(2020-2023)
February
Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR) Reading with Tara Ballard & discussion with Editor-in-Chief of AQR: Ron Spatz
November
National Public Radio (NPR): Nebraska Public Media
March
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP): “Socializing the Nature Poem: The Nonhuman World & Identity” reading with Derek Sheffield, Michael Wasson, Elizabeth Aoki, & Brian Teare
September
Alaska World Arts Festival: “New Work, New World” Reading Hosted by Rich Chiappone. Featuring Kazim Ali, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Nicole Stellon O’Donnell, & Derek Sheffield.
May
Terrain.org Reading Series: Featuring Rhina P. Espaillat and Lee Herrick
April
Subnivean (SUNY, Oswego) Reading
April
“Everytime I Think About…” Reading Honoring Lucille Clifton: University of Nebraska Lincoln Hosted by Kwame Dawes
March
Ruminate Magazine: Happenings
October
No Name Reading Series: University of Nebraska Lincoln Hosted by Jamaica Baldwin, Jessica Poli, Jonathan Wlodarski Featuring poets Briar Essex, Nicole Lachat, Tara Ballard
September
Black Lawrence Press’s Far Villages: Welcome Essays For New and Beginning Writers Reading Hosted by Abayomi Animashaun & Discussion with Contributors: Stacey Balkun, Jaydn DeWald, Nathan McClain, & Zoe Brigley
July
Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR) Reading with Tara Ballard & Hosted by The Writer’s Block Bookstore & Cafe’s Co-Owner, Fellow Writer & Teacher: Teeka Ballas & Editor-in-Chief of AQR: Ron Spatz
July
Arab American National Museum (AANM): Protest/Protect: A Sukoon Live Reading with Aja Monet, Safia Elhillo, Layla Goushey Hosted by Sukoon’s Founder, Editor-in-Chief & Fellow Poet: Rewa Zeinati
July
University of Alaska Anchorage MFA Summer Residency Instructor-Reading
July
University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolf Subscribes Interview with Matt Jardin
May
Ruminate Magazine: Happenings
March
Poetry Out Loud: Juneau, Alaska
February
Poetry Parley at The Writer’s Block
January
Rattlecast #25: Rattle
(2019-Previous Years)
November
Unbound: Poetry on Demand: Anchorge Museum at Rasmuson Center
October
Seen Unseen (Diversity in Alaska Literature, A Book Week Event) at The Writer’s Block
July
Reading with Cirque: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
July
Panel Discussion & Reading: University of Alaska, Anchorage’s Bookstore with Rachel Epstien
March
Alaskan Writers Reading: Portland, Oregon
March
Tupelo Press Reading: Portland, Oregon
March
McNally Jackson Books: Manhattan, New York
March
Bryant Park Reading Series: Manhattan, New York
March
Ruminate Magazine: Happenings
March
Judge for Anchorage Daily News Creative Writing Contest
February
Lake Hood Elementary After-school Poetry Group
February
University of Alaska Anchorage Honor Society
December
“It’s Lit” Radio Show (With PHDJ & Co-Host Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng): Honolulu, Hawai’i
December
Unbound: Poetry on Demand: Anchorge Museum at Rasmuson Center
November
“It’s Lit” Radio Show (With PHDJ & Co-Host Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng): Honolulu, Hawai’i
October
Alaska Book Week: University of Alaska, Anchorage with Rachel Epstien
October
Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR) at The Writer’s Block Bookstore & Cafe with Editor-in-Chief of AQR: Ron Spatz, poets Joan Naviyuk Kane & Tara Ballard
October
KNBA Moring Line with Danny Preston, Editor-in-Chief of AQR: Ron Spatz & poet Tara Ballard
July
Lynn Public Library, Massachusetts with poet Linda McCarriston
July
The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Connecticut with poet Kate Rushin & U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith
July
Alumni Reading: University of Alaska, Anchorage
January
Punch with poet & host Zeina Hashem Beck, Dubai, UAE