Tomorrows
“The greatest threat to our future is apathy.”
—Jane Goodall
April 25th, 2024 | 7PM PST
Performance at Tongues of Fire | Victoria
Yesterdays
March 25th, 2024 | 1:30PM PST
Reading & craft talk with Austin Community College | Virtual (Passcode: ACC)
February 22nd, 2024 | 7PM PST
Performance at Planet Earth Poetry | Victoria
November 29th, 2023 | 10AM PDT
Virtual reading with The Brooklyn Rail
November 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2023
Typewriter poetry at The Nomad Holiday Market | Victoria
April 19, 2023 | 9-10:15 AM PST
Panel discussion | TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER: A Conversation on Climate, Land, and Language | Virtual
June 25, 2022 | 1-4PM PST
Workshop | Writing Through Collective Grief | Virtual
June 12, 2022 | 12-1:30PM PST
Performance | Nurturely’s Bubbly Brunch | Virtual
August 2, 2020 | 6PM PST
Hosted Wild Truth Earth Arts: Afrose Fatima Ahmed
March 8, 2020 | 12-4PM
Typewriter poetry for International Women’s Day
Neighborhood Goods | Plano
February 12, 2020 | 12:30-2:30PM
Performance at Annual African American Read-In
Mountain View College | Dallas
October 19, 2019 | 12-10PM
Typewriter poetry at ArtsGoggle
Near Southside | Fort Worth
September 5, 2019 | 6:30-9PM
Performance and presentation of
Their Lives Mattered: A Dialogue Honoring Stolen Lives
Texas Theater | Dallas
August 30, 2019 | 7:00-9PM
Book release party and performance for EVERYTHING GOOD IS DYING
Deep Vellum Books | Dallas
June 19, 2019 | 7:30-9:30PM
Performance at Poetry for a Cause: a benefit for Swan Strings music lessons
Top Ten Records | Dallas
May 4, 2019 | 6-9PM
Typewriter Poetry at FD19: Build a Better Bus Stop & Outdoor Market
Dallas, Texas
April 27, 2019 | 7:30PM
Take Me Oya Performance
with Jess Garland, Hathor Hendrix, and Lei Lei Lashawn
South Dallas Cultural Center | Dallas
April 27, 2019 | 12-5PM
Typewriter Poetry at Outdoor Market at Lake-a-Palooza
Bath House Cultural Center | Dallas
April 26, 2019 | 7-9PM
Typewriter Poetry at ¡Pachanga! Aberg Center’s Signature Fiesta
Dallas, Texas
April 19, 2019 | 7-9PM
Typewriter Poetry at Rockin’ Rhapsody: Downtown Fever
Mesquite Arts Center | Mesquite
April 18, 2019 | 9:30PM-1AM
Typewriter Poetry at Night Market
Independent Bar & Kitchen | Dallas
April 14, 2019 | 11:30AM-10PM
Typewriter Poetry at Homegrown Fest
Main Street Garden Park | Dallas
April 10, 2019 | 7PM
Performance at Inner Moonlight Reading Series
The Wild Detectives | Dallas
April 5-7, 2019 | ALL DAY & NIGHT
Typewriter Poetry at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival
Dallas, Texas
March 2, 2019 | 11AM-4PM
Typewriter Poetry at All Out Trinity Outdoor Market
Dallas, Texas
February 14, 2019 | 6-11PM
Typewriter Poetry at Cafe Momentum
Dallas, Texas
January 19, 2019 | 10AM-12PM
Improv performance with Dallas Symphony Orchestra members Jess Garland and Nic Tsolainos at the DSO Southern Residency Program Launch Event
Dallas, Texas
January 13, 2019 | 3-9PM
Typewriter Poetry at Winter Asian Night Market
Dallas, Texas
December 16, 2018 | 7-11PM
Typewriter Poetry at AVANT To Leave This Planet Vaudeville Show & Holiday Fleamarket
