Readings
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Upcoming Readings
2023
Author Meet & Greet
The Bookloft
Saturday, 30 Sept., 12PM-2PM
63 State Rd.
Great Barrington, MA
Alfred Lewis Bilingual Reading Series
FresnoState PBBI
(part of the PBBI-FLAD lecture series 2023)
Co-curators: Diniz Borges and RoseAngelina Baptista
Poets: Alberto Pereira, Sam Pereira, PaulA Neves,
Scott Edward Anderson, and RoseAngelina Baptita
15 Feb 2023
Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute
FresnoState
Watch video: PBBI
Select Past Readings
2022
Ryan Observatory: Poet and Astronomer in Conversation Series
with Derrick Pitts of the Franklin Institute
5 November, 8-10 PM ET
Ryan Observatory at Muddy Run
Bethesda Church Road West, Holtwood, PA
Watch the video: Ryan Observatory
#YeahYouWrite/Fahrenheit 451 House
15 October, 4:00 PM ET
Fahrenheit 451 House, Catskill, NY
36.º Colóquio da Lusofonia
1-5 de outubro
Centro Natália Correia
R. do Monte, Fajã de Baixo, São Miguel, Açores
Lançamento da obra Habitar: um ecopoema
21 de setembro, pelas 18h30
A Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD)
Rua do Sacramento à Lapa, 21 1249-090 Lisboa, Portugal
Colóquio: Pedro da Silveira – faces de um poliedro cultural
14-16 de setembro
Universidade dos Açores e na Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores
Ryan Observatory Open House
Introduction as Ryan Observatory Poet Laureate
Saturday, 13 August
8-10 PM ET
Ryan Observatory at Muddy Run
Holtwood, PA
Terrain.org Reading Series
Monday, 25 April
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Register here: Terrain Reading
Mesa-redonda Poesia, Tradução e Memória
com o escritor Scott Edward Anderson
5 de abril, 17h00 AZOT / 1:00 EDT
CHAM, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada
Azores Launch for WINE-DARK SEA and AZOREAN SUITE/SUITE AÇORIANA
A bilingual poetry reading with Leonor Sampaio Silva
Thursday, 7 April
18h00 AZOT
Letras Lavadas Livraria
Largo da Matriz 69, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel
Watch on YouTube: Letras Lavadas
WINE-DARK SEA Book Launch & Reading
With journalist Kathryn Miles
Monday, 28 February
7PM ET
Video - WINE-DARK SEA LAUNCH
Portuguese-American Hour
With host Diniz Borges
Monday, 7 March
7:05 ET / 4:05 PT
PBBI — Book Launch for Wine-Dark Sea
With host Diniz Borges
Wednesday, 16 March
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Watch video: PBBI Wine-Dark Sea
World Poetry Day
The Cagarro Colloquium
Monday, 21 March
12:00 PM PDT / 3:00 PM EDT / 18h00 AZOT
#AWP22 — Book Signing
Terrain.org Booth #442
Saturday, 26 March 2022
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM ET
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
2021
PANEL: AVÓS - A SOURCE AND AN INSPIRATION FOR CREATIVITY IN THE PORTUGUESE DIASPORA IN NORTH AMERICA
Sam Pereira, Lara Gularte, Scott Edward Anderson, Logan Duarte, Melissa Jensen-Hiser, Nancy Vieira Couto, and Elaine Avila
Moderator: Diniz Borges
VII Congresso Internacional - 7th International Conference
A Voz dos Avós: Saberes e Afetos/The Voice of Grandparents: Knowledge and Endearment
15 de novembro de 2021
Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) – Universidade Estadual da Califórnia, Fresno
Link to YouTube video of reading: Avós
Creativity in the North American Portuguese Diaspora:
Readings and Conversations with Caleigh Câmara, Lara Gularte, Melinda Medeiros, Melissa Jessen-Hiser, Sam Pereira, Scott Edward Anderson, and paulA neves
LAEF Conference on Education and Culture, Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute—Fresno State
Friday, 1 October 2021
5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT
Link to YouTube video of reading: LAEF Diaspora
“At Home in the World: A Reading and Reflection on Dwelling, Nature, Phenomenology, and Ecopoetry”
The Humanities Forum - Providence College
Providence, RI
Thursday, 30 September 2021
3 PM EDT
The Humanites Forum - Providence College
Link to YouTube video of talk: At Home in the World
Sunday Live with Juniper Moon
Sunday, 15 August 2021
8-9PM, EDT via Zoom
Link: Sunday Live with Juniper Moon
ASLE Spotlight Series
EPISODE 4: IDENTITY AND PLACE
Friday, 11 June 2021
1-2PM, EDT via Zoom
Featuring Victoria Saramago, Scott Edward Anderson, Charles Maurice Pigott, and Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Co-hosts: Laura Barbas-Rhoden and Gisela Heffes
Watch video here: ASLE Spotlight Series: Identity & Place
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM
Virtual Lecture
Azorean Suite: A Voyage of Discovery Through Ancestry, Whaling, and other Atlantic Crossings
Thursday, 3 June 2021
8PM EDT
Watch video here: Whaling Museum Reading & Talk
AZORES DAY/Dia dos Açores:
Launch of o Colóquio Cagarro/The Cagarro Colloquium: Writers of the Azorean Diaspora
