Events
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2024
April 30, 7 p.m.: Book Launch for "Wonder & Wreckage" hosted by Georgia Center for the Book and Poetry Atlanta Press, Decatur Library.
June 12, 7 p.m.: Wild & Precious Life Series, Virtual
Aug. 25, 3 p.m. EST: Poetry on Zoom with Andrea Jerjevic
Sept. 2. 7:30 p.m.: Little 5 Poetry Bash at Java Lords, Atlanta
Oct. 2, 7 p.m. Word of Mouth at The Globe, Athens, GA
Oct. 5, 2:45 p.m.: Decatur Book Festival, Decatur Library
Oct. 10, 7 p.m.: The Book Bird, Avondale Estates, GA
Nov. 14, 7 p.m.: 20th Anniversary Voices Carry Reading (Details TBA)
Past
Events
2003
Poetry
At Tech Fest, Georgia Tech.
Introduction
of Jules et Jim at German-French Film Festival, Goethe Institute.
Alternative
Arts Festival, Atlanta.
Better
To Travel:
An Evening of Poetry and Jazz with Collin Kelley featuring The Jennifer Perry
Combo, Atlanta Literary Festival Opening Night Event.
Night
of 100 Authors, Atlanta Literary Festival.
Java
Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA (with The Jennifer Perry Combo).
Barnes
& Noble, Fayetteville, GA (with Cecilia Woloch).
Georgia
Poetry Society, North Georgia College.
Barnes
& Noble, Columbus, GA.
Barnes
& Noble, Norcross, GA (with Cecilia Woloch).
Callanwolde
Fine Arts Center, Atlanta.
Happy
Bookseller, Columbia, SC (with John Amen and Cecilia Woloch).
2004
Redondo
Poets, Los Angeles, CA.
The
Ugly Mug, Orange, CA (with Cecilia Woloch).
Malaprops
Book Shop, Asheville, NC (with John Amen and Cecilia Woloch).
National
Poetry Month, Columbus, GA (with Tania Rochelle).
Austin
International Poetry Festival, Austin, TX.
Muse
Art Cafe, Atlanta (with Alice Lovelace).
Georgia
Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Java
Monkey All-Stars, Decatur Arts Festival.
Outwrite
Book Shop & Coffee House, Atlanta.
Introduction
of Faraway, So Close at Goethe-Institut, Atlanta.
Cornelia
Street Cafe, New York, NY.
Bowery
Poetry Club, New York, NY.
Georgia
Literary Festival, Columbus, GA.
Voices
Carry, Atlanta Book Festival, Carter Center, Atlanta, GA (with John Stone,
Alice Lovelace, Tania Rochelle, Ayodele, Ralph Tejeda Wilson, Cherryl
Floyd-Miller & Kodac Harrison).
Terminus
Magazine
Party, Decatur, GA (with Thomas Lux, Nathan Deen, Beth Gylys and Leon
Stokesbury).
The
Sentient Bean, Savannah, GA.
HalfLife
Crisis
Release Reading, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA.
2005
SoCal
Tour 2005: Barnes & Noble Hazard Center San Diego; Redondo Poets at Coffee
Cartel; Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at Ugly Mug in Orange.
Tsunami
Benefit, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Reading
of The Dark Horse, Theatre Gael, Atlanta.
Dahlonega
Literary Festival, Dahlonega, GA.
Blended
Heritage Celebration, Fayetteville, GA.
Village
Writers Group, Decatur, GA.
Cliterati,
Atlanta.
Workshop
for Georgia Writers Association, Dunwoody, GA.
National
Poetry Month Event, Barnes & Noble, Norcross, GA.
Austin
International Poetry Festival 2005, Austin, TX.
National
Poetry Month Reading 2005, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Arts
In the Park at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta.
Workshop
for Georgia Writers Association Spring Festival, Smyrna, GA.
House
of Poets, Red Light Cafe, Atlanta.
Pride
+ Poetry, Ponce de Leon Library, Atlanta.
Java
Monkey Speaks Anthology Release, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA.
Kennesaw
Mountain Summer Writing Institute, Kennesaw State University.
Pride
Reading for Pink Pony West, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY.
Word
Diversity Collective - Art Amok, 7 Stages, Atlanta.
Cold
Soup Dinner Theatre, Decatur, GA.
Voices
Carry 2: An Afternoon of Poetry & Spoken Word, Carter Center, Atlanta.
Word
Diversity Collective - Art Amok, 7 Stages, Atlanta.
A
Soldier's Song: Poetry of the Great War, Theatre Gael, Atlanta.
Poetry
at Portfolio Center, Atlanta.
Hurricane
Katrina Relief Benefit, Outwrite Bookstore, Atlanta.
Red
Light: Superheroes, Saints & Sluts Launch, Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco.
Beyond
Baroque, Venice Beach, CA (with John Amen & Cecilia Woloch).
Body
Maps
Exhibition Closing Night, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA.
A
Gift of Words, Ponce de Leon Library, Atlanta.
Word
Diversity Collective: Naked, Pagan & Uncensored, Atlanta (producer)
2006
Blended
Heritage Celebration, Fayetteville, GA.
Poetry
Out Loud Project, National Endowment for the Arts/Georgia Council for the Arts.
(mentor/judge)
Word
Diversity Collective: Karaoke Poetry, Atlanta.
Georgia
Writers Association, Dunwoody, GA (with Jenny Sadre-Orafai).
National
Poetry Month Reading, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Poetry
Out Loud Finals, Taped for airing on PBS, Atlanta (host)
Release
party and reading for Slow To Burn, Ruta Maya Coffee House, San Antonio,
TX.
Austin
International Poetry Festival 2006, Austin, TX.
Georgia
Writers Association Spring Festival of Writers, Atlanta.
Launch
party and reading for Slow To Burn, galerieMC, Atlanta (co-sponsored by
Poets & Writers).
Reading
at Cafe Ambrosia, Savannah, GA (with Heather Macadam and Mary Chi-Whi Kim).
Release
party and reading for Slow To Burn, Fayette County Public Library,
Fayetteville, GA.
Reading
at Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA.
Bloomsday
Reading, Composition Gallery, Atlanta.
Release
party and reading for Java Monkey Speaks Anthology Vol. 2. Decatur,
GA.
Columbus
Public Library, Columbus, GA.
Reading
of the Body Maps poems, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta.
Subliminal
Messages & Subversive Influences, GLBTQ Reading at Atlanta Library.
Atlanta
Reads Project, Atlanta Library (forum moderator/presenter).
Decatur
Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
Voices
Carry 3, The Carter Center, Atlanta (with Stephen Bluestone, Theresa Davis,
Karen Head, Delisa Mulkey, Rupert Fike, Kodac Harrison, Robin Kemp, Chelsea
Rathburn and Cecilia Woloch).
Outside
the Green Zone
chapbook reading, Outwrite Books, Atlanta (with Franklin Abbott, Cleo Creech,
Lisa Allender, Melanie Hammett and Theresa Davis).
An
Evening of Poetry at Composition Gallery (sponsored by Poets & Writers
Inc.), Atlanta (with Rupert Fike).
Pink
Pony West Series, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY.
Poetry
at Callanwolde, Atlanta (with Karen Head).
Poetry
Cafe, London, UK.
Launch
of The Thrill and The Hurting anthology, London, UK. (co-editor).
2007
Poetry
Out Loud Project 2007, National Endowment for the Arts/Poetry Foundation
(Mentor and state finalist judge).
AWP
Conference 2007, OUTspoken Reading and Poets & Writers panel, Atlanta.
An
Evening of New Work: Late Night at The Academy Theatre, Avondale Estates, GA.
Art
Amok, 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta.
San
Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Redondo
Poets, Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach, CA.
Poetry
at the Loft, Redlands, CA (with Sheema Kalbasi)
Poetry
101 Workshop, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Georgia
Writers Association of Kennesaw State University, Festival of Workshops,
Smyrna, GA.
Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta.
Wordsmiths
Books Grand Opening, Decatur, GA.
Bloomsday
Reading, Composition Gallery, Atlanta.
