Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi

Upcoming:

April 19, 2023 | 9-10:15 AM PST
Panel discussion | TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER: A Conversation on Climate, Land, and Language | Virtual

“The past is never where you think you left it.”

― Katherine Anne Porter

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