Past Events + Readings + Workshops

2026

July 5: Featured Reader with Kel Norman & Starr Paul | Arise Open Mic |

May 14: Story Mapping with Poet, Essayist, and Instructor with Evonne Ellis | The Heart Path | Podcast

April 10: Featured Poetry Reading with Logan Phillips, Claudia Keelan, Susan Nguyen & Bo Hee Moon | The Northern Arizona Book Festival | Flagstaff, AZ

April 6: The Proetic Linescape: From Prose to the Poetic Line | Western Colorado University GPCW

2025

October 23: SOCO Reading Series feat. Reader | Colorado State University - Pueblo | Pueblo CO

April 22: Rising Writers with Cynthia Sylvester | New Mexico Writers | Farmington, NM

April 9: The Memory Map: UnEarth the Mantle of Story |Western Colorado University | Gunnison, CO

April 9: Story Catcher Festival with CMarie Fuhrman, Candace Nadon, Pam Uschuck, and William Pitt Root | Western Colorado University | Gunnison, CO

March 31: Write On Four Corners with Sheree Gladdon and Cynthia Sylvester | KSJE Podcasts | Farmington, NM

January 22: Zoom Creative Nonfiction Reading with Laura Pritchett | Western Colorado University GPCW

2024

October 3: Creative Re/Inscriptions: A Roundtable Reading from Terrain.org with Elizabeth Dodd, Simmons Buntin, Nicole Walker, and Eric Aldrich | Western Literature Association | Tucson, AZ

May 3: Keynote Speaker: Demonstrating Your Skills | Student Academic Showcase | San Juan College | Farmington, NM

April 22: Zoom Earth Day Poetry Reading with Dorianne Laux and Gary Soto | Terrain.org

April 13: Poetry Reading with Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth | Northern Arizona Literary Festival | Flagstaff, AZ

April 8: Shił Nahólne’: Literary Arts & Oral Stories Symposium Guest Speaker | Isleta Resort & Casino | Albuquerque, NM

April 6: Diné Artisan & Author Capacity Building Institute (DAACBI) Reading | Diné College | Shiprock, NM

February 10: Words of the People Reading | AWP 2024 | Kansas, MO

2023

November 8: Zoom Creative Nonfiction Reading | Lunch Hours Series hosted by Elizabeth Threadgill and James Knippen | Utica University

November 7: Zoom Creative Nonfiction Reading hosted by Juan J. Morales | Colorado State University - Pueblo

May 10: Creative Nonfiction Reading hosted by Brandon Shimoda | Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO

May 6: Hybrid - Reading | Listen to Your Skin | Denver, CO

March 14: Zoom Creative Nonfiction Class Reading hosted by Ana Maria Spagna | St. Lawrence University

February 20: Zoom Creative Nonfiction Reading hosted by Sherwin Bitsui | Northern Arizona University

February 15: Conversation with Graci Hapstina Horne | Art, Talks & Tea: Mnisota Native Artists | YouTube

2022

December 6: Visiting Writers Series | Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO

October 30: Zoom Poetry Reading | Listen to Your Skin

September 3: Book Launch: Aura, with Hillary Leftwich, Brandon Shimoda, Selah Saterstrom, and Steven Dunn | Counterpath | Denver, CO

July 27: Workshop: Memory as Place | Museum of Indian Arts & Crafts with The Identity Project | Santa Fe, NM

June 18: Reading with James Thomas Stevens, Ariel Gore, & Emily Stern | Society of the Muse of the Southwest Reading | Taos, NM

March 12 - 13: The Diné Reader Reading | Tucson Festival of Books | Tucson, AZ

2021

November 10: The Diné Reader Reading | San Juan College | Farmington, NM

November 5: Instillation - “Interstate Badlands” | Cottonwood Center for the Arts | Colorado Springs, CO

October 15: Zoom Poetry Reading with Tanaya Winder | Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute

July 21: Zoom Poetry Reading with Tanaya Winder | Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute

May 5: Virtual Programming: Native American Misappropriation in Literature |Northwest Regional Library

April 28: Zoom Reading hosted by Dr. Connie Jacobs - The Diné Reader | San Juan College

April 22: Zoom Reading - The Diné Reader | Maria’s Bookstore

April 7: Zoom Poetry Reading hosted by Dr. Jodi Burshia | Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute

2020

June 3: Zoom Fiction Reading hosted by Ariel Gore - Santa Fe Noir

March 3: Fiction Reading hosted by Ariel Gore - Santa Fe Noir | Collected Works | Santa Fe, NM

2019

November 15: Santa Fe Scribbler Presents: Spoken Word with Gina Tron, Kathryn Ice-Johnson & Georgia Van Gunten | Form & Concept | Santa Fe, NM

April 2: Reclaiming the Mine: Nonfiction Writers Explore Mining as Method and Metaphor with Elissa Washuta, Ander Monson, Katherine E. Standerfer, and Jessica Johnson | AWP ‘19 | Portland, OR

May 21: The F-Bomb: Flash Fiction Reading Series with Mairead Case, hosted by Jay Halsey | The Mercury Cafe | Denver, CO