2024 EVENTS
Please be sure to check with venues ahead of time to confirm events
October 5, 2024, 5:00 - 6:30 pm ET
Panelist, “International Poetry Panel Discussion” (co-sponsored by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain)
with Javier Adrada de la Torre, Patricia Davis & Heather Green
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
September 30, 2024, 3:30 - 6:00 pm ET
Panelist, “A Gathering of Translators” (co-sponsored by the Cheuse Center)
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
July 12, 2024, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Co-presenter, “Night in Translation” with Jona Colson & Miguel Avero
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008
May 21, 2024, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, "What I Wish I'd Known: General Professional Advice for Translators"
with Katie Freeman, Janet Hong & Chad Post
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s "Write the World" Virtual Conference
May 18, 2024, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, "Poetic Translation: Bringing Poems to Life in Different Languages, including Chinese,
Haitian Creole, and Spanish" with Indran Amirthanayagam, Jona Colson & Ping Wang
Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, Maryland
April 21, 2024, 11:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Kensington Day of the Book Festival
Reading & co-curating the "Poetry Tent" by Nancy Naomi Carlson
(Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
February 8, 2024, 12:10 - 1:25 p.m. CT
Panelist, "From the French but Not from France: A Bilingual Reading of Francophone Poems"
with Kareem Abu-Zeid, Conor Bracken, Helene Cardona & Todd Fredson
Associated Writer's Program (AWP), Kansas City, Missouri
2023 EVENTS
November 11, 2023, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. PT
Panelist, "Shared Places: The Writing Translator and Translating Writer" with Erin Riddle,
Christina Daub, Boris Dralyuk, & Canaan Morse
American Literary Translators Association
Tucson, Arizona
October 21, 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
"An Afternoon of Poetry & Poetry in Translation" with Nancy Naomi Carlson & David Keplinger
The Bethesda Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland
September 17, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 pm ET
Double Book Launch with Esperanza Hope Snyder
Busboys & Poets, Takoma Park, Maryland
June 17, 2023, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. ET
Panelist, with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Vanessa Walters
Schomburg Center Literary Festival: Reading the African Diaspora
Harlem, New York
May 18, 2023
Opening poem recitation, Maryland Governor's Office of Community Initiatives
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebration
Elkridge, Maryland
April 27, 2023, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. ET
"Cuban Wendy Guerra's Delicates: A Bilingual Reading with co-translators Nancy Naomi Carlson
& Esperanza Hope Snyder
Sant Jordi Festival, USA [Virtual]
March 11, 2023, 3:20 - 4:35 p.m. PT
Panel Organizer & Moderator, "Translating the Poetry of Urgency," with Boris Dralyuk,
Gabriella Chavez-Ramirez, Cynthia Hogue & Josh Weiner
AWP, Seattle, Washington
February 28, 2023
Campus visit to guest lecture and participate in the "Translation Circle"
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 EVENTS
November 13, 2022, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. ET
"Yezirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry" with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Jeffrey Levine, Alan Michael Parker,
Matthew Silverman, Amy Small-McKinney, & Katherine Smith [Virtual]
November 12, 2022, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
"An Afternoon of Poetry & Poetry in Translation" with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Gabriella Fee, Cynthia Hogue, & Dora Malech
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
November 10, 2020, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET
Co-organizer, "Ethics in Translation: Does the End Justify the Means?" with Keyne Cheshire & Barbara Goldberg
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
September 7, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.ET
Host and mentor, 2022 Virtual Travel Fellows' Reading, ALTA [Virtual]
June 11, 2022, 5:00 - 6:15pm
"'This Is Why': Translators on Translating," panel chaired by Karen Leeder
Oxford Translation Day,
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
April 21, 2022, 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET
"Solio": A Bilingual Reading with Poet Samira Negrouche (Algeria) & Translator Nancy Naomi Carlson
Sant Jordi Festival, USA [virtual]
March 25, 2022, 12:10 - 1:25
Panelist, "Voices of Exile: Translating a Lost Homeland," with Ye Chun, Mauricio Espinoza,
Jennifer Rathbun & Russell Valentino
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
March 24, 2022, 12:10 - 1:10
Panelist, "L'Chaim! Celebrating Jewish Poetry in the third Millennium," with Zilka Joseph,
Ilya Kaminsky, Joy Ladin & Matthew Silverman
