Please join me and two other stunning poets on International Women’s Day:

March 8

March 15

ETERNiDAY: Queens Poet Lore Festival
12-6 pm
at Queens Museum of Art
Heightening Stories will participate in Reading Series 1: Cafe, curated by Audrey DiMola

A day-long festival showcasing a diverse selection of poets, artists, musicians, performers, educators, and publishers from the borough and beyond. There will be Poets-in-the-Gallery events to commemorate recent QMA exhibits, as well as performances by the festival participants in select locations of the museum. For up-to-date info, please visit ETERNiDAY.

April 25-27

Queens Writes!
I’ll be reading 7 pm on April 25th at the Astoria Bookshop!  I will also host a pop-up writing session for The Queens Writes! Weekend, a fundraiser for Newtown Literary, held at various locations around the borough where participants come to write for a few hours. $5 suggested donation.  Location details to come.

May 11

Gartal
I’m curating “The Part of You That is Me: A Reading of Queer, Crossed and Hidden Histories from Multiple Diasporas”
with Danielle Abrams, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Lola Koundakjian and Alan Semerdjian
Sponsored by the Armenian Gay and Lesbian Association of New York
at Bowery Arts + Science
308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker)
http://www.boweryartsandscience.org/

 

June 10

First Tuesdays: A Neighborhood Reading Series in Jackson Heights

I will be the featured reader for this amazing community series, followed by the best open mic in  New York City. Curated and hosted by Richard Jeffrey Newman.
Terraza 7,
40-19 Gleane Street
Elmhurst NY 11373