PAST EVENTS
202512
January 25, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
February 19, 4:00-5:00 pm (PST)
River Heron Review Contest Issue Reading
Virtual Event
February 22, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Beyond the Canvas
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
March 23, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
The Self-Love Poem
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
March 27, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm (PST)
AWP Braving the Body anniversary reading
Osteria Mamma
Los Angeles
April 26, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
The "I Am" Poem
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
May 31, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Mind the Gap: Line Break Magic
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
June 28, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Fun with Form (The Hermit Crab)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
July 26, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Beyond the Canvas
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
August 30, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Fun with Form (The Haiku Crown)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
October 17, TBD (PST)
Dorland Prize Reading
Virtual Event
October 25, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Heals
Fun with Form (The Pantoum)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
November 16, 4:00-5:00 pm (PST)
Poets in Pajamas Reading
with Grayson Thompson
Virtual Event
2024
January 27, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Out with the Old
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
February 8, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm (CST)
Braving the Body AWP Launch
Unity Hall
707 W 47th Street
Kansas City, MO
February 24, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Beyond the Canvas
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
March 30, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Welcoming the Weird & Wild
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
April 25, 5:00 pm (PST)
Braving the Body Virtual Launch
April 27, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Poetry Remix
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
May 23, 4:30 pm-6:00 pm (PST)
A Hundred Pitchers of Honey reading for Braving the Body Virtual Event
May 25, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Fun with Form
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
POSTPONED
July 27, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Fun with Form (The American Sonnet)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
August 31, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Fun with Form (The Pantoum)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
September 28, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PST)
Word Women: Fun with Form (The Sedoka)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
October 26, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Fun with Form (The Hermit Crab)
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
2023
January 28, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: From Pain to Poem
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
March 9, 10:35-11:50 am (PST)
Writing through the Pain: The Faces of Chronic Illness in Contemporary Literature
AWP Panel with Allison Blevins, Emily Hockaday, and Eshani Surya
Seattle Convention Center
Seattle, WA
March 25, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Writing the Body
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
April 1, 12:00-1:00 pm (PST)
Origin Stories: In Conversation with Pamela K. Johnson
Billie Jean King Main Library
Long Beach, CA
May 21, 4:00-5:00 pm (PST)
Poets in Pajamas Reading Series with Athena Nassar
Sundress Publications
Virtual Event
May 27, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Writing toward the Light
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
June 24, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Discovering Poetry in Unexpected Places
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
July 29, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: Art & Poetry
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
August 26, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: The Poetry of Science
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
September 20, 4:00-5:30 pm (PST)
Braving the Body Reading
Virtual Event
October 28, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: What's in a Word?
Workshop for the Cancer Support Community South Bay (for cancer patients and survivors)
Virtual Event
2022
October 29, 12:00-2:00 pm (PST)
Storms in Our Chest: From the Heart to the Page
Workshop for the Youth Poet Laureate Program
Billie Jean King Main Library
Long Beach, CA
October 15, 3:00-5:00 pm (PST)
Impermanence: Stories of Rupture and Repair (Opening Reception)
Billie Jean King Main Library
Long Beach, CA
May 15, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PST)
Word Women: A Hop, Skip, & a Jump--Moving from Trauma to Art
Virtual workshop for WE RISE L.A.
April 5, 6:00 pm (PST)
Wilkinson Public Library
Virtual Event
2021
November 21, 10:00 am (PST)
Word Women: Radical Revision Workshop
Virtual Event
October 24, 7:30 am (PST)
Word Women: One-Day Poetry Writing Retreat
Virtual Event
September 17, 5:00 pm (PST)
Reading for Arts Council for Long Beach Group Exhibition
Romeo Chocolates
CANCELED due to COVID
September 16, 7:00 pm (PST)
Reading for The Canyon Poets
Virtual Event
July 25, 2:30 pm (PST)
Book launch with Romaine Washington and Emily Alta Hockaday
Lit240!--Long Beach Literary Arts Center
Virtual Event
July 15, 4:00 pm (PST)
Radar Poetry Issue 30 Launch Party
White Whale Books
Virtual Event