Past Readings
November 4, 2023 Lit Mondo @ Kickstand Comedy w/ Zaji Cox (Portland, Or.)
November 4, 2023 Portland Book Festival @ Portland Art Museum (Portland, Or.)
October 1st, 2023 Staring Contest multimedia variety show w/ M. Sabine Rear, Brianna Wheeler, Yaara Valey, Carl Diehl, and Margaret Malone @ Open Signal (Portland, Or.)
September 12th, 2023 Staring Contest reading w/ Katie Haegele @ Head House Books (Philadelphia, Pa.)
September 9th, 2023 Staring Contest reading w/ Candace Jane Opper and Patrick McGinty @ Bottom Feeder Books (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
September 7th, 2023 Staring Contest reading & Antiquated Future Showcase w/ Andria Alefhi, Ed Kemp, and Steven Svymbersky @ Quimby's Bookstore (Brooklyn, Ny.)
August 6th, 2023 Pickathon Literary Showcase w/ Erica Berry, Sindya Bhanoo, Chelsea Bieker, Emme Lund, Daniel Nieh, and Eric Tran (Happy Valley, Or.)
July 21st, 2023 Staring Contest reading & conversation w/ Danny Noonan @ Third Place Books Ravenna (Seattle, Wa.)
July 20th, 2023 Staring Contest reading & Antiquated Future Showcase w/ Kelsey Smith, Kymberly Walden, Alyssa Giannini, and Ariel Birks @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
July 16th, 2023 Scherler Sundays Summer Festival w/ Markly Morrison, Hot Rush, and The Gift Machine @ Historic Carnegie Library (Olympia, Wa.)
June 14th, 2023 Staring Contest reading & Antiquated Future Showcase w/ Liz Mason, Jonas Cannon, Anna Jo Beck, and Jim Joyce @ Quimby’s Bookstore Livestream (The Internet)
June 9th, 2023 Staring Contest reading w/ Zaji Cox and Carl Diehl @ the Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
May 16th, 2023 Staring Book Release Party w/ Elena Passarello @ Powell's City of Books (Portland, Or.)
April 19th, 2023 Korza Books Instagram Live w/ Kate Shelton and Michael Schepps (The Internet)
March 25th, 2023 PSU Sou'wester Reading @ Sou'wester Lodge (Seaview, Wa.)
March 11th, 2023 Writing Between Worlds: Zine Authors in Traditional Publishing panel w/ Shay Mirk, Tomas Moniz, Martha Grover, and Emilly Prado @ AWP Conference in Seattle Convention Center (Seattle, Wa.)
November 11th, 2022 How to Forget Almost Everything Book Release Party w/ Brianna Wheeler, Michael Schepps, and Molly E. Simas @ Bodywise (Portland, Or.)
October 9th, 2022 Two Plum Press/Nickel Dinner’s About Series Launch w/ Sasha Moore and Andrew Barton @ Two Plum Park (Portland, Or.)
October 13th, 2022 Stranged Writing Anthology Release w/ Alex Behr, Lucie Bonvalet, Benjamin Kessler, Matt Rebholz, and Eli Ronick @ The Stacks Coffeehouse (Portland, Or.)
September 24th, 2022 Honest Jams Podcast Summer Series w/ Laura Moulton, Michael Heald, Matt Sheehy, Half Shadow, Divers, Love/Hiss, Phone Voice, AC Sapphire, Alexis Mahler, Jan Julius, Salmon Doza, and Flight Call @ Destination: Universe (Portland, Or.)
September 16th, 2022 Zine Distro Meetup @ Portland Zine Symposium Virtual Programming (The Internet)
July 17th, 2022 Reading in the Park Series w/ Emme Lund, Ashley Yang-Thompson, and Kevin Sampsell @ Irving Park (Portland, Or.)
May 30th, 2022 Two Plum Press Reading & Group Swim w/ Alexis Wolf, Andrew Barton, and Martin Douglas @ Seward Park (Seattle, Wa.)
May 15th, 2022 Misdirections Chapbook Release Party & Variety Show w/ Carl Diehl @ Turn Turn Turn (Portland, Or.)
January 29th, 2022 Split Aces Book Launch w/ M.L. Schepps and Molly E. Simas (The Internet)
January 21st, 2022 Portland State University Reading Series w/ Thea Prieto and LaVonne Griffin-Valade (The Internet)
August 14th, 2021 Holding Reading w/ Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, Justin Hocking, Emily Flouton, and Leni Zumas (The Internet + The Independent Publishing Resource Center)
July 24th, 2021 Zine Distro Meet-Up @ Virtual Portland Zine Symposium (The Internet)
March 18th, 2021 Merge Collection Reading w/ Rachel Chenven Powers, Katie Borak, Timothy Day, Lauren Hobson, M.L. Schepps, Catherine Johnson, and Karleigh Frisbie Brogan (The Internet)
January 23rd, 2021 Two Plum Press New Book Showcase w/ Alexis Wolf, Alex Baker, and Michelle Overby (The Internet)
December 5th, 2020 Release Party for Body of Water w/ Alexis Wolf (The Internet)
July 11th, 2020 Zine Distro Meet-Up @ Virtual Portland Zine Symposium (The Internet)
January 2nd, 2020 First Word w/ Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, Christopher Sutton, Danny Noonan, Candi Floss, Bryce Canyon, and Guidon Bear @ Powell’s City of Books (Portland, Or.)
November 9th, 2019 Songbook w/ Adam Strong, Robert Lashley, Jessica Ann, Debby Dodds, Christy George, Andrew Fort, Ray Jicha, Katie Guinn, and Olivia Olivia @ Post 134 (Portland, Or.)
November 1st, 2019 PS: The Wolves Release Party w/ Justin Hocking, Karleigh Frisbie, and Chris Maday @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
June 15th, 2019 Bachelard’s Panty Drawer w/ Felicity Fenton @ Freeform Radio (Portland, Or.)
March 30th, 2019 Small But Grand: An AWP Offsite Reading w/ Tomas Moniz, Jeff Miller, Martha Grover, Ariel Birks, Tim Day, and Karleigh Frisbie @ Belmont Books (Portland, Or.)
March 22nd, 2019 Sou'wester Reading w/ Emily Flouton, Karina Briski, Nitya Brorson, Samuel Willhalm, Michael Schepps, Katie Watson, Kari Davidson, Karleigh Frisbie, Lauren Hobson, John Beer, and Justin Hocking @ Sou'wester Lodge (Seaview, Wa.)
December 11th, 2018 Windowcat Literary Journal Release Party w/ Aimee Lopez, Jake Ayres, Jessica Moore, Miranda Hubbard, Tracy Pitts, and Dan Raphael @ The Slide Inn (Portland, Or.)
December 8th, 2018 Everyday Mythologies Release Party w/ Karleigh Frisbie, Indira Valey, and Josh Bay @ Sweet Babes (Portland, Or.)
November 30th, 2018 Two Plum Press Showcase w/ Carol Ellis, Zachary Schomburg, Izzy Ferguson, Michele Overby, Delphine Bedient, Ross Robbins, and Chris Maday @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
November 3rd, 2018 Oregon City Zine Fest w/ Jessica Wadleigh, César Ramirez, Nicole Worthington, Christian Orellana Bauer, and Alex Wrekk @ Oregon City Public Library (Oregon City, Or.)
October 23rd, 2018 Writers at Work Panel w/ Chelsea Bieker, Genevieve Hudson, Heather Napualani Hodges, Ramona DeNies, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Leni Zumas @ Portland State University (Portland, Or.)
June 8th, 2018 Portland State University Readings w/ Pat Brogan, James Bezerra, Braeden Dillenbeck, Ben Kessler, Tessa Livingstone, Molly Elizabeth Simas @ The Little Church (Portland, Or.)
March-April, 2018 Mother Foucault’s Writer-in-Residence @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (Portland, Or.)
