Upcoming:
6/18/25: Launch party for Boston Gordon’s Loose Bricks w/ July Westhale, Warren C. Longmire, & Zach Blackwood @ Tattooed Mom, Philly, PA
Past:
5/13/25: Derek JG Williams Book Release w/ Warren C. Longmire, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo, Michael Joseph Walsh @ Tattooed Mom, Philly, PA
5/7/25: Writers & Books Visiting Authors Series Virtual Event with Alina Stefanescu
4/27/25: w/ Joanna Fuhrman & Lauren Russell @ Small Works Gallery, Philly, PA
3/21/25: Ode to the Muse: Poet’s Row/Institute for Research into Gay Longing/Bring a Blanket @ The Perch, Philly, PA
11/14:24: Sylvia Jones Presents Television Fathers book launch @ Greedy Reads Remington, Baltimore, MD
9/22/24: Discount Guillotine Presents @ Small Works Gallery, Philly, PA
9/1/24: You Can't Kill a Poet Palooza @ Pentridge Station, Philly, PA
8/24/24: Philly Bookstore Crawl | An Evening with Four Philly Authors w/ Jiordan Castle, Eshani Surya, & Joseph Earl Thomas @ H&H Books, Philly, PA
8/8/24: Poems & A Movie: Sometimes I Dream in Farsi @ Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture w/ Violet Gehringer & Porochista Khakpour, Philly, PA
6/15/24: Hilltop Books w/ Ryan Eckes, Fani Avramopoulos, Elliott Horowitz, Philly, PA
5/15/24: World Above @ Stockton University's Noyes Art Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
4/20/24: To Make the Revolution Irresistible: The Role of the Artist in the 21st Century - Wolf Cinema & Media Studies Conference - UPenn, Philly, PA
4/16/24: Brookdale Community College Visiting Writers Series, Brookdale, NJ
3/13/24: Rosemont College MFA Reading Series w/ Airea D. Matthews, Rosemont, PA
2/24/24: Cooper Street Workshop: Pens with Benefits @ The Writer’s House at Rutger’s University, Camden, NJ
1/4/24: exquisites Virtual Reading w/ Hot Pink Mag & Light Jacket Reading Series
12/18/23: Monday Poets at Philadelphia Free Library w/ Sadie Dupuis, Philly, PA
12/6/23: Moonstone Poetry Presents: Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo & Alina Pleskova @ Fergie’s Pub, Philly, PA
11/10/23: Big Lush Reading Series, Frederick, MD
11/17/23: Lot 49 w/ Isaac Pickell & Stephanie Cawley, Philly, PA
11/1/23: Hidden Palaces @ Fadensonnen w/ Warren Longmire, Laura Albert, Andrew Weatherhead, Baltimore, MD
10/27/23: Overflowing Poetry & Roof Books Present: Lonely Christopher, Richard Loranger, Ted Rees @ Brickbat Books, Philly, PA
10/23/23: Toska Launch @ Unnameable Books w/ Alexis Almeida, Cecily Chen, Cea Jones, Neon Mashurov, Gala Mukomolova, Mike Soto, New York, NY
10/18/23: Book Launch for Edgar Kunz’s Fixer w/ Raena Shirali & Grady Chambers, Ortlieb’s, Philly, PA
10/15/23: Spit Poetry w/ Marisa Crawford & Erica Lewis @ Abyssinia, , Philly, PA
10/12/23: Toska Tour @ Two Dollar Radio w/ Hanif Abdurraqib, Stephanie Cawley, Raena Shirali, Kelly Xio, Columbus, OH
9/30/23: Salon Salvage @ Weathered Wood w/ Stephanie Cawley, Jennifer Nelson, Kalpana Subramanian, Troy, NY
9/20/23: Worlds Together, Worlds Apart w/ Jamaica Baldwin, K. Iver, Matthew Olzmann, T. De Los Reyes, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach - Virtual
9/14/23: Escribe Aqui/Write Here w/ Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Dustin Brookshire, Veronica Corpuz, Catherine Esposito Prescott, Tyler Gillespie, Melissa Gomez, Judy Ireland, Alexis Ivy, Arsimmer McCoy, Juliet Romeo, KC Trommer - Virtual
8/26/23: Philly Bookstore Crawl Author Celebration @ A Novel Idea, Philly, PA
8/10/23: Poet Lore & The Writer’s Center Present: Craft Chat with Alina Pleskova - In Conversation with Emily Holland - Virtual
8/5/23: Linda Theater, Albany, NY
7/27/23: Casa Vida Reading Series w/ Rosa Valeri Misbahi, James Milanesi, Malik Yasul Hasan Walker, Philly, PA
7/28/23: Toska Tour at Fungus Books w/ Stephanie Cawley, Melissa Dias-Mandoly, Alicia Salvadeo, Raena Shirali, Pittsburgh, PA
7/13/23: Toska Release Celebration @ Morning Glory, Philly, PA
6/18/23: Toska Release Celebration @ Le Comptoir du Vin w/Aeon Ginsberg, Anna K Crooks, Kelly Xio, Raena Shirali, Stephanie Cawley, Baltimore, MD
