READINGS Guest speaker to Dr. Stephanie Anderson’s contemporary poetry class, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2018 Guest reader and panelist at Beijing Bookworm’s Crafting the Creative Abroad reading , International Literary Festival, 2018 Guest reader & workshop participant, “Meeting in Beijing: Poetry East and West,” with US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, Kevin Young and John Yau, hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2017 Original video poem “Our Parts Add Up to an Unpronounceable Name” featured as part of multimedia musical collaboration at Spittoon poetry reading, Apr. 2018 Spittoon poetry reading at M Woods Gallery , Beijing, May 2017 “Talking Image Connection” ekphrastic reading at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, 2014 “BFA Senior Talk” on visual/writing collaborations with Laura Stack at Carleton College, Minnesota, 2013 Poetry/Fiction Reading at Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, 2013Social Brief at the Walker Art Center, hosted by Rain Taxi , Minneapolis, 2013 MFA Program Reading at Mager’s and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, 2013 Poets Beyond Reason annual ekphrastic reading series at the Kirkland Museum of Art, Denver, 2008-2011 back to top
POETRY FESTIVALS Foreign delegate to Ningbo International Literary Festival, 2017 Foreign delegate to Hezhong International Poetry Seminar, Jiuquan, China, 2016 Two-time foreign delegate to International Conference of Vietnamese Literature Abroad & Poetry Festival, Hanoi, 2010 and 2015 Guest poetry reader at 8th Annual “National Poetry Day of Vietnam,” Hanoi, 2010 Guest poetry reader at “1,000 Years of Thang Long” official city celebration, Hanoi, 2010 back to top
EVENTS ORGANIZED InkBeat Youth Journal launch readings (3 issues), 2017Dislocate LitMag launch readings (2 issues), 2013-14“Our Flow Is Hard” reading series (co-organizer), Minneapolis, 2013-2016 “Poetry Bordello” charity fundraiser poetry evening, Hanoi Writers’ Collective (director), Hanoi, 2010 “Colorado Day” cultural exchange youth festival for Linguist School, Simferopol, Ukraine, 2005 back to top