Dallas, Texas
December 8, 2018 | 12-8PM
Typewriter Poetry at Winter Faire & Market
Dallas, Texas
November 24, 2018 | 8PM
Performance at Culture Jack Vol. 3
Dallas, Texas
November 24, 2018 | 12-3PM
Typewriter Poetry at the Deep Ellum Mimosa Walk
Dallas, Texas (@Deep Vellum Books)
November 3, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at Spiderdead
Denton, Texas
October 26, 2018 | 6PM-10PM
Typewriter Poetry at The Commerce Street Night Market
Dallas, Texas
October 20, 2018 | 6PM-11PM
Typewriter Poetry at Arts Goggle
Fort Worth, Texas
September 28, 2018 | 6-10PM
Typewriter Poetry at Commerce Street Night Market
Dallas, Texas
September 19, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at The Love Revolution Continues
Dallas, Texas
August 1-5, 2018
Attending the Pink Door Writing Retreat
Rochester, New York
July 11, 2018 | 7PM
Performing in #Pleased
Denton, Texas
June 29, 2018 | 7PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Purification
Dallas, Texas
June 23, 2018 | 1-2PM
Typewriter Poetry at 2018 Summer Solstice Artspot
Dallas, Texas
June 8, 2018 | 7PM
Performing at David Eye – “Seed” Poetry Reading
Dallas, Texas
June 6, 2018 | 7PM
Performing with courtney marie at Inner Moonlight
Dallas, Texas
April 21, 2018 | 7PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts
Special show at the Bath House Cultural Center for Dallas Arts Month
Dallas, Texas
April 9, 2018 | 6-8PM
Poetry for Peace: Typewriter Poetry and auction at the Peace for South Sudan fundraiser
Dallas, Texas
April 6-8, 2018 | ALL DAY/NIGHT
Typewriter Poetry at The Deep Ellum Arts Festival
Dallas, Texas
April 4, 2018 |11:15AM
Performance at Richland College’s 35th Annual Literary Festival
Dallas, Texas
March 31, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at Spiderweb Salon’s Planet of the Angst
Denton, Texas
March 31, 2018 | 12-5PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Unsilent Spring Postcard Party
Denton, Texas
March 23, 2018 | 7PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts
Dallas, Texas
March 11, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at The Open Mouth Reading Series
Fayetteville, Arkansas
March 8, 2018 |6:30-9PM
Typewriter Poetry at International Women’s Day Celebration!
Dallas, Texas
March 3, 2018 |1AM-4PM
Typewriter Poetry at All Out Trinity 2018 – Outdoor Market
Dallas, Texas
February 14, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at Spiderweb Salon Loves You II
Denton, Texas
February 10, 2018 | 12-7PM
Typewriter Poetry at River East Mardi Gras
Fort Worth, Texas
January 20, 2018 | 7PM
Performance at Spiderweb Salon’s 2018 Winter Formal
Denton, Texas
January 16, 2018 | 7PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Oak
Dallas, Texas
November 25, 2017 | 12-6PM
Typewriter Poetry at Little D Markets’ Small Business Saturday
Dallas, Texas
November 4, 2017 | 6-10:30PM
Performance at Spiderweb Salon’s Harvest Masquerade
Dallas, Texas
October 27, 2017 | 7-9:30PM
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry and Arts: Nature
Dallas, Texas
September 26, 2017 | 6-8PM
Performing at Repro Power Dallas Speakout!
