Upcoming events:
September 27 at 6pm: How We See the Future at Nomadic Bookshop (Oakland, CA)
September 28 at 7pm: in conversation with Annelies Zijderveld at Clio’s (Oakland, CA)
October 7 at 6pm: Book discussion of How We See the Gray at Unitarian Universalist Church (Rockford, IL)
October 29: “Life On the Page: the Overlap Between Social Work and Writing” at Rockford University (Rockford, IL)
March 17-20, 2027: AWP in Chicago, IL
Panel: Building Citywide Community
Past events:
9.13.26: in conversation with Brian Bouldrey and Carrie Muehle at Printers Row Lit Fest (Chicago, IL)
9.12.26: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
8.29.26: Tardigrade’s Bookshelf (Appleton, WI)
8.3.26: Story Clinic at Rockford Public Library (Rockford, IL)
7.29.26: Reading Den (Denver, CO)
7.21.26: How We See the Gray Future at 27 Aluna (Rockford, IL)
7.11.26: Spineless Books (Urbana, IL)
7.10.26: Mom Brain (Evanston, IL)
7.6.26: Story Clinic at Rockford Public Library (Rockford, IL)
6.15.26: In conversation with Alison Kinney about How We See the Gray and United States of Rejection: A Story of Love, Hate, and Hope at Pilsen Community Books (Chicago, IL)
6.14.26: Literary Mixer with Chrissy Martin and Sara Alvarado at Leopold’s (Madison, WI)
6.10.26: reading at Read Some Shit (Chicago, IL)
6.8.26: Doing the Work: a conversation about art and activism with Radhika Singh and Jules Wernersbach at BGSQD (NYC)
6.4.26: reading at Rally Reading Series (Brooklyn, NY)
5.31.26: Reading, Reflections & the Road to Publication with Adam al-Sirgany at Inkwell Books & Threads (Rockton, IL)
5.30.26: Leafing Through poetry reading at Atwood Park (Rockford, IL)
5.24.26: Sunday Salon at Roscoe Books (Chicago, IL)
5.21.26: Chicago launch of How We See the Gray at The Understudy, in conversation with Megan Stielstra (Chicago, IL)
5.16.26: OneLightShow (Rockford, IL)
5.15.26: How We See the Gray launch event at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
4.30.26: Reading at Quimby’s Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
4.24.26: “Hear/Here: An Exhibit of Art & Poetry in Community” (Rockford, IL)
3.4.26: Raw, Radical, Real: AWP Offsite Reading at Old Major (Baltimore, MD)
2.27.26: Final panel: Chicago Review of Books for StoryStudio Chicago’s Pub Crawl (virtual)
2.12.26: Debut Discussion about How We See the Gray for StoryStudio Chicago’s Pub Crawl (virtual)
12.23.25: Book club for Romance of a Shop
at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
11.20.25: Get the Word Out Fiction Reading, 7pm (virtual)
9.6.25: Printer’s Row Lit Fest: in conversation with David Ambroz about A Place Called Home (Chicago, IL)
8.22.25: Reading at Adam al-Sirgany’s launch party for More Hell at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
5.17.25: In conversation with Shayne Terry about Leave: A Postpartum Account at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
3.22.25: Ars Pvblica: “The Edge” (Rockford, IL)
2.24.25: “Inside the Literary Magazine” for StoryStudio Chicago’s Pub Crawl (virtual)
11.15.24: Panelist on “Honest Book Criticism to Fight Censorship” at the Words Under Siege Conference (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
9.28.24: Taught Essay Workshop at Rockford Public Library (Rockford, IL)
9.21.24: Taught Writing Workshop at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
7.27.24: Reading at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
5.11.24: Reading at Atwood Park (Rockford, IL)
4.12.24: Ars Pvblica at The Underground Gallery (Rockford, IL)
3.19: In Conversation with Dipika Mukherjee about Writer’s Postcards at the Book Stall (Winnetka,IL)
2.15: Moderator for the Editor Panel for StoryStudio’s Pub Crawl (virtual)
2.9.24: AWP Reading at Big Mood (Kansas City, MO)
1.12.24: Ars Pvblica at The Underground Gallery (Rockford, IL)
12.8.23: Reading at Maze Books (Rockford, IL)
8.23.23: CHIRB reading at Book Cellar (Chicago, IL)