Upcoming Appearances

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Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, Florida, January 20-25, 2020
          Crest Theatre at Old School Square  |  51 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444

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Opening for "Mono No Aware," a solo exhibition by artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Miami, Florida, January 29, 2020
          Paradise Plaza, Miami Design District, 151 NE 41st Street, #127, Miami, FL 33137


Poetry at The Dalí, St. Petersburg, Florida, February 13, 2020
          Will Raymund Theater at Salvador Dalí Museum  |  1 Dali Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
          with St. Petersburg Poet Laureate Helen Pruitt Wallace


AWP, San Antonio, Texas, March 4-7, 2020
          "Who Are Adoptees and Who Has the Right to Write about Them?"
          Moderator, with Ansley Moon, Tiana Nobile, and Leah Silvieus
          Thursday, March 5  |  9:00 - 10:15 AM  |  Room 007B
          Henry B. González Convention Center, Riverlevel

          Shitholes of the World, Unite 2.0
          Thursday, March 5  |  Time and Location TBD

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Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, D.C., March 26-28, 2020
          "TAKEN: Adoptees Speak Out"
          Panelist, with Ansley Moon, Tiana Nobile, and Leah Silvieus
          Time TBD  |  


Arts & Letters Day, Kendall, Florida, April 2, 2020
          9:50 AM  |  Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
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Visiting Poet, Altoona, Pennsylvania, April 28, 2020
          Penn State Altoona  |  "The Poet in America" 


Poetry Faculty, Spartanburg, South Carolina, July 10-12, 2020
          Writing in Place Conference  |  Hub City
          Wofford College, Michael S. Brown Village Center