February 25th, 2018 Filament Reading Series w/ Sophia Shalmiyev, Benjamin Kessler, Patrick Wensink, Lucie Bonvalet, Patrick Rogers, and Karleigh Frisbie @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
January 19th, 2018 Two Plum Press showcase w/ Zachary Schomburg, Izzy Ferguson, Michele Overby, Delphine Bedient, Ross Robbins, and Chris Maday @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
December 4th, 2017 Life as Literature Class Lecture @ The Evergreen State College (Olympia, Wa.)
November 10th, 2017 Lit Crawl w/ Lauren Hobson and Tyler Meese @ Pendleton Store (Portland, Or.)
July 6th, 2017 Monster House Press Tour w/ Bella Bravo, Morgan Eldridge, Nikki Levine, and Tyler Meese @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (Portland, Or.)
March 16th, 2017 Rad Families Book Tour w/ Tomas Moniz, Steph Wong Ken, Zach Ellis, Scott Winn, and Chelsea Bieker @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (Portland, Or.)
March 11th, 2017 Two Plum Press & Antiquated Future Showcase w/ Michelle Overby, Jordan O'Jordan, Izzy Ferguson, Sara Renberg, and Chris Maday @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (Portland, Or.)
February 16th, 2017 Prince Party w/ Elena Passarello, Aimee Mackovic, and Joe Donovan @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (Portland, Or.)
November 27th, 2016 Portland State University MFA Reading Series w/ Steph Wong Ken, Andrew Longhofer, Mary Higgins, Jon Krill, and Alice Hall @ Millard’s (Portland, Or.)
June 10th, 2016 1001 Literary Journal Release Party w/ Thomas Mowe, Nathan Wade Carter, Julian Smuggles, Jenna Fletcher, Mike Losier, S. Clearley, Jon Boisvert, and Robyn Bateman @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
March 4th, 2016 L.A. Zine Fest Kick-Off w/ Allison N Conner, Anna Campomanes, Snatchpower, Teka Lark, Taleen Kali, Hayley Blatte, The Kid and I, Rachel Dukes, Jenna Brager @ Avenue 50 Studio (Los Angeles, Ca.)
February 3rd, 2016 Emily Songs Release w/ Sara Renberg, Emily Gould, Niina Pollari, and Chloe Caldwell @ Housing Works Bookstore (New York, Ny.)
November 28th, 2015 Indies First Guest Bookseller w/ Sara Renberg @ Reading Frenzy (Portland, Or.)
November 13th, 2015 Workfriends w/ Lizzy Acker, Aisha Edwards, Martha Grover, Josh Lubin @ Likewise (Portland, Or.)
October 25th, 2015 Zines and Music Panel at Olympia Zine Fest w/ Anna Vo, Jimi Sharp, Devon Morf, and Kelsey Smith @ Le Voyeur (Olympia, Wa.)
October 22nd, 2015 Moderator for Joe Meno and Nina Revoyr event @ Powell’s City of Books (Portland, Or.)
October 8th, 2015 Basic Paper Airplane Ten Year Anniversary Party! w/ Martha Grover, Alex Wrekk, Lil Weepy, Rachel Lee-Carman @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (Portland, Or.)
August 15th, 2015 Helsing Junction Sleepover’s Northwest Literary Showcase w/ Cari Luna, Judith Arcana, Leena Joshi, and Ariel Birks @ Helsing Junction Farm (Rochester, Wa.)
July 19th, 2015 Moderator for “Books: Publishing and Self-Publishing” panel at Portland Zine Symposium w/ Adam Gnade, Alex Wrekk, Martha Grover, Sage Adderley @ Ambridge Events Center (Portland, Or.)
February 15th, 2015 Moderator for “When to Say When” panel at L.A. Zine Fest w/ Aurora Lady, Alex Wrekk, Kelli Callis, and Jonas Cannon @ Homenetmen (Los Angeles, Ca.)
September 12th, 2014 Basic Paper Airplane & Ilse Content Tour (Presented by Short Run) w/ Alexis Wolf @ Black Coffee Cooperative (Seattle, Wa.)
September 11th, 2014 Basic Paper Airplane & Ilse Content Tour w/ Alexis Wolf @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
September 10th, 2014 Basic Paper Airplane & Ilse Content Tour w/ Alexis Wolf @ Daedalus Books (Portland, Or.)
September 3rd, 2014 Guest Press Tour @ Independent Publishing Resource Center w/ Paul Elliott Williams, Adam Kassel, and Tess Elizabeth (Portland, Or.)
August 16th, 2014 Helsing Junction Sleepover’s Northwest Literary Showcase @ Helsing Junction Farm w/ Sarah Mirk, Moe Bowstern, Zach Mandeville, A.M. O’Malley, Sarah Tavis, and Sara Renberg (Rochester, Wa.)
July 31st, 2014 Song of Myself Marathon w/ Allen Crawford, Nancy Hales, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Emily Kendal Frey, Sailor Holladay, Alisha Bruton, Amy Temple Harper, Hajara Quinn, Joshua White, Sara Tretter, Amy Lauren Botula, Vandoren Wheeler, Zoe Tambling, Moe Bowstern, Evelyn Sharenov, Michael Harper, Marilyn Zornado, Noland Bo Chaliha, Zosia Waitr, Claire Wilson, Lindsay Ruoff, Robert Gray, Veronica Martin, Liz Mehl, Drew Scott Swenhaugen, Rachael Jensen, Jeff Alessandrelli, Ross Robbins, Justin Hocking, Michael Horowitz, Susan Denning, and A.M. O’Malley @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
July 13th, 2014 Let’s Talk About Zine Distros! Panel at Portland Zine Symposium w/ Alex Wrekk, Sage Adderley, Nyky Gomez, and Jessie Duke @ Ambridge Events Center (Portland, Or.)
July 11th, 2014 Portland Zine Symposium Kick-Off w/ Ariel Birks, Jonas, Gina Sarti, Kelli Callis, and Zachary Auburn @ Floating World Comics (Portland, Or.)
July 4th, 2014 Kaboom! Block Party w/ Calvin Johnson, The Pine Hearts, The Lowest Pair, Abakis, Peter David Connelly, Mark Hosler, and Camp Wisdom @ Little House on the Perry (Olympia, Wa.)
June 21st, 2014 Sweet Candy 10-Year Anniversary w/ Ened McNeet, Sage Adderley, and Mary Gloven @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
June 12th, 2014 LitHop PDX w/ Moe Bowstern, Zachary Auburn, Natalie Briggs, Emily Kendal Frey, Noland Bo Chaliha, Justin Hocking, Martha Grover, Michael Heald, and live drawing by Rachel Lee-Carman @ Ampersand Books (Portland, Or.)
May 20th, 2014 Portland Button Works 2nd Anniversary Party w/ Alex Wrekk and Cheyenne McClain @ Portland Button Works (Portland, Or.)
March 29th, 2014 Prince Video Night @ Videology (Brooklyn, Ny.)
March 15th, 2014 Do You Still Love Me? Art Show ft. The Thank You Writers w/ A.M. O’Malley, Sara Renberg, Molly Schaeffer, Zosia Wiatr, Amy Lauren Botula, Timmy Straw, Noland Bo Chaliha, and Martha Grover @ The Waypost (Portland, Or.)
March 8th, 2014 AmaZine Night: Zines After Dark w/ Sarah Mirk, Alex Wrekk, Kenia Perez-Correa, Marla Singer, Davis Woods-Morse, and IBQT @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
March 3rd, 2014 Bellies, Buffalos, and Social Taboo Road Show w/ Tomas Moniz, Dani Burlinson, and Zach Ellis @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
January 8th, 2014 The Totally Real Life Book Tour w/ Sage Adderley, Taryn Hipp, and Alex Wrekk @ Portland Button Works (Portland, Or.)
December 20th, 2013 Ilse Content Vol. 12 Release w/ Alexis Wolf and Casey Fuller @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
December 16th, 2013 w/ Alexis Wolf and Kymberly Walden @ The Alamingo (Olympia, Wa.)
August 17th, 2013 Helsing Junction Sleepover’s Northwest Literary Showcase w/ Kevin Sampsell, Chloe Caldwell, Michael Heald, Casey Fuller, Ariel Birks, Gaia Thomas, and Danielle Ruse @ Helsing Junction Farm (Rochester, Wa.)
July 12th, 2013 The Thank You Writers Return w/ Thomas Mowe, Becca Yenser, and Sara Renberg @ The Waypost (Portland, Or.)
May 17th, 2013 Certificate Program Graduation w/ Vanessa Veselka @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, Or.)
August 17th, 2012 Ilse Content Anthology Release Tour w/ Alexis Wolf and Frances Farmer @ Left Bank Books (Seattle, Wa.)
August 16th, 2012 Ilse Content Anthology Release Tour w/ Alexis Wolf and Neely Bat Chestnut @ Orca Books (Olympia, Wa.)
May 22nd, 2012 Local Zine Spotlight w/ Ariel Birks, Alexis Wolf, Amina Foxdye, and Kymberly Walden @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
September 1st, 2011 Basic Paper Airplane #5 & Ilse Content #10 Release w/ Alexis Wolf @ Orca Books (Olympia, Wa.)
July 21st, 2011 Rad Dad Anthology Tour w/ Tomas Moniz, Nikki McClure, and Sky Cosby @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
March 12th, 2011 The Prince Zine Release w/ Alexis Wolf @ Orca Books (Olympia, Wa.)
July 14th, 2010 Sugar & Heartstrings Release Tour w/ Amina Foxdye and Danielle Rodeo Warhola @ Pilot Books (Seattle, Wa.)
March 20th, 2010 The Art of the Small Press Panel w/ Jami Heinricher, Matthew Green, Carol Hannum, Jacob McMurray, and Jessica Spring @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
March 19th, 2010 The Art of Small Press Publishing reading w/ Sarah Tavis, Ray Maeda, Tony Perkins, Skie Bender, Derek Ryan Hain, and Adam Jessup @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
July 23rd, 2009 International Zine Month Reading w/ Zach Mandeville, Nicki Sabalu, Ariel Birks, Alexis Wolf, and Chelsea Baker @ Olympia Timberland Library (Olympia, Wa.)
June 28th, 2009 Use Your Words Press Benefit w/ Alexis Wolf, Ariel Birks, Gina Sarti, Sara Lankutis, and Blood Bones @ The Northern (Olympia, Wa.)
November 6th, 2007 Craig Oare 60th Birthday Party and Oh My God, I’m 60 Chapbook Release w/ Craig Oare, Bonnie Jones, and Jean Turnbow @ Tradition’s Cafe (Olympia, Wa.)
2006 SSO Press Benefit w/ Cole Cunningham, Ariel Birks, and Yes Please @ The Phoenix House (Olympia, Wa.)
2005 Variety Show w/ Alexis Wolf and Ariel Birks @ The Loft (Portland, Or.)
2005 Reading and Show @ Last Word Books (Olympia, Wa.)
2005 SSO Press Benefit w/ Rhea Melina, Alexis Wolf, Cole Cunningham, Ariel Birks, Fukumup, and Myello @ The Phoenix House (Olympia, Wa.)
2004 SSO Press Variety Show w/ Rhea Melina, Cole Cunningham, Ariel Birks, Casey Fuller, Knyatni, Your Heart Breaks, and more @ 1609 (Olympia, Wa.)
2004 Dancing in Odessa Tour w/ Ilya Kaminsky @ Orca Books (Olympia, Wa.)
2004 Notes From a Brickfactory/OK America/Red Square Desire Release w/ Ariel Birks and Cole Cunningham @ 1609 (Olympia, Wa.)
2002-2004 Assorted readings at The Olympia Poetry Network @ Tradition's Cafe (Olympia, Wa.)
2000 Little House Reading w/ Cole Cunningham @ The Little House (Everett, Wa.)