4/27/23 - Moonlight Magazine Variety Show @ Ortieb’s, 8PM w/ Elizabeth Scanlon, Philly, PA
3/29/23: One More Day on Earth Together @ Tattooed Mom w/ Sadie Dupuis, Geoff Rickly, Hazel Avery, Aeon Ginsberg, Anna K. Crooks, Kelly Xio, Philly, PA
2/24/23: Poets on the Line: A Reading & Fundraiser for Striking Grad Workers at Temple U. @ Wooden Shoe Books, Philly, PA
1/30/23: Live at the Writers House / WXPN radio show @ Kelly Writer’s House, UPenn, Philly, PA
2/1/23: Poet’s Row @ The Listening Room at LMNO, Philly, PA
11/9/22 - Celebration of Ted Berrigan’s Get the Money @ The Poetry Project w/ Alice Notley, Nick Sturm, Anselm Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Garrett Caples, Johnny Stanton, Kay Gabriel, Greg Masters, Alexis Almeida, Eileen Myles, Andrei Codrescu, Richard Hell, & Anne Waldman, New York, NY
11/6/22 - Launch for Raena Shirali’s summonings @ Tattooed Mom, Philly, PA
11/2/22: Moonstone Poetry Reading @ Fergie’s Pub, w/ Gina Myers & Warren Longmire, Philly, PA
10/21/22: Spit Poetry @ Abyssinia w/ Warren Longmire, Philly, PA
10/6/22 - MFA Org Presents: Local & Emerging Writers Series @ Rutgers University, Camden, NY
9/28/22 - Philly launch for Too Much by Gion Davis w/ Amy Saul-Zerby & Sadie Dupuis, Philly, PA
7/27/22 - Wednesdays on the Stoop: Sex & Desire in poetry workshop with Blue Stoop - Virtual
5/20/22 - Budmo! : a Ukrainian Benefit concert at Fleisher Arts Memorial, Philly, PA
3/24/22: AWP off-site: Poems & Stories from the Cheburashka Collective, Philly, PA
4/5/22: Jewish Currents - Post-Soviet issue release party & reading, Philly, PA
10/20/21: Blue Stoop Wednesdays on the Stoop (virtual) - Philadelphia Poetry w/ Alina Pleskova, Virtual
9/25-9/26/21: Virtual Intensive thru Philly Stables - Pens w/ Benefits: A Poetry Workshop on Eros & Sex
8/14/21: Philly launch for That Ex by Rachelle Toarmino
4/22/21: Kelly Writer’s House Presents: Launch for Maria Kuznetsova’s Something Unbelievable
2/17/21: Philly launch for Keith Kopka’s Count Four w/ Raena Shirali, Elizabeth Scanlon, & Edgar Kunz
12/20/20: Queer Poetics from the former Soviet Union w/ Galina Rymbu & Gala Mukomolova
10/24/20: Doin’ it Well — Writing Poetry About Sex & Intimacy workshop w/ Rutgers University
4/1/20: Kelly Writer’s House: Soviet diaspora poetry by the Cheburashka Collective
1/1/20: Annual New Year’s Day Marathon reading - The Poetry Project, New York, NY
12/10/19: You Can’t Kill a Poet
11/29/19: Launch for Ivanna Baranova’s Confirmation Bias
8/17/19: Cheburashka Collective Reading w/ Gala Mukomolova, Marina Blitshteyn, Tanya Paperny, & Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
4/24/19: From Across the Waters: Poetry of the Soviet Diaspora w/ Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Ruth Madievsky, Luisa Muradyan, Tanya Paperny, & Olga lLvshin
2/26/19: Sophia Shalmiyev in conversation w/ Alina Pleskova
2/16/19: Philadelphia Poet reading series at A Novel Idea
12/16/18: Cheburashka Collective presents Soviet Diaspora poetry w/ Gala Mukomolova, Ana Božičević, Luisa Muradyan, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Ruth Madievsky, & Karina Vahitova
11/20/18: Green Line Poetry: Levin, Kolchinsky Dasbach, Pleskova, & Wisher
11/9/18: 25 hours for 25 years: A Radiothon w/ Kai Davis, Genise Deal, Boston Gordon, & Julia Perch
7/28/18: Sexting Ghosts Philly launch w/ Joanna C. Valente, Jenn Mccreary, & Raena Shirali
7/18/18: Frank's O'Hara! w/ Raena Shirali, Gala Mukomolova, Kirwyn Sutherland, Zach Blackwood, Tyler Antoine, Jonathan Burkhalter, & Kayleb Rae Candrilli
5/23/18: Frank O'Hara's Last Lover w/ Hanif Abdurraqib & Raena Shirali
5/4/18: 'All the best poets are editors' w/ Camellia Grass, Raena Shirali, & Kayleb Rae Candrilli
4/11/18: Hatchery Reading Series w/ Mike Deagler & Daniel Torday
3/13/18: You Can't Kill a Poet w/ July Westhale, Boston Gordon, & Zach Blackwood
12/14/17: Femme-tastic Xmas Special w/ Raena Shirali, Raquel Salas-Rivera, Stephanie Kaylor, & Nomi Stone
9/15/17: Welcome to Boog City festival
9/12/17: Random Name w/ Gala Mukomolova & Claire Skinner
9/10/17: APIARY magazine's sanctuary workshop