2025
*May 31st - Mass Poetry Festival; details TBD.
*May 18th @ 4pm - Featured reader at Hudson Valley Writers Center; details HERE.
*May 10th @ 3pm - Where Do You Live? أين تعيشين؟ book launch at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge MA; details TBA.
*April 19th @ 11am - "Her Story Is: a Correspondence in Poetry" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*April 19th @ 3pm - "Dear Yusef: a Reading from the Anthology" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*March 28th @ 1pm - Solstice MFA Program Bookfair Table @ AWP in Los Angeles; details TBD.
*March 22nd @ 2pm - Featured Reader @ Voices for Poetry in Orleans, MA; details TBD.
*March 20th @ 6pm; "The Fine Arts Work Center presents Dear Yusef a Celebration of Yusef Komunyakaa - hosted by John Murillo and Nicole Sealey"; online; details HERE.
*May 18th @ 4pm - Featured reader at Hudson Valley Writers Center; details HERE.
*May 10th @ 3pm - Where Do You Live? أين تعيشين؟ book launch at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge MA; details TBA.
*April 19th @ 11am - "Her Story Is: a Correspondence in Poetry" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*April 19th @ 3pm - "Dear Yusef: a Reading from the Anthology" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*March 28th @ 1pm - Solstice MFA Program Bookfair Table @ AWP in Los Angeles; details TBD.
*March 22nd @ 2pm - Featured Reader @ Voices for Poetry in Orleans, MA; details TBD.
*March 20th @ 6pm; "The Fine Arts Work Center presents Dear Yusef a Celebration of Yusef Komunyakaa - hosted by John Murillo and Nicole Sealey"; online; details HERE.
2024
*October 9th @ 7pm - "Write So I Can Hear You" - a reading featuring Dunya Mikhail and Jennifer Jean at The Salem Athenaeum in Salem, MA; sponsored by Her Story Is.
*September 15th @ 2pm - Brookline Poetry Series; featured readers Jennifer Jean and Alamgir Hashmi; at the Brookline Library in MA; details HERE.
*June 25th @ 7pm - Readings from the Room: on Translation sponsored by The Writers Room in Boston; details HERE.
*June 11th @ 12pm - The Reading Room at Bryant Park - featured reader; in New York NY; details HERE.
*June 6th @ 6pm - The Thursday Poets at GALA in Lynn MA.
*May 18th @ 5pm - "Lyrical: an Art & Poetry Exchange" at Gallery Twist in Lexington MA; details HERE.
*May 9th @ 8pm - "Why and How to Perform Your Poetry (Well)" sponsored by Lily Poetry Review; online; details HERE.
*April 25th @ 8pm - "Art Touches Heart: the Transformative Power of Creative Expression" sponsored by Global Women's Peace Network; online; details HERE.
*April 18th @ 7pm - Rozzie Reads featured reader at the Roslindale House in Roslindale MA; details HERE.
*April 13th @ 1pm - "Publishing Your Poetry: Best Practices" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*April 4th @ 7pm - Pound Ridge Library "Culture Quest - How I Got Here?" series featured speaker; online; details HERE.
*March 20th @ 4:30pm-6pm @ Gibson's Bookstore - Poetry Society of New Hampshire presents Jennifer Jean and Jennifer Martelli; in Concord, NH; details HERE.
*March (date/time TBD); Gallery Poems - an ekphrastic collaboration with artist Linda Hoffman; produced by Wendy Drexler and Connie Saems; in Cambridge, MA; details TBD.
*Feb 9th @ 7:30pm-9pm; Poems You Need - featuring Jennifer Jean, Patricia Spears Jones, January O'Neil, Oliver de la Paz, Pamela Uschuk - offsite @ AWP in Kansas City, MO; details HERE.
*Feb 9th @ 4pm, Lily Writers Read - offsite @ Made in KC Cafe, 1114 Baltimore Avenue @ AWP in Kansas City, MO; details HERE.
