Iliana Rocha reading at Literati Bookstore
Polaroid of a tattooed arm
Polaroid of a church or a monastery

Events Prior to 2020

September 25, 2019 at noon – Pasaporte: Karankawa y Otra PoesíaUniversity of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

September 4, 2019, at 7pm – Writers for Migrant Justice, Commonplace Books, Oklahoma City, OK

June 9, 2019 at 11:00am – The Thing in the Spring 2019, Toadstool Bookshop, Peterborough, NH

April 26, 2019 at 7:00pm – Change for Change, Dunlap Codding, The Film Exchange District, Oklahoma City, OK

March 13-14, 2019 – ASU Stellar Alumni Reading, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

March 1, 2019 at 6:30pm – Poetry at Rose, HB Atkinson Theater, Rose State College, Midwest City, OK

January 26, 2019 at 6:30pm – An Evening Appreciating Frida Kahlo, Walker Center, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

December 4, 2018 – Southern Nazerene University, Bethany, OK

November 15-18, 2018 – NCTE Annual Convention: Raising Student Voice, “Not Your Textbook’s Poetry: New Voices Speak for Change,” Houston, TX

October 27, 2018 at 6:00 pm – Dream without Limits Gala with Janine Joseph, El Fandango Event Center, Oklahoma City, OK

October 11-13, 2018 – Southern Foodways Symposium: Food and Literature, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

September 13, 2018 at 12:00 pm – Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote, Exploring the Culture through the Arts, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

June 10, 2018 – Open Mouth Reading Series, Fayetteville, AR

April 25, 2018 – Pegasus Reading Series, Dallas, TX

April 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm – Festival X Reading Series: American Identities in the 21st Century, Cameron University, Lawton, OK

January 15, 2018 at 10:30 am – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK

October 11-12, 2017 – “Displacements of Language/Languages of Displacement,” West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

October 5-7, 2017 – Southern Foodways Symposium: El Sur Latino, Oxford, Mississippi (video)

September 30, 2017 – Encouraging Empathy: Why Latinx Texts Need to Be in the Curriculum, OKCTE Conference, University of Central Oklahoma

September 28, 2017 at 7:00 pm – Not Yo Mama’s Alternative Art, The Percolator Coffeehouse Lounge, Lawton, OK

August 28, 2017 at 6:00 pm – Lit @ the Lab: New Plains Review Spring Issue Launch, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond, OK

August 25, 2017 at 5:30 pm – Short Order Poems, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

August 10, 2017 at 6:30 pm – The Ralph Ellison Creative Writing Workshop, Ralph Ellison Library, Oklahoma City, OK

April 29, 2017, at 7:00 pm – “Language Lives: Peace/s of Resistance”: Mark Allen Everett Poetry Series, Jacobson House, University  of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

March 15-16, 2017, – In Print Festival of First Books: Ball State University, Muncie, IN

November 16, 2016, at 7:00 pm – Mark Allen Everett Poetry Reading Series, MainSite Gallery, Norman, OK

November 3, 2016, at 7:00 pm – Pittsburgh Poetry Review Release Party: Nieds Hotel and Bar, Pittsburgh, PA

October 27, 2016, at 7:30 pm – UCO New Faculty Reading (video)University of Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

October 6, 2016, at 8:00 pm – Western Michigan University Gwen Frostic Reading Series: Alumni Reading: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

August 25, 2016, at 8:00 pm – River City Revue Reading Series: The Bard’s Town, Louisville, KY

July 13, 2016, at 6:30 pm – Writers Squared: Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters: Grand Rapids, MI

June 17, 2016, at 7 pm- FREE WATER Reading Series: KGB Bar, New York City, NY

April 26, 2016, at 7:00 pm – Bookbug: Kalamazoo, MI

April 22, 2016, at 7:00 pm – Western Michigan University Gwen Frostic Reading Series: MFA and PhD Festival: Bernhard Center 157-159

April 14, 2016, at 11 am and 4:30 pm – Poem in My Pocket Day: Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX

April 4-6, 2016 – Dos Voces: Chicana and Latino Writing From the Midwest: Otterbein University, Westerville, OH

April 1, 2016, at 1:30 pm – AWP Award Series Winners Reading: Room 503 LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

March 19, 2016, at 7 pm – Poets in Print Reading Series: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI

November 8, 2015, at 8 pm – Poetry and Pints Reading: Harmony Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI