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2022

Dec. 1, 2022: Reading with Gregory Luce, Indran Amirthanayagam, Kelly Bradley, Naomi Thiers and Sara Cahill Marron at DiVerse@Casey Poetry Nights (Gaithersburg, MD)

July 8, 2022: Reading with Cherry Castle Publishing at Busboys and Poets – Columbia for the Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience anthology tour (Columbia, MD)

May 21, 2022: Reading with Gregory Luce and Luther Jett at the Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MD)

Feb. 24, 2022: Reading at the College of Southern Maryland (Prince Frederick, MD)

Feb. 20, 2022: Featuring in an episode of The Black Writer’s Studio, a podcast presented by the Hurston/Wright Foundation (virtual)

Feb. 4, 2022: Visiting E.L. Haines as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

2021

Dec. 9, 2021: Reading with Brian Gilmore at A Night of Poetry, Art, and Music: Censoring Democracy at Busboys and Poets (Hyattsville, MD)

Dec. 5, 2021: An Afternoon of Poetry: Readings by Cave Canem Poets—featuring Mahogany Brown and Teri Cross Davis

Dec. 4, 2021: Featured on The Nerdacity Podcast with DuEwa Frazier

Nov. 17, 2021: Reading from Crooked Smiling Light on Poets vs The Pandemic with Steven Leyva

Nov. 7, 2021: Reading with Chris Farago at the Evil Grin reading series

Nov. 5, 2021: Reading at the virtual poetry potluck with Sandra Beasley, Steven Leyva, and Naomi Ayala as part of HoCoPoLitSo’s Lucille Clifton series

Sept. 27, 2021: Reading with Tiffany Thompson at The American Poetry Museum (Washington, DC)

April 7, 2021: Featured on Vocal Expressions

2020

Dec. 8, 2020: Rattlecast interview with Tim Green

Dec. 6, 2020: An Afternoon of Poetry: Readings by Canem Poets—featuring Steven Leyva and Evie Shockley

Oct. 3, 2020: Leveraging Technology for Literary Success, a discussion with Kelly Harris Deberry (GLAAW-C Virtual Conference)

Sept. 4, 2020: Panelist at MEETING THE MOMENT: Conversations about the Arts in the Age of Black Lives Matter

Aug. 20, 2020: Featuring with Nancy Pearson and Bruce Brodeur at Things To Do In DC’s virtual reading

June 27, 2020: Reading in a poetry panel at the Refueling for Justice Virtual Conference

June 19, 2020: Reading at Liberated Musings Live for Juneteenth

June 11, 2020: Reading at Mother Tongue Lingual Reading

April 11, 2020: Feature at Bull City Press’s Virtual Reading series

Feb. 24, 2020: Reading at The Baltimore Butterfly Sessions event at Baltimore Center Stage (Baltimore, MD)

Feb. 7, 2020: Reading at the Black Authors Breakfast (Washington, DC)

Feb. 6, 2020: Visiting E.L. Haines as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

2019

Oct. 26, 2019: In conversation with Idris Goodwin (author of Can I Kick It?) at Solid State Books (Washington, DC)

Oct. 23, 2019: Guest on the Quintessential Listening: Poetry podcast

Oct. 18, 2019: Visiting TBD as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

Oct. 5, 2019: Performing as Claude McKay in Howard Community College’s Art Collective and HoCoPoLitSo’s “A Celebration of the Art of the Harlem Renaissance” (Columbia, MD)

Sept. 28, 2019: Reading at Culture, Justice & Heritage – Poetry of Social Justice at the New Carrollton Branch Library (New Carrollton, MD)

Sept. 7, 2019: Reading at Little Patuxent Review Annual Reading with Grace Kiyonaga, Derrick Weston Brown, Karolina Wilk and others (Bethesda, MD)

Aug. 17, 2019: Reading with Jose Padua, Daria-Ann Martineau, and Jose Padua at Poets for RAICES at the Emerging Writrs Festival (Alexandria, VA)

July 7, 2019: Reading at Syriana’s Cafe and Gallery (Ellicott City, MD)

May 18, 2019: In conversation with E. Ethelbert Miller at the Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MD)

April 11, 2019: Visiting Howard Community College (Columbia, MD)

March 29, 2019: Visiting Hammond High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Columbia, MD)

