upcoming events
10/16/19- hosting Joyland Magazine at Lit Crawl 2019. Phase I, 5-6 p.m., at Craftsman and Wolves, 746 Valencia Street in San Francisco. Readers include Maddy Raskulinecz, Jenny Xie, Tomas Moniz, Marco Lean, and Carson Ash Beker.
past events
august 2019- read for the release of Tomas Moniz's novella, All Friends Are Necessary, at The Racket #33 at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco. With Tomas Moniz, Michelle Gonzales, Michelle Schlachta, and Carvell Wallace.
july 2019- read at The Racket #32, Alley Cat Books in San Francisco. With Hadas Goshen, Nazelah Jamison, Gark Mavigan, Keith Donnell, Elizabeth Gonzalez James and Maddy Raskulinecz.
june 2019- read for the Story is the Thing series at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. With Julie Lythcott-Haims, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ari Rosenschein, Michael Shewmaker, and Sarah Stone.
may 2019- I read for Quiet Lightning's May show at Arion Press in the Presidio, San Francisco.
april 2019- Open studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring 2019 Open House. Did a reading along with Anita Gail Jones and Tongo Eisen-Martin.
april 2019- I participated in a panel discussion for Litquake's event, "Art of the Short Story." With Yang Huang, Ethel Rohan, Kim Addonizio and moderator Rita Bullwinkel. At Z Below in San Francisco.
march 2019- I took part in a panel discussion at AWP in Portland- "The Non-Residency Residency: From Working Writers." With Yalitza Ferreras, Aimee Phan, Dean Rader, and Emily Wolahan.
march 2019- I read for the San Francisco release of McSweeney's Quarterly Issue 55, in which my story "The Bone Ward" appears, at The Knockout in San Francisco.
january 2019- I read at the Bazaar Writers Salon. w/J.P. Grasser, Sarah McColl, and sam sax, at the Bazaar Cafe in San Francisco.
december 2018- I read for the Zyzzyva Winter Issue Celebration, at Dog Eared Books in San Francisco.
october 2018- I hosted Joyland Magazine's LitCrawl event, at Craftsman & Wolves in San Francisco. With Wesley Cohen, Aaron Sunshine, Anita Felicelli, Tom Pyun, Jasper Henderson, and co-host Lisa Locascio.
october 2018- I read for the Headlands Center for the Arts at LitCrawl, at Benny Gold in San Francisco. With Emily Wolahan, Dean Rader, and Aimee Phan.
october 2018- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts Fall Open House.
october 2018- I read for UNLIKEABLE FEMALE at Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe in Oakland. Event description: In response to gendered readings of forceful, opinionated, emotional female characters as unlikeable, the Bay's shiniest, brightest young lady writing talents bring their wonderfully flawed characters to life at this disagreeable reading you would never ever want to be friends with. Featuring Lydia Kiesling, Margaret Ross, C Pam Zhang, Jenny Xie, and Kate Folk.
september 2018- I read for Inside Storytime, Extremes- The Octopus Salon in Oakland. With Rita Bullwinkel, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, and Steven Black.
september 2018- I tabled for Canzine, Toronto, at the Art Gallery of Ontario, with my and Toby Goodshank's latest zine, The Eyes of the Chest (nominated for a Broken Pencil Zine Award).
august 2018- I read for Martinis & Writers with Literary Speakeasy. Martuni's, San Francisco.
august 2018- I was in conversation with Lisa Locascio for the release of her debut novel, Open Me. At Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco.
july 2018- I read and opened my studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Summer 2018 Open House.
july 2018- I was honored to read my work at the release of Rohan Da Costa's book and photo exhibition, The Edge of Fruitvale. Fruitvale, Oakland.
june 2018- I participated in the Headlands Affiliates Reading at Alley Cat Books, San Francisco. With Emily Wolahan, Mary O'Brien, Dean Rader, and Marco Lean.
march 2018- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring Open House.
january 2018- I read for the Hazel Reading Series at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco.