*Jan 18th; @ 6pm; WILDER WORDS hosted by Jennifer Jean of the Fine Arts Work Center's 24PearlStreet Program; featured readers TBD; online + free; details TBA.
*September 15th @ 2pm - Brookline Poetry Series; featured readers Jennifer Jean and Alamgir Hashmi; at the Brookline Library in MA; details HERE.
*June 25th @ 7pm - Readings from the Room: on Translation sponsored by The Writers Room in Boston; details HERE.
*June 11th @ 12pm - The Reading Room at Bryant Park - featured reader; in New York NY; details HERE.
*June 6th @ 6pm - The Thursday Poets at GALA in Lynn MA.
*May 18th @ 5pm - "Lyrical: an Art & Poetry Exchange" at Gallery Twist in Lexington MA; details HERE.
*May 9th @ 8pm - "Why and How to Perform Your Poetry (Well)" sponsored by Lily Poetry Review; online; details HERE.
*April 25th @ 8pm - "Art Touches Heart: the Transformative Power of Creative Expression" sponsored by Global Women's Peace Network; online; details HERE.
*April 18th @ 7pm - Rozzie Reads featured reader at the Roslindale House in Roslindale MA; details HERE.
*April 13th @ 1pm - "Publishing Your Poetry: Best Practices" at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in NH; details HERE.
*April 4th @ 7pm - Pound Ridge Library "Culture Quest - How I Got Here?" series featured speaker; online; details HERE.
*March 20th @ 4:30pm-6pm @ Gibson's Bookstore - Poetry Society of New Hampshire presents Jennifer Jean and Jennifer Martelli; in Concord, NH; details HERE.
*March (date/time TBD); Gallery Poems - an ekphrastic collaboration with artist Linda Hoffman; produced by Wendy Drexler and Connie Saems; in Cambridge, MA; details TBD.
*Feb 9th @ 7:30pm-9pm; Poems You Need - featuring Jennifer Jean, Patricia Spears Jones, January O'Neil, Oliver de la Paz, Pamela Uschuk - offsite @ AWP in Kansas City, MO; details HERE.
*Feb 9th @ 4pm, Lily Writers Read - offsite @ Made in KC Cafe, 1114 Baltimore Avenue @ AWP in Kansas City, MO; details HERE.
*Jan 18th; @ 6pm; WILDER WORDS hosted by Jennifer Jean of the Fine Arts Work Center's 24PearlStreet Program; featured readers TBD; online + free; details TBA.
2023
*Nov 15th @ 4:30pm-6pm @ Gibson's Bookstore - featured reader; in Concord, NH; details TBD.
*Oct 27th @ 6pm; Broadsided Press presents The Broadsided Anthology at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine; details TBD.
*Oct 18th; Writer in the World: a Presentation (via Zoom); Saint Mary's College of California, MFA Program.
*Oct 8th @ 3-5pm; NEPC Award Winners Reading (via Zoom); reading from Jean Pedrick Award-winning VOZ; details TBD.
*Aug 18th @ 5pm; The Thursday Poets at the GALA in Lynn.
*May 7th @ 10:15am; Mass Poetry Festival event: "Translation Today: an Interview with Danielle Legros Georges by Jennifer Jean"; details TBA.
*May 6th; Mass Poetry Festival panelist for "The State of Poetry" and moderator for "The Fine Arts Work Center presents: Kimiko Hahn and Matthew Olzmann"; details TBA.
*May 4th; Thursday Poets @ Mass Poetry Festival – a Pre-festival Event; details TBA.
*May; Emerson College's Elma Lewis Center: FireWater Poetics; details TBA.
*April 30th @ 12:30pm to 2:30pm EST; "The Line as a Unit of Attention: a Masterclass"; at the Hudson Valley Writers Center; details HERE.
*April 20th @ 7pm EST; "On Poetry and Translation" at Brookline Booksmith in Boston; livestreamed and in-person; register HERE.