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
March 23, 2022: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET
"Bennington Translates" with speakers Khal Torabully & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Bennington College, VT [Virtual]
March 9, 2022: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
Co-Moderator, A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation (Winter WiT)
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
[Virtual]
https://pen.org/event/virtual-winter-wit-women-in-translation-reading-series/?mc_cid=38b0610e9c&mc_eid=691b262aa9
2021 EVENTS
December 4, 2021, 2:00-3:00 p.m.ET
"Seagull @ 40"--City Lights celebrates Seagull Books on its 40th anniversary, with Seagull Founder
Naveen Kishore joined by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Alain Mabanckou, and Khal Torabully
Hosted by Peter Maravelis & Paul Yamazaki
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA [Virtual]
October 16 & 17, 2021, 1:45-3:00 p.m.ET
Co-organizer, "What Are Creative Approaches to Translating the 'the'?" with Jennifer Rathbun & Mauricio Espinoza
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
October 14, 2021, 6:30-8:00p.m.ET
"Poetry & Conversation with Wicked Woman Prize Winner Lori Jakiela and Judge Nancy Naomi Carlson"
Hosted by Doritt Carroll
Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD [Virtual]
October 6, 2021, 7:00-8:30p.m. ET
Reading with Zilka Joseph, Nawaaz Ahmed & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan [Virtual]
August 26, 2021: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Moderator, A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation Month
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
[Virtual]
https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series/
August 2, 2021, 7:00-8:30p.m. ET
Poetry in Translation Reading hosted by Barbara Goldberg with Curtis Bauer & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Cafe Muse, Bethesda, MD [Virtual]
April 23, 2021: 3:30-4:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Publishers’ Roundtable: A conversation moderated by
Nancy Naomi Carlson with publishers Laura Huerga (Barcelona), Naveen
Kishore (Calcutta), and Chad Post (Rochester, New York),” Sant Jordi
Festival in New York City [virtual]
June 13, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Diane Frank & Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Blue Light at the Gallery--Bay Area, California [Virtual]
May 20, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
"Virtual Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium"
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Moonstone Arts Center--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Virtual]
April 23, 2021: 3:30-4:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Publishers’ Roundtable: A conversation moderated by
Nancy Naomi Carlson with publishers Laura Huerga (Barcelona), Naveen
Kishore (Calcutta), and Chad Post (Rochester, New York),” Sant Jordi
Festival in New York City [Virtual]
April 20, 2021: 2:30-3:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude—A book launch reading
and conversation with poet Khal Torabully, publisher Naveen Kishore, and
translator Nancy Naomi Carlson," Sant Jordi Festival in New York City
[Virtual]
April 10, 2021: 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET
Panelist, “Strange Bedfellows: Literary Translators & Languages They Don’t
Know,” Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area, Montgomery College,
Takoma Park, MD [Virtual]
April 9, 2021: 7:00 p.m. ET
"Evening of Poetry" with Athena Kildegaard, Nancy Naomi Carlson, and Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Prairie Gate Literary Festival, University of Minnesota, Morris [Virtual]
March 21, 2021: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Book Release Celebration for 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
March 7, 2021, 6:20 - 7:20 p.m. ET
Panel Organizer & Moderator, "Raising the Volume: Women in Translation," with Sharon Dolin,
Andrea Jurjević, Aviva Kushner, and Katherine Young
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
February 22, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Celebration of 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Jewish Community Center--Buffalo, New York [Virtual]
2020 EVENTS
December 13, 2020: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Book Pre-Release Celebration for 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Boookstore1, Sarasota, Florida [Virtual]
December 3, 2020: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
"Blessed Is the Light: Poets Speak Out Against Fear & Hatred" [Virtual]
Sponsored by Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, the Bethesda Writer's Center
& the DC-Area Literary Translators Network (DC-ALT)
Co-organizer with Doritt Carroll & Luther Jett
October 4, 2020: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Lola Haskins, Pam Murray Winters, and Susan Sonde
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
