod (MFA ’23), and Mary Kate Scraggs (MFA ’21) will introduce our readers.

I wrote this think piece, “Awarding Our Alienation,” for the Smithsonian Institute’s 2017 inaugural Asian American Literature Festival. I never published it, but it still feels relevant, so I’m sharing it here… 

 

   

I’m very excited to be supporting Joshua Ware and Eileen Rocina Richardson’s takeover night at the Denver Art Museum on January 31st. They’ll be presenting some of their work including a collaborative sculpture. Sommer Browning, Phil Cordelli, and I will be sharing some poetry and performance art as part of the event.

I received a note from my former publisher, Bill Marsh at Factory School, that he was no longer able to host or sell copies of my second book, Underground National. I was pretty sad to hear this, as that book felt like a great leap forward for me and a genuine contribution to experimental and diaspora literatures. I considered shopping it around a few other presses, but decided I just want the work out in the world. It’s available now as a free download on my site.

The only sad thing about this option is that I no longer have the image files of the beautiful cover image that Bekhyon Yim designed for this book. It’s one of my favorites–I love the minimalism and clarity of the design.