March 8, 2019: Wilde Lake High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Columbia, MD)

March 3, 2019: Featuring at Words, Wine, and Wings (Baltimore, MD)

Feb. 22, 2019: Visiting Mt. Hebron High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Columbia, MD)

Feb. 8, 2019: Visiting Mt. Hebron High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Ellicott City, MD)

Feb. 7, 2019: Visiting E.L. Haines as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

Feb. 1, 2019: Reading at the Black Authors Breakfast Party for the African-American Read-In with NBC Washington Channel 4 (Washington, DC)

Jan. 20, 2019: Receiving the Michael J. Clark Award at Little Patuxent Review’s Winter 2019 Issue Launch (Columbia, MD)

Jan. 4, 2019: Visiting Oakland Mills High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Columbia, MD)

2018

Dec. 16, 2018: Reading with Derrick Weston Brown at Center for Poetic Thought (Washington, DC)

Dec. 7, 2018: Visiting Hammond High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Columbia, MD)

Dec. 7, 2018: Visiting Reservoir High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Fulton, MD)

Dec. 2, 2018: Reading as part of Cave Canem Showcase (Baltimore, MD)

Nov. 30, 2018: Visiting Homewood Center as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Ellicott City, MD)

Nov. 29, 2018: Speaking on a panel at the Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk Campus (Baltimore, MD)

Nov. 16, 2018: Reading with Katy Richey, Jennifer Atkinson, and Amy Young at the book launch for Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology at at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub (Del Ray, VA)

Nov. 9, 2018: Visiting Glenelg High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Glenelg, MD)

Nov. 5, 2018: Performing as part of Words Beats & Life’s showcase at the Austrian Embassy (Washington, DC)

Nov. 2, 2018: Reading at College of Southern Maryland (Prince Frederick, MD)

Oct. 26, 2018: Visiting River Hill High School as HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence (Clarksville, MD)

Oct. 17, 2018: Reading on WPFW’s Live at 5 (Washington, DC)

Oct. 13, 2018: Reading at Poets Celebrating Poetry at Oliver Carriage (Columbia, MD)

Sept. 22, 2018: Reading at C3: Creative Creatives Creating presented by Liberated Muse (Baltimore, MD)

August 4, 2018: Reading as part of the unboxed/unbound: Black Author Showcase (Washington, DC)

June 30, 2018: Reading at Caribbean American Heritage event at the Waverly Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD)

June 16, 2018: Working “The Writer is In” table for HoCoPoLitSo at Lakefest (Columbia, MD)

June 1, 2018: Reading with Doritt Carroll (Glen Echo, MD)

May 12, 2018: Reading and panel discussion for Poets Speak at Hyattsville Busboys and Poets (Hyattsville, MD)

April 30, 2018: Reading at National Cathedral School (Washington, DC)

April 26, 2018: Reading with Nancy Pearson and Reuben Jackson at Curious Iguana (Frederick, MD)

April 14, 2018: Reading at the DC Poetry Project Reading series at Anacostia Public Library (Washington, DC)

April 10, 2018: Visiting School Without Walls with Derrick Weston Brown as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

April 4, 2018: Visiting Teen Parent Book Club at Cardozo Education Campus as part of PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

March 17, 2018: Guest poet at Community or Chaos: A Poetry Reading and Open Mic (Washington, DC)

Feb. 28, 2018: Reading at Montgomery College (Gaithersburg, MD)

Feb. 11, 2018: Reading at DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open mic (Gaithersburg, MD)

Jan. 25, 2018: Reading and workshop at St. Mary’s College (St. Marys City, MD)

Jan. 21, 2018: Reading with other contributors at LPR launch (Columbia, MD)

2017

Dec. 12, 2017: Reading with Doritt Carroll at the Wilde Reading series (Columbia, MD)

Dec. 3, 2017: Annual Cave Canem Reading at Enoch Pratt Library (Baltimore, MD)

Nov. 30, 2017: Reading/book signing at Scrawl Books (Reston, VA)

Nov. 18, 2017: Reading at Roof Over Their Heads’ fundraising event for the homeless (Front Royal, VA)

Sept. 30, 2017: Book signing at Winchester Book Gallery (Winchester, VA)

Sept. 15, 2017: Reading with celeste doaks at Duende District Bookstore’s Pop-Up Reading (Brookland – Washington, DC)

Aug. 20, 2017: Featuring at Split This Rock’s Sunday Kind of Love (Washington, DC)

July 22, 2017: Cave Canem Poets Tour – reading and workshop at the Baltimore Convention Center (Baltimore, MD)

July 7, 2017: Featured reader at Zed’s Open Mic Series (Silver Spring, MD)

May 26, 2017: Visiting Benjamin Banneker High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

April 29, 2017: Reading with Teri and Dan at Eco Justice reading at 5th & K Busboys and Poets (Washington, DC)

April 27, 2017: Visiting McKinley Technology High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

April 18, 2017: Reading at “Hear at Martha’s” (Alexandria, VA)

April 5, 2017: Visiting Phelps ACE High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

March 31, 2017: Visiting Friendship Collegiate Academy PCS as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

March 22, 2017: Reading at Lancaster Poetry Exchange (Lancaster, PA)

March 2, 2017: Visiting Cardozo Senior High School as part of the Teen Parent Book Club program (Washington, DC)

Feb. 23, 2017: Reading at Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Literary Center (Treadwell, NY)

Feb. 8, 2017: Cave Canem benefit reading on WHUR (Washington, DC)

Jan. 21, 2017: Reading at Split This Rock Poetry Speak Out (Washington, DC)

Jan. 16, 2017: Reading/speaking at the Hurston Wright Foundation fundraiser – “Owning Our Stories: The Link Between Culture and Economic Empowerment” (Washington, DC)

Jan. 16, 2017: Cave Canem Poets Tour – reading/leading a workshop at The Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA)

Jan. 14, 2017: Reading at Ahh, Coffee (Annapolis, MD)

Jan. 12, 2017: Reading at East City Bookshop (Washington, DC)

Jan. 8, 2017: Reading at The Writer’s Center (Bethesda, MD)

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2016

June 19, 2016: Reading at Joaquin Miller Poetry Series – Rock Creek Park (Washington, DC)

April 18, 2016: Visiting Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Laurel, MD)

March 17, 2016: 2nd visit to Eastern High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

March 16, 2016: 1st visit to Eastern High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

Feb. 13, 2016: Reading at “Welcome to Boog City 9.5” – Boog’s annual Presidents’ Day weekend festival (Brooklyn, NY)

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2015

Dec. 31, 2015: Nomad & Tribes at Songbyrd: Reading with Tafisha Edwards, Derrick Weston Brown and Goldie Patrick (Washington, DC)

Oct. 20, 2015: Reading with Derrick Weston Brown at the University of Baltimore’s MFA Reading Series (Baltimore, MD)

Sept. 2, 2015: Reading with Laura Bliss, Tara Campbell, Mike Robbins and Vera Carothers at the lowercase reading series (Washington, DC)

July 28, 2015: Guest writer at the Hill Center for PEN/Faulkner’s Summer Supper and Book Club (Washington, DC)

June 3, 2015: Visiting Northwestern High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Hyattsville, MD)

May 29, 2015: Reading at the University of Baltimore’s Wright Theater as part of #BlackPoetsSpeakOut (Baltimore, MD)

April, 10, 2015: Visiting McKinley Technology Education Campus as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

Feb. 14, 2015: “Evil Grin” poetry series feature at Ahh Coffee (Annapolis, MD)

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2014

Dec. 7, 2014: Cave Canem reading, with Tim Seibles headlining, at Enoch Pratt Library (Baltimore, MD)

Dec. 6, 2014: #BlackPoetsSpeakOut D.C. reading at Recreative Spaces (Washington, DC)

July 29, 2014: Reading and panel discussion with Joseph Ross, Michael Brokos, and Tafisha Edwards at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD)

May 10, 2014: Reading with Derrick Weston Brown and Cedric Tillman — “Three the Hard Way” — at Park Road Books (Charlotte, NC)

May 4, 2014: Speaking on “The Color of Publishing” panel with Angie Chuang, Heather Buchanan and Randall Horton at Busboys and Poets (Washington, DC)

April 24, 2014: Visiting and reading at Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC)

March 29, 2014: Reading with Kadija Sesay, Trapeta Mason and Dorothea Smartt at Wohlfarth Galleries (Washington, DC)

March 13, 2014: Visiting Gonzaga College High School as the inaugural poet for the Gonzaga Poetry Series (Washington, DC)

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2013

Dec. 16-18, 2013: Visiting Benjamin Banneker Academic High School as part of PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Program (Washington, DC)

Dec. 2, 2013: Reading with Sam Schmidt and Katherine Cottle at Artifact Books (Baltimore, MD)

Oct. 20, 2013: Reading at Minas Gallery and Boutique as part of the Town Square Reading Series (Baltimore, MD)

Sept. 7, 2013: Reading with Dan Vera, Joseph Ross, and Melanie McCabe at Martha Washington Library (“Hear at Martha’s”) (Alexandra, VA)

June 4, 2013: Reading at NYC’s Bryant Park with Tony Medina and Kelly Norman Ellis (New York, NY)

May 28, 2013: Visiting writer, through Pen/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools program, reading and speaking to the Spoken Word Club at Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, DC)

April 13, 2013: Reading with Sierra Leonean/British Poet Kadija Sesay at the African American Civil War Museum (Washington, DC) Click here for event info.

April 6, 2013: Reading at Poetry in the Park series (Severna, MD)

Feb. 28, 2013: Black History Month Reading at Montgomery College (Germantown, MD)

Jan. 3, 2013: HearArts reading at VisArts visual arts center (Rockville, MD)

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2012

Dec. 16, 2012: Sunday Kind of Love Feature at Busboys and Poets (14th and V streets NW)

Nov. 29, 2012: Artist talk with the Prince George’s African American Museum Book Club (Brentwood, MD)

Nov. 15, 2012: Reading/workshop with Yao Hoke Glover III at Meridian Public Charter School (13th and V streets NW)

Nov. 5, 2012: Reading at Bowie State University (Bowie, MD)

Oct. 11, 2012: Interview with Patrick Oliver on Literary Nation Talk Radio, a live weekly broadcast which dialogues with authors, activist and artist. (Past guests include Sharon Draper, Marian Wright Edelman, Common, Nikki Grimes, Hill Harper, Sonia Sanchez, Susan Taylor and numerous others.)

August 19, 2012: Reading at The Writer’s Center (Bethesda, MD)

July 24, 2012: Recording at the Library of Congress for Grace Cavalieri‘s “The Poet and the Poem” Audio Podcast. Listen to the interview and reading by clicking here.

June 9, 2012: Featuring at Nine on the Ninth at Busboys and Poets (14th St.)

May 19, 2012: Reading with Joseph Ross at DC’s African American Civil War Museum

April 28, 2012: Reading with Joseph Ross at the Wohlfarth Gallery in DC’s Brookland neighborhood

April 24, 2012: Little Patuxent Review Social Justice Issue reading at PG Community College (Largo, MD)

April 22, 2012: Zora Neale Hurston and Emancipation Day celebration at Eatonville Restaurant, 14th and V streets NW

April 19, 2012: Reading with Derrick Weston Brown on WPFW (89.3). If you missed the reading, you can listen to the recording of the show by clicking here.

April 14, 2012: Reading with Derrick Weston Brown at Baltimore’s CityLit Festival (Enoch Pratt Free Library on Cathedral Street)

April 11, 2012: Reading on Lil’ Soso Production’s radio show “The Flow”

March 25, 2012: Reading at Spring Festival event at the Brookland Artspace

March 24, 2012: Reading on SPLIT THIS ROCK! panel: Intersecting Lineages: a Solidarity Showcase of African American and Asian American Poets (Kazim Ali, Ching-In Chen, Rio Cortez, Rachelle Cruz, Alan King, Monica Hand, Natasha Marin, Soham Patel, Barbara Jane Reyes, Kevin Simmonds) at the auditorium in True Reformer building on DC’s U St.

March 17, 2012: DRIFT book launch at DC’s African American Civil War Museum

March 9, 2012: Cave Canem reading at NYU with Evie Shockley and Demetrice Anntia Worley

March 3, 2012: Willow Books reading at the Blanc Gallery in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood with Kelly Norman Ellis (Offerings of Desire), Makalani Bandele (Hellfightin), Curtis L. Crisler (Dreamist), Tara Betts (Arc & Hue), Reggie Flood (Coffle), Krista Franklin (Study of Love & Black Body), and Parneshia Jones, winner of the Aquarius Press Legacy Award