*April 12th; VOZ launch! at the Grolier Bookshop; additional readers: Jennifer Franklin, Annie Pluto, Dzvinia Orlowsky, with intros by Fred Marchant; in-person sign up HERE; virtual sign up HERE.
*April 8th @ 7pm; Mass Poetry Festival virtual event: "Walking with Political Steps on Political ground" with Jennifer Franklin, Jennifer Martelli, and Martha Collins; details HERE.
*April 7th @ 1pm; The Thursday Poets perform at the Wenham Museum; details TBD.
*April 6th @ 6:30pm; featured reader at Copper Dog Books; along with Colleen Michaels, January O'Neil, and Jennifer Martelli; details and registration HERE.
*March 20th @ 9:15pm EST; Rattlecast LIVE discusses VOZ and other new projects; with Rattle Magazine editor Tim Green.
*March 10th @ 7pm; AWP offsite; Betty Jane Narver Reading Room in Seattle at the Seattle Central Public Library (on level 10). 1000 Fourth Ave, in Seattle.
*March 10th @ 4m; AWP Bookfair at the Lily Poetry Review table #1513 to sign my new book VOZ.
*March 10th @ 9am-10:15am; AWP - "Teaching, Learning, & Programming Outside the Academy: A Case for Writers Centers" (with Jennifer Jean, Dariel Suarez, Jennifer Franklin, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Daniel Tam-Claiborne); Rooms 435-436, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4.
*March 10th @ 12:10pm-1:25pm; AWP - "Creating Supportive and Engaged Fully Asynchronous Creative Writing Classrooms" (with Jennifer Jean, Shana Youngdahl, Cate Marvin, Martha Silano, Molly Sutton Kiefer); Room 447-448, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4.
*March 8th; "What Do the Women Say?" a Her Story Is event at the Golden Thread Theater in San Francisco; details TBA.
*March 5th; "Where Do You Live? Conversations in Art Between Iraqi and American Women" a Her Story Is event in Boston; details TBA.
*March 4th @10am; Poetry Out Loud - semi-finals judge, MA.
*February/March; VOZ poetry collection published by Lily Poetry Review Books; details TBA.
*January 11th @ 7:30pm; Solstice MFA Program - featuring Jennifer Jean and Kathi Aguero; at Lasell University; Arnow Lounge, Arnow Campus Center, 131 Woodland Road, Auburndale MA.
*January 9th @ 1:15pm-3:15pm; Solstice MFA Program; "Literary Citizenship & the Poem Sequence" - lecture (audit available); at Lasell University; details HERE.
*Oct 27th @ 6pm; Broadsided Press presents The Broadsided Anthology at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine; details TBD.
*Oct 18th; Writer in the World: a Presentation (via Zoom); Saint Mary's College of California, MFA Program.
*Oct 8th @ 3-5pm; NEPC Award Winners Reading (via Zoom); reading from Jean Pedrick Award-winning VOZ; details TBD.
*Aug 18th @ 5pm; The Thursday Poets at the GALA in Lynn.
*May 7th @ 10:15am; Mass Poetry Festival event: "Translation Today: an Interview with Danielle Legros Georges by Jennifer Jean"; details TBA.
*May 6th; Mass Poetry Festival panelist for "The State of Poetry" and moderator for "The Fine Arts Work Center presents: Kimiko Hahn and Matthew Olzmann"; details TBA.
*May 4th; Thursday Poets @ Mass Poetry Festival – a Pre-festival Event; details TBA.
*May; Emerson College's Elma Lewis Center: FireWater Poetics; details TBA.
*April 30th @ 12:30pm to 2:30pm EST; "The Line as a Unit of Attention: a Masterclass"; at the Hudson Valley Writers Center; details HERE.
*April 20th @ 7pm EST; "On Poetry and Translation" at Brookline Booksmith in Boston; livestreamed and in-person; register HERE.
*April 12th; VOZ launch! at the Grolier Bookshop; additional readers: Jennifer Franklin, Annie Pluto, Dzvinia Orlowsky, with intros by Fred Marchant; in-person sign up HERE; virtual sign up HERE.
