Upcoming Events: Berkeley CA + Virtual
Poetry readings August 3rd & 10th.
My cup is absolutely filled up as the book launch for Itinerant Songs is off to such an exciting start. We packed the house at Rebound Books in San Rafael, CA for the initial book launch reading in mid-July, and I’m so grateful to my friends, family, colleagues, and community that surrounded me with support and open ears. I’m going to continue to celebrate Itinerant Songs’ release over the next few months with readings throughout the Bay Area (plus a virtual reading), and I’d love to see you at these upcoming events!
On Sunday, August 3rd, I will be doing a virtual poetry reading with the wonderful Philadelphia-based Moonstone Arts Center at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT. For my friends and family outside of the Bay Area (but really for any and all of anyone), I especially encourage you to attend! I'll be reading from my new book, Itinerant Songs. Register for the Zoom link here.
Join us at The Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley, CA on Sunday August 10th at 6:30pm for a celebratory poetry night. Featuring readings from Lora Mathis, Ashia Ajani, Ocean Escalanti, and I’ll be reading from Itinerant Songs.
Lora Mathis is a dear friend who is moving to Southern CA in September to start an MFA program, Ashia Ajani facilitated a Writing Nature Poetry workshop through Blue Stoop that inspired a number of poems in the book, and I’ve had the honor of publishing some of Ocean Escalanti’s poems in the Recenter Press Poetry Journal. You don’t want to miss this special night ✨ The event is free to attend, and all authors will have books / zines for sale.
More about the featured readers:
Lora Mathis is a writer, multidisciplinary visual artist, and the author of The Snakes Came Back. They share essays on their Substack “On Earth.”
Ashia Ajani is a sunshower, a glass bead, a carnivorous plant, an overripe nectarine hailing from Denver, CO Queen City of the Plains, unceded territory of the Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapahoe peoples. They are the author of Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) and a forthcoming nonfiction collection Tending the Vines (Timber Press, 2026).
Ocean Escalanti (she/her) is an indigenous visual artist and writer currently residing in Oakland, CA. Her self-published books and zines contain themes of connection to urban landscape centering modern indigeneity and creation as diary. She works as an arts facilitator at NIAD Art Center, a progressive art studio serving adults with developmental disabilities and monitors at Max’s Garage Press in Berkeley. Ocean has read her work at BAMPFA, Land and Sea, Pt. 2, and other gallery spaces throughout the Bay Area.
Bookstores currently stocking Itinerant Songs:
📍 Rebound Bookstore, San Rafael, CA.
📍 Sausalito Books by the Bay, Sausalito, CA.
📍 Wayfinder Books, Fairfax, CA.
📍 Pegasus Books on Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA.
📍 Spectator Books, Oakland, CA.
📍 Bookshop Benicia, Benicia, CA.
You can also head to any bookstore and library in the U.S. and several other countries and request they order the book for you!
