READINGS & EVENTS 

UPCOMING & RECENT

Writer - Woodside Open Studios
with Claudia Schellenberg, Costanza Musumeci, Dan Selzer, Deanne D'Aloia, Deborah Wasserman, DJ Rekha, Helen Quinn, Humphrey Bilger, Jess Levey, Jessie Bruah, Jilian Fisher, John Bjerklie, Marcy Chevali, Nathaniel Joslin, Poogy Bjerklie, Roy Beeson, and Stacy Mehrfar
Mondo & Heptagon Studios; Queens, NY - Sunday, June 12, 2022 from 12-5pm ET

PAST

Reader - Ritual: An Exquisite Corpse Poem by Queens Poets - QUEENSBOUND Brooklyn Book Festival Event
with Pichchenda Bao, Sherese Francis, Abeer Y. Hoque, Joseph O. Legaspi, Robert Ostrom, Sahar Romani, and KC Trommer
Facebook Live - Friday, October 1, 2021

Reader - A Late Summer Reading #2
with Danielle Batalion Ola, Julie Ae Kim, Naomi Shuyama-Gómez, and Yasmin Adele Majeed
Brooklyn, NY - Sunday, July 25, 2021

Reader - Queens Public Library Open Mic
Virtual event - Thursday, May 20, 2021

Speaker - The Truth to Power Show hosted by Vijay R. Nathan
Radio Free Brooklyn - Sunday, May 9, 2021

Reader / Cast - Table reading of “The Straight Path” TV pilot script by Abeer Y. Hoque
with Nashwa Zaman, Mita Rahman, Arpan Chowdhury, Usama Siddiquee, Zachary Ullah, Dima Nefartity, Shafin Azim, Maher Hoque, David Lombroso, and Zubaira Ahmed
Virtual event - March 13, 2021

Reader - Utah State University Ekushe February 2021
with Larry Cesspooch, Petrona Xemi Tapepechul, and Jenny Anonto Bernadette
Utah Humanities and USU International Student Council virtual event - February 23, 2021

Panelist - Dispatch: Poetry for the People, in Public Spaces
with KC Trommer and Jared Harél
Urban Omnibus podcast - December 3, 2020

Reader - A Reckoning: QUEENSBOUND Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event
with KC Trommer, Jared Harél, Abeer Y. Hoque, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Pichchenda Bao, Robert Ostrom, and Joseph O. Legaspi
Facebook Live - October 2, 2020

Reader - Our Home and the World: Poetry for Laal NYC
with Tarfia Faizullah and Samira Sadeque
AAWW Facebook Live - May 28, 2020

Reader - Bronx Rising! East Meets West: International Mother Tongue Day
with Samira Sadeque, Royal Bengal Tea House, and various other performing artists
Bronx Music Heritage Center; Bronx, NY - February 22, 2020

Reader - Shahitto Academy Monthly Poetry Reading
with various NYC-based Bengali poets
Jackson Heights, NY - August 30, 2019

Reader - QUEENSBOUND at Kaufman Arts District Backlot Festival
with KC Trommer, Jared Harél, Joseph O. Legaspi, Abeer Y. Hoque, Pichchenda Bao, Ryan Black, and Sahar Romani
Mar’s; Astoria, NY - September 21, 2019

Reader - Celebrating the Bangladeshi American Experience: Kundiman Immigrant Heritage Month Event
with Abeer Y. Hoque
NYPL Parkchester Branch; Bronx, NY - June 25, 2019

Reader - Eileen’s Fortune Cookie Reading
with Abet Speaks, Ahnnie, Christian Angeles, Jen Hyde, Dena Igusti, Angela Y. Law, Eileen Ramos, Summer Dawn Reyes, Maria Rubio, Rebecca H. Wang, and Yuri
Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop; Brooklyn, NY - September 9, 2017

Reader - Newtown Literary’s Writing from Art: An Ekphrastic Tour of Socrates Sculpture Park
with Joseph O. Legaspi and Christopher X. Shade
Socrates Sculpture Park; Queens, NY - July 16, 2017

Reader - Drunken! Careening! Writers!
with Lydia Cortes, Carol Rosenfeld, and KC Trommer
KBG Bar & Lit Mag; New York, NY - April 20, 2017

Moderator - Book Launch: Abeer Hoque on Olive Witch
with Abeer Y. Hoque
Astoria Bookshop; Astoria, NY - February 24, 2017

Reader - Writers Resist: Queens
with Bani Amor, Reese Francis, KC Trommer, Christen Clifford, Maria Lisella, and Vikas Menon
Terraza 7; Jackson Heights, NY - February 1, 2017

Reader - Original poetry response to artworks in Sheherzade’s Gift: Subversive Narratives curated by Jaishri Abichandani
Center for Book Arts; New York, NY - August 10, 2016

Moderator - Daughters of Brooklyn
with Tanaïs and Naomi Jackson
AAWW; New York, NY - August 13, 2015

Reader - Queens Represent!
with Bushra Rehman, Jennifer Chowdhury, Dulani, and Soniya Munshi
Astoria Bookshop; Astoria, NY - January 14, 2014

Reader - Corona: An Ode to Bushra Rehman’s Queens
with Bushra Rehman, Jaishri Abichandani, Jennifer Chowdhury, Dulani, Soniya Munshi, and Sa’dia Rehman
AAWW and SAWCC; New York, NY - September 13, 2013