RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Eliza So Fellowship Recipient
2019 University of Arizona Poetry Center Summer Poet-in-Residence
POETRY AND ART
Keynote Speaker
May 12, 2021
Portland State University | Pacific Islander, Asian, & Asian American Student Center
Asian/Pacifica Islander Heritage Month Pride: “Creating Indigenous Future Histories”
PSU | Portland, OR
Reading
April 21, 2021
The Green Room: Poetry and Place with US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
The Merwin Conservancy | Maui, HI
Reading
April 17, 2021
Poetry and Environmental Justice: “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.” With Ed Roberson, Tiffany Higgins, and Eli Clare
SFSU | San Francisco, CA
Guest Speaker
April 17, 2021
Tri-College Asian Student Conference (Tri-CASC): The Seen and Unseen
Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA
Art Exhibit
November 9 – January 24, 2020
Future Ancestors | ART 25: Art in the Twenty-fifth Century | After Life (We Survive), curated by Thea Quiray-Tagle |Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Chapbook Release
13 Moons 13 Meals |A Virtual Public Gathering and Celebration| Pulan Collective
June 27, 2020
Art Exhibit
June, 2020 (postponed)
Future Ancestors | ART 25: Art in the Twenty-fifth Century | FESTPAC | Honolulu, HI
Visiting Artist
April 6-7, 2020 (postponed)
American Poetry & the Power of the Indigenous Imagination: A Celebration of US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo
Center for Imagination in the Borderlands | Arizona State University| Tempe, AZ
Keynote Speaker
March 7, 2020
Asian/Pacific Islanders Issues Conference (APIICON): Breakdown and Rebuild: Creating Sustainable Foundations
UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
Visiting Writer
January 8-11, 2020
Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low-res MFA Program | Santa Fe, NM
Reading and Discussion
November 6, 2019
“Queer Indigenous Futures” | Reading and discussion with Billy-ray Belcourt, mediated by Alán Paláez López | UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
Art Exhibit
October 5 , 2019 (Opening. Show runs through November 24, 2019.)
Future Ancestors | ART 25: Art in the Twenty-fifth Century | Orí Gallery | Portland, OR
Workshop
September 14, 2019
The Unburden Project: Creating Indigenous Healing Practices for Queer Micronesians UTOPIA PDX (United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance) Healing and Self-Determination Retreat | Sandy, OR
Reading
September 8, 2019
Eliza So Fellowship Reading | Fact & Fiction Books | Missoula, MT
Reading
July 25, 2019
Summer Poetry Residency Reading with Bojan Louis
University of Arizona Poetry Center | Tucson, AZ
Radio Guest
June 24, 2019
ART 25: Art in the Twenty-fifth Century | Reading and Interview with Anjoli Roy
Talkstory Meet-up
April 5, 2019
Discussion at the Center for Native American & Indigenous Studies
University of Colorado, Boulder | Boulder, CO
Reading and Interdisciplinary Workshop
April 4, 2019
“The Unburden Project”
University of Colorado, Boulder | Boulder, CO
Radio Guest
April 3, 2019
OutSources: Writing the Queer CHamoru Body Into Existence With Lehua Taitano
KGNU Radio: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins
Interviewed by Sean Kenney | CU Boulder | Boulder, CO
Reading
April 3, 2019
Inside Me an Island reading
Innisfree Poetry Bookstore | Boulder, Colorado
Reading
January 8, 2019
Well Red Presents Arlene Biala and Lehua M. Taitano
Poetry Center San Jose|San Jose, CA
Reading
September 11, 2018
Poetic Tuesday Reading Series
LitQuake San Francisco and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens
Artist
June 15-17, 2018
Featured Conversation: “An Aberrational Poetics: Inside Me an Island (Shaped W/hole)”
An interactive somatic poetry installation that examines the cultural, historical, and contemporary means of remembering, revealing, and discovering indigenous healing practices.