September 30 - October 18, 2020
Organizer & Moderator, "Translating Poetry & Prose: A Tale of Two Strategies," with Marguerite Feitlowitz,
Bill Johnston & Tess Lewis [October 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m. ET]
Moderator, "Small Press Literary Journal Editors' Roundtable," with Gerald Maa, Rajiv Mohabir
& Megan Sexton [October 6, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET]
Moderator, "Small Press Literary Journal Editors' Roundtable," with Kwame Dawes, Jessica Faust
& Michael Holtmann [October 7, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET]
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
August 27, 2020: 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, [Virtual] A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation Month
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
https://pen.org/event/2020-women-in-translation-month/
August 23, 2020: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
August Bilingual Poetry Reading hosted by Nina Kossman [Virtual]
Bilingual reading with Marie-Léontine Tsibinda (from Congo-Brazzaville), and many other readers
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=101812544888271&story_fbid=158626919206833
August 20, 2020: 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
Co-moderator with Anna Dinwoodie, [Virtual] Women in Translation August Reading Series
Co-sponsored by PEN America Translation Committee & Jill: A Women+ in Translation Reading Series
https://www.facebook.com/JillReadingNYC/videos/631882911096652
August 1, 2020: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET
Plume Poetry Series Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Danny Lawless, Nancy Mitchell, John Nieves, Amanda Newell,
Stewart Moss, and Leeya Mehta
The Bethesda Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland [Virtual]
May 16, 2020
Reading from An Infusion of Violets
11th Annual Gaithersburg Book Festival
[Virtual]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA49uMaCEFo
April 26, 2020 CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
April 23, 2020: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading with Martha Collins & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Rozzie Reads Poetry Series
Boston, MA [Virtual]
April 4, 2020: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19
Organizer & Moderator, "Strange Bedfellows: Literary Translators & Languages They Don't Know,"
with Nancy Arbuthnot, Barbara Goldberg, Lola Haskins, David Keplinger
Montgomery College Confluence Translation Conference
March 26, 2020: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
"Disease & Disability: Using Poetry to Reveal and Empower": A Reading
Ellen Cole, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Marlena Chertock, Jennifer Franklin, and Oliver de la Paz
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
March 7, 2020: 12:10 - 1:25 p.m.
"Crossing the Line: Jewish Writers on the Taboo": A panel discussion with Sharon Dolin,
Nancy Naomi Carlson, Lisa Olstein, Jacqueline Osherow, and Jill Pearlman
AWP, Convention Center, Room, 007C
San Antonio, TX
2019 EVENTS
December 14, 2019: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Nobles: Author Signing, An Infusion of Violets
Montrose Crossing
12089 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD
December 4, 2019: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Kensington Poetry Reading, hosted by Judy McCombs & Mary Sesso
Kensington Row Bookshop
3786 Howard Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
November 1, 2019: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The National Press Club's 42nd Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
October 25, 2019: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Pegasus Reading Series, hosted by Sebastian Paramo & Mag Gabbert
Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Heather Myers, Rose Skelton, and Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
Deep Vellum Books
3000 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas
October 25, 2019: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
"Nancy Naomi Carlson, Poet and Translator: Roundtable Discussion hosted by Julia Leverone and Nomi Stone"
The University of Texas at Dallas, Green 2.530
Dallas, TX
October 17, 2019: 7:30 p.m.
"To Sing Against the Night"--Third Thursday Poetry Series
Featured poets: Nancy Naomi Carlson, Ellen Aronofsky Cole, Judith Harris, and E. Ethelbert Miller
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
October 13, 2019: 1:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Shepherd University Faculty, Nancy Naomi Carlson, and Somondoco Press Authors Roser Caminals, William Heath, and Barrett Warner
Four Seasons Books
114 W. German St., Shepherdstown, WV 25443
(304) 876-3486
October 12, 2019: 1:30 p.m.
Translation panel with Jennifer Grotz, Roser Caminals,
Nancy Naomi Carlson, Carlos Rubio, and Hope Maxwell Snyder
Erma Ora Byrd Hall, Room 103
301 N. King Street
Shepherdstown, WV
https://www.shepherd.edu/societyforcreativewriting/society-events
August 6, 2019: 7:30 p.m.