Dallas City Hall
September 21, 2017 | 6-9PM
Sidewalk Poetry at The Deep Ellum Wine Walk
Dallas, Texas
September 16, 2017 | 11AM-5PM
Sidewalk Poetry at Art Walk West 2017
Dallas, Texas
September 15, 2017 | 11AM-5PM
Sidewalk Poetry at PARK(ing) Day
Dallas, Texas
August 25, 2017 | 6-10PM
Sidewalk Poetry at the Commerce Street Night Market
Dallas, Texas
August 22 & 23, 2017 | 10AM-1PM
Sidewalk Poetry in collaboration with SMU Reads
SMU, Fondren Library | Dallas, Texas
August 12 & 26, 2017 | 11AM-2PM
Sidewalk Poetry at Poetry Feasts
Dallas, Texas
July 28, 2017 | 6-10PM
Sidewalk Poetry at the Commerce Street Night Market
Dallas, Texas
July 13, 2017 | 9-11PM
Sidewalk Poetry at the Asian Film Festival Opening Night Party
Beneath the Angelika | Dallas, Texas
July 13, 2017 | 5-7PM
Sidewalk Poetry at Screen Print the Skyline
Dallas, Texas
June 22, 2017 | 7:30-9PM
Performance at Leah Tieger’s Book Release
The Wild Detectives | Dallas, Texas
June 3, 2017 | 4-5:30PM
Performance at the 2nd Annual Deep Ellum Lit Hop
Kettle Art | Dallas, Texas
May 23, 2017 | 7:30-9PM
Opening Performance for Morgan Parker
The Wild Detectives | Dallas, Texas
May 12, 2017 | 7-9PM
Performance: White Rock Zine Machine Flight #4 Release
May 10, 2017 | 7:30-9PM
Panel Discussion: Women of Color in Literature
The Wild Detectives | Dallas, Texas
April 28, 2017 | 6-8PM
Hosting | Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Decolonize Dallas
The West Dallas Multipurpose Center
March 28, 2017 | 7-8:30PM
Hosting | Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Lavender
Deep Vellum Books | Dallas, Texas
February 20, 2017 | 7-9:15PM
Chicon Street Poets: Feature Performance
Dozen Street | Austin, Texas
February 14, 2017 | 7-10:30PM
Spiderweb Salon Loves You: Feature Performance with Nick Long
The Wild Detectives | Dallas, Texas
February 11, 2017 | 12-6PM
Sidewalk Poetry at Little D Valentine’s Market
The Coterie | Dallas, Texas
January 29, 2017 | 7-10:30PM
Hosting | Dark Moon’s Birthday Celebration!
Deep Vellum Books | Dallas, Texas
December 29, 2016
Hosting: Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Solstice
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas.
December 18, 2017 | 3-6PM
Performance | Poetry March
Deep Ellum, Texas
December 17, 2017 | 11AM-5PM
Sidewalk Poetry at the Little Downtown Holiday Market
Main Street Garden Park | Dallas, Texas
November 29, 2016
Hosting: Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Owl Magick
Deep Vellum Books| Dallas, Texas
October 14, 2016
Hosting | Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Violet
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas
October 8, 2016
Typewriter Poetry at Arts Goggle
Find me somewhere on Magnolia Street! | Fort Worth, Texas
October 7, 2016
Performance | White Rock Zine Machine Release: Flight #2
Deep Vellum Books | Dallas, Texas
October 1, 2016
TEA Fund Event
Black Lodge, Dallas.
September 25, 2016
Performance | Other People’s Poetry: Rilke
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas
September 23, 2016
Hosting | Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Dark Paradise
Ro2 Art, Dallas
September 3, 2016
Typewriter Poetry at Ash Studios
August 30, 2016
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Aster
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas
August 23, 2016
Feature poet performance at Soup’s On!
Lucky Dog Books, Oak Cliff
More details on Facebook.
August 23, 2016
Feature poet performance at Harper’s Review.
The Crown & Harp, Dallas.
More details on Facebook
July 30, 2016
The Deep Ellum Lit Hop
Performing at Spiderweb Salon at Drugstore Cowboy.
Performing at Pink Drum at Kettle Arts.
Curating Dark Moon Poetry and Arts at Deep Vellum.
July 29, 2016
Opening performance for Tim Seibles
The Wild Detectives, Dallas
More details on Facebook.
July 21-24, 2016
Panel at the Gemini Ink Writer’s Conference:
“Poetry in Unconventional Spaces”
More details on Facebook.
July 10, 2016
WordSpace Presents: Looped
The written word as an experience outside of the book’s confines~
The Wild Detectives, Dallas
More details on Facebook.
June 11, 2016
Typewriter Poetry at Endless/Nameless
The Reading Room, Dallas.
More details on Facebook.
June 4, 2016
Hosted Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Summertime
The Crown & Harp, Dallas.
May 22, 2016
Poet-in-Residence at Spiderwed Salon
Denton County Historical Park / Dan’s Silverleaf
More details on Facebook
May 17, 2016
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts
Part of The Wild Detectives Women Galore Festival
April 28, 2016
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Springtime Again
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas.
More details on Facebook.
April 1-3, 2016
Sidewalk Poetry at The Deep Ellum Arts Festival
More details on https://www.facebook.com/events/1743254122577425/.
March 12, 2016
Feature poet performance at Pandora’s Box Poetry.
The Crown & Harp, Dallas.
More details on Facebook.
March 8, 2016
Hosting Dark Moon Poetry & Arts.
