UPCOMING

March 19, 2027; 1:45 – 3:00 pm
Docupoetics: Videos Responding to the Moment
AWP Conference & Bookfair
Chicago, IL

RECENT

October 3, 2026
Salima Hashmi: Waiting in the Wings
Served as a moderator with Salima Hashmi
Pakistan Arts Council, Lamanda Park Branch Library
Pasadena, CA 91107

September 17, 2026
Altadena Poetry Review reading
Anna Broome Room
Art Share L.A;  801 East 4th Place;  LA 90013

August, 22, 2026
Third LA Street Poetry Festival
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA 91754

July, 26, 2026
Virtual: Panel discussion and reading on Mohenjo-Daro documentary
with filmmaker Omar Khan, Sudheshna Guha, and Beena Sarwar
Southasia Peace Action Network

June 30, 2026
A reading and conversation: Collapsing Borders through Fiction and Poetry
2 Mt Auburn Road, Cambridge MA 02139

April 21 2026
Tuesday Night Café
Aratani Courtyard/Union Center for the Arts
120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

January 26 2026
From Ashes to Renewal: Voices of Resilience in Altadena
Altadena Poets Laureate Reading Series
Altadena Library, Altadena, CA 91001

December 13, 2025
Poetry Workshop-Reading:
Community, Solidarity, & Dignity: Poetry as a Civic Space
Glendale Poet Laureate Program
Glendale Central Library, Glendale, CA 91205

December 10, 2025
A Wall is Just a Wall 
Altadena Poets Laureate Reading Series
Altadena Library, 600 Mariposa St, Altadena, CA 91001

July 31, 2025
Text, Art, and Social Justice
A conversation with artists Durriya Kazi and Naila Mahmood
Karachi Arts Council
Karachi, Pakistan

June 20, 2025
She Speaks: Reclaiming Identity with Consuelo G Flores
Grand Performances
350 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

June 3, 2025
2025 LA County Employee Wellness, Arts, and Culture Festival (private event)
Museum of Natural Science, Los Angeles, CA

May 3, 2025
Women of the Earth and Sky
LitFest in the Dena
Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

May 2, 2025
Altadena Poets Laureate Celebrate the Denas
LitFest in the Dena
Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

May 1 2026
Celebrate Altadena: Altadena Poets Laureate reading
LitFest in the Dena
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado St, Pasadena CA

May 1 2026
A Wall is Just a Wall
LitFest in the Dena
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado St, Pasadena CA

April 25 2026,
Twenty-Year Anniversary and Poetry & Cookies
Altadena Poets Laureate Reading Series
Bob Lucas Library, Altadena, CA 91001

April 19, 2025
Reading & Conversation: Imagine a Map with No Borders
Sponsored by USC’s Pacific Asia Museum’s Pakistan Arts Council
Lamanda Park Branch Library
140 S Altadena Dr, Pasadena, CA 91107

April 8, 2025
In Person at Odyssey Bookstore
Odyssey Books
9 College St.  South Hadley, MA 01075

March 28, 2025
AWP Panel:  Sixty Years of Community at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA

March 27, 2025
Veliz Books AWP Off-Site Reading
Boomtown Brewery
700 Jackson St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

July 11, 2024; 7 pm
Asian Poets and Writers in Solidarity With Gaza
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA

June 21, 2024
COLA Artists Fellows Showcase
Grand Performances
Los Angeles, CA

June 1, 2024
Poets for Palestine: Artists Against Genocide
Espacio 1839
1839 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA

May 4-5, 2024
Embodied Landscapes: Water, Wildlife, and the Geographies that Shape Us
Lit Fest in the Dena, Mountain View Mausoleum
Altadena, CA

February 8, 2024
AWP Panel: Poets Against Walls: An Anthology/Handbook for Writing Past the Checkpoints
with César L. de León, Celina Gomez, Emmy Pérez, and Carolina Monsivais
Kansas City Convention Center
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Kansas City, MO

December 2, 2023; 6:30 pm
Writers for Palestine
Reading & Fundraiser for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA

October 20, 2023
Rise of World Literature
Panel with Gemini Wahhaj, Zarlasht Niaz, Kartika Budhwar
Annual Conference on South Asia
Madison, WI

Sep 11, 2022
To Aid & Abet
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Venice Beach, CA

Nov 19, 2022
With(out) Borders: Reading and panel
Southern California Poetry Festival
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Venice Beach, CA

February 8, 2023
WeHo Reads: Mindful Journeys Toward Better Futures
A reading alongside LA-based writers
West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, CA 90069

March 9, 2023
AWP-off site at Seattle Public Library
with Veliz Books, Noemi Press, BOA Editions
Seattle, WA

April 26, 2023
Open Book: Conversation with Sabaa Tahir
Pasadena Literary Alliance
Pasadena, CA

May 7, 2023
Reclaiming Witches & Monstrous Women
A reading with Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, Olga Garcia Echeverría, Tanya Ko Hong, and Alicia Vogl Saenz
LitFest in the Dena
Altadena, CA

May 13, 2023
Long Beach Festival of AAPI Books – FAB
Billie Jean King Main Library
200 W. Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802

June 7, 2023
Publication Party
Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA

May 14, 2022
4:35 -5:35 pm PT / in person
LitFest Pasadena
Vroman’s Courtyard, 695 E. Colorado Bl
Pasadena, CA

May 4, 2022
6:00 pm PT / virtual
WeHo Reads: Explorations Beyond Borders
with Lisbeth Coiman, Myriam J. A. Chancy, Teresa Mei Chuc
West Hollywood, CA

March 30, 2022
6:00 – 7:30 pm CT / in-person
Moderating a conversation with Dr. Sima Samar on The Future of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
The Baker Institute
Rice University,
6100 Main St, Houston, TX

Mar 27, 2022
2:00 pm PT / in-person
Moderating reading and conversation with Sana Balagamwala & Sarah Ali
An Afternoon of Tea, Poetry & Prose
hosted by Pakistan Arts Council
Irvine, CA

Mar 25, 2022
10:35 – 11:35 am ET / virtual
AWP panel: Transnational Writers Speak: Borders, Identity, Solidarity
with Torsa Ghosal, Sorayya Khan, Myriam Chancy, and Fan Wu
Philadelphia, PA

Mar 19, 2022
6:00 pm ET / virtual
SMOL Fair, SMOL Reading
Pre-AWP

March 12, 2022
Noon – 1:30 pm PT / virtual
Leading conversation with WP Now members:
Online Literary Readings and Connections for Writers in the Digital Age
UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program
Los Angeles, CA

Oct 8, 2021
6 – 10 pm PT / in person
ArtNight Pasadena
On Belonging, a site-specific art installation
community responses to home & the pandemic
@ Victory Park (2575 Paloma St)
Available for viewing till Oct 23, 2021
Cosponsored by Armory Center for the Arts and funded in part by Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division
Pasadena, CA

Aug 14, 2020
4 pm PT / virtual
Veliz Books Turns 5!
A celebration with Veliz Books
El Paso, TX

Jun 29, 2021
5:00 pm PT / virtual
How would you like me now?
Virtual reading and conversation with artist Mel Chin
Armory Center for the Arts
Pasadena, CA

Jun 9, 2021
6:00 pm PT / virtual
27^th Annual Publication Party; Zoom
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
Los Angeles, CA

Apr 6, 2021; 3:00 pm PT / virtual
Festival of the Arts
with Devi Laskar; hosted by Torsa Ghosal
Cal State, Sacramento
View recording here

Mar 20, 2021; 11:00 am PT / virtual
It’s Been a Year
with Come As You Are (CAYA) writers Alicia Vogl Saenz and Jamie Asaye Lahey FitzGerald
Online reading to mark the lockdown anniversary of the first wave of COVID-19
Los Angeles, CA

Mar 7, 2021
3 pm CT / virtual
AWP panel: Making Place in Hybrid Tongues
with Torsa Ghosal, Sorayya Khan, Minerva Laveaga, and Nadia Misir
Kansas City, KS

Mar 3, 2021
10 am CT / virtual
AWP panel: Mangoes or Pizza: Battling Self-Censorship to Write/Right the Self
Kansas City, KS

Jan 21, 2021; 6 pm PT / virtual
Curated and read at South Asian Writers Resist
with Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, Neelanjana Banerjee, Torsa Ghosal, Arshia Haq, Sorayya Khan, Mahmud Rahman, Shreerekha Subramanian
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Watch on Youtube
Venice, CA

Dec 17, 2020; 9 am PT / 5 pm GMT / virtual
Memory versus Truth
IGTV Conversation with Ali Zaidi
Watch on Youtube