Women in Translation (WiT) reading featuring translators Larissa Kyzer,
Nancy Naomi Carlson & Catherine Maigret Kellogg, Elina Alter, Jacqui Cornetta, and Kira Josefsson
Greenlight Books
632 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
July 21, 2019: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Megan Alpert
2019 Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
Rock Creek Nature Center's auditorium in Rock Creek Park, 5200 Glover Road, NW, Washington, DC
June 9, 2019: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (book launch for INFUSION OF VIOLETS) and Jason Gray
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008
April 28, 2019: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
April 6, 2019: 9:30 - 10:45 p.m.
Panelist, "Midwife or Surgeon: The Publisher's Role in Bringing Out Translations"
Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area,
Montgomery College Takoma Park, MD
March 8, 2019: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, hosted by Doritt Carroll
Zed's Cafe
8225 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
March 28, 2019: 9:00 - 10:15 p.m.
Panel participant, "The Development of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry in the Last 5 Years"
AWP, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1, Room A103 - A 104
2018 EVENTS
November 29, 2018: 7:45 - 9:00 p.m.
Southern Connecticut State University
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Oliver De La Paz
November 19, 2018: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Port-au-Prince
7912 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, hosted by Indran Amirthanayagam
November 1-3, 2018
Panel participant, "Natural Selection: What Translation Editors Look For"
Moderator, "Small Press Journal Editors' Roundtable: Publishing Translations"
Panel participant, "Keep on Runnin' On or Stop Already: Digressions, Diversions, & the Stately English Sentence"
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Bloomington, Indiana
September 30, 2018: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
International Translation Day with PEN America
KGB Bar Sunday Night Series
85 East 4th Street, New York City
Poetry reading with Linda Frazee Baker, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Sharon Dolin, Pierre Joris, Tess Lewis,
Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Mary Ann Newman & Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
September 23, 2018: 3:15-3:45 p.m.
Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival
Wheaton, Maryland
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, joined by the Six Degree Singers
September 9, 2018: 2:00 - 4:00
DiVerse Poetry Reading
Gaithersburg Library
18330 Montgomery Village Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Hiram Larew and Steve Leyva, hosted by Lucinda Marshall
August 26, 2018: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Reston Used Book Shop, Lake Anne Village Center
1623 Washington Plaza North, Reston, VA
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Reuben Jackson, hosted by Nathan Leslie
May 4, 2018: 7:30 p.m.
Words out Loud Reading Series
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Christina Daub
Second Story Books
12160 Parklawn, Rockville, MD 20852
301-770-0477
May 3, 2018: 6:30 p.m.
Book party for NAMING THE DAWN
Bi-lingual Poetry Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson & Abdourahman A. Waberi
Sankofa Video Books & Cafe
2714 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
April 22, 2018: 1:35 - 2:00 p.m.
Bi-lingual Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival) and
Abdourahman A. Waberi
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, 11:00 - 4:00 p.m., rain or shine
April 21, 2018: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
A Potpourri of Poetry
Featuring Nancy Naomi Carlson, Indran Amirthanayagam, and Blair High School Slam Team
Kensington Park Library
4201 Knowles Ave, Kensington, MD
240-773-9515
April 19, 2018: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Book Party for NAMING THE DAWN
Bi-lingual Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Abdourahman A. Waberi
George Washington University, Gelman Library 101 (National Churchill Library & Center)
March 17, 2018: time 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
All the Write Stuff — A Workshop for Writers
Dawit Gebremichael Habte and Trish Earnest: Write Your Memoir (10:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.)