PAST EVENTS

• Supporting Women Writers in Miami (SWWIM) Anniversary Reading, The Betsy Hotel BBar, Miami Beach, FL, October 2, 2019
• Poems on Demand for Miami Spice, Blue Matisse Restaurant and NAU Lounge at the InterContinental Doral, Doral, FL, August 29, 2019
• In Conversation with Abbigail N. Rosewood. Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL, May 6, 2019
• "Adoptee Book Club: On Fostering Community and Kinship," with Ansley Moon and Tiana Nobile. New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans, LA, April 20, 2019
• Reading with Kimiko Hahn and Ariel Francisco, The Betsy Hotel's B Bar, Miami Beach, FL, April 13, 2019
• AWP Off-Site Reading: Nouns & Verbs with Campbell McGrath, Ariel Francisco, Alexandra Lytton Regalado, and Emma Trelles, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Portland, OR, March 30, 2019
• AWP Off-Site Reading: Shitholes of the World, Unite!, Holocene, Portland, OR, March 29, 2019
• "Poet vs. Community vs. History" with E. J. Koh, Monica Sok, Yanyi, and Emily Jungmin Yoon. Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Portland, OR, March 29, 2019
•  "Who Has the Rights? The How, Why, and Whom of Translation (sponsored by ALTA)," with E. J. Koh, Rajiv Mohabir, and Sawako Nakayasu. Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Portland, OR, March 29, 2019
• Contributing Author, Lit 1000 Norton Anthology Textbook Launch, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, November 30, 2018
• Guest Speaker, Frank Contemporaries Art/Literary Salon, Pembroke Pines, FL, November 29, 2018
• Special Guest, Coexist Reading, Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, FL, October 4, 2018
• 2017-8 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Live Stream with E. J. Koh, Madeleine Campbell, Joungmin Lee Comfort, Reilly Costigan-Humes & Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler, Marlena Gittleman, and Zoë McLaughlin. American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Online, September 29, 2018
• "Healing Through Writing" Workshop with Julayne Lee. Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 1, 2018
• "Satellites, Adoptees, and Undocumented Immigrants: Kundiman and UndocuPoets Present Underrepresented Asian American Narratives" with Janine Joseph, E. J. Koh, Anni Liu, and Ansley Moon. Mass Poetry Festival, Salem, MA, May 5, 2018
• Guest Speaker, Two Seasons Reading Series, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL, April 18, 2018
• Small Orange Launch Reading with Erin Lynn and Anna Rose Welch, Wendy's Subway Reading Room, Brooklyn, NY, April 13, 2018
• "Assertion of Asian American Solidarity through Creative Writing" with Chen Chen, E. J. Koh, and Amy Meng. Moderated by Margaret Rhee. Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 31, 2018
• "Reclaiming the Adoption Narrative in Asian American Poetry" with Ansley Moon, Tiana Nobile, and Leah Silvieus. Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2018
• Tupelo Press Reading (AWP Off-Site), Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, March 7, 2018
• Guest Speaker: "How Failure Drives Creativity," TEDxPineCrestSchool, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 1, 2018
• Supporting Women Writers in Miami (SWWIM) Reading Series, with Ada Limón, The Betsy Hotel, South Beach, FL, February 28, 2018
• Guest Speaker, Philanthropic Education Organization South Florida Chapter, Pinecrest, FL, February 20, 2018
• Coffeehouse Guest Speaker, with sculptor Michael Alfano, Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, FL, December 7, 2017
• Workshop: "Poetry and Activism," Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach, FL, December 2, 2017
• "A Conversation with Poets and Authors" with SooJin Pate, Jessica Sun Lee, and Julayne Lee. Moderated by Lee Herrick. Association of Korean Adoptees (AKA-SF) 20th Anniversary & International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, October 21, 2017
• ​"The Translator's Responsibility," with E. J. Koh, Thinking Its Presence Conference: The Ephemeral Archive, University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson, AZ, October 19, 2017
• Twin Cities AsAm Poetry Reading, Well-Crafted Reading Series, with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, E. J. Koh, Ed Bok Lee, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Chris Santiago, and Emily Jungmin Yoon, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 7, 2017
• Emerging Translator Mentorship Reading, American Literary Translators Association, Minneapolis, MN, October 5-8, 2017
• Book Launch Reading, with E. J. Koh and Arlene Kim, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA, September 10, 2017
• Workshop: "How to Sequence a Prize-Winning Poetry Manuscript," Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA, September 9, 2017
• Reading with Ashley M. Jones, Booked on 25th: Ogden's Uncensored Bookstore, Ogden, Utah, July 22, 2017
• Reading with Ashley M. Jones and Jane Lin, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM, July 20, 2017
• Workshop: "How to Sequence a Prize-Winning Poetry Manuscript," Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL, July 15, 2017
• Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop, with Jason Bayani, Franny Choi, and Shelley Wong, Brooklyn, NY, June 20, 2017
• "Feminism and Social Change: Reading Whitman in the 21st Century," with Carlie Hoffman, Erin Lynn, and Catherine Pond, Celebrating the Poetic Legacy of Whitman, Williams, and Ginsberg: A Literary Festival & Conference, Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ, June 3, 2017
• Bryant Park Reading Series: University of Pittsburgh Press, with Jan Beatty, Mihaela Moscaliuc, and Martha Rhodes, Bryant Park Reading Room, New York, NY, May 30, 2017
• Florida Book Awards, Tallahassee, FL, Apr 12-13, 2017
• Keynote Speaker for "Hearts Presents: Night of HeARTS," Florida International University, Miami, FL, Apr 10, 2017
• Adamson Visiting Writer Series with Danielle Pieratti, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Apr 5, 2017
• Third Thursday Poetry Series, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Mar 23, 2017
• "In Celebration of Women's History Month," Miami Dade College LiveArts Lab, Miami, FL, Mar 17, 2017
• ​"Empire: A Reading Series Presented by Phantom Books," with Catherine Barnett, Danniel Schoonebeek, and Jayson P. Smith, Art Cafe + Bar, Brooklyn, NY, Feb 24, 2017​
• ​"In Bloom: Kundiman Fellows and Friends read from newest works," featuring Neil Aitken, Gina Apostol, Hossannah Asuncion, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Chen Chen, Ching-In Chen, Jennifer S. Cheng, Kazumi Chin, Rachelle Cruz, Muriel Leung, Jane Lin, Michelle Lin, MG Roberts, Chris Santiago, Melissa Sipin, and Jane Wong, Washington, D.C., Feb 11, 2017
• "AWP Award Series Reading," with Eric Neuenfeldt and Carol Zoref, Association of Writers & Writing Programs 50th Anniversary Conference & Bookfair, Washington, D.C., Feb 10, 2017
• "Asian-American Poetics and Politics in the South: Self-Articulation and Solidarity," with Shamala Gallagher, Ching-In Chen, Wo Chan, and Vidhu Aggarwal, Association of Writers & Writing Programs 50th Anniversary Conference & Bookfair, Washington, D.C., Feb 9, 2017
• "Poems: A Reading," with Sjohnna McCray and Noah Warren, Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL, Nov 20, 2016
• "Hour of the Ox Book Launch Party!" with special introduction by Campbell McGrath, Books & Books Coral Gables, Miami, FL, Oct 22, 2016
• "A Reading and Discussion by Contemporary Korean American Female Poets & Writers," with EJ Koh and Arlene Kim, Lit Crawl, San Francisco, CA, Oct 15, 2016
• "Self-Proliferation" Catalogue Release Reading, Girls' Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 25, 2016
• Resident Reading, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, June 9, 2016
• "Self-Articulation and Solidarity: Asian American Poets Encounter the South," with Ching-In Chen, Shamala Gallagher, Sarah Gambito, and Vidhu Aggarwal, Association for Asian American Studies, Miami, FL, April 30, 2016
• "Fracture: A Reading & Discussion by Contemporary Korean American Female Poets," with Anna Maria Hong, Arlene Kim, and EJ Koh, Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2016
• "Fracture: A Reading & Discussion by Contemporary Korean American Female Poets," with Franny Choi, Anna Maria Hong, EJ Koh, and Hannah Sanghee Park, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 2016
• "The Spirit of Shakespeare," Shakespeare First Folio, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, Feb 10, 2016
• "100 Thousand Poets for Change Poetry Reading," Orange Island Arts Foundation, World and Eye Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Sept 26, 2015
• "FIU MFA Alumni Reading," Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL, Sept 14, 2014
• "Women on the Rise!" Museum of Contemporary Art Girls Summit, North Miami, FL, May 16 - 17, 2014
• "Bridge Me Japan," O, Miami Poetry Festival, Miami, FL, April 2014
• "University of Miami / Florida International University MFA Reading" AWP in Seattle, WA, March  1, 2014 
• "Assembly Required: A Reading by the Miami Poetry Collective" Miami Book Fair International, Miami, FL, Nov 2013