April 4, 2024
The Robert P. Hubbard Professorship presents: A Poetry Reading with Khaty Xiong
Kenyon College
Featured Reader
Cheever Room, Finn House
102 W Wiggin Street
Gambier, OH 43022
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
April 22, 2023
Fluid Vessels 7 – Montreal International Poetry Prize Reading Series 2023
Featured Reader with Lynne Burnett and Miranda Pearson
Online (via Zoom)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
October 12, 2022
Felix Series of New Writing: Khaty Xiong Poetry Reading
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Featured Speaker
6191 Helen C. White
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (CDT)
May 4, 2022
Columbus State Community College Library presents:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Speaker Series
Featured Speaker with Sarah E. Speck
Online (via Zoom)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
April 13, 2022
From the Gardens of Our Grief: A Reading
Curator & Moderator with Guest Panelists
David L. Eng, Jennifer Cho, Mimi Khúc, & Jess X. Snow
31 Washington Place, 1st Floor
New York, NY 10003
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
November 17, 2021
Beyond Baroque (Kaya Press)
Guest Reader with Truong Tran, Mai Der Vang,
& Cathy Linh Che
Online (via Zoom)
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (PST)
April 30, 2021
HAIS Storyteller Series 2021
Featured Reader with Mai Neng Moua & Burlee Vang
Online (via Zoom)
6:00 p.m. (PST)
March 19, 2021
Kearny Street Workshop
Guest Reader with Maw Shein Win
Online (via Zoom)
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (PST)
March 12, 2020
White Whale Bookstore
Guest Reader with Chekwube Danladi & S. Brook Corfman
Online (via Zoom)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
February 17, 2020
The Poetry Forum
Featured Reader
Bossy Grrl’s Pinup Joint
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
2598 N High St
Columbus, OH 43202
February 13, 2020
Paging Columbus: Love Letters
Two Dollar Radio HQ
Featured Reader with William Evans, Rose Smith,
Lesley Jenike, Dione Custer Edwards, Kathy Fagan,
& Hannah Stephenson
7:00 p.m. (EST)
1124 Parsons Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43206
September 3, 2019
Writers for Migrant Justice
Two Dollar Radio HQ
7:00 p.m. (EST)
1124 Parsons Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43206
May 16, 2019
Poetry Reading* with Khaty Xiong & Jessica Jones
Prologue Bookshop
*Very limited seating (FREE event)
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
841 N High St
Columbus, Ohio 43215
March 29, 2019
Panel: Asian Ghosts
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
D133-134, Oregon Convention Center, Level One
Featured Panelist/Reader with Leanne Dunic,
Zack Davisson, & M. Thomas Gammarino
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (PDT)
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97232
March 28, 2019
Panel: Matter of Craft: Aesthetic Choices
and Consequences of Diaspora Narratives
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
A107-109, Oregon Convention Center, Level One
Featured Panelist/Reader with David N. Odhiambo,
Ranjan Adiga, Leanne Dunic, & Anna Ling Kaye
3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (PDT)
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97232
June 21, 2018
On Visiting the Franklin Park Conservatory
& Botanical Gardens: An Immersive Poetry Installation
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (CDT)
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior St
Chicago, IL 60654
April 9, 2018
Kent State University at Stark
Class Visit: College Writing II
Featured Lecturer/Reader
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST)
6000 Frank Ave NW
North Canton, OH 44720
April 5, 2018
Paging Columbus: Cross-Pollination
Two Dollar Radio HQ
Featured Reader with Joe Hecker & Marc Alter,
Maria Romasco-Moore, James Jackson &
Bryan Christopher Moss
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
1124 Parsons Ave
Columbus, OH 43206
March 9, 2018
It’s the Season of the Hmong Writers (Reading)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Room 1, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
Featured Reader with Mai Neng Moua
12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (EST)
333 S Franklin St
Tampa, FL 33602
January 22, 2018
Cleveland Public Poetry Series