Nancy Naomi Carlson: Poetry For All Levels (11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. )
Melissa Scholes Young: Publishing 101 (1:00 p.m - 2:10 p.m)
Cynthia (Cindy) Lee Monroe: Bringing Local History to Life (2:20 p.m - 3:30 p.m)
Steve Piacente: Life Coaching For Writers (3:45 p.m - 5:00 p.m)
Kensington Park Library
4201 Knowles Ave, Kensington, MD
www.signupgenius.com/go/5080949a9ab2eabff2-allthe
February 4, 2018
Times Litfest Bangalore, Featured speaker
"Complications of the Heart: The Pleasures and Perils of Being a Poet"
Jayamahal Palace
1, Jayamahal Road, Near Cantonment Railway Station, Bangalore, India
www.timeslitfestbengaluru.com/index.php
Poetry & Conversation with Wicked Woman Prize Winner Lori Jakiela & Judge Nancy Naomi Carlson
Please be sure to check with venues ahead of time to confirm events
October 5, 2024, 5:00 - 6:30 pm ET
Panelist, “International Poetry Panel Discussion” (co-sponsored by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain)
with Javier Adrada de la Torre, Patricia Davis & Heather Green
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
September 30, 2024, 3:30 - 6:00 pm ET
Panelist, “A Gathering of Translators” (co-sponsored by the Cheuse Center)
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
July 12, 2024, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Co-presenter, “Night in Translation” with Jona Colson & Miguel Avero
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008
May 21, 2024, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, "What I Wish I'd Known: General Professional Advice for Translators"
with Katie Freeman, Janet Hong & Chad Post
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s "Write the World" Virtual Conference
May 18, 2024, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, "Poetic Translation: Bringing Poems to Life in Different Languages, including Chinese,
Haitian Creole, and Spanish" with Indran Amirthanayagam, Jona Colson & Ping Wang
Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, Maryland
April 21, 2024, 11:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Kensington Day of the Book Festival
Reading & co-curating the "Poetry Tent" by Nancy Naomi Carlson
(Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
February 8, 2024, 12:10 - 1:25 p.m. CT
Panelist, "From the French but Not from France: A Bilingual Reading of Francophone Poems"
with Kareem Abu-Zeid, Conor Bracken, Helene Cardona & Todd Fredson
Associated Writer's Program (AWP), Kansas City, Missouri
2023 EVENTS
November 11, 2023, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. PT
Panelist, "Shared Places: The Writing Translator and Translating Writer" with Erin Riddle,
Christina Daub, Boris Dralyuk, & Canaan Morse
American Literary Translators Association
Tucson, Arizona
October 21, 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
"An Afternoon of Poetry & Poetry in Translation" with Nancy Naomi Carlson & David Keplinger
The Bethesda Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland
September 17, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 pm ET
Double Book Launch with Esperanza Hope Snyder
Busboys & Poets, Takoma Park, Maryland
June 17, 2023, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. ET
Panelist, with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Vanessa Walters
Schomburg Center Literary Festival: Reading the African Diaspora
Harlem, New York
May 18, 2023
Opening poem recitation, Maryland Governor's Office of Community Initiatives
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebration
Elkridge, Maryland
April 27, 2023, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. ET
"Cuban Wendy Guerra's Delicates: A Bilingual Reading with co-translators Nancy Naomi Carlson
& Esperanza Hope Snyder
Sant Jordi Festival, USA [Virtual]
March 11, 2023, 3:20 - 4:35 p.m. PT
Panel Organizer & Moderator, "Translating the Poetry of Urgency," with Boris Dralyuk,
Gabriella Chavez-Ramirez, Cynthia Hogue & Josh Weiner
AWP, Seattle, Washington
February 28, 2023
Campus visit to guest lecture and participate in the "Translation Circle"
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 EVENTS
November 13, 2022, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. ET
"Yezirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry" with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Jeffrey Levine, Alan Michael Parker,
Matthew Silverman, Amy Small-McKinney, & Katherine Smith [Virtual]
November 12, 2022, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
"An Afternoon of Poetry & Poetry in Translation" with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Gabriella Fee, Cynthia Hogue, & Dora Malech
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
November 10, 2020, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET
Co-organizer, "Ethics in Translation: Does the End Justify the Means?" with Keyne Cheshire & Barbara Goldberg
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
September 7, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.ET