Unite the Tribes: Urban x Indigenous
SOMArts Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA
Reading
April 24, 2018
National Poetry Month reading with Marcelo H. Castillo
Chabot College | Heyward, CA
Visiting Artist
March 1, 2018
Portland State University: Art and Privilege | Portland, OR
Panelist
October 20, 2017
“Living Archives–Decolonizing Institutions and Cultivating Communities: The Smithsonian APAC, KSMoCA, and The Unburden Project“
Thinking It’s Presence: The Ephemeral Archive
University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
Radio Guest
October 4, 2017
A Reading and Interview with Anjoli Roy
KTUH.org, 90.1FM Honolulu | Honolulu, HI
Reading
July 29, 2017
Bay Area Poetry Marathon | Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street | San Francisco, CA
Reading
July 23, 2017
School of Arts and Culture, Mexican Heritage Plaza | San Jose, CA
Reading
July 19, 2017
Hawai’i Conservation Conference
Hawai’i Convention Center | Honolulu, Hawai’i
Art Installation and Somatic Poetry Experience
July 7-9, 2017
“An Aberrational Poetics: Inside Me an Island (Shaped W/hole)”
A site-specific installation that examines the cultural, historical, and contemporary means of remembering, revealing, and discovering indigenous practices.
‘Ae Kai: Convergence | A Culture Lab produced by the Smithsonian Institute’s APAC
Ala Moana Center | O’ahu, Hawai’i
Panelist
May 18, 2017
“Queering the Eco-writing Landscape”
Environmentalism Outside the Box: An Eco-Sex Symposium
University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA
Reading and Discussion
May 16, 2017
“Territory: Imagining the Future of CHamoru Poetics”
Pacific Islander, Asian & Asian American Student Center | Portland State University
Portland, OR
Reading
May 13, 2017
Open Books: A Drop Leaf Press Reading
2414 North 45th Street | Seattle, WA
Reading
May 5, 2017
Sonoma Book Launch: Drop Leaf Press
Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street | San Francisco, CA | 94110
Reading
April 15, 2017
A TransPacific Poetics: Book Launch
Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
Reading
April 6, 2017
Poetic Lanscapes: Indigenous Poetry and Spoken Word
University of California San Diego | San Diego, California
Panelist
February 10, 2017
AWP Conference: US/Pacific Poets Confronting US Empire
Washington, DC
Reading
August 11, 2016
Alley Cat Books
3036 24th St | San Francisco, California
Reading
The Hundy
June 30, 2016
E.M. Wolfman Books
410 13th St | Oakland, California
Collaborative Poetry Project
The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University
April 20-24, 2016
View part of the performance here.
Performance
Poet as transcriber/translator for integrative dance and film performance
SALTA is Timeless, Infinite Light
January 29, 2016
LoBot Gallery, Oakland
Reading
Mixer 2.0: Children of Warbrides
July 11, 2015
Betti Ono Gallery, Oakland
Visiting Writer
University of Hawaii, Manoa: Form and Theory of Poetry
September 2015 | Honolulu, HI
Conference Presentation and Reading
Thinking Its Presence: The Racial Imaginary
March 12-14, 2015
The University of Montana | Missoula, Montana
Visiting Lecturer
Portland State University: MFA Graduate Seminar
March 2015 | Portland, OR
Featured Artist, Literary Arts
APAture 2014: Focus on Emerging Asian Pacific American Artists
September 27, 2014
Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Featured Reader
August 18, 2014
Shelton Theater, San Francisco
Visiting Lecturer
Portland State Unversity: Art and Privilege
May 6, 2014 | Portland, OR
Conference Presentation and Reading
Thinking Its Presence: Race and Creative Writing
See schedule for panel presentations and reading times.
April 10-12, 2014
The University of Montana | Missoula, Montana
Reading
from A Bell Made of Stones
4:00 p.m.
April 13, 2014
Shakespeare and Company | Missoula, Montana
Moon Reading One
from A Bell Made of Stones
Crane Creek Regional Park
Santa Rosa, CA
February 16, 2014
Visiting Writer/Master Fiction Class guest Lecturer
Idyllwild, CA (2011)
Lehua M. Taitano 