Upcoming Events 

2 Books, 4 Languages: VIRTUAL event with Irma Pineda and Mikeas Sánchez
”Indigenous Poetics from Abya Yala”
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 4:30 pm EDT / 2:30 pm Mexico City time / 1:30 pm PDT
Native and Indigenous Studies Initiative
Princeton University
virtual event on Zoom

This is the only fully bilingual, English-Spanish virtual event for our “Two Books, 4 Languages” book tour. See the direct link to the Zoom meeting at this webpage. No registration needed.

Us&Them Reading Series
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm EDT
Molasses Books
Brooklyn, NYC

I am delighted that my first-ever reading in New York City will be sharing both poem translations and a bit of an essay I wrote, at this wonderful reading series.

Best Literary Translations New England Release
with contributors Jeffrey Clapp and Muntather Alsawad
Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Print: A Bookstore
Portland, ME

The first East Coast event to celebrate the new Best Literary Translations anthology!


Sant Jordi Festival USA
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 6:15 pm
Out of the Box Theatrics
154 Christopher St #1E
New York, NY 10014
(Located in the Archive Apartments by Rockrose)

Poet Irma Pineda will join me via Zoom for a reading of our January 2024 release: Nostalgia Doesn’t Flow Away Like Riverwater. I’ll discuss the book and the translation process with the audience, after the reading. The two of us also have a reading that is part of the virtual component of this rich, lovely festival. See the Sant Jordi Festival website!

Best Literary Translations: Southeastern US Release
with contributor Gustavo Pérez Firmat, in conversation with recent (2019-2022) Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner!
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Epilogue Books & Café
Chapel Hill, NC

We will celebrate the publication of the Best Literary Translations anthology with this first event in the Southeastern U.S.

Across Landscape and Language
Cadence Video Poetry Satellite at Frye Museum
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA

A video poem of Irma Pineda’s poem “Cue’ Yoo / La Pared / The Wall” will be part of this program and I will be part of a panel discussing her poetry. Register for this free, in-person event at the website.

Best Literary Translations Southern California Release
with contributor Edith Adams
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00 pm
North Figueroa Bookshop
Highland Park, CA

Come celebrate the Southern California release of Best Literary Translations with me and translator Edith Adams, at this lovely bookstore, nestled between Los Angeles and Pasadena.

Meeting House Reading Series with poet Holly Hughes
Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The Meeting House
1841 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA

I am delighted to be reading my former Rainier Writing Workshop colleague Holly Hughes, whose poetry and prose have both meant a huge amount to me.

Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series
Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Seattle, WA

At the June 3 installment of this year-long poetry reading series, it will be a great joy to share the stage with my dear friend Anastacia-Renée, as well as four other poems I admire: Kevin Craft, Erin Malone, Janine Walker, and Julene Tripp Weaver.

Entre Riós Poetry Series
Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Entre Riós Global Headquarters in the Central District
Seattle, WA

I will share the stage with Portland-based writer / translator Allison deFreese to talk about poetry and multilingual translation. Email me for the address of this event!