Featuring musical guest Cristóvam and various readers
Monday, 24 May 2021
4PM EDT/1PM PDT/20h00 AZOT
Watch video here: PBBI Fresno State
Cravos Vermelhos Para Todos os Povos
World Poetry Movement Reading
Saturday, 24 April 2021, via Zoom
Watch video here: Poética Grupo Editorial
A Nova Revolução dos Cravos
UM RECITAL DE POEMAS
Saturday, 17 Abril, 2021
11:00 am EDT
Link to video of my reading (along with Aníbal Pires reading the Portuguese text): Azorean Suite
Video of full 2-hour reading: A Nova Revolução dos Cravos
Into the Azorean Sea: Readings and Conversation with North American Poets with Azorean Roots (online)
21 March - 6:00-7:00 PM EDT (21hr00 AZOT / 3 PM PDT)
Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute, Fresno State
Part of Filaments of the Atlantic Heritage (symposium)
PBBI - Fresno State (Video)
Ronda: Leiria Poetry Festival (online)
12-20 March - Leiria, Portugal
Watch video: Azorean Suite
Select Past Readings
2020
Book Launch: AZOREAN SUITE/SUITE AÇORIANA
Friday, 6 November 2020, 5 PM EST
Hosted by Letras Lavadas on Facebook Live (click link to watch video)
Featuring Vamberto Freitas, Katherine Vaz, Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto, and Onésimo Almeida
Featured Reader: Poetry is Bread, a distance reading series
Posted: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Reading from DWELLING: an ecopoem
Video Reading for Little Bound Books
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Reading from FALLING UP: A Memoir of Second Chances
2019
Book Launch: FALLING UP: A Memoir of Second Chances
Sunday, 10 November 2019, 2-5 PM EST
Private Home, Brooklyn, NY
Featured Reader
Sunday, 18 August 2019, 7:30 PM
With Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
The Mariandale Center
299 North Highland Avenue, Ossining, NY
2019 ASLE Conference
26-30 June 2019
Leading panel "Poetry CAN Save the Earth" and reading from Dwelling: an ecopoem
Paradise on Fire: 2019 ASLE Conference
University of California, Davis
Featured Reader
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 7PM
#YeahYouWrite Author Series with Rabeah Ghaffari, Juliet Lapidos, & Tim Tomlinson
6 West 24th St, New York, NY
Featured Reader
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 6:30 PM
Philadelphia City Institute,
1905 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA
Featured Reader
Monday, 18 March 2019, 7PM
With Alice Pettway
1729 25th Street, Sacramento, CA
Featured Reader
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 7:30 PM
With Lucille Lang Day
2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA
Featured Reader
Saturday, 2 February 2019, 7PM
With Arthur Strimling
Private Salon
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Featured Reader
Friday, 2 November 2018, 7PM
With Erin Hoover and Anne-Adele Wight
551 Carpenter Ln, Philadelphia, PA
Featured Reader
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 7PM
With Moshen Harandi
44 S Main St, New Hope, PA
A Night of Collusion
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 6PM
A reading with T.R. Hummer
29 Cornelia St, New York, NY
Boston Book Festival
Saturday, 13 October 2018, 10:30-11:30AM
Craft Talk: Making Poems Better: The Process of Revision
Boston Public Library
Copley Square, Boston, MA
DISQUIET Azores Residency Reading
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 6PM
With Others
Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada
Largo do Colégio s/n 9500-054
Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal
2013-2017
Jupiter Series
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 5PM
With Isobel Dixon
Manayunk-Roxborough Arts Center
Sunday, 8 November 2015, 3PM
With Eileen Moeller and Cameron Conaway
Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts
Saturday, 6 June 2015, evening
With Thomas Devaney
Chestnut Hill Gallery & Frame Shop
Private Reading | Edinburgh International Book Festival
Saturday, 9 August 2014, evening
An estate house in the Scottish Borders (by invitation only)
The Incredible Sestina Anthology Reading
Wednesday, 19 February 2014 - 6PM
With Patricia Carlin, Victor D. Infante, and Jason Schneiderman
Widener University English & Creative Writing Dept.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
On-Campus Reading and Meeting with Students
Widener University
New York Launch Reading of The Incredible Sestina Anthology
Saturday, 1 February 2014 - 3PM
With David Lehman, Sharon Mesmer, Sparrow, Jade Sylvan, Victor D. Infante, Patricia Carlin, Jason Schneiderman, and Jeanne Marie Beaumont
FALLOW FIELD Book Launch Reading
Thursday, 21 November 2013, from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Monday, 14 October 2013
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