Musician Tomo Nakayama is curating the upcoming Ampersand Live! showcase at The Moore Theater on November 7th. As part of this showcase of storyteller and musicians reflecting upon the theme of “fire”, I will perform a new work written for the occasion.

My piece will involve the recitation of a poem accompanied by footage from a folk ritual that takes place in Taiwan every three years. Taiwanese filmmaker Ye Mimi documented the festival during our travels together in Fall 2018 and Seattle artist Scott Keva James edited and made the final video. I’m very excited to share this work. Tickets available here.

I have a poem up for my son Tomo at Claudia Luna’s Washington Poetic Routes Map here. The piece focuses on the Shinto shrine at Granite Falls.

The artists for the November showcase are announced here. I’m making a piece with video artist Scott Keva James.

I had the honor of being the September poet-in-residence at Seattle Review of Books which published one new poem of mine for every week in September:

“Virga“
“In the Garden of Danny Woo“
“Chiang-Kai Shek Boneyard“
“White Savior Industrial Complex“

Plus a short interview on what I’m reading.

Thanks to John O’Brien of KUOW for recording the Cascadia Magazine reading and sharing it on Speakers Forum. I’m third in the line-up right after climate justice warrior Sarah Myrhe.

RSVP now for this free storytelling event featuring yours truly.

The online version is here.

I’ll be giving the closing plenary on Day 3 and will talk about my site-specific, place-based work and read from ENSO.

In this beautiful project edited by Lee Herrick. Pre-orders available now.