*April 8th @ 7pm; Mass Poetry Festival virtual event: "Walking with Political Steps on Political ground" with Jennifer Franklin, Jennifer Martelli, and Martha Collins; details HERE.
*April 7th @ 1pm; The Thursday Poets perform at the Wenham Museum; details TBD.
*April 6th @ 6:30pm; featured reader at Copper Dog Books; along with Colleen Michaels, January O'Neil, and Jennifer Martelli; details and registration HERE.
*March 20th @ 9:15pm EST; Rattlecast LIVE discusses VOZ and other new projects; with Rattle Magazine editor Tim Green.
*March 10th @ 7pm; AWP offsite; Betty Jane Narver Reading Room in Seattle at the Seattle Central Public Library (on level 10). 1000 Fourth Ave, in Seattle.
*March 10th @ 4m; AWP Bookfair at the Lily Poetry Review table #1513 to sign my new book VOZ.
*March 10th @ 9am-10:15am; AWP - "Teaching, Learning, & Programming Outside the Academy: A Case for Writers Centers" (with Jennifer Jean, Dariel Suarez, Jennifer Franklin, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Daniel Tam-Claiborne); Rooms 435-436, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4.
*March 10th @ 12:10pm-1:25pm; AWP - "Creating Supportive and Engaged Fully Asynchronous Creative Writing Classrooms" (with Jennifer Jean, Shana Youngdahl, Cate Marvin, Martha Silano, Molly Sutton Kiefer); Room 447-448, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4.
*March 8th; "What Do the Women Say?" a Her Story Is event at the Golden Thread Theater in San Francisco; details TBA.
*March 5th; "Where Do You Live? Conversations in Art Between Iraqi and American Women" a Her Story Is event in Boston; details TBA.
*March 4th @10am; Poetry Out Loud - semi-finals judge, MA.
*February/March; VOZ poetry collection published by Lily Poetry Review Books; details TBA.
*January 11th @ 7:30pm; Solstice MFA Program - featuring Jennifer Jean and Kathi Aguero; at Lasell University; Arnow Lounge, Arnow Campus Center, 131 Woodland Road, Auburndale MA.
*January 9th @ 1:15pm-3:15pm; Solstice MFA Program; "Literary Citizenship & the Poem Sequence" - lecture (audit available); at Lasell University; details HERE.
2022
*December 2nd; Poetry Workshop - guest presenter via Zoom to the Creative Writing Department at Ewha Womans University in Seoul Korea.
*November 25th-28th; Kolkata's International Poetry Festival - Chair Poetry Evenings in India; details HERE.
*November 7th; Her Story Is - a book review and interview with Iraqi poet and memoirist Faleeha Hassan about her book War and Me; webinar via Zoom + recorded; details TBA.
*October 22nd @ 2pm; Dodge Poetry Festival - featured poet; Newark in Newark Museum Garden in Newark, NJ; details HERE.
*October 15th @ 2:15pm; Voices of Poetry at the Cambridge Public Library; details HERE.
*September 29th @ 6pm; Thursday Poets Reading in Salem MA; details HERE.
*September 24th @ 1pm; Hollihock Writers Conference presents "It's Time to Publish Your Poetry: a Discussion on Best Practices"; in New Bedford, MA; details HERE.
*September 23rd @ 4-5:30pm; the Tell it Slant Poetry Festival @ the Emily Dickinson Museum; "Poetry Isn't Perfect" (with Jennifer Jean, Karen Skolfield, Matt Donovan) sponsored by The Common; details HERE.
*August 25th-26th; Her Story Is virtual residency for collaborative projects between Iraqi and American, women artists.
*August 17th @ 4:30pm-6pm @ Gibson's Bookstore; Poetry Society of New Hampshire - Featured Reader: Jennifer Jean; details HERE.
*August 7th @ 3pm; Boston Poetry Marathon at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square; details HERE.
*July 10th-16th @ Kenyon Review Writers Workshop as a Peter Taylor Fellow in Poetry; TA + featured reader; details HERE.
