Events
* March 27-30, 2019
AWP, Portland, OR
* March 12, 2019
6:00 pm
Barkin Dog Grill, downtown Modesto, CA
w/ Maw Shein Win and Kathryn DeLancellotti
* March 1, 2019
7:00-9:00 pm - reading (TCES 139)
March 2, 2019
10:00 am - noon - workshop (TCES 141-free to students, $50 community members, pre-register)
Writers in the Woods
Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, Nevada
* February 21, 2019
6:00 pm
Davis, CA
location TBA
* February 7, 2019
7:00 pm
EP Foster Library
Ventura, CA
* February 1, 2019
7:00 pm
with Joseph Rios
Civic Center Studios
Los Angeles, CA
* January 26, 2019
FRESNO BOOK LAUNCH for Scar and Flower
5:00 social hour
6:00 - 7:30 pm reading
The Revue
620 E. Olive Ave. Fresno, Tower Distrcit
* December 8, 2018
6:00 pm
The Revue, Fresno, CA
w/ Duy Doan, Michelle Lin, and Kazumi Chin
* November 10, 2018
7:00 - 9:00 pm
National Adoption Awareness Month
with JS Lee, Susan Ito, Julayne Lee, and Lisa Marie Rollins
Owl and Company Bookshop
Oakland, CA
* October 30, 2018
4:00 pm
Eaton Plaza Poetry Contest - reading and awards
Fresno County Public Library
2420 Mariposa St. Downtown Fresno
w/ Megan Bohigian, Dixie Salazar, Nikiko Masumoto, and high school student winners
* October 19, 2018
8:00 pm (registration required)
The Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture, Seventh Biennial Conference
Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel
Oakland, CA
* October 18, 2018
6:00 pm
Fresno High School
* October 17, 2018
7:00 pm
LitQuake, Poetry World Series
The Make Out Room, San Francisco
w/ David Tomas Martinez, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Brynn Saito, Melissa Stein, and Brittany Perham
* Poetry World Series, Judge
Mill Valley Public Library
May 11, 6:00 pm
* April 21, 2018
LitHop (1:00 - 8:00 pm at multiple venues)
6:00 pm, The Revue, Fresno's Tower District
With Lisa Herrick, Tim Z. Hernandez, and Brynn Saito
* April 13-14, 2018
Andrés Montoya Symposium
Fresno, CA
* November 15, 2017
Pegasus Books, Lyrics and Dirges Poetry Series, 7:30 pm
Berkeley, CA
* November 2, 2017
Dia de los Muertos Reading, Merced College, 5:00 pm
with Marisol Baca, Soul Vang, and Zaid Shah
Merced, CA
* October 26, 2017
Philip Levine Reading Room, Fresno State University, 4:00-6:00 pm
with Bryan Medina and James Tyner
Fresno, CA
* October 22, 2017
Association of Korean Adoptees - SF 20th Anniv. Celebration
Featured Poet & Speaker
San Francisco, CA
* October 19, 2017
Joseph Rios book launch
Heartbeat Boxing Gym
Fresno, CA
* October 12, 2017
LitQuake, Poetry World Series Judge
Make Out Room, San Francsico, CA
* October 10, 2017
LitQuake, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
San Francisco, CA
* September 16, 2017
Korean adoptee women's group - private event
Berkeley, CA
* August 26, 2017
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Lee Herrick and Fresno Poetry Friends
Fig Garden Library Branch, Fresno, CA
* July 31 - August 9
Sierra Nevada College MFA Summer Residency
Incline Village, NV
* July 25, 2017
Creative Living Beyond Fear
Fresno's Leading Young Professionals
Bitwise Stadium, Downtown Fresno
6:00 pm
* July 22, 2017
Korean Adoptee Rad KADs women's group - private event
Oakland, CA
* July 20, 2017
North Fresno Rotary - Luncheon Speaker
Fresno, CA (private event)
* May 27, 2017
Lee Herrick, John Martinez, Peter J. Harris, Iris de Anda, Abel Salas, and more
Little Casa Theater, Los Angeles, CA
* April 29, 2017
LITHOP 2017
2:00 pm, Mia Cuppa Cafe, 620 Olive Ave.
