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2022
may 16, brooklyn rail reading for nari ward artist talk
may 15, woodruff reading, nyc, w/ rachel mannheimer, silvina lópez medin, dahlia li, jennifer shyue
april 28, artists space reading, nyc, w/ basie allen, jaylen strong, alex tatarsky, adjua gargi nzinga greaves
april 20, holloway poetry series reading @ uc berkeley
february 24, these conditions reading @ brooklyn army terminal, w/ adelita husni-bey, hannah black, nora treatbaby
2021
sept. 30, africana dantes reading @ kelly writers house, upenn, w/ tracie morris
sept. 20, poetry project reading, nyc, w/ sophia dahlin
sept. 19, desperate living reading series @ happy fun hideaway, bk, with laura henriksen, sahar khraibani, ivanna baranova, crystal wood
may 24, “light shows” video/reading w/ s*ean d. henry smith, asiya wadud, jeremy toussaint-baptiste, jibade-kahlil huffman, video here
feb 22. segue reading series w/ momtaza mehri
jan. 6: radical poetry reading for brooklyn rail, w/ layli long soldier, shiv kotecha, mayra a. rodríguez castro, video here
jan. 1: “elevator” w/ simone white for poetry project marathon, video
2020
nov 23: africana studies colloquium w/simone white and tina campt
nov 22: Acid Virga book launch @ park church co-op, bk, w/ gabe kruis, adjua gargi nzinga greaves, dottie lasky
nov 19: black secrets episode 5 (?) on montez press radio, nyc, w/ an duplan
may 26: “transposals” program on montez press radio, nyc, w/ imani elizabeth jackson and saretta morgan
may 14: zoom reading @ the center for book arts, nyc, w/ mayfield brooks, curated by asiya wadud (video)
march 26: thursday, 8-9 pm, black secrets episode 2 on montez press radio, nyc, w/an duplan
march 17, cancelled: reading @ molasses books, brooklyn, w/ tony tulathimutte, callie garnett
2019
december 17: Community Presentation Series @ The Ear, nyc, curated by jessa gillespie, w/ vijay masharani, sara jane stoner
september 29: Black Secrets: On Black Musics & The Occult @ montez press radio, nyc, w/ an duplan
september 21: &Now Conference @ university of washington, bothell, performance & translation panel w/toby altman, bianca messinger, corina copp
january 23: L.A.B. presentation/conversation at the kitchen, nyc w/ lex brown & l’rain
2018
november 28: reading/conversation @ university of pennsylvania w/ laura henriksen (video, pics)
november 9: plexiglass reading series @ university of chicago w/ CD Wu
july 19: book launch for rami karim's Smile & Nod @ printed matter, nyc
april 20: what happens: an evening of poets' theatre, iowa city (1st staging of play, “in popeyes”)
february 3: suitcase library launch reading @ public space one, iowa city w/ elizabeth willis, simone white, dana fang
2017
november 22: mcnally jackson, nyc w/ an duplan, precious okoyomon
november 18: segue reading series @ zinc bar, nyc w/ I. S. Jones // click for audio
october 2: poetry project, nyc w/ sara jane stoner
september 17: prairie lights bookstore, iowa city w/ esther dischereit, ubah cristina ali farah
april 5: writers of color reading series @ prairie lights bookstore, iowa city w/ tameka cage conley, melissa mogollon, yvonne cha
january 1: new year's marathon benefit @ poetry project, nyc