*June 14th @ 7pm; Poetry Society of New Hampshire presents: Jennifer Jean on Sex-trafficking & Objectification; email for link.
*April 3rd @ 2pm EST; "Lily Poetry Salon presents: The Four Jennifers"; featured reader with Martelli, Militello, and Markell; via Zoom; link TBA.
*March 24th @ 6pm; AWP offsite hybrid reading collaboration: FAWC + Broadsided Press.
*March 24th @ 10:35am; AWP bookfair stage - "Lily Poets Take the Stage".
*March 24th; @ AWP; bookfair appearances for Consequence Forum, Talking Writing Magazine, and Lily Books + various events TBA.
*February 1st; The DMQ Virtual Salon: Celebrates New Poetry Books of 2021; featured reader; details TBA.
*January 13th @ 6pm EST; the Fine Arts Work Center and 24PearlStreet present: WILDER WORDS; emcee for Adrian Matejka, Curtis Bauer, Patricia Spears Jones, and others; via Zoom; details TBA.
*November 25th-28th; Kolkata's International Poetry Festival - Chair Poetry Evenings in India; details HERE.
*November 7th; Her Story Is - a book review and interview with Iraqi poet and memoirist Faleeha Hassan about her book War and Me; webinar via Zoom + recorded; details TBA.
*October 22nd @ 2pm; Dodge Poetry Festival - featured poet; Newark in Newark Museum Garden in Newark, NJ; details HERE.
*October 15th @ 2:15pm; Voices of Poetry at the Cambridge Public Library; details HERE.
*September 29th @ 6pm; Thursday Poets Reading in Salem MA; details HERE.
*September 24th @ 1pm; Hollihock Writers Conference presents "It's Time to Publish Your Poetry: a Discussion on Best Practices"; in New Bedford, MA; details HERE.
*September 23rd @ 4-5:30pm; the Tell it Slant Poetry Festival @ the Emily Dickinson Museum; "Poetry Isn't Perfect" (with Jennifer Jean, Karen Skolfield, Matt Donovan) sponsored by The Common; details HERE.
*August 25th-26th; Her Story Is virtual residency for collaborative projects between Iraqi and American, women artists.
*August 17th @ 4:30pm-6pm @ Gibson's Bookstore; Poetry Society of New Hampshire - Featured Reader: Jennifer Jean; details HERE.
*August 7th @ 3pm; Boston Poetry Marathon at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square; details HERE.
*July 10th-16th @ Kenyon Review Writers Workshop as a Peter Taylor Fellow in Poetry; TA + featured reader; details HERE.
*June 14th @ 7pm; Poetry Society of New Hampshire presents: Jennifer Jean on Sex-trafficking & Objectification; email for link.
*April 3rd @ 2pm EST; "Lily Poetry Salon presents: The Four Jennifers"; featured reader with Martelli, Militello, and Markell; via Zoom; link TBA.
*March 24th @ 6pm; AWP offsite hybrid reading collaboration: FAWC + Broadsided Press.
*March 24th @ 10:35am; AWP bookfair stage - "Lily Poets Take the Stage".
*March 24th; @ AWP; bookfair appearances for Consequence Forum, Talking Writing Magazine, and Lily Books + various events TBA.
*February 1st; The DMQ Virtual Salon: Celebrates New Poetry Books of 2021; featured reader; details TBA.
*January 13th @ 6pm EST; the Fine Arts Work Center and 24PearlStreet present: WILDER WORDS; emcee for Adrian Matejka, Curtis Bauer, Patricia Spears Jones, and others; via Zoom; details TBA.
2021
*December 14th; @ 7pm EST; Riverwood Poetry Series; via Zoom; details TBA.
* October 7th; @ 6pm; Wilder Words at the Fine Arts Word Center; host w/ Dorianne Laux, Allison Joseph, Elisa Albert, Rebecca Morgan Frank, and January Gill O'Neil. This is a free, virtual event; get tickets HERE.