MondoHomo
Festival, Atlanta.
Decatur
Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
Beth
Gylys' Matchbook Reading, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
Voices
Carry 4, Composition Gallery, Atlanta (with Mike Dockins, Kodac Harrison,
Khadijah Queen, Megan Volpert & Cecilia Woloch).
My
Body Is A Candle Touched By Fire - Benefit for IGLHRC, Actor's Express, Atlanta.
CRUX
Anthology
Release Reading, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta.
GLBTQ
Literary Festival, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta.
Lewes
Poetry Cafe, Lewes Library, Sussex, UK.
Poetry
Cafe, London, UK.
Angel
Poetry Reading Series, Borders Books, London, UK.
Poetry
At Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (with Katie Chaple, Jon Goode
and introduced by Thomas Lux).
2008
CRUX
Anthology
Reading, Indie Coffee & Books, Decatur, GA.
CRUX
Anthology
Reading, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA.
Limp
Wrist Magazine
launch party, Outwrite Books, Atlanta (with Laure-Anne Bosselaar).
Blended
Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
24
Hour Poetry Feature, The Horizon School, Decatur, GA.
CRUX
Anthology
Reading, Silk Cafe, Decatur, GA.
National
Poetry Month Reading, Outwrite Books, Atlanta (with Franklin Abbott, Robin Kemp
and Reginald Jackson).
CRUX
Anthology
Reading, Wordsmiths Books, Decatur, GA.
Saints
& Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA.
50
Artists, 50 Shots: We Are All Sean Bell, Eyedrum, Atlanta.
Mondo
Homo 2008, Atlanta.
Quill:
A Literary Pride Event, Tallahassee Pridefest, Tallahassee, FL (with Cynie Cory
and Brandy T. Wilson).
Wordsmiths
Books Anniversary, Decatur, GA.
Georgia
Author Book Bash, The Literary Center at The Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta.
Pride
Reading, Wordsmiths Books, Decatur, GA.
50
Artists, Eyedrum, Atlanta.
Save
Wordsmiths Books, Decatur, GA.
Release
of After the Poison, Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
After
the Poison
reading, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA.
Callanwode
Fine Arts Center, Atlanta (with Karen Head).
Wordsmiths
Books, Decatur, GA (with Cecilia Woloch).
Cornelia
Street Cafe, New York, NY (with D. Nurkse and George Wallace).
Voices
Carry 5, Wordsmiths Books, Decatur, GA. (with Theresa Davis, Jim Elledge, Kodac
Harrison, Laurel Snyder and Cecilia Woloch).
Outwrite
Books, Atlanta (with Karen Head).
Atlanta
Queer Literary Festival (co-director)
2009
Memorial
Reading for Dr. John Stone, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta.
The
Joe Milford Poetry Show, Radio Interview.
Virgogray
Press Radio Show, Radio Interview.
Blended
Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Moe
Green Poetry Hour, Radio Interview.
Poetry
Out Loud, Georgia Finalists Competition. (emcee)
Saints
& Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA.
MondoHomo,
Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta.
The
Path Worn in the Grass: A Tribute to Walt Whitman, Composition Gallery,
Atlanta.
Stonewall
Reading, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, Atlanta.
Poetry
Atlanta's Trouble & Hope DVD release, Georgia Center for the Book,
Decatur, GA.
Solar
Anus Reading, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta (with Ben Tanzer).
Launch
of Conquering Venus, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Conquering
Venus
reading/signing at Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
Conquering
Venus reading/signing, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta.
Conquering
Venus
reading at The Tank, New York, NY.
Voices
Carry 6, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur GA (with Cecilia Woloch, Karen Head,
Bob Wood, Theresa Davis and Kodac Harrison).
Atlanta
Queer Literary Festival, readings from My Diva anthology and Conquering
Venus.
World
AIDS Day reading, Horizon School, Atlanta.
Conquering
Venus
reading at OutCentral/OutLoud Books, Nashville, TN.
Queer
Literary Showcase, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta.
2010
Creative
Loafing
Fiction Contest, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta (judge).
Conquering
Venus
reading Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA.
Valentine
Poetry Reading, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Blended
Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Love
Out Loud for Haiti Benefit, First Existentialist, Atlanta.
Poetry
Out Loud Regional Competition, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta (host).
Sun
and Moon Reading Series, Atlanta (with Mike Dockins and Amy McDaniel).
Conquering
Venus
reading at The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD.
Tallahassee
Pridefest, Tallahassee, FL (with Terry Galloway).
Reading/discussion
from Slow To Burn at Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
Talking
Back to the Muse, Composition Gallery, Atlanta.
Erato Literary Magazine Reading
Series, Georgia Teach, Atlanta (with JC Reilly).
Saints
& Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA.
MondoHomo
Festival, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta.
Social
media guest lecturer at Worcester College at Oxford University, UK.
Poetry
on Tap, Old Orleans Pub, Cardiff, Wales (with Karen Head).
Hot!
Hot! Hot! Poetry Reading, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta.
Decatur
Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
An
Afternoon with Patti LuPone, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
(host).
An
Evening of Finishing Line Press Poets, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA.
Southern
Festival of Books, Nashville, TN.
Voices
Carry, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA (with Natasha Trethewey, Cecilia
Woloch, M. Ayodele Heath and Patrick Donnelly).
Workshop
for Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw State University.
2011
Visiting
Writers Series, Southern Crescent Technical College, Griffin, GA (with Karen
Head).
Call
& Response: An Evening of Poetry with Karen Head and Collin Kelley, Georgia
Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Poetry
Out Loud Semi-finals, Emory University & Atlanta History Center, Atlanta
(emcee).
Megan
Volpert's Sonics in Warholia release party, Sycamore Place Gallery,
Decatur, GA.
Social
media master class for Saints & Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans,
LA.
Howl-A-Thon:
A Tribute To Allen Ginsberg, First Existentialist Congregation, Atlanta.
Java
Monkey Speaks 10th Anniversary, Decatur, GA.
Atlanta
Queer Literary Festival, Atlanta (co-director).
Decatur
Book Festival, Decatur, GA.
9/11
Memorial Reading, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta (with Cleo Creech, Franklin
Abbott, Don Perryman, Rupert Fike, Karen Head, Stephen Wing, Jef Blocker).
Finishing
Line Press Reading, Bound To Be Read Books, Atlanta.
Voices
Carry, Rush Center, Atlanta (with Cecilia Woloch, Rupert Fike, Alice Lovelace,
Karen Head and Franklin Abbott).
Charis
Books Anniversary Event, Atlanta.
Red
Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw State University.
Green
Room Actor's Lounge, Atlanta.
World
AIDS Day Commemoration, Museum of Design Atlanta (with Lisa Allender and Cleo
Creech).
2012
The
Last Tango, Outwrite Books, Atlanta.
Remain
In Light launch
event, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Blended
Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Erato
Reading, Georgia Tech Library, Atlanta.
Assaracus:
A Celebration of Gay Poetry, Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies, New York,
NY.
Rainbow
Book Fair, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY.
Friends
of the Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Poetry
Out Loud, Atlanta History Center (judge).
Reading
from Remain In Light, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta.
Townsend
Prize Award Ceremony, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta (Finalist for 2012
award for Remain In Light).
Sibling
Rivalry Press Showcase, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA (emcee).
The
Poetry In Music, Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta.
A
Face To Meet The Faces Anthology reading, Toco Hills Library, Decatur, GA.
A
Face To Meet The Faces Anthology reading, Bound to Be Read books, Atlanta.
Ronnie
Scott's Jazz Club, London, UK.
Polari
Reading Series at Southbank Centre, London, UK.
Poetry
at L'Osteria 57, London, UK.
Decatur
Book Festival, Decatur GA.
Radio
interview on People You Should Know, Blog Talk Radio.
Voices
Carry, Decatur Public Library, Decatur GA (with Cecilia Woloch, Sandra Meek and
Alice Lovelace).
LostInTheLetters
series, Highland Ballroom, Atlanta.
2013
Blended
Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA.
Poetry
Out Loud regional finals, Macon GA (emcee).
Clayton
State University Reading Series, Morrow GA.
My
Atlanta Poetry Slam hosted by Atlanta Hawks, Hard Rock Cafe, Atlanta (judge).
Southern
Poetry Anthology Reading, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta.
Render
launch at
Rainbow Book Fair, New York, NY.
Atlanta
Writers Club Reading, Atlanta (with Karen Head).
Southern
Crescent College Reading, Griffin, GA (with Karen Head and Theresa Davis).
Southern
Poetry Anthology Reading, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Render
launch at
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Bound
to Be Read Books, Atlanta (with Theresa Davis).
Java
Monkey Speaks Reading, Decatur, GA.
Charis
Books & More Reading, Atlanta, GA (with Theresa Davis).
Word
for Word Poetry Reading at Bryant Park, New York, NY.
Decatur
Book Festival (with Theresa Davis and Kodac Harrison).
Atlanta
Pride Reading, Charis Books and More, Atlanta.
Voices
Carry, Decatur Library (with Cecilia Woloch, Jessie Carty, Helen Losse and
Erica Wright).
Guest
lecturer at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (with Theresa
Davis).
Beyond
Baroque, Venice, CA (with Theresa Davis).
Redondo
Poets, Coffee Cartel at Redondo Beach, CA (with Theresa Davis).
Two
Idiots Peddling Poetry at The Ugly Mug, Orange, CA (with Theresa Davis &
Steven Reigns).
Callanwolde
Fine Arts Center, Atlanta (with Eugene Ellis).
Bound
to Be Read Books, Guest Bookseller for Small Business Saturday.
2014
2014
Blended Heritage Festival at Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Charis Books & More with Megan Volpert & Theresa Davis, Atlanta, GA
Rainbow Book Fair, New York
Charis Books & More with Megan Volpert & Theresa Davis, Atlanta, GA
Rainbow Book Fair, New York
Smyrna Library National Poetry Month Reading, Smyrna, GA
Social media workshop at Decatur Gallery, Decatur, GA
100 Readers of Solitude honoring Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Decatur, GA
Non-Stop Whitman: A Reading of Song of Myself, Java Monkey, Decatur, GA
Self-Publishing Seminar with Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
The Horizon Leans Forward: A Reading for Maya Angelou, Decatur, GA
Persona Poetry Workshop, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Polari, Southbank Centre, London UK
10th Annual Voices Carry, Java Monkey, Decatur, GA
Maya Angelou Tribute, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Poetry by the Lake at Lakefest, Pine Lake, GA
Poetry at Bound To Be Read Books, Atlanta, GA
Indies First Day at Eagle Eye Books, Decatur and Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta
2015
Judging Poetry Out Loud recitation contest, Chamblee Charter School
Poetry Atlanta Presents… On Occasion: Four Poets One Year, Decatur
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Library, Fayetteville
Persona Poetry Workshop, Peachtree City Library
National Poetry Month Reading, West Hollywood Library
Interview on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles (with Steven Reigns)
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry Reading at Ugly Mug, Orange CA (with Steven Reigns)
Battery Park Book Exchange, Asheville, NC
Seat in the Shade Reading Series, The Globe, Athens, GA
Persona Poetry Workshop for The Chattahoocee Review at Georgia Perimeter College
Self-Publishing Seminar, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Red Rocks Community College, Denver, CO
Decatur Book Festival
Call & Response with Karen Head, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Fall Poetry Workshop, Peachtree City Library, Peachtree City, GA
Guest bookseller at Eagle Eye Books for Indies First, Decatur, GA
11th Annual Voices Carry Reading, Decatur Library, Decatur GA
2016
Shore Reading Series with Imani Marshall-Stephen and Julie E. Bloemeke, Acworth, GA
Reading and discussion with Johns Creek Poetry Group.
Signing for Leaving Paris, AWP Conference, Los Angeles
Reading & Signing for Leaving Paris, Rainbow Book Fair, New York City
Sibling Rivalry Press Authors in Conversation featuring Megan Volkert, Collin Kelley & Theresa Davis at Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
Mysterious Ways: Erica Wright and Collin Kelley in Conversation at Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Word of Mouth with Theresa Davis, Athens, GA.
An Evening With Sibling Rivalry Press featuring Bryan Borland, Theresa Davis, Megan Volpert, Collin Kelley, Brent Calderwood and Kaveh Akbar at Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Decatur Book Festival
Voices Carry 2016 with Cecilia Woloch, Karen Head, Eve Hoffman and Theresa Davis. Hosted by Collin Kelley. Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Writer's Resist, Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
2017
Writers Resist, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA
Rejoice, Regroup, RESIST!, 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Sunday Evening Chill, Kavarna Coffee House, Decatur, GA
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Library, Fayetteville, GA
Call & Response with Karen Head, Georgia Center for The Book, Decatur Library
Make Poetry Fun Again, Hodgepodge Coffeehouse, Atlanta, GA
Redondo Poets at Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach, CA
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, The Ugly Mug, Orange, CA
Stonewall Reading: Honoring Our Literary Ancestors, Charis Books, Atlanta GA
Loudspeaker reading, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Big Queer Sizzle Fundraiser for Charis Circle, Charis Books, Atlanta, GA
Decatur Book Festival
100 Readers of Solitude honoring Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Decatur, GA
Non-Stop Whitman: A Reading of Song of Myself, Java Monkey, Decatur, GA
Self-Publishing Seminar with Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
The Horizon Leans Forward: A Reading for Maya Angelou, Decatur, GA
Persona Poetry Workshop, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Polari, Southbank Centre, London UK
10th Annual Voices Carry, Java Monkey, Decatur, GA
Maya Angelou Tribute, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Poetry by the Lake at Lakefest, Pine Lake, GA
Poetry at Bound To Be Read Books, Atlanta, GA
Indies First Day at Eagle Eye Books, Decatur and Bound to Be Read Books, Atlanta
2015
Judging Poetry Out Loud recitation contest, Chamblee Charter School
Poetry Atlanta Presents… On Occasion: Four Poets One Year, Decatur
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Library, Fayetteville
Persona Poetry Workshop, Peachtree City Library
National Poetry Month Reading, West Hollywood Library
Interview on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles (with Steven Reigns)
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry Reading at Ugly Mug, Orange CA (with Steven Reigns)
Battery Park Book Exchange, Asheville, NC
Seat in the Shade Reading Series, The Globe, Athens, GA
Persona Poetry Workshop for The Chattahoocee Review at Georgia Perimeter College
Self-Publishing Seminar, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Red Rocks Community College, Denver, CO
Decatur Book Festival
Call & Response with Karen Head, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Fall Poetry Workshop, Peachtree City Library, Peachtree City, GA
Guest bookseller at Eagle Eye Books for Indies First, Decatur, GA
11th Annual Voices Carry Reading, Decatur Library, Decatur GA
2016
Shore Reading Series with Imani Marshall-Stephen and Julie E. Bloemeke, Acworth, GA
Reading and discussion with Johns Creek Poetry Group.
Signing for Leaving Paris, AWP Conference, Los Angeles
Reading & Signing for Leaving Paris, Rainbow Book Fair, New York City
Sibling Rivalry Press Authors in Conversation featuring Megan Volkert, Collin Kelley & Theresa Davis at Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
Mysterious Ways: Erica Wright and Collin Kelley in Conversation at Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
Word of Mouth with Theresa Davis, Athens, GA.
An Evening With Sibling Rivalry Press featuring Bryan Borland, Theresa Davis, Megan Volpert, Collin Kelley, Brent Calderwood and Kaveh Akbar at Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Decatur Book Festival
Voices Carry 2016 with Cecilia Woloch, Karen Head, Eve Hoffman and Theresa Davis. Hosted by Collin Kelley. Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA.