december 2017- I read for Babylon Salon at the Armory Club in San Francisco, with Arisa White, Laurie Ann Doyle, Barbara Jane Reyes, and Achy Obejas.
november 2017- I co-curated (with Evan Karp) Quiet Lightning's November 2017 show at the Peacock Lounge, San Francisco.
october 2017- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Fall 2017 Open House.
september 2017- I gave an artist presentation at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
august 2017- I read at the DeYoung Museum for visual artist Marshall Elliott's exhibition, Face Looking Both Ways. San Francisco.
march 2017- I did a reading and opened my studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring 2017 Affiliate Open House.
february 2017- I read for Quiet Lightning's February 2017 show at The Stud Bar, San Francisco.
january 2017- I co-curated (with Evan Karp) Quiet Lightning's January 2017 show at the Montgomery Street BART Station, San Francisco.
october 2016- I read for the Joyland Magazine event at LitCrawl in San Francisco.
october 2016- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Fall 2016 Open House.
september 2016- I read my work for the release of John Jodzio's book Knockout, with Kara Vernor and Dave Madden, at The Booksmith in San Francisco.
august 2016- I presented my work at the Vermont Studio Center Resident Reading, Johnson, VT.
july 2016- I co-curated (with Chris Cole) Quiet Lightning's July 2016 show at SOMArts, San Francisco.
july 2016- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Summer 2016 Open House.
july 2016- I read at Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series at Studio 333 in Sausalito.
may 2016- I read for the Featherboard Chapbook Project at Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland.
may 2016- I read with Tomas Moniz for Bay Area Generations at Hotel Rex in San Francisco. .
april 2016- I read with with Diego DeLeo at the Write of Way Literary Festival, at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
april 2016- I read for Well-RED at the Poetry Center in San Jose, with Lisa Locascio.
january 2016- I presented my and Toby Goodshank's ekphrastic collaboration for 7x7 LA at the Startup Art Fair in Los Angeles.
january 2016- I read for the MFA Mixer series at The Cat Club in San Francisco.
10/16/19- hosting Joyland Magazine at Lit Crawl 2019. Phase I, 5-6 p.m., at Craftsman and Wolves, 746 Valencia Street in San Francisco. Readers include Maddy Raskulinecz, Jenny Xie, Tomas Moniz, Marco Lean, and Carson Ash Beker.
past events
august 2019- read for the release of Tomas Moniz's novella, All Friends Are Necessary, at The Racket #33 at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco. With Tomas Moniz, Michelle Gonzales, Michelle Schlachta, and Carvell Wallace.
july 2019- read at The Racket #32, Alley Cat Books in San Francisco. With Hadas Goshen, Nazelah Jamison, Gark Mavigan, Keith Donnell, Elizabeth Gonzalez James and Maddy Raskulinecz.
june 2019- read for the Story is the Thing series at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. With Julie Lythcott-Haims, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ari Rosenschein, Michael Shewmaker, and Sarah Stone.
may 2019- I read for Quiet Lightning's May show at Arion Press in the Presidio, San Francisco.
april 2019- Open studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring 2019 Open House. Did a reading along with Anita Gail Jones and Tongo Eisen-Martin.
april 2019- I participated in a panel discussion for Litquake's event, "Art of the Short Story." With Yang Huang, Ethel Rohan, Kim Addonizio and moderator Rita Bullwinkel. At Z Below in San Francisco.
march 2019- I took part in a panel discussion at AWP in Portland- "The Non-Residency Residency: From Working Writers." With Yalitza Ferreras, Aimee Phan, Dean Rader, and Emily Wolahan.
march 2019- I read for the San Francisco release of McSweeney's Quarterly Issue 55, in which my story "The Bone Ward" appears, at The Knockout in San Francisco.
january 2019- I read at the Bazaar Writers Salon. w/J.P. Grasser, Sarah McColl, and sam sax, at the Bazaar Cafe in San Francisco.
december 2018- I read for the Zyzzyva Winter Issue Celebration, at Dog Eared Books in San Francisco.
october 2018- I hosted Joyland Magazine's LitCrawl event, at Craftsman & Wolves in San Francisco. With Wesley Cohen, Aaron Sunshine, Anita Felicelli, Tom Pyun, Jasper Henderson, and co-host Lisa Locascio.
october 2018- I read for the Headlands Center for the Arts at LitCrawl, at Benny Gold in San Francisco. With Emily Wolahan, Dean Rader, and Aimee Phan.
october 2018- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts Fall Open House.
october 2018- I read for UNLIKEABLE FEMALE at Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe in Oakland. Event description: In response to gendered readings of forceful, opinionated, emotional female characters as unlikeable, the Bay's shiniest, brightest young lady writing talents bring their wonderfully flawed characters to life at this disagreeable reading you would never ever want to be friends with. Featuring Lydia Kiesling, Margaret Ross, C Pam Zhang, Jenny Xie, and Kate Folk.
september 2018- I read for Inside Storytime, Extremes- The Octopus Salon in Oakland. With Rita Bullwinkel, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, and Steven Black.
september 2018- I tabled for Canzine, Toronto, at the Art Gallery of Ontario, with my and Toby Goodshank's latest zine, The Eyes of the Chest (nominated for a Broken Pencil Zine Award).
august 2018- I read for Martinis & Writers with Literary Speakeasy. Martuni's, San Francisco.
august 2018- I was in conversation with Lisa Locascio for the release of her debut novel, Open Me. At Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco.
july 2018- I read and opened my studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Summer 2018 Open House.
july 2018- I was honored to read my work at the release of Rohan Da Costa's book and photo exhibition, The Edge of Fruitvale. Fruitvale, Oakland.
june 2018- I participated in the Headlands Affiliates Reading at Alley Cat Books, San Francisco. With Emily Wolahan, Mary O'Brien, Dean Rader, and Marco Lean.
march 2018- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring Open House.
january 2018- I read for the Hazel Reading Series at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco.
december 2017- I read for Babylon Salon at the Armory Club in San Francisco, with Arisa White, Laurie Ann Doyle, Barbara Jane Reyes, and Achy Obejas.
november 2017- I co-curated (with Evan Karp) Quiet Lightning's November 2017 show at the Peacock Lounge, San Francisco.
october 2017- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Fall 2017 Open House.
september 2017- I gave an artist presentation at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
august 2017- I read at the DeYoung Museum for visual artist Marshall Elliott's exhibition, Face Looking Both Ways. San Francisco.
march 2017- I did a reading and opened my studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts' Spring 2017 Affiliate Open House.
february 2017- I read for Quiet Lightning's February 2017 show at The Stud Bar, San Francisco.
january 2017- I co-curated (with Evan Karp) Quiet Lightning's January 2017 show at the Montgomery Street BART Station, San Francisco.
october 2016- I read for the Joyland Magazine event at LitCrawl in San Francisco.
october 2016- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Center for the Arts' Fall 2016 Open House.
september 2016- I read my work for the release of John Jodzio's book Knockout, with Kara Vernor and Dave Madden, at The Booksmith in San Francisco.
august 2016- I presented my work at the Vermont Studio Center Resident Reading, Johnson, VT.
july 2016- I co-curated (with Chris Cole) Quiet Lightning's July 2016 show at SOMArts, San Francisco.
july 2016- I did a reading and opened my studio for the Headlands Summer 2016 Open House.
july 2016- I read at Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series at Studio 333 in Sausalito.
may 2016- I read for the Featherboard Chapbook Project at Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland.
may 2016- I read with Tomas Moniz for Bay Area Generations at Hotel Rex in San Francisco. .
april 2016- I read with with Diego DeLeo at the Write of Way Literary Festival, at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
april 2016- I read for Well-RED at the Poetry Center in San Jose, with Lisa Locascio.
january 2016- I presented my and Toby Goodshank's ekphrastic collaboration for 7x7 LA at the Startup Art Fair in Los Angeles.
january 2016- I read for the MFA Mixer series at The Cat Club in San Francisco.