*August 11th; @ 7pm; Hudson Valley Writers Center, featured reader w/ Barbara Ras & Heidi Seaborn; details HERE.
*August 5th; @ 6pm; Wilder Words: 24 Pearl Street’s Virtual Seasonal Reading Series at the Fine Arts Work Center; details TBA.
*July 13th; @ 3pm; Kenyon Review Writers Workshops and Rosse Event Series; details HERE.
*July 11-17th; the Peter Taylor Fellowship @ the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop in OH; details TBA.
*June 3rd; @ 6pm; 24PearlStreet Faculty Reading; details TBA.
*May 14th; MassPoetry Presents "Her Story Is: In English and Arabic" - featured presenter with Kirun Kipur & Dima Basha; details HERE.
*May 5th; @ 7:30pm; The Pirene's Fountain Journal presents "Bridging Divides" - a group reading via Zoom; details TBA.
*April 21st @ 8pm; Lily Poetry Review Books Reading Series - featured reader; details HERE.
*March 27th @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Hudson Valley Writing Center; "The Poet in The Poem" - more info and details HERE.
*March 20th @ 4-6pm; Voices of Poetry - Among the Pews, Brewster Baptist Church in Brewster MA; featured reader w/ Heather Treseler, Justen Ahern, and others; details HERE.
*March 18th @ 7pm; The Rozzie Reading Series - featured reader; More about the Rozzie Reading Series HERE.
*Feb 21st @ 7pm EST; New Book News presented by Lit Youngstown - featured reader w/ Kelli Agodon and Erica Bodwell; ONLINE.
*January 19th; @9pm; featured reader @ RattleCast (on YouTube Live); details TBA.
*January 11th; @7pm; BOOK LAUNCH! featuring Kelli Agodon; for my collection Object Lesson and my resource book Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry; details HERE.
* October 7th; @ 6pm; Wilder Words at the Fine Arts Word Center; host w/ Dorianne Laux, Allison Joseph, Elisa Albert, Rebecca Morgan Frank, and January Gill O'Neil. This is a free, virtual event; get tickets HERE.
*August 11th; @ 7pm; Hudson Valley Writers Center, featured reader w/ Barbara Ras & Heidi Seaborn; details HERE.
*August 5th; @ 6pm; Wilder Words: 24 Pearl Street’s Virtual Seasonal Reading Series at the Fine Arts Work Center; details TBA.
*July 13th; @ 3pm; Kenyon Review Writers Workshops and Rosse Event Series; details HERE.
*July 11-17th; the Peter Taylor Fellowship @ the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop in OH; details TBA.
*June 3rd; @ 6pm; 24PearlStreet Faculty Reading; details TBA.
*May 14th; MassPoetry Presents "Her Story Is: In English and Arabic" - featured presenter with Kirun Kipur & Dima Basha; details HERE.
*May 5th; @ 7:30pm; The Pirene's Fountain Journal presents "Bridging Divides" - a group reading via Zoom; details TBA.
*April 21st @ 8pm; Lily Poetry Review Books Reading Series - featured reader; details HERE.
*March 27th @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Hudson Valley Writing Center; "The Poet in The Poem" - more info and details HERE.
*March 20th @ 4-6pm; Voices of Poetry - Among the Pews, Brewster Baptist Church in Brewster MA; featured reader w/ Heather Treseler, Justen Ahern, and others; details HERE.
*March 18th @ 7pm; The Rozzie Reading Series - featured reader; More about the Rozzie Reading Series HERE.
*Feb 21st @ 7pm EST; New Book News presented by Lit Youngstown - featured reader w/ Kelli Agodon and Erica Bodwell; ONLINE.
*January 19th; @9pm; featured reader @ RattleCast (on YouTube Live); details TBA.
*January 11th; @7pm; BOOK LAUNCH! featuring Kelli Agodon; for my collection Object Lesson and my resource book Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry; details HERE.
2020
*December 16th; @ 7:30pm; Speak Up! Walnut Street Cafe; featured reader; ONLINE.
