Upcoming & Recent:
2021
January 7: Bryn Mawr, Gilman, and Roland Park Country Schools, Baltimore MD, Les Voix Noires seminar. Translation lecture and discussion (online).
March 6: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (online), 4-5PM. Bloof and Action Books off-site reading. Digital storytelling presentation.
April 7, 14: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. MFA Program and Modern Languages Department. Translation workshops and lecture (online).
2020
March 23: Festival of Languages, University of Arizona Poetry Center (Tucson, AZ). Translation reading. CANCELED
May 8-12: Poetry Festival, Département de Lettres Modernes, l'Université F. Houphouët-Boigny (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire). Translation presentations. CANCELED
November 13, 14: Media, Lingualisms, Translations: Technologies of Language and Power, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ). "Digital Storytelling and Translation: Expanding the Text." Presentation and panel with Isaac Joslin and Herve Tchumkam. POSTPONED
2019
October 18: Colonial, Postcolonial, and Decolonial Research Cluster at the Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), 10-11:15AM. "The Mistake of Familiarity: Sustained Fieldwork as a Guide." Presentation and discussion, with Dr. Souad Ali.
2018
November 10: Canal Convergence (Scottsdale, AZ), 5-8PM. Reading performance with sound artist Joe Willy Smith.
March 10: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Tampa, FL), 12-1:15PM. “Explorations of Insidiousness: Writing Complicated Political Realities.” Presentation and panel, with Douglas Manuel and Diana Arterian.
2017
February 9: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Washington DC), 10:30-11:45AM. "Translation as a Political Act." Presentation and panel, with Jennifer Kronovet, James Shea, Kristin Dykstra, and Aditi Machado
February 10: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Washington DC), 1:30-2:45PM. "Translating Contemporary African Poetry." Presentation and panel, with John Keene, Kazim Ali, and Hodna Nuernberg.
April 11: Western State Colorado University (Gunnison, CO), 7PM. Contemporary Writers Series. Craft talk and reading, with Sarah Vap.
April 20: States of Emergence: Race, Gender, and the Poetics of Embodiment conference (University of Southern California). Reading and panel, with Douglas Manuel, Catherine Theis, and Nikki Darling.
January 7: Bryn Mawr, Gilman, and Roland Park Country Schools, Baltimore MD, Les Voix Noires seminar. Translation lecture and discussion (online).
March 6: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (online), 4-5PM. Bloof and Action Books off-site reading. Digital storytelling presentation.
April 7, 14: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. MFA Program and Modern Languages Department. Translation workshops and lecture (online).
2020
March 23: Festival of Languages, University of Arizona Poetry Center (Tucson, AZ). Translation reading. CANCELED
May 8-12: Poetry Festival, Département de Lettres Modernes, l'Université F. Houphouët-Boigny (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire). Translation presentations. CANCELED
November 13, 14: Media, Lingualisms, Translations: Technologies of Language and Power, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ). "Digital Storytelling and Translation: Expanding the Text." Presentation and panel with Isaac Joslin and Herve Tchumkam. POSTPONED
2019
October 18: Colonial, Postcolonial, and Decolonial Research Cluster at the Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), 10-11:15AM. "The Mistake of Familiarity: Sustained Fieldwork as a Guide." Presentation and discussion, with Dr. Souad Ali.
2018
November 10: Canal Convergence (Scottsdale, AZ), 5-8PM. Reading performance with sound artist Joe Willy Smith.
March 10: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Tampa, FL), 12-1:15PM. “Explorations of Insidiousness: Writing Complicated Political Realities.” Presentation and panel, with Douglas Manuel and Diana Arterian.
2017
February 9: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Washington DC), 10:30-11:45AM. "Translation as a Political Act." Presentation and panel, with Jennifer Kronovet, James Shea, Kristin Dykstra, and Aditi Machado
February 10: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (Washington DC), 1:30-2:45PM. "Translating Contemporary African Poetry." Presentation and panel, with John Keene, Kazim Ali, and Hodna Nuernberg.
April 11: Western State Colorado University (Gunnison, CO), 7PM. Contemporary Writers Series. Craft talk and reading, with Sarah Vap.
April 20: States of Emergence: Race, Gender, and the Poetics of Embodiment conference (University of Southern California). Reading and panel, with Douglas Manuel, Catherine Theis, and Nikki Darling.