Fuel for Our Fires: Four Poets on Literary Ancestry and Inspiration
Lee Herrick, Dixie Salazar, Joseph Rios, and Alana Hinojosa
http://lithopfresno.wordpress.com
* April 22, 2017
New Oreleans Poetry Festival, Featured Reader
Saturday, April 22, 7:00 pm
http:/nolapoetry.com
* April 8, 2017
Amy Uyematsu, Brynn Saito, and Lee Herrick
Fresno Arts Council
4:00 pm
* March 11, 2017
CORE Wintery Poetry Series
Santa Maria, CA
* January 19, 2017
Leadership Fresno (private event)
Warnors Theater
1:00 pm
* January 15, 2017
Writers Resist: Fresno Louder for Free Expression
2:00 - 4:00 pm, Mia Cuppa Cafe, 620 E. Olive Ave, Fresno
search Facebook, Writers Resist Fresno for more information and a list of readers
* January 4-12, Port Antonio, Jamaica
Sierra Nevada College MFA Program
* December 21, 2016
Tea and Poetry: A Winter Solstice Reading with Lee Herrick
7:00 pm Fig Garden Regional Library
Fresno, CA
* November 3, 2016
11:00 am Clovis Community College
* October 13, 2016
6:00 pm, Fresno Arts Council
Fresno Poet Laureate and Friends Reading
wtih Jon Veinberg, Dixie Salazar, Daniel Arias-Gomez, and more
* September 14, 2016
Respite by the River: Feauring Lee Herrick
6:00 pm music by Terry Barrett
7:00 pm reading by Lee Herrick
San Joaquin River Parkway, Fresno CA
* September 8 at 9:00 pm
September 10 at 3:00 pm
September 11 at 6:00 pm
Seattle to Fresno - A mini Rogue poetry reading - Inner Ear (3 readings)
All readings at Mia Cuppa in Fresno's Tower District. Reading with poets from Inner Ear poetry
* Reading in Support of Orlando and Against Hate
June 25, 2016
5:00 pm, location TBA, Fresno, CA - multiple poets
* June 17, 2016
Kundiman Faculty Reading
with Kimiko Hahn, Jaswinder Bolina, Bich Nguyen, R. Zamora Linmark, and Porochista Khakpour
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
113 W. 60th St., 12th Floor, New York, New York
* May 12, 2016
With Wendy Chin-Tanner and Brynn Saito
Portland, OR
* Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Barking Dog, 7:00 pm, Modesto, CA
* Saturday, April 23, 2016
LitHop 2016 - 2:00 - 8:00 pm, Fresno, 140+ writers
Tower District, multiple venues, feauring headliner Juan Felipe Herrera
Two readings: Lee with David Mas Masumoto, Mai Der Vang, and Brynn Saito at 4:00
Also: Lee with Tim Z. Hernandez, Daniel Chacon, and Kenneth Chacon at 5:00
lithopfresno.wordpress.com
* March 31- April 2, 2016
AWP, Los Angeles
* Sunday, March 13, 2016
Arte Americas, Fresno
Las Lunas Locas, Statewide Tour
With Cynthia Guardado, Marisol Baca, Mia Barraza Martinez and more
3:00-5:00 pm
* Thursday, March 3, 2016
Fresno Poet Laureate and Friends Reading
Fresno Arts Council, 6:00 pm
With David Dominguez, James Tyner, Jessica Barrett, Von Torres, and Mary Coomes
* Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Reedley College
* Thursday, January, 2016
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno Poet Laureate and Friends Reading, with Mike Cole, Mary Cruz, Ronald Dzerigian, J.J. Hernandez,
Randa Jarrar, Andrea Mele, and Michael Meyerhofer
1245 Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93721
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (doors at 5:30pm)
* Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Poetry Center
San Francisco State University
Humanities Building 512
w/ Leticia Hernandez-Linares
4:30 pm
* Thursday, November 12, 2015
Fresno Art Museum
13th Anniversary of The Inner Ear Poetry Jam
Tribute to Philip Levine
with Bryan Medina, Corrinne Clegg Hales, and more
8:00 pm
* Friday, November 6, 2015
Yoesmite Conference
Tenaya Lodge
Featured Poet
* Monday, November 2, 2015
Dia de la Muertos reading with Marisol Baca, Juan Guzman, and Fresno City College faculty
Noon-1:00 pm, Yokuts Plaza, Humanities Division Lawn, Fresno City College
* Saturday, October 24, 2015
Fresno City College
Friends of the Arts Fundraiser
* Thursday, October 22, 2015
Asian American Writerrs Workshop
w/ Matthew Salesses
* Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Rutgers, Camden, New Jeresey
w/ Matthew Salesses
7:00 pm, followed by Q&A and reception
* Thursday, September 10, 2015
Fresno Arts Council
Lee Herrick & Friends, with guest poets TBA
5:00-8:00 pm, readings at 6:00 pm
* Thursday, June 4, 2015
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno Poet Laureate Poetry Party, with guest poets Corrinne Clegg Hales, Marisol Baca, Soul Vang,
Andre Yang, Michael Medrano, Bryan Medina, and Michelle Patton
1245 Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93721
5:00-8:00 pm, readings at 6:00 pm
*April 9-11, 2015
AWP: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Reading with Sierra Nevada College MFA Faculty
Thursday, April 9, 6:30 pm
Room 201, Level 2, Convention Center
AWP Book Fair: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, April 10, 1:30-3:00 pm
Book signing
Sierra Nevada College Booth
*Friday, December 5, 2014
California State University, Fresno
Conley Art Building
Chicano Writers and Artists Association
Fusion Fest
6:00 pm
*Wednesday, December 3, 2014
University of California, Santa Barbara
College of Creative Studies Literature Symposium
Little Old Theater
4:00 pm
* Wednesday, November 4, 2014
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose, CA
12:30 pm.