Cleveland Public Library
Featured Reader
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EST)
325 Superior Avenue, NE
Cleveland, OH 44114
November 4, 2017
Brand New: Ohio 2017 Art Showcase
Art Outside the Lines (featuring art pieces &
performances by SE Asian & Pacific Islander
American artists from Ohio)
Featured Reader with Tanaka Nhong & Anita Snatch
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
485 E Livingston Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
July 29, 2017
Smithsonian Asian American Lit. Festival
Library of Congress
Intimate Lecture on AA literary history by Kimiko Hahn,
followed by Poetry magazine reading ft. Kimiko Hahn,
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, John Yau, Paisley Rekdal, Kazim Ali,
Khaty Xiong, Sally Wen Mao, Rajiv Mohabir, & Gerald Maa
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST)
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20540
June 6, 2017
Wild Goose Live: Ft. Columbus Poets
Featured Reader with Kathy Fagan & Lesley Jenike
8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
540 Jack Gibbs Blvd
Columbus, OH 43215
April 19, 2017
Reading & Craft Talk
Featured Reader/Lecturer
Ohio State School for the Blind
8:15 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. (EST)
5220 N High St
Columbus, OH 43214
April 3, 2017
The Poetry Forum
Featured Reader
Bossy Grrl’s Pinup Joint
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
2598 N High St
Columbus, OH 43202
February 10, 2017
Panel: Hmong American Writers’ Circle
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Liberty Salon N, O, & P, Marriott Marquis, Meeting Level Four
Featured Panelist/Reader with Ying Thao, Andre Yang, & Soul Vang
4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. (EST)
801 Mt Vernon Place NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
February 9, 2017
“Still, We Build”: HAWC Reading
OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates
Featured Reader with Mai Der Vang,
Yia Lee, Soul Vang, Andre Yang
Ying Thao, & Anthony Cody
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (EST)
801 Mt Vernon Place NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
February 9, 2017
Making Space—A Hmong American Writers’ Circle Reading
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Marquis Salon 3 & 4, Marriott Marquis, Meeting Level Two
Featured Reader with Yia Lee, Ying Thao, & Mai Der Vang
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
801 Mt Vernon Place NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
January 15, 2017
Writers Resist Columbus
Featured Reader
Denny Hall @ 6:00 p.m. (EST)
164 Annie & John Glenn Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210
September 6, 2016
Poetry Reading
Featured Reader with Asta So
Shakespeare & Co. @ 7:00 p.m. (MDT)
103 S 3rd St West
Missoula, Montana 59801
September 1, 2016
Margin Shift
Featured Reader with Sasha LaPointe,
manuel arturo abreu, & Leanne Dunic
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (PDT)
Common AREA Maintenance
2125 2nd Ave
Seattle, Washington 98121
August 31, 2016
Reading & Reception (Private Event)*
*(If interested, please contact for more info.)
Portland, Oregon
March 3, 2016
Beauty Recovery Room
Featured Reader with Mikko Harvey & David Winter
Kafe Kerouac @ 7:30 p.m. (EST)
2250 N High St
Columbus, Ohio 43201
November 14, 2015
The Central Valley Poetry Book Launch:
Khaty Xiong shares “Poor Anima”
Featured Reader with Andre Yang & Mai Der Vang
Alice Peters Auditorium, Fresno State @ 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
5245 Backer Ave North
Fresno, California 93710
November 12, 2015
Poetry Flash Reading Series
Featured Reader with Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong
Moe’s Books @ 7:30 p.m. (PDT)
2476 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
November 4, 2015
Alumni Reading & Performance @ 7:30 p.m. (EST)
Featured Reader with Jessica Cogar & Ryan Alvanos
Elzay Gallery of Art, Wilson Art Center
Ohio Northern University
525 S Main St
Ada, OH 45810
May 7, 2015
Paging Columbus: Trust the Process
Featured Reader
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (EST)
OSU Urban Arts Space
50 W Town St, Suite 130
Columbus, OH 43215
September 3, 2019
Writers for Migrant Justice
Two Dollar Radio HQ
7:00 p.m. (EST)
1124 Parsons Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43206