Details on The Wild Detectives site and on Facebook.
February 8, 2016
Gathering of words at Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: The Love Below
Arlington, TX
January 28, 2016
Gathering of words at Dark Moon Poetry & Arts: Birth
Private residence, Arlington
December 18 & 19, 2015
Sidewalk Poetry at the Little Downtown Holiday Market
Main Street Garden Park, Dallas
October 30, 2015
Spiderweb Salon Presents: A Wild Masquerade
Dan’s Silver Leaf, Denton, 7pm-1am
Feature poet performance, more details here.
October 17, 2015
Art Slam!
Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth, 7-10pm
Spontaneous symbiosis of spokenword, visual art, and music.
More details here.
October 10, 2015
Arts Goggle
Magonolia Avenue, Fort Worth, noon-10pm
Sidewalk poetry. Details here.
October 4, 2015
WordSpace Presents: Looped
Common Desk / Dallas / 7pm
Recorded loops of prose and poetry readings in different rooms, hallways, and headphones, all paired with visual installations by each writer.
Details here.
September 12, 2015
Cultural Affairs
Shipping & Receiving / Fort Worth
Visual art, music, and poetry highlighting different aspects in culture.
Spokenword begins at 8pm. Details here.
August 4, 2015
Disembodied Text Live
Pariah Arts Studio / Dallas / 7pm
Writers perform their work with live music inspired by the performance as it’s happening.
June 14, 2015
The Study at The Dram’s grand opening.
Thinking and drinking in Dallas with custom poems on demand.
Details here.
June 21, 2015
Two events in honor of Giselle Robinson.
Get your baked goods, spicy food, and typewriter poems here.
Win prizes and hear poetry by myself and others here.
June 19, 2015
Dallas Unplugged at House of Blues Dallas
Hip-hop and sidewalk poems, details here.
June 12, 2015
The Lord of the Yum Yum
BLK LDG // Dallas
Details here.
May 16, 2015
Who Are Our Own People?
BLK LDG // Dallas
Artists explore themes of identity in a post-Obama USA.
Uncensored sidewalk poems. See the Observer article here and the Facebook event here.
April 9-12, 2015
Away from DFW for the Austin International Poetry Festival
April 8, 2015
Featured at Malvern Books, Austin, 7pm
Details here.
March 29 , 2015
She Speaks | Poetry Dallas Book Release of Edyka Chilome | The Reunion Podcast
Wits End, Dallas
Created custom typewriter poems and participated in the podcast.
Details here and here.
March 28, 2015
Debut of DRESS CODES project at the second annual WILDCATTER EXCHANGE (festival) in Fort Worth
The Amphibian Stage Productions theater, 5:30pm to 7pm
Also offered custom sidewalk poetry for festival attendees.
Details here.
March 22, 2015
A night of poetry. Featured personal work at the Fairmount Community Library, Fort Worth
Details here.
January 3, 2015
Feature performance at the Pegasus Reading Series
November 21, 2014
Feature performance at Dallas Poetry Slam
October 2, 2014
Performance of PALABRA: THE WRITTEN WORD, SPOKEN (2014 edition)
Latin American poetry adapted for the stage and acted out by poets. Houston.
August 9, 2014
Feature performance at Nuestra Voz Open Mic. Waco.
April 17, 2014
Performance of The Little Coochie Snoocher that Could in V-Day Fort Worth Presents: Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues
April 3-5, 2014
Special Guest Poet at the Austin International Poetry Festival
March 14, 2014
Performance of \ BY ANY STRETCH / at the WILDCATTER EXCHANGE Storytelling Festival
Moments stretched out and written as dance for the stage. Fort Worth.
March 12, 2014
First ever feature poetry performance at The Amazing Natty Roots & Rhyme!
January 31, 2014
Performance of \ BY ANY STRETCH / at FRONTERAFEST 2014
Moments stretched out and written as dance for the stage. Austin.
October 4, 2013
Performance of PALABRA: THE WRITTEN WORD, SPOKEN (2013 edition)
Latin American poetry adapted for the stage and acted out by poets. Latino Cultural Center, Dallas.
July 20, 2013
Performance of \ BY ANY STRETCH / at The Modern
Moments stretched out and written as dance for the stage. Fort Worth
Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi 