U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
NEXT EVENT:
FRI. APRIL 12, 2024 ★ 4:00PM ET ★ Hamden, CT
Quinnipiac Creative Writing Series Presents
Poetry Reading + Q&A
@ Quinnipiac University, Carl Hansen Student Center SC 120
WED. APRIL 17, 2024 ★ 4:00PM ET ★ Garden City, NY
Adelphi University National Poetry Month Reading
Poetry Reading, Conversation, Q&A w/ Ricardo Maldonado
@ Adelphi University, Ruth S. Harley University Center, Ballroom
FRI. APRIL 19, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Bronxville, NY
2024 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
Poetry Reading
@ Sarah Lawrence College, Heimbold Visual Arts Center Donnelley Theatre
Free + Open to the Public (Register Here)
SUN. APRIL 21, 2024 ★ 12:00PM ET ★ Bronxville, NY
2024 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
Craft Talk
@ Sarah Lawrence College, Slonim Living Room
Free + Open to the Public (Register Here)
TUE. APRIL 23, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Stadler Center's Writers in Conversation Series, moderated by Jessica Nirvana Ram
w/ Shira Erlichman
@ Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts / Zoom
Free + Open to the Public (Link to Register)
TUE. APRIL 30, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Reading with Rachel: Live Virtual Event via Commonplace School for Embodied Poetics
w/ Rachel Zucker
TUE. JUNE 4, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Anthology Reading for In the Tempered Dark
w/ Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jessica Cuello, Katie Farris, Brionne Janae, Tyler Mills, Leslie McCintosh
Powerhouse Books, 32 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Link with details to come
SUN. JUNE 9, 2024 ★ 5:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Brooklyn Poets Craft Lab
Link with details to come
FRI. JUNE 21, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
In Conversation with Jason Koo for No Rest
Books Are Magic, 122 Montague St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Link with details to come
TUE. JULY 23, 2024 ★ 7:30PM ET ★ Virtual
Notebooks Collective "In Conversation" Event
Reading + Conversation w/ Diannely Antigua
Free (Link to Register to Come)
WED. OCT 2, 2024 ★ TBD ★ Binghamton, NY
SUNY Binghamton Visit + Reading
Link with details to come
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Previous Events (2023)
WED. - SAT. MARCH 8-11 ★ AWP 2023 ★ Seattle, WA
Various offsite readings, panels, book signings
WED. MARCH 15 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Four Way Books Spring Virtual Book Launch
Hosted by WORD Bookstore
w/ Jennifer Franklin, Rob Schlegel, Rushi Vyas
Link for registration + details
SUN. MARCH 19 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Official BIANCA Book Launch (in person & virtual)
@ Brooklyn Poets 144 Montague St. 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
w/ Mahogany L. Browne, K. Iver, Patrick Rosal
Free - Registration (& Masks) Required
WED. MARCH 22 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ New York, NY
Reading & Conversation w/Stephanie Foo, author of What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
@ The Strand, Rare Book Room (3rd Floor) 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Link for Tickets (Tickets + Masks Required)
MON. MARCH 27 ★ 6:00PM ET ★ Allendale, MI
Grand Valley Writers Series Craft Talk & Reading/Conversation
6:00 - 7:00PM Craft Talk
7:30 - 8:45PM Reading & Conversation
@ Grand Valley State University, Mary Idema Pew Library Multipurpose Room
WED. MARCH 29 ★ 1:30PM ET ★ Radio
WNYC / All of It with Alison Stewart & Luke Green
Recorded: Listen to the podcast segment at WNYC
SUN. APRIL 2 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Poets in Conversation Series w/ Patricia Smith
Hosted by Allison Adair
Recorded: Watch the recorded event on YouTube
TUE. APRIL 11 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Wallingford, CT + Virtual
Wallingford Poet Laureate Presents Series Reading w/ Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
@ Wallingford Public Library 200 N. Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492
Free + link to details / link to watch virtually
WED. APRIL 12 ★ 1:00PM ET / 10:00AM PT ★ Virtual + Recorded
Free Lecture: Introduction to the Zuihitsu, a Japanese Genre + Q&A
@ The Writer's Workshop Lecture Series via Authors Publish
Register to attend the live talk
SUN. APRIL 16 ★ 2:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Brookline Poetry Series w/ Martha Collins
Hosted by Susan Jo Russell, Brookline Public Library
TUE. APRIL 18 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Reading w/ Rebecca Faulkner & Lynn Melnick
@ Unnameable Books 615 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238
Note: this event will be *outdoors* in their backyard space
WED. APRIL 19 ★ 12:30PM ET ★ Riverhead, NY
Suffolk County Community College Visit
@ Riverhead Campus
THURS. APRIL 27 ★ 7:00PM PT ★ San Francisco, CA
Reading & Conversation w/ Jennifer S. Cheng
@ Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122
TUES. MAY 2 ★ TBD (evening) ★ Bronx, NY
Major Authors Reading Series (MARS)
@ Manhattan College
THURS. MAY 4 ★ 6:00PM ET ★ New York, NY
Reading & Conversation w/ Brenda Shaughnessy
@ Yu & Me Books 44 Mulberry St., New York, NY 10013
SAT. MAY 6 ★ 11:30AM ET ★ Salem, MA
w/ Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Su Cho, Joan Kown Glass
Korean American Women Breaking Silences
@ Massachusetts Poetry Festival
@ Peabody Essex Museum - Forbes Gallery
SAT. MAY 6 ★ 4:30PM ET ★ Salem, MA
w/ Chase Berggrun, Janine Joseph, Maya Marshall
We Were Never Meant to Survive: Poetry of Witness to Womanhood
@ Massachusetts Poetry Festival
@ Peabody Essex Museum - Forbes Gallery
MON. MAY 8 ★ 12:30PM ET ★ Queens, NY + Virtual
Belladonna x Queens College Reading Series w/ Rainer Diana Hamilton
@ Queens College/CUNY
MON. MAY 8 ★ 6:30PM ET ★ New York, NY
Four Way Books 30th Anniversary Benefit
@ Tribeca Grill, The Loft (2nd Floor) 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013
honoring Four Way Books & Ellen Bryant Voigt
WED. MAY 10 ★ 8:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Reading & Conversation w/ Tarfia Faizullah
Hosted by the Asian American Writers Workshop
SAT. MAY 13 ★ 7:30PM ET ★ New York, NY
Seen, Sound, Scribe
w/ Wo Chan, Phil Kaye, DJ Tiff McFierce
@ Lincoln Center
David Rubenstein Atrium 61 W. 62nd Street, NYC
TUE. MAY 16 ★ 7:00PM CT ★ Chicago, IL
Reading w/ C. Russell Price & Jameka Williams
@ Women & Children First Bookstore 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640
Free + Link to Register for the Event (Vax + Masks Required)
WED. MAY 17 ★ 7:30PM CT ★ Chicago, IL
Blue Hour Reading (Chicago Poetry Center)
@ Haymarket House 800 W. Buena Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
w/ CM Burroughs (+ generative workshop begins at 6)
Free - Registration Required
FRI. MAY 26 ★ 1:15PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY + Virtual
Craft Talk + Q&A: "The Art of Trauma"
Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival
@ Brooklyn Poets 144 Montague St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
FRI. JUNE 2 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Soul Sister Revue Series Finale
w/ Ariana Brown, Tameka Cage Conley, Rachelle Parker, Charif Shanahan, Danez Smith
WED. JUNE 14 ★ 6:30PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Supa Dupa Fresh Feature
@ Ode to Babel 772 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY 11238
Free + Outdoors
THUR. JUNE 15 ★ 9:25AM ET ★ Radio
WLIW's The Heart of the East End w/ Gianna Volpe
TUE. JUNE 20 ★ 6:00PM ET ★ New York, NY
Bryant Park Reading Series
w/ Megan Fernandes, J. Mae Barizo, Ana Božičević
@ Bryant Park Reading Room
Free + Outdoors
WED. JULY 19 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Poetry Well Strange Garments Conversation Series
Body & Mind Conversation w/ Trapeta B. Mayson
Conversation about mental health & the body + generative workshop led by Nicole Callihan
Link for tix + more info about this series
THURS. AUGUST 10 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City Reads Poems series
w/ Nadra Mabrouk & Spencer Williams
WORD Books 29 McWilliams Pl, Jersey City, NJ 07302
FRI. SEPTEMBER 15 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Kan Yama Kan w/Sally Wen Mao, Alicia Mountain, Sahar Delijani, Cherrye Davis
@ Location will be provided when ticket is purchased; Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Doors open @ 6:30PM
WED. OCTOBER 11 - THURS. OCTOBER 12 ★ TBD ET ★ Bennington, VT
Poetry at Bennington Series
w/ James Allen Hall
@ Bennington College
WED. OCTOBER 25 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Brooklyn, NY
Book Launch Event: The Hurricane Book by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
Reading + Conversation with Claudia + Q&A
@ Books Are Magic
Watch the full recorded event here
Previous Events (2024)
FRI. JAN 26, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ NYC
COUPLET Reading Series, hosted by Leah Umansky
w/ Timothy Donnelly, Dante Di Stefano, Rowan Ricardo phillips, Maya C. Popa, Leslie Sainz
The Red Room, KGB Bar 85 E. 4th St, New York, NY 10003
SAT. FEB 3, 2024 ★ 1:30PM, 2:30PM, 3:30PM ★ NYC
Vision and Verse: Poetry Readings hosted by Yu and Me Books
Join NYC-based poets for a live poetry reading inspired by the exhibition,
Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting and the poetic traditions of ancient China
w/Sally Wen Mao & Anni Liu
@ The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The Astor Chinese Garden Court
THU. FEB 8, 2024 ★ 12:10PM CT ★ Kansas City, MO (AWP 2024)
Neurodiverse Sounds like Universe: Crafting Worlds Embracing Neurodiversity
w/Diannely Antigua, Allison Blevins, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Oliver de la Paz
AWP Panel @ KC Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2504AB
THU. FEB 8, 2024 ★ 6:00PM CT ★ Kansas City, MO (AWP 2024)
AWP Offsite Reading: Book Launch Celebration of The Familiar by Sarah Kain Gutowski
w/ Jessica Cuello, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Vincent James, Hyejung Kook, Ananda Lima, Marcus Myers
@ Bliss Books & Wine, 3502 Gillham Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111
Preorder books here to support Bliss Books & Wine + drink tix for first 20 people
FRI. FEB 9, 2024 ★ 3:20PM CT ★ Kansas City, MO (AWP 2024)
Writing with Fire: Poetry and Mental Illness
w/Leila Chatti, Stevie Edwards, Marlin Jenkins, Danez Smith
AWP Panel @ KC Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2505AB
THU. MARCH 7, 2024 ★ 7:00PM ET ★ Virtual
Be Well Reading Series via ELJ Edititions/Redacted Books, hosted by Nicole Tallman
w/ Suzanne Frischkorn & Lynne Kemen
FRI. MARCH 15, 2024 ★ 8:00PM ET ★ Clemson, SC
17th Annual Clemson Literary Festival
Reading + Author Roundtable
@ Clemson University
More readings & events are in the works & will be added shortly. For the most up-to-date info,
To inquire about booking Eugenia for readings, events, interviews, & teaching engagements for 2023/2024. Please contact Eugenia directly: eugenia.leigh@gmail.com