Writer's Resist, Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
2017
Writers Resist, Java Monkey Speaks, Decatur, GA
Rejoice, Regroup, RESIST!, 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Sunday Evening Chill, Kavarna Coffee House, Decatur, GA
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Library, Fayetteville, GA
Call & Response with Karen Head, Georgia Center for The Book, Decatur Library
Make Poetry Fun Again, Hodgepodge Coffeehouse, Atlanta, GA
Redondo Poets at Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach, CA
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, The Ugly Mug, Orange, CA
Stonewall Reading: Honoring Our Literary Ancestors, Charis Books, Atlanta GA
Loudspeaker reading, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Big Queer Sizzle Fundraiser for Charis Circle, Charis Books, Atlanta, GA
Decatur Book Festival
Voices Carry with Cecilia Woloch, Theresa Davis, Erica Wright and Rupert Fike, Decatur, GA
2018
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Fiction Workshop with Georgia Writers Association, Kennesaw State University
Loudspeaker Series, Melt Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Java Monkey Speaks Anthology Release Party, Decatur, GA
Big Queer Sizzle, Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
Decatur Book Festival
Debut of Midnight in a Perfect World at Voices Carry, Georgia Center for the Book
Midnight in a Perfect World reading at Charis Books with Katie Farris
2019
Poetry at Tech Workshop with Karen Head, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Athens Words of Mouth, Athens, GA
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Poets Read, Marietta, GA
AWP Conference and No Fair/Fair Literary Festival, Portland, OR
Sibling Rivalry Press Reading, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA
Planet Queer, Los Angeles, CA
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry Reading, Ugly Mug, Orange, CA
The Rapp Saloon Poetry Reading, Santa Monica, CA
Polari, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Loose Muse, London, UK
A Seat in the Shade, Athens, GA
Poetry Workshop, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA
Call & Response with Karen Head, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Broadleaf Writers Conference, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA
Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop, Brooklyn NY
Rainbow Book Fair, LGBT Community Center, NYC
Fiction Writing Workshop, ArtsXchange, East Point, GA
Voices Carry with Megan Volpert, Karen Head & Alice Friman, Decatur Library
High Museum of Art/Sally Mann Reading, Atlanta, GA
2020
Sibling Rivalry Press Reading, Arts X Change, East Point, GA
Poetry at Tech (with Chelsea Dingman and Karen Head), Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Call & Response: Zoom Edition with Karen Head - Georgia Center for the Book (virtual)
Sibling Rivalry Press Reading, Arts X Change, East Point, GA
Poetry at Tech (with Chelsea Dingman and Karen Head), Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Blended Heritage Festival, Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA
Call & Response: Zoom Edition with Karen Head - Georgia Center for the Book (virtual)
Dodge Poetry Festival (virtual)
Voices Carry ft. Cecilia Woloch, Gustavo Hernandez, Julie E. Bloemeke, Karen Head & Theresa Davis - Georgia Center for the Book (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology launch - Georgia Center for the Book (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology event - Wild & Precious Life Series (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology event - Wild & Precious Life Series (virtual)
Poetry Workshop with the Arts X Change (virtual)
Subversive Ink: A Poetry Reading Celebrating the Centenary of Tom of Finland (virtual)
2021
2023
Dolly Parton 75th Birthday Reading, Limp Wrist/Wild & Precious Life Series (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology Reading, Georgia Center for the Book (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology Reading, Redheaded Stepchild (virtual)
Mother Mary Comes To Me Anthology Reading, Redheaded Stepchild (virtual)
Wednesday Night Poetry (virtual)
Voices Carry ft. Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, Khadijah Queen, Steven Reigns, and Cecilia Woloch (virtual)
2022
Voices Carry ft. Mark Ward, Teri Elam, Michael Walls, and Cecilia Woloch. Hosted by Collin Kelley (Virtual)
VCP SoCal Poets ft. Collin Kelley, Carine Topal & Cecilia Woloch (Virtual)
2023
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology Launch Event, Georgia Center for the Book
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology Virtual Reading, Hudson Valley Writers
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology Virtual Reading, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology Virtual Reading, Scene & Heard series
19th Annual Voices Carry reading ft. Cecilia Woloch, Theresa Davis, Julie E. Bloemeke, Rupert Fike and Collin Kelley (host), Georgia Center for the Book
