Readings

Selected Appearances

2025

“Giving Birth in a Time of War,” “Baby Dreams,” and “Diwata,” Open Mic, Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, France

“When We Have Children,” “Birth of Lakapati,” and “Unfurling the Frond,” Writers Open Studio, Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, France

2024

Alleliah Nuguid’s book launch of A Human Moon, hosted by Dynamo Verlag, featured alongside Lucian Mattison and Edward Gunawan, Clio’s Bookstore and Café, Oakland

Life of JEM with host Juanita E. Mantz, Video Podcast Interview

HOME MADE Reading Series with Nicola Andrews, hosted by Edward Gunawan and Michelle Lin, Oakland

2023

“Marmarna,” Flash Horror, We Plumed a Spell on You: Spooky Poems & Stories, Plume: A Writer’s Podcast, Virtual

Excerpts from The Beginning of Leaving, Featured Guest Speaker hosted by Hayward-Castro Valley branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Hayward

Filipina Authors Book Club’s September Book Pick discussion re We Are No Longer Babaylan, Virtual

Listen & Be Heard with Tony Robles, Episode 23, air date August 10, 2023, Station WPVM, Radio Interview, Asheville

Writing Abortion: A Shout Your Abortion event, off-site AWP reading with Abby Minor, Erin Lynch, and Judith Arcana, Seattle

2022

Excerpts from We Are No Longer Babaylan, Featured Guest Speaker at Holiday Luncheon hosted by Hayward-Castro Valley branch of AAUW, Hayward

“First Home,” Flash CNF, Unbound: Anthology on Composing Home, Launch Reception, The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, Moorhead

“Be, Not Be,” Poetry, excerpt from We Are No Longer Babaylan, MSUM’s Winter Celebration of the Arts at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts, Moorhead

“First Home,” Flash CNF, Unbound: Anthology on Composing Home, Launch Reception, Zandbroz Variety, Fargo

“Timeless Flight Across Fallopian Arms,” Poetry, Audio appearance in “Tropical Gothic,” Performance Art by Ashley Dequilla, Video Showcase, University of Illinois Chicago

2021

“Diwata,” Poetry, Plume with hosts Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, and Dawn Sperber, and Season 2’s featured writers, roundtable participants, and members of the Plume community, Season 2 Finale Podcast Episode

“Two Manananggal Discuss Dinner Plans,” Poetry, NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators, Virtual Launch

We Are No Longer Babaylan, L’aiolina Book Club, Roundtable Discussion, Oakland 

“Grand,” Poetry, Marías at Sampaguitas, Issue No. 2, “Mahal: Who We Are, What It Cost Us, and How We Love,” Virtual Open Mic

Naming the Aswang, a Conversation with Elsa Valmidiano” with hosts Melanie Unruh and Samantha Tetangco, Plume, June Featured Writer, Podcast Interview

Writing About Grief” with host Juanita E. Mantz, Life of JEM, Episode 15, Podcast Interview

2020

We Are No Longer Babaylan, Excerpt from Essay Collection, to launch Keana Aguila Labra’s chapbook, No Saints, alongside poets Christian Aldana Sanders and Joseph Schwarkopf, hosted by Lazy Adventurer Publishing, Virtual Launch

We Are No Longer Babaylan, Excerpt from Essay Collection, to launch Veronica Montes’ chapbook, The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting, alongside authors Alan Chazaro and Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, Daly City Public Library Virtual Bookfest

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