*December; Her Story Is: a Virtual Residency & Meet-up (between American & Iraqi women artists; details TBD.
*November 14th-15th; featured reader @ Mass Book Bites (co-presented by the Boston Book Festival and Massachusetts Center for the Book); details HERE.
*September 13th; @2pm - Mass Humanities presents: "Her Story Is: the Effects of War on Collaborations Between Iraqi and U.S. Women Writers"; via Zoom webinar; details on our Facebook event page.
*July & August; @ Two Sylvias Press Online Writing Retreat; (wherein I critique your poems in the Summertime...); info HERE.
*July 7th; @7:30 pm @ Kenyon Review Writers Workshops: "In a Few Words" (fellow Jennifer Jean chats with faculty Natalie Shapero); view recording: HERE.
*June 3rd; Poetry is Bread: a distance reading series; to view, click HERE.
*April 10th; The Virtual Lily Salon; featured reader; includes reading co-translations of Arabic poetry w/ oud accompaniment (featuring Sebastien Jean); details HERE.
*March 5th; "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Her Story Is in Translation" - a pop-up reading of Arabic women's poetry at the AWP bookfair table for Talking Writing Magazine.
*February 6th; @7pm @ The Museum of Jewish History at The Battery Park City Authority; “Write Me: a Poetry Workshop” co-taught w/ Cornelius Eady and Deborah Kolb; details TBD.
*December; Her Story Is: a Virtual Residency & Meet-up (between American & Iraqi women artists; details TBD.
*November 14th-15th; featured reader @ Mass Book Bites (co-presented by the Boston Book Festival and Massachusetts Center for the Book); details HERE.
*September 13th; @2pm - Mass Humanities presents: "Her Story Is: the Effects of War on Collaborations Between Iraqi and U.S. Women Writers"; via Zoom webinar; details on our Facebook event page.
*July & August; @ Two Sylvias Press Online Writing Retreat; (wherein I critique your poems in the Summertime...); info HERE.
*July 7th; @7:30 pm @ Kenyon Review Writers Workshops: "In a Few Words" (fellow Jennifer Jean chats with faculty Natalie Shapero); view recording: HERE.
*June 3rd; Poetry is Bread: a distance reading series; to view, click HERE.
*April 10th; The Virtual Lily Salon; featured reader; includes reading co-translations of Arabic poetry w/ oud accompaniment (featuring Sebastien Jean); details HERE.
*March 5th; "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Her Story Is in Translation" - a pop-up reading of Arabic women's poetry at the AWP bookfair table for Talking Writing Magazine.
*February 6th; @7pm @ The Museum of Jewish History at The Battery Park City Authority; “Write Me: a Poetry Workshop” co-taught w/ Cornelius Eady and Deborah Kolb; details TBD.
2019
*November 17th; Reading Arabic Poetry in Translation with Oud Accompaniment (featuring Sebastien Jean); @ The Fort Point Theater Channel Fundraiser @ the FPAC room in the Envoy Hotel; details TBA.
*November 4th; all day; Mass Poetry's Student Day of Poetry; info TBA.
*November 2nd; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Creating Community Projects as a Practicing Literary Citizen" a presentation; info TBA.
*October 20th (all day); @ The Boston Book Fest @ Roxbury MA; details TBA
*September 14th; @1:30pm @ New Hampshire Poetry Festival; "Intrinsically Different: Writing & Publishing with an Othered Childhood" a panel presentation; details HERE.
*September 10th; @7pm @ Crossing the Water Festival; "The Improbable Places Poetry Tour" @ The Salem/Beverly Bridge; details HERE.
*September 4th; @6pm @ Writers for Migrant Justice: a Poetry Reading & Fundraiser; @ Arlington Street Church; info HERE.
*August 24th; @11am @ Hollihock Writers Conference; poetry reading, info HERE.
*August 24th; @1pm @ Hollihock Writers Conference; "What is 'Literary Citizenship': Jennifer Jean interviews novelist Olivia Cerrone" a Q&A, info HERE.
