Upcoming Events 

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2/11/20 - Maine College, Portland, ME  

2/22/20 - Texas Poetry Out Loud Finals, Austin, TX 

3/3/20 - Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era Book Launch, Austin, TX 

3/4-7/20 - AWP Conference, San Antonio, TX 

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3/6/20 - AWP Soul Sister Revue and Women Writers Bloom Salon

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3/7/20 - AWP Panel - S253. For Colored Girls' Fam, Friends, Fans: A Celebration of Ntozake Shange, 3:20PM, Rm. 205

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3/8/20 - Revel: Witness, Austin, TX 

6/7 - 13/20 - Cave Canem Retreat

7/22 - 8/6/20 - Hedgebrook Residency

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PAST EVENTS 

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8/26/17 - Tent Revival, Allgo, Austin, TX 

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8/30/17 - Aural Lit, Austin, TX 

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9/18/17 - Happy Birthday to Me!, Everywhere! 

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9/22/17 - I Scream Social, Malvern Books, Austin, TX 

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10/14/17 - Free Minds Workshop, Austin, TX 

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10/23/17 - Chicon Street Poets Reading Series, Austin, TX 

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11/4/17 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX

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1/4/18 - Another Way to Say Enter Book Launch, Austin, TX

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1/6/18 - Prizer Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony, Austin, TX

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1/10-14/18 - Stonecoast MFA Residency, Freeport, ME

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1/15/18 - MLK Day Open Mic @ The Vortex, Austin, TX 

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1/18/18 - Poetry & Wine, San Marcos, TX 

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2/8/18 - TexasCASA, Austin, TX (private event)

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2/10/18 - Amanda Johnston & Friends @ Prizer, Austin, TX 

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2/15/18 - Community Poetry Workshop @ Prizer, Austin, TX

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2/24/18 - TORCH Wildfire Reading Series, BookWoman, Austin, TX

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3/1/18 - Zumbi Radio KAZI, Austin, TX 

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3/2/18 - Resistencia, Celebrating Verses of Black Women, Austin, TX

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3/8-9/18 - AWP Conference, Tampa, FL 

Fri. March 9th - 12:00PM // Political Pivoting: Literary Publishing at the Pace of Politics, Sponsored by CLMP.(Johnny Temple,  Paul Reyes,  Amanda Johnston,  Meara Sharma) Room 18 & 19, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor, F194 

Sat. March 10th - 9:00AM // The Thing Builders: Building Literary Communities That Matter. (Amanda Johnston,  JP Howard, Janna Marlies Maron,  Penny Guisinger) Grand Salon B, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor, S109

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3/17/18 - Another Way to Say Enter Book Launch, Harlem, NY

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3/31/18 - Salvage Vanguard Theater, con flama talk back, Austin, TX

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4/5/18 - Poetry & Prose: Amanda Johnston & Alexis Paige, Austin,TX

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4/19-21/18 - Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, D.C. 

Date/Time/Location TBD: Kevlar Hearts: Poetic Strategies for Engaging Police Violence. Presenters: F. Douglas Brown, Mahogany Browne, Kyle Dargan, Amanda Johnston

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4/22/18 - Black Ladies Brunch Collective, Washington, D.C. 

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4/26/18 - Cultural Lounge at the Carver, Austin, TX 

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4/27/18 - Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX 

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5/4/18 - Lisa L. Moore Release of 24 Hours of Men, Austin, TX

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5/12/18 - Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX 

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5/26/18 - Malvern Books, Austin, TX 

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5/30/18 - Aural Literature Reading Series, Austin, TX 

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7/11 - 15/18 - Stonecoast MFA Residency, Freeport, ME 

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7/27/18 - 60-IN-SIXTY, FUSEBOX Festival Fundraiser, Austin, TX

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9/1/18 - Six Square District Cultural Arts Festival, Austin, TX 

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10/6/18 - Babes Bar with Alexis Paige, Bethel, VT 

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10/12/18 - New Works Reading, NYU & Cave Canem, New York, NY

10/27/18 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX 

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10/27/18 - Lit Crawl Austin - Black Poets Speak Out, Austin, TX 

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10/28/18 - TORCH Wildfire Reading Series, Austin, TX 

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11/1/18 - Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

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11/2-3/18 - Hugo House Reading & Workshop, Seattle, WA

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12/13/18 - Bookwoman 2nd Thursday Reading Series, Austin, TX

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2/28 - 3/2/19 - SUNSTAR Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 

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3/27-30/19 - AWP Conference, Portland, OR

                                   Sat. Panel: 21st Century Innovations in Poetic Form, 3:00PM

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3/28/19 - Women Writers in Bloom Reading, Portland, OR

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3/28/19 - Affrilachians at the Heathman, Portland, OR

3/29/19 - Women of Resistance Anthology Reading, Portland, OR

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3/30/19 - Argus House Press Reading, Portland, OR 

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4/18/19 - ECTC, Elizabethtown, KY

4/19/19 - Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY

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5/5 - 6/2/19 - Let's Get Physical: Writing the Body, IOTA Online

5/8/19 - LOGOS Reading Series, Austin, TX 

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6/2/19 - A Womb of One's Own, Spider House Ballroom, Austin, TX 

6/9-15/19 - Cave Canem Summer Retreat, Greensburg, PA

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6/15/19 - CAAPP, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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7/5-12/19 - Stonecoast, Dingle, Ireland 

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10/16-18/19 - Furious Flower, Harrisonburg, VA

10/26-27/19 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX ​

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10/27/19 - TORCH Wildfire Reading

10/28/19 - University of New Haven, West Haven, CT

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