* August 16, 2014
Boston Korean Adoptees 10th Anniversary Conference
Boston, MA
Keynote Speech
* Saturday, April 5, 2014
Keynote Speaker
UC Merced, First Annual Writers' Conference
* Saturday, March 1, 2014
AWP, Seattle, WA, 3:00 pm Washington State Convention Center
Panel, "Social Action Writing," with Aimee Suzara, Elmaz Abinader, Deb Busman, and David Mura
* Thursday, February 13, 2014
Reading with Scholar Kim Park Nelson
Association of Korean Adoptees, SF
Ohgane Korean Restaurant, 7:00 pm, Oakland
$15 includes dinner
* Wednesday, February 12, 2014
7:00 pm
Merced College, Guest Poet in Professor Meg Withers' Creative Class
Location TBA
* Sunday, November 17, 2013, 2:00 pm
Ren Hen Press
The Ruskin Art Club, 800 S. Plymouth, Los Angeles, CA
Reading and book signing with Kim Dower, Ron Koertge, and Amy Uyematsu
* Friday, November 1, 2013, 7:00 pm
San Joaquin Literary Association
Fresno State University, Alice Peters Auditorium
Reading with Daniel Chacón and James Tyner
* October 16-18, 2013
Visiting Writer at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* Thursday, July 25, 2013. Fresno, CA.
Respite by the River, San Joaquin River Parkway. 11605 Old Friant Road. Fresno, CA.
6:00pm - Music by Duo Novo, bring a picnic and lawnchair or blanket.
7:00pm - Reading begins. Book signing to follow.
*Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bakersfield, CA.
7:00 p.m. Bakersfield College. Reading with Fresno poets Marisol Baca, Andre Yang, Michael Medrano,
and Bryan Medina.
* Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Santa Clara, CA.
7:00 pm. Mission College.
* Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Sacramento, CA.
Noon. Sacramento City College. Reading and book signing.
* Monday, April 22, 2013. Sacramento, CA.
7:30 p.m. Sacramento Poetry Center, Sacramento, CA. Book signing and reading with Alice
Anderson.
* Friday, April 19, 2013. St. Paul, MN.
7:00 p.m. Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minnesota. Founders' Hall Auditorium. Global Poetry
Festival. Featuring Herrick, Lorena Duarte, and Ibe Kaba. A free catered event.
* Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Berkeley, CA.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. UC Berkeley. Barbara Christian Room, 554 Barrows Hall. Opening Reading by Jai
Arun Ravine. Opening Remarks by Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy. Sponsored by the Department
of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley.
* Thursday, April 11, 2013. Reno, NV.
5:30 p.m. University of Nevada, Reno. The Great Room, Joe Crowley Student Union.
*Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Reedley, CA.
1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Reedley College. Staff Dining Lounge.
*Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cambridge, MA.
7:00 p.m. AWP off-site. The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA.
Cambridge, MA 02138. (617) 492-8855. Reading with Tim Z. Hernandez, Andre Yang, Sasha
Pimentel Chacon, Optimism One, Margaret Rhee, Leah Silvieus, Aimee Suzara, Ilyse Kusnetz, and
Daniel Chacón.
* Saturday, February 9, 2013. Los Angeles, CA.
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring Street, Ground Floor, Downtown Los Angeles. (213) 488-0599. Reading and Book Signing with Nicky Sa-eun Schildkraut. Meet and greet social hour next door before the reading.
* Thursday, February 7, 2013. Fresno, CA.
7:00 p.m. Fresno City College. Old Administration Building Room 251 (OAB 251). 1101 E. University Ave.,
Fresno, CA 93741. Colloqium panel discussion, "The Value of Poetry in the Central Valley, " with
Kenneth Chacon and Laurel Doud.
* Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Modesto, CA.
6:00 p.m. The Barkin' Dog, 940 11th Street, Modesto, CA 95354.
(209) 572-2341. Downtown Modesto, CA. Reading and Book Signing with Marisol Baca. Open mic
follows.
Selected previous invited readings include:
Association of Writers and Writing Programs, New York City, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Mineapolis, Chicago
Association of Asian American Studies Conference, Chicago, IL
Korean Adoptee Mini Gatherings in Honolulu, HI and Seattle, WA
Association of Korean Adoptees, SF, 10th Year Anniversary, San Francisco, CA
The Loft, Minneapolis, MN
University of California, Berkeley
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Riverside
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
University of Texas, El Paso
Asian American Writers Workshop, New York City
Luncheon Speaker, English Council of California Two-Year Colleges, Long Beach, CA
The Korea Society, New York City, NY
Verlaine, Kundiman Reading Series, New York City, NY
American Library Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
AWP, off-site reading, Denver, CO
KoRoot, Seoul, South Korea
The Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
Fresno Poets' Association, Fresno, CA
California State University, Stanislaus
Reedley College
University of Massachussetts, Amherst, MA
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA
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