*August 24th; @3pm @ Hollihock Writers Conference; "The Function of Freedom: Arts Activism"; a panel presentation, info HERE.
*August 2nd; @7pm @ The Unearthed Performance Series; in Dorchester MA, info HERE
*July (all month); @ Two Sylvias Press Online Writing Retreat; info HERE
*June 15th; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Why Bother? The Importance Of Literary Citizenship In The Creative Writing Workshop" a presentation; info HERE
*May 31th; @ Porter Square Books; featured reader with novelist Emily Pease; info HERE
*May 16th-19th; Faculty; @ Bread Loaf Campus; New England Young Writers Conference; info HERE
*May 4th; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Why Bother? The Importance Of Literary Citizenship In The Creative Writing Workshop" a presentation; info HERE
*April 16th & April 18th; @ Tewksbury Library; 2 classes on form; info HERE
*March 29th; @5-7pm; AWP off-site reception for Talking Writing Magazine; info HERE
*March 28th; @6-9pm; AWP off-site reading Resistance Collective in Rontoms, Portland OR; info HERE
*March 28th-30th; @ AWP Book Fair; @ Talking Writing table; FIND ME @ booth 10054!
*March 17th; Salon at the Abbot; "On the Poetry of Lucille Clifton"; info HERE
*February 10th; @2pm; Her Story Is; Translated -- Perspectives on Poetry, Plays, and Music in Arabic and English, @ Midway Studios in Boston, info HERE
*November 4th; all day; Mass Poetry's Student Day of Poetry; info TBA.
*November 2nd; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Creating Community Projects as a Practicing Literary Citizen" a presentation; info TBA.
*October 20th (all day); @ The Boston Book Fest @ Roxbury MA; details TBA
*September 14th; @1:30pm @ New Hampshire Poetry Festival; "Intrinsically Different: Writing & Publishing with an Othered Childhood" a panel presentation; details HERE.
*September 10th; @7pm @ Crossing the Water Festival; "The Improbable Places Poetry Tour" @ The Salem/Beverly Bridge; details HERE.
*September 4th; @6pm @ Writers for Migrant Justice: a Poetry Reading & Fundraiser; @ Arlington Street Church; info HERE.
*August 24th; @11am @ Hollihock Writers Conference; poetry reading, info HERE.
*August 24th; @1pm @ Hollihock Writers Conference; "What is 'Literary Citizenship': Jennifer Jean interviews novelist Olivia Cerrone" a Q&A, info HERE.
*August 24th; @3pm @ Hollihock Writers Conference; "The Function of Freedom: Arts Activism"; a panel presentation, info HERE.
*August 2nd; @7pm @ The Unearthed Performance Series; in Dorchester MA, info HERE
*July (all month); @ Two Sylvias Press Online Writing Retreat; info HERE
*June 15th; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Why Bother? The Importance Of Literary Citizenship In The Creative Writing Workshop" a presentation; info HERE
*May 31th; @ Porter Square Books; featured reader with novelist Emily Pease; info HERE
*May 16th-19th; Faculty; @ Bread Loaf Campus; New England Young Writers Conference; info HERE
*May 4th; @2-5pm; @ Grub Street; "Why Bother? The Importance Of Literary Citizenship In The Creative Writing Workshop" a presentation; info HERE
*April 16th & April 18th; @ Tewksbury Library; 2 classes on form; info HERE
*March 29th; @5-7pm; AWP off-site reception for Talking Writing Magazine; info HERE
*March 28th; @6-9pm; AWP off-site reading Resistance Collective in Rontoms, Portland OR; info HERE
*March 28th-30th; @ AWP Book Fair; @ Talking Writing table; FIND ME @ booth 10054!
*March 17th; Salon at the Abbot; "On the Poetry of Lucille Clifton"; info HERE
*February 10th; @2pm; Her Story Is; Translated -- Perspectives on Poetry, Plays, and Music in Arabic and English, @ Midway Studios in Boston, info HERE