Oct 23, 2020, 6 pm CT / virtual
¡Ya Basta!: Futures Without Walls / Enough! Futuros Sin Muros
Marathon Poetry Reading
Poets Against Walls
Rio-Grande Valley, TX

Sep 12, 2020; 1 pm PT / virtual
Pasajes/Passages
Armory Center for the Arts
Pasadena, CA

VIRTUAL READINGS

April 26, 2020, 1 pm PST
Poetry and Cookies
Altadena Public Library,  CA

May 14, 2020
celebration of ACCOLADES
Women Who Submit, Los Angeles, CA

June 25, 2020, 7:00 pm
YOU DOWN FOR THE CAUSE OR WHAT? Writers of color discuss allyship
Watch on YouTube
Public Library-Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA

IN-PERSON READINGS

February 1, 2 pm 
Progress Party
UCLA Writers’ Program
1010 Westwood Boulevard, Room 409
Los Angeles, CA 90024

February 8, 11 am
Creating Space and Courage for Writing
Womxns Write Inn
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library
5870 Atlantic Ave
Long Beach, CA 90805

March 10, 2020, 10:30–11:45 am
Visiting Writer
Creveling Lounge, Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CA

WITHDREW PARTICIPATION
(travel concerns)

March 5, 2020, 10:35 am
AWP panel: Making Place in Hybrid Tongues
San Antonio, TX

March 5, 2020, 4:00 pm
ACCOLADES release party
Women Who Submit
La Botanica
San Antonio, TX

March 6, 2020, 5:30 pm
Veliz Books, AWP off-site reading
Menger Hotel
San Antonio, TX

March 6, 2020, 7:30 pm
The River Runs Through Us
Movement Gallery
San Antonio, TX

CANCELLED EVENTS

April 4, 2020
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio, TX

April 6, 2020
Conversation with USC’s Urban Planning graduate students
Los Angeles, CA

April 22, 2020
Festival of the Arts
Cal State University-Sacramento, CA

April 26, 2020
La Palabra
Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park
Los Angeles, CA

May 9, 2020
Más Puentes y Menos Muros / More Bridges and Less Walls
Student exhibition & performance
Armory
Pasadena, CA

May 16-17, 2020
Ban the Walls / / panel & reading
LitFest Pasadena
Pasadena, CA

September 6, 2019, 7 pm
Poetry reading, LIKE HOME:
poetry in response to displacement
Avenue 50 Studio
Los Angeles, CA

September 8, 2019, 2 pm
Houston Noir reading
Sisters In Crime-LA
South Pasadena Library
South Pasadena, CA

September 10, 2019, 12:15 pm
Black Wings reading and signing
Hampton Room,
Scripps College
Claremont, CA

September 12, 2019, 7:30 pm
The WCCW Reading Series: Work & Labor
Women’s Center for Creative Work
Los Angeles, CA

September 16 – 27, 2019
On Belonging installation
Black Wings reading & discussion 
Humanities Institute, Scripps College
Claremont, CA

October 1, 2019, 7:30 pm
The New/Old Show
Tuesday Night Project
alongside FandangObon, Taz Ahmed, Ginto Seeds, Kid In the Middle
Los Angeles, CA

October 6, 2019, 2 pm
LitCrawl LA
With Womxn Write Inn
Los Angeles, CA

October 13, 2019, 4 pm
Roar Shack presents
“Third Wind”
curated by David Rocklin
Los Angeles, CA

October 17, 2019, 5:30 pm
Black Wings reading alongside Fan Wu
and liz gonzález
San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco, CA

October 19, 2019, 6:30 pm
LitCrawl SF
with Womxn Write Inn
San Francisco, CA

October 21, 2019, 4 pm
Black Wings reading;
Q&A with Parama Roy
University of California-Davis
Sacramento,  CA

October 26, 2019, noon & 4:00 pm
Texas Book Festival
12 pm: Panel featuring Houston Noir
4 pm: Panel featuring Black Wings
Austin, TX

October 26, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Story Mixer
LitCrawl Austin
Empire Control Room
Austin, TX

November 2 & 3, 2019, 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Multi-genre Inprint Intensive Workshop
Inprint, Inc
Houston, TX

November 5, 2019, Noon – 2 pm
Women Writers Unite
Reading and panel discussion
Cal State-San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA