readings, pláticas, presentations, workshops, event co/hosting, tabling, & where i'm at
2025:
Teen Poetry Awards Ceremony McAllen Public Library April 26, 2025 3pm
Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival host of the festival's College/University Poetry Reading McAllen, TX April 25, 2025 7pm-8pm
2025 Repertory Dance Concert Poem/Dance Collaboration Piece: "Ancestors Keeping Us Strong" Performing Art Complex, UTRGV Edinburg, TX April 11 & 12, 2025 7:30pm
Verses from Our Roots South Texas Book Festival McAllen Public Library April 10, 2025 6pm
Off-Site AWP Reading Mouthfeel Press, Arte Público Press, & UTRGV MFA Margaret Garcia Art Studio 4022 N. Figueroa St Los Angeles, CA March 26, 2025 7-9pm
Poetry Reading Mississippi Philological Society panel University of Mississippi Oxford, MS March 1, 2025
Imagining Renewed Worlds Reading hosted by The 956 Radical Library Buho Bookstore Brownsville, TX Jan. 10, 2025 7-9pm
Co-host/organizer: Amalia Ortiz and band Las Hijas de la Madre UTRGV, Edinburg, Sept. 25th at 6:30pm UTRGV, Brownsville, Sept. 26th at 12:30pm
Featured Poetry Reading Nashville, TN Sept. 23, 2024
Host/Organizer: Indigenous Women's Activism: Reading & Plática Featuring Margo Tamez and Diana Joe UTRGV, ELABS 125 and Zoom Edinburg, TX July 11, 2024, 2pm
Wear Orange Moms Demand Action Poetry Presentation The Unruly Cactus Port Isabel, TX June 29, 2024 11am
MALCS Institute 2024: Di Aquí y de Allá Panel/Reading: "Identity, Memory, and Resistance: Writing from Liminal Spaces" UNAM: Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico June 27, 2024
Humanities Texas Poetry Presentation Teaching the Literature of Texas Institute presentation: Teaching Texas Poetry UTSA, San Antonio, TX June 13, 2024
Convergencia: Caminos, Puentes, Fronteras y Esperanza co-host with colleagues and students Music Science and Learning Center's Multipurpose Room | UTRGV, Brownsville campus | May 30, 2024, 7pm Performing Arts Complex | UTRGV, Edinburg campus | May 29, 2024, 7pm
El Mundo Zurdo conference "Writing as Coalition Building: Let us be the healing of the wound" Poets Against Walls workshop Trinity University, San Antonio, TX May 17, 2024
Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival co-host of College/University Poetry Reading McAllen, TX April 26, 2024 6:30pm
Music Faculty Artist Series featuring Prof. Mark Ramirez (guest poet Emmy Perez) UTRGV Performing Arts Complex Edinburg, TX March 27, 2024
Hays County Youth Poet Laureate Chapbook Launch Reading The Price Center San Marcos, TX March 30, 2024
Noche de Poesia Poetry Reading McAllen Public Library McAllen, TX April 23, 2024
host/organizer: Readings & Pláticas with John Murillo UTRGV Edinburg, TX 6pm | April 3, 2024 (online) 12:30pm | April 4, 2024 Borderlands Room
Texas Tech Visiting Writers Series Reading Featured Reading the 2/15 Panel discussion 2/16 Lubbock, TX February 15-16, 2024
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference Panel: "Poets Against Walls: An Anthology/Handbook for Writing Past the Checkpoints" Kansas City Convention Center Kansas City, MO February 8, 2024 1:45pm-3pm
2023: 2023 times are Central Time unless mentioned otherwise
A Celebration of Poets Laureate Poetry Reading CommonSpace McAllen, TX December 16, 2023 6:30pm
Macondistas in the Valley Reading Region One | Gear-Up Program Mission Event Center Mission, TX November 9, 2023
South Texas Book Festival Stellarverse: An Evening of Cosmic Poetry Reading CommonSpace McAllen, TX October 26, 2023 6pm
51st Annual TABE Conference Texas Association for Bilingual Educators Panel: "(Re)claiming Language and Identity at a Border Hispanic Serving Institution: Our Story of Evolving into a Bilingual, Bicultural, and Biliterate (B3) University" McAllen Convention Center McAllen, TX Oct. 20, 2023 1pm Ballroom Marfa "Perhaps the Truth" Museum Walkthrough Poetry Reading Marfa, TX October 7, 2023
Williams College Public Reading 4/27 & Class Visit 4/28 Williamstown, MA April 27-28, 2023
Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival co-host of College/University Poetry Reading CommonSpace, McAllen, TX April 21, 2023 7pm
Humanities Texas Teacher Institute Borderlands Poetry Presentation UT Austin April 6, 2023
Texas A&M University Keynote, Workshop, & Presentations College Station, TX April 3-4, 2023
Margo Tamez Poetry Reading & Plática with Eloisa Tamez Organizer & Host CommonSpace, McAllen, TX March 25, 2023 6pm
Poets Against Walls Reading & Q&A National Association of Chicana and Chicano Scholars (NACCS) Tejas Foco Conference Brownsville, TX March 25, 2023 10:30am
Macondo Writers Off-Site AWP Reading Anxestral Gallery 1302 5th Ave | Seattle, WA March 10, 2023 5-7pm (PST)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference Panel: "Languages of Belonging: Transcending Borders in Life & On the Page" Seattle Convention Center Seattle, WA Feb. 10, 2023 1:45pm-3pm (PST)
Reading at the CRASHBOX Reading with contributors of The Long Devotion anthology hosted by the anthology editors Austin, TX Feb. 25, 2023
2022: all 2022 times are Central Time unless mentioned otherwise
UTRGV Reading Series / Fall FESTIBA hybrid event co-host/co-organizer Poets Laureate Presenters: Ada Limón & Lupe Mendez Edinburg, TX & via Webinar Nov. 9, 2022
Our Lady of the Lake University CantoMundo Reading San Antonio, TX Sept. 29, 2022
UTRGV featuring Juan B. Mancias, Tribal Chair, Esto'k Gna virtual event hosted by Emmy Pérez, MAS UTRGV May 18, 2022 5:30pm
Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival featuring Ariana Brown virtual reading co-hosted by Emmy Pérez, MAS UTRGV April 30, 2022 1pm
Día de los niños / Día de los libros Gear-Up literacy Conference Keynote Speaker UTRGV April 22, 2022
Edinburg Public Library Poetry Month Reading featuring jo reyes-boitel, Julieta Corpus, Priscilla Celina Suarez & Daniel García Ordaz curated & hosted by Emmy Pérez & Carolina Monsiváis April 21, 2022 6pm
College of St. Mary Omaha, NE Virtual featured reading April 4, 2022 12pm
2021: all 2021 times are Central Time unless mentioned otherwise St. Edward's University Austin, TX Visiting Writers Series Virtual Featured Reading Sept. 30, 2021
National Butterfly Center Virtual Writing Workshop register on eventbrite July 19, 2021 6pm-7pm
La Union del Pueblo Entero Writing Workshop sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets June 29, 2021 and June, 4, 2021
Museum of South Texas History virtual event my presentation co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets May 30, 2021
Gear-Up Parent Conference virtual writing workshops my presentation co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets May 26 & 27, 2021
Noche Azul: Agua y Poesía Esperanza Peace and Justice Center virtual event April 24th - 8 pm April 25th - 3 pm
Texas State University virtual class reading/discussion April 21, 2021
Writing Workshop Virtual event with La Esperanza April 17, 2021 11am
Macondo Writers Workshop virtual fundraiser reading April 16, 2021
Poets Against Walls event co-host virtual reading & plática featuring Barbara Jane Reyes co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets April 7, 2021
New Jersey City State University Virtual tertulia featuring Vincent Toro April 1, 2021 4pm (ET)
Poets Laureate Converse on Environmental Justice March 31, 2021 7pm
UT Austin Virtual Workshop: Creative Writing & Social Justice co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets March 23, 2021 4pm
El Paso Writers' League Virtual Writing Workshop co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Mar. 13th, 2021 2pm (MST)
UT Austin Virtual Reading "The Humanities in the Environment/The Environment in the Humanities" co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets March 10, 2021
JOLT Texas Virtual Reading March 8, 2021 6pm
La Union del Pueblo Entero Writing Workshop sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets March 5, 2021 1pm
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference TX Poets Laureate virtual presentation Mar. 3-7, 2021
Voices in Verse Art Spark Virtual Writing Workshop co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Feb. 27, 2021 1pm
Poetry Reading & Discussion, FESTIBA virtual event featuring Ariana Brown Emmy Pérez event organizer & co-host UT Rio Grande Valley Feb. 25, 2021 12:30pm
UT Austin Virtual Workshop "The Humanities in the Environment/The Environment in the Humanities" co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Feb. 23, 2021 (note: rescheduled to March 23, 2021 due to closures/winter storms)
La Union Del Pueblo Entero Writing Workshop sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Feb. 19, 2021 (note: rescheduled to March 5, 2021 due to winter storm aftermath)
UT Austin Virtual Reading "The Humanities in the Environment/The Environment in the Humanities" co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Feb. 16, 2021 (note: rescheduled to March 10, 2021 due to closures/winter storms)
Highland Park Library Virtual Writing Workshop co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Feb. 2, 2021 2pm
Poets Against Walls event co-host virtual reading & charla featuring Andrea Vocab Sanderson with support by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Jan. 8, 2021
2020:
Escuelin's Virtual Launch Nov. 22, 2020
Humanities Texas online seminar Nov. 17, 2020
University of Houston Virtual Charla Nov. 11, 2020
Friday Fenomenal Bonham Academy middle school virtual visit co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets October 30, 2020
South Texas Book Festival McAllen Public Library virtual reading co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Oct. 29, 2020
Gear-Up Reading & Youth Writing Workshop online co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Oct. 27, 2020 4:30-6:15pm Rio Grande Valley, TX
¡Ya Basta!: Futures Without Walls Marathon Poetry Reading, co-organizer and co-host with support by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Oct. 23, 2020 6pm
Poets for Climate Action Beyond Baroque, CA Oct. 14, 2020 8pm, CDT
Northwest Vista College Virtual Reading/Visit Oct. 8, 2020 2pm San Antonio, TX
Collin College Virtual Reading & Talk Oct. 6, 2020 1pm Plano, TX
Texas Tech Online Reading co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Oct. 1, 2020 Virtual Book Talk / Class Visit Sept. 15, 2020 Lubbock, TX
Krueger Elementary School San Antonio, TX virtual workshop co-sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Sept. 4, 2020
University of Texas El Paso MFA program reading Aug. 13, 2020 online 7pm
LUPE Online Writing Workshops co-facilitating six workshops sponsored by Poets Laureate Fellowship with the Academy of American Poets Aug. 4-6, 2020 (youth) Aug. 11-13, 2020 (adults) Aug. 14, 2020 participant reading
The Big Texas Read Virtual Book Club discussion of With the River on Our Face July 22, 2020 Aug. 5, 2020
Gemini Ink Writing Workshops "Writing Toward More Socially Just Futures" Online, 6:30pm-8:30pm July 23, 2020 July 30, 2020
Gemini Ink Virtual Literary Open House June 11th 7:00pm-8:30pm
Texas Institute of Letters Zoom reading April 18, 2020
The River Runs through Us BorderSenses/Culture Tightrope & Poets Against Walls Movement Gallery San Antonio, TX March 6, 2020 7:30-10pm
Poetry Out Loud state judging Austin, TX Feb. 22, 2020
Lonestar College (Tomball campus) Poetry Reading Feb. 13, 2020
Humanities Texas Teacher Institute February 5th, Thompson Conference Center, UT Austin February 6th, Education Service Center 20, San Antonio Teaching Texas Literature (Borderland Poetry) Feb. 5-6, 2020
2019:
Weslaco 100 Poetry Reading "Lyrics on South Texas" Public Reading with South Texas Poets 3pm
Weslaco Public Library Dec. 7, 2019
Texas Woman's University Writing Workshop Public Reading 7-9pm Nov. 13, 2019
Catch the Next Ascender Fall Seminar Keynote speaker San Antonio, TX Oct. 25, 2019
UC Berkeley presentations with Aunt Lute Sept. 13, 2019
San Francisco Arts Commission 5th Annual Grantee Convening event honoring Joan Pinkvoss, Aunt Lute Books Herbst Theater San Francisco, CA Sept. 12, 2019
Writers for Migrant Justice Luna Coffee House McAllen, TX Sept. 4, 2019 6:30pm-8:30pm
2nd Annual Talleres Huitzilopochtli Poets Against Walls Panel/Workshop Dustin Sekula Memorial Library Edinburg, TX July 30, 2019 2:20pm—3:10pm
Pride in the Park Poets Against Walls Tabling McAllen Convention Center June 29, 2019 3pm-7:30pm
Humanities Texas University of Texas Austin, TX June 11, 2019
CantoMundo Poetry Retreat for Latinx Poets (participated as a member of the CantoMundo organizing committee) Columbia University NYC June 5-9, 2019
University of Paris Colloque international Gloria E. Anzaldúa 2019 Traduire les Frontières / Translating Borders Panel: Wild Tongues, Healing Processes: Decolonizing University "How to Free the Wild Tongue: A Testimonio" University of Paris 3 May 17, 2019 11:15am & Panel: Art and Resistance in Anzaldúa's Borderlands University of Paris 9 "Rio Grande Valley Poets after Anzaldúa: The Living Roots" May 18, 2019 11:15am
Texas Institute for Letters invited reader Rio Grande Valley, TX April 28, 2019
AWP Conference 2019 Portland, OR "Poets at the Borderlandsof Change: Celebrating Gloria Anzaldúa" Oregon Convention Center, D136, Level 1 March 30, 2019 9am-10:15am
Portland State University "An Evening of Poetry & Prose with Macondistas" AWP Off-Site Reading La Casa Latina Student Center Portland, OR March 29, 2019 7pm-9pm
Split this Rock & Institute for Policy Studies Emmy Pérez & Allyson Duarte "Activists & Poets Against Walls" Washington, DC Poetry and Democracy March 18, 2019 12pm-1:30pm
Sunday Kind of Love Reading Sheila Black & Emmy Pérez "What Is It, Then, Between Us?: Poetry & Democracy" Split this Rock & Busboys & Poets 2021 14th St. NW Washington, DC Poetry and Democracy March 17, 2019 5-7pm
LibroMobile Literary Arts Festival LibroMobile, 220 E. Fourth Street, Ste. 107 Santa Ana, CA Jan. 19, 2019 Keynote Speaker 6pm
2018:
Humanities Texas Teacher Institute University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 8, 2018 Teaching & Understanding Poetry one day workshop with other faculty
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social 2018 MALCS Summer Institute University of Texas El Paso Poets Against Walls Performance & Discussion Aug. 1-4, 2018
KUT's Views and Brews Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX "Literature, Poetry, Activism and Immigration" panel Maria Oliviera, Emmy Pérez, Natalia Sylvester & host Rebecca McInroy July 24, 2018
Malvern Books, Austin, TX Reading: Marilyse V. Figueroa, Emmy Pérez, Leticia Urieta, & Britt Haraway July 23, 2018
Gemini Ink Writers Conference San Antonio, TX "On Place, Displacements and Replacements: Readings and Discussion by Four Poets" & "Writing Parents: The Challenge and Promise of Writing about Generations" July 21-22, 2018
Lines and Spaces in Ecuador & Colombia U of Iowa International Writing Program Universidad Casa Grande & CEN Centro Workshops, Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 29, 2018 "Una noche de poesía sin fronteras,” Museo de la Ciudad, Cuenca, Ecuador, May 30th Cuenca International Writers Conference, Cuenca, May 30th-31st CEDEI school workshop, Cuenca, Ecuador May 31st Public Reading, Galapagos Islands: June 1, 2018 El Colegio del Cuerpo workshops/collaborations, Cartagena, Colombia: June 4-5, 2018
El Mundo Zurdo Conference 2018 on the Life & Work of Gloria Anzaldúa Trinity University, San Antonio, TX Friday, May 18th 3:45-5:00 PM: Roundtable: #Poets Against Walls: Documenting Resistance in El Valle" Saturday, May 19th 9:00-10:15am: Roundtable: "Honoring La Gloria en El Valle"
Poetry at Round Top: A Literary Festival 2018 Panel, Workshop, & Reading Round Top, TX Friday, April 20th, 5pm: “Writing Home” panel: Carrie Fountain, Liz Garton Scanlon, Emmy Pérez, Javier Zamora Saturday, April 21st: 11am: "The Poetics of Luminosity" Workshop with Emmy Pérez 3:00pm: Reading with Emmy Pérez & Javier Zamora
AWP Conference 2018 Tampa, FL Saturday, March 10, 2018 Conference Panel: "About Grief, Trauma, Loss" Florida Salon 1, 2, & 3, Marriott Waterside, 2nd Floor 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
Off-Site Reading Friday, March 9, 2018 Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Author's Day 2018 Events, Keynote Speaker Friday, Feb. 9th Writing Workshop for Youth & Reading, Feb. 8th, 6pm University Center's Bayview, Room 320 (free & open to the public)
2017:
University of Notre Dame Letras Latinas Class Visits & Reading November 6-7, 2017
University of Texas San Antonio Reading 7pm November 3, 2017
West Texas A&M University Poetry Workshop with WTAMU Students: 1:30-2:30pm Evening Roundtable Lecture/Poetry Reading: 6-7:30pm "Displacements of Language/Languages of Displacement” Canyon, TX Oct. 12, 2017
Hispanic Heritage Month Poetry Reading Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Public Library Edinburg, TX Thursday, Sept, 28. 2017 6pm-8pm
FridaFest Panel on Frida Kahlo's Life, Art, & Legacy Edinburg Arts, Edinburg Public Library, City of Edinburg Edinburg, TX, City Hall Auditorium Saturday, July 8, 2017 5pm-5:50pm
Speaking in Tongues / Hablando en Lenguas Reading with Brenda Riojas & Edward Vidaurre Red Earth Productions & Cultural Work Rio Grande Grill, Harlingen, TX Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7pm-9pm
Indigenous Research Exchange Symposium Poetry of Resistance Panel Engineering Auditorium University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX Friday, May 26, 2017 9:45am-10:30am
El Paso Community College Spring Arts Festival Reading Valle Verde Campus El Paso, TX Friday, Apr. 28, 2017 10:00am Visit with Puente/Chican@ Literature students 11:00am Reading on campus (open to public)
Velada Poética McAllen Public Library (Main Branch) McAllen, TX Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30pm
San Antonio Book Festival "One Place, Many Voices: New Fiction & Poetry About the Border" with Frederick Luis Aldama, Edmundo Paz Soldán, and Emmy Pérez Location: West Terrace, San Antonio Public Library San Antonio, TX Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017 12pm
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Latina/o Studies Workshop & Reading/Panel March 30-31, 2017 Thursday, 3/30: 3:00pm Writing Workshop Friday, 3/31:4:00pm "Creating La Frontera" reading and panel with Celeste De Luna
Poetry Foundation Chicago, IL Poetry & Migration Reading Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7pm
Triton College River Grove, IL Library Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11am
University of Texas Austin, TX "Salón Cultural: Race, Writing & Culture" panel w/ Natalie Diaz, Dagoberto Gilb, and John Moran González Thursday, March 23, 2017 7pm
New College of Florida Sarasota, FL College Hall Thursday, March 16, 2017 7pm
Tucson Festival of Books Tucson, AZ March 11-12, 2017 Saturday, 3/11: 11:30am Reading/Discussion w/ Guadalupe Garcia McCall 3/11:1:00pm with Tucson Youth Poetry Slam Sunday, 3/12: 10am Reading
People’s Poetry Festival Texas A&M—Corpus Christi University Center, Oso Room 221 Border Poetry of Resistance Panel Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 4:15pm-6pm
Paragraphs Bookstore South Padre Island, TX Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 2pm
AWP Conference Washington DC Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 2-3pm booksigning at the University of Arizona Press table 4-5pm booksigning at the Latinx Caucus table Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 10:30am-11:45am Reading 1-2pm booksigning at the Latinx Caucus table
Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 7pm
Texas Book Festival Austin, TX Nov. 6, 2016 festival schedule "The River is Our Home" with Angela Palm 1:30pm-2:15pm "Mythic Homecomings: Four Poets of Texas" 3:45pm-4:45pm
Huizache Reading Austin, TX Nov. 4, 2016, 8pm Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center 2nd Floor Performance Studio 600 River St.
El Mundo Zurdo Conference, San Antonio, TX Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa UTSA downtown campus Nov. 4, 2016 "The Women Writers Collective of El Paso: Reunion Reading" 2:15pm-3:30pm "Imaniman: Poets Reflect on Transformative Borders through Anzaldúa's Work" (Moderator) 3:45pm-5pm
Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, 7pm: Cultural Panel Discussion: Living & Writing Latin@ Thursday, Oct. 13, 7:30pm: A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series Reading w/ Joe Jimenez
McAllen Public Library (main branch) Hispanic Heritage Month Poetry Reading Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7pm
Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Craft Talk, Evans 212, 11am-12:20pm Reading & Book Signing, Austin Hall, 5pm
Houston Community College Monday, October 3, 2016 Craft Talk, Evans 212, 11am-12:20pm Reading & Book Signing, Austin Hall, 5pm
Houston Public Library's LibroFEST panel reading co-sponsored by Public Poetry Saturday, October 1, 2016 Central Library Plaza 500 McKinney St. 77002 Houston, TX 3pm-4pm
TACWT Conference San Antonio, TX Friday, September 30, 2016 Emily Morgan Hotel, Cloud Room panel reading 11:20am-12:35pm
The Twig Bookstore San Antonio, TX Reading & Book Signing Thursday, September 29th, 2016 6pm
Grand Central Art Center Santa Ana, CA Thursday, September 8th, 2016 125 N. Broadway Community Workshop: 6:30pm Reading with Reyna Grande: 7:30pm
Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana (FEIPOL), McAllen, TX Friday, September 2, 2016 panel reading, 5:20pm
Wordsmith Wednesday McAllen, TX With the River on Our Face book talk Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 McAllen Public Library (Main branch) 2:30pm
Public Poetry Houston, TX Saturday, May 7, 2016 2pm Central Library Downtown, Houston
Split this Rock Poetry Festival Washington D.C. Friday, April 15, 2016 4:00pm to 5:30pm "A Preview Reading from Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology." Martín Espada, Ross Gay, Tiffany Higgins, Linda Hogan, Craig Santos Perez, Emmy Pérez, Melissa Tuckey. AFL-CIO Gompers Room 815 Sixteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006
Nuevas Fronteras Reading Edinburg, TX Thursday, April 7, 2016 6:00pm to 8:00pm Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library
AWP Conference Los Angeles Saturday, April 2, 2016 1:30pm to 2:45pm "What We Talk About When We Talk About Home: Santa Ana as Resonant Source." (Aracelis Girmay, Richard T. Rodríguez, Emmy Pérez, Adriana Alexander, Sarah Rafael García). Room 503, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level.
Friday, April 1st, 2016 3:00pm to 4:15pm "¡Chicana! Power! A Firme Tejana-Califas Reading." (Guadalupe García Montaño, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Anel Flores, Emmy Pérez, Laurie Ann Guerrero). Room 410, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 3:00pm to 5pm "Tejanas on the Loose: Reading & Book-signing" (Off-Site event). Celebratory Reading from ENTRE GUADALUPE Y MALINCHE: TEJANAS IN LITERATURE AND ART, edited by Inés Hernández-Avila and Norma Cantú (UT Press, 2016). Featuring: Inés Hernández-Avila, Norma Cantú, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Emmy Pérez, Anel Flores, and Juanita Luna-Lawhn. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 405 Hilgard Ave, 144 Haines Hall, Los Angeles CA 90095.