Events 2020-on

• Novel-to-film AWP panel with Carter Sickels, Shawn Wong, and Johanna Stoberock, March 9, 2023 1:45
• Gatekeepers AWP panel with Sarah Cypher, Chelcee Johns, and Jeremy Schraffenberger, March 11, 2023, 9am
• Where is the Next Generation of Activists and Readers? panel alongside Felice Picano, Daniel W.K. Lee, Katie Hogan, and Saeed Jones, moderated by Carol Rosenfeld, author and chair of the Publishing Triangle, at the Saints & Sinners Festival in New Orleans. Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal Salon D. 11:30-12:45pm | Sunday, March 29, 2020  CANCELLED
• SAS Reading Series sponsored by the John Burton Harter Foundation, reading new work alongside Charlene Ball, Elana Dykewomon, Judith Katz, Lindsay Sproul, Ali Vali, and Libby Ware at the Saints & Sinners Festival in New Orleans. Hotel Monteleone, 2nd floor, Bienville C. 10 – 11:15 AM | Sunday, March 29, 2020  CANCELLED
• Moderating The Truest Voice You Know panel, featuring Trebor Healey, Andrew Holleran, Rick R. Reed, Carter Sickels, and Colm Toibin at the Saints & Sinners Festival in New Orleans. Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal Salon D. 2:30-3:45pm | Saturday, March 28, 2020   CANCELLED
• Southern Charm panel with Leona Beasley, Greg Herren, and Deb Jannerson. Moderated by J.M. Redmann at the Saints & Sinners Festival in New Orleans. Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal Salon C. 4-5:15pm | Saturday, March 28, 2o20  CANCELLED
• Q&A-reading with Cai Emmons and her new book! at Annie Bloom's in Portland, OR   7-8pm | March 23, 2020 
• One Page Story in Austin, Texas at 7:30pm | Tuesday March 3, 2020  
• Gertrude Journal + Univ of Texas Press reading GET YOUR GLITTER ON 8:45-10:30 | Sparky's San Antonio, TX | Thursday March 5, 2020   CANCELLED
• AWP panel at the San Antonio Henry B. González Convention Center, Room 006A River level 1:45-3pm | Friday March 6, 2020   CANCELLED

On the Radio-oooh

• Kansas Public Radio with Dan Skinner
• The Other Stories excerpt and chat
• WAMC radio interview
• Moments with Marianne iHeart Radio
• Writer's Voices mother-daughter interview
• With Ken Jones "News in Depth" on KBOO 
• Kansas City Public Radio
• The Jim Engster Show
• KUCI, Irvine Get the Funk Out
• The Dean & Don Morning Show on KMA
• "Bread & Roses" interview for THE NIGHT, AND THE RAIN, AND THE RIVER anthology

Storytellers Telling Stories (music by Pretty Gritty)

Other Interviews/Essays

• HASTY BOOK LIST interview December 2018
• Bliss, Beauty, & Books interview January 2019
• LitHub Southern Roundup February 2019
• Real Simple magazine "No Apologies" May 2019

Read the Forewords Magazine interview Sept 2018

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Residencies / Fellowships

• VCCA Fellowship | June 2019​
• Sou'wester Artist Residency | December 2017​

Select Past Events 2017-2019

• AWP panel: Publishing Queer: What Was, What Is, and What Just May Be in rooms E143-144 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR | March 30, 2019​
• AWP Off-Site: "The Half Queer. All Southern. All Really Short Readings" Reading (+ happy hour snacks) alongside Nick White, Sam Snoek-Brown, Bradley Bazzle, and stand-up MC, Belinda Carroll at Dig-A-Pony in Portland, OR | March 29, 2019
• Reading at Red Hen Press's 25th Anniversary Party at Cider Riot  | March 29, 2019
• Virginia Book Festival panel: Understanding Love with Silas House and Michelle Young-Stone at Barnes & Noble in Charlottesville, VA | March 21, 2019
• Books & Booze! A talk, a Q&A, and a cocktail inspired by SUGAR LAND at The City Winery with Posman Books in Atlanta, GA  | March 19, 2019
• ​Wine, Whiskey, and Words chat with the author. Hosted by Andrew Dietz 3221 West Andrews Drive NW Atlanta, GA  | March 16, 2019
• Writers with Drinks hosted by the amazing Charlie Jane Anders at the Makeout Room in SF, CA | Nov. 10, 2018
• LitCrawl Panel at the Ace Hotel in Portland 8pm | November 9, 2018
• INCITE reading with the Portland Book Festival's LitCrawl at the Ace Hotel Lobby, 8pm | Nov. 9, 2018
• Reading with WWAT at the Ford Building, 7pm | Nov. 3, 2018
• Literary Arts "Don't Write What You Know" alongside Margaret Malone, Jason Arias, and M. Allen Cunningham. 7pm | Nov. 1, 2018 
• PDX BOOK LAUNCH at Powell's chatting it up with Kate Carroll de Gutes, 7:30pm; after-party at Ringler's 8:30- 10pm | Oct. 30, 2018
• LA BOOK LAUNCH at Book Soup In Conversation with Siel Ju, lead by Jillian Lauren  | Oct. 25, 2018
• Sweet & Greet event at PNBA's annual trade show in Tacoma, WA | Sept. 29, 2018​
• Video performances, book trailers, and readings with Red Hen authors (Facebook Event) at The Annenberg in LA | Sept. 25, 2018   
• Pre-launch In Conversation with Jamie Yourdon at Penn Book Center (Facebook Event) in Phila., PA | Sept. 14, 2018
• Pre-launch group reading with multiple folks (Facebook Event) at Cornelia Street Cafe, NY | Sept. 13, 2018  ​

• Actor-Reading from SUGAR LAND before The Secretaries play at Profile Theater in Portland, OR | June 29, 2018
• Read with LitArts at a Pop-Up at the Portland Art Museum during Wordstock in Portland, OR | Nov. 11, 2017
• Panelist twice over at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans | 2017 and 2018
• Panelist on the "Subverting Reality: Using Real People in Fictionalized Settings" panel at AWP's 50th Anniversary in Washington, DC | Feb. 8-11, 2017

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