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Reading and Workshop for Boston University Filipino Student Association
14 November 2020 * Saturday 7:30 PM EST | 15 November * Sunday 8:30 AM PH time)


Poetry Reading & Discussion with Octavio Quintanilla,
Aileen Cassinetto, and Skyline College Student Poets

06 November 2020 4:00-5:30 PM PST (San Bruno, CA) | 7:00-8:30 PM EST

To register for Zoom link: tiny url.com/PoetryCorner2020
Poetry Reading for a 10-minute "Faculty Break"
hosted by the Center for Faculty Development, Old Dominion University
05 November 2020 Thursday | 12:30 PM EST

Zoom Link will be posted here closer to the program date
Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard Poetry Open competition Reading
26 October 2020 6:00 PM CST

2019 Poetry Open Competition Co-Winners:
MOLLY SPENCER, author of Hinge and
LUISA A. IGLORIA, author of Maps for Migrants and Ghosts
Luisa A. Igloria Moderates
A Spotlight Program featuring
​Ross Gay  |  January Gill O'Neil   

(lead event for "Diiversity 2020: Dynamic Voices for Change" ~ The MUSE Writers Center)
17 October 2020 4:00 PM EST
Library of Virginia 2020 Literary Awards:
Poetry Finalist Panel
14 October 2020 6:00 PM EST

Luisa A. Igloria moderates the Poetry Finalist Panel
presenting this year's 3 Poetry Finalists: Lauren K. Alleyne, David Huddle, and Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
Online at Facebook.com/LibraryofVA  |  No registration required
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Conference:
Filipino American Literature, panel/presentation
12 October 2020 8:00 PM EST
Reading at the 43rd ODU (Virtual) Literary Festival 
Rebecca Bengal & Luisa A. Igloria 
7 October 2020 4:00 PM EST

Schedule link here
7 October program link here 
ODU Provost's Spotlight
23 September 2020 3:30 PM EST

 
Poetry Society of Virginia, Eastern Region
Monday 7 September 2020; 02:00 PM EST (US and Canada)

Luisa A. Igloria leads the Labor Day Poetry Reading program.
Watch the recording here. 
A Celebration of Women Writers in Translation
​30 August 2020 Sunday 6:00-7:30 pm US EDT


Hosted by Norfolk ARTS, The Muse Writers Center, the Poetry Society of Virginia, and Catherine Fletcher (event will be streamed live from The Muse Writers Center’s Facebook Page).
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Featuring:
  • Luisa A. Igloria, current Poet Laureate of Virginia & author of several award-winning collections
  • Joanna Eleftheriou, writer & author of This Way Back
  • Amanda Galvan Huynh, poet & author of Songs of Brujería
  • Lorrie Jean-Louis, poet & the author of La femme cent couleurs
  • Fabienne Kanor, writer, filmmaker, & winner of the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde
  • Sofia Starnes, Poet Laureate of Virginia (2012-2014) & author of The Consequence of Moonlight
  • Translator Dr. Afef Benessaieh, University of Québec
  • Translator Dr. Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University

Songs of Freedom: A Civil Rights Concert in honor of Rep. John Lewis
​28 August 2020 Friday 7:00 pm US EDT

Keynote Poetry Reading by Luisa A. Igloria

Register for link at AguasArtsInk@gmail.com


Poetry Reading and Conversation via Zoom
with Filipino American University Women, Hawaii
23 August 2020 Sunday, 2:30 pm Hawaii time/8:30 pm US EDT
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Click here for direct Zoom meeting link.
Meeting ID: 939 0850 0201
Passcode: 509603

Please arrive no later than 2:15 pm/8:15 pm US EDT.

​Note: Requires Registration by Friday 21 August at this link.

VA Poet Laureate Reading
21 August 2020 Friday 7:00 pm US EDT


Co-sponsored by The Muse Writers Center and the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University. Also featuring MFA poets Tracy Rice Weber, Matt Olive, and Courtney Tala.
This event was live-streamed on Facebook.

Featured on “Southern Fried Asian” podcast interview with Keith Chow
19 August 2020


Click here to listen.

Lead Reader for Pistahan Poetry San Francisco
9 August 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ6z_leKHSA

Interviewed by Harold Wilson for Delmarva Today, Delmarva Public Radio
​7 August 2020


Click here to listen to interview.

Official Swearing-in Ceremony as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-2022)
29 July 2020 1:00 pm US EDT


With Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Thomasson; special guests – First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam, and immediate past Poet Laureate of VA, Henry Hart.

Wor-Wic Community College “Echoes & Visions” Reading Series
Friday 08 November 2019


Hazel Center Room 302; 7:00 pm (open to the public).
For more information, contact Prof. Adam Tavel atavel at worwic.edu.
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