Host and mentor, 2022 Virtual Travel Fellows' Reading, ALTA [Virtual]
June 11, 2022, 5:00 - 6:15pm
"'This Is Why': Translators on Translating," panel chaired by Karen Leeder
Oxford Translation Day,
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
April 21, 2022, 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET
"Solio": A Bilingual Reading with Poet Samira Negrouche (Algeria) & Translator Nancy Naomi Carlson
Sant Jordi Festival, USA [virtual]
March 25, 2022, 12:10 - 1:25
Panelist, "Voices of Exile: Translating a Lost Homeland," with Ye Chun, Mauricio Espinoza,
Jennifer Rathbun & Russell Valentino
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
March 24, 2022, 12:10 - 1:10
Panelist, "L'Chaim! Celebrating Jewish Poetry in the third Millennium," with Zilka Joseph,
Ilya Kaminsky, Joy Ladin & Matthew Silverman
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
March 23, 2022: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET
"Bennington Translates" with speakers Khal Torabully & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Bennington College, VT [Virtual]
March 9, 2022: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
Co-Moderator, A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation (Winter WiT)
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
[Virtual]
https://pen.org/event/virtual-winter-wit-women-in-translation-reading-series/?mc_cid=38b0610e9c&mc_eid=691b262aa9
2021 EVENTS
December 4, 2021, 2:00-3:00 p.m.ET
"Seagull @ 40"--City Lights celebrates Seagull Books on its 40th anniversary, with Seagull Founder
Naveen Kishore joined by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Alain Mabanckou, and Khal Torabully
Hosted by Peter Maravelis & Paul Yamazaki
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA [Virtual]
October 16 & 17, 2021, 1:45-3:00 p.m.ET
Co-organizer, "What Are Creative Approaches to Translating the 'the'?" with Jennifer Rathbun & Mauricio Espinoza
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
October 14, 2021, 6:30-8:00p.m.ET
"Poetry & Conversation with Wicked Woman Prize Winner Lori Jakiela and Judge Nancy Naomi Carlson"
Hosted by Doritt Carroll
Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD [Virtual]
October 6, 2021, 7:00-8:30p.m. ET
Reading with Zilka Joseph, Nawaaz Ahmed & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan [Virtual]
August 26, 2021: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Moderator, A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation Month
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
[Virtual]
https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series/
August 2, 2021, 7:00-8:30p.m. ET
Poetry in Translation Reading hosted by Barbara Goldberg with Curtis Bauer & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Cafe Muse, Bethesda, MD [Virtual]
April 23, 2021: 3:30-4:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Publishers’ Roundtable: A conversation moderated by
Nancy Naomi Carlson with publishers Laura Huerga (Barcelona), Naveen
Kishore (Calcutta), and Chad Post (Rochester, New York),” Sant Jordi
Festival in New York City [virtual]
June 13, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Diane Frank & Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Blue Light at the Gallery--Bay Area, California [Virtual]
May 20, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
"Virtual Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium"
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Moonstone Arts Center--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Virtual]
April 23, 2021: 3:30-4:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Publishers’ Roundtable: A conversation moderated by
Nancy Naomi Carlson with publishers Laura Huerga (Barcelona), Naveen
Kishore (Calcutta), and Chad Post (Rochester, New York),” Sant Jordi
Festival in New York City [Virtual]
April 20, 2021: 2:30-3:00 a.m. ET
Presenter and curator, “Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude—A book launch reading
and conversation with poet Khal Torabully, publisher Naveen Kishore, and
translator Nancy Naomi Carlson," Sant Jordi Festival in New York City
[Virtual]
April 10, 2021: 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET
Panelist, “Strange Bedfellows: Literary Translators & Languages They Don’t
Know,” Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area, Montgomery College,
Takoma Park, MD [Virtual]
April 9, 2021: 7:00 p.m. ET
"Evening of Poetry" with Athena Kildegaard, Nancy Naomi Carlson, and Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Prairie Gate Literary Festival, University of Minnesota, Morris [Virtual]
March 21, 2021: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Book Release Celebration for 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
March 7, 2021, 6:20 - 7:20 p.m. ET
Panel Organizer & Moderator, "Raising the Volume: Women in Translation," with Sharon Dolin,
Andrea Jurjević, Aviva Kushner, and Katherine Young
Associated Writer's Program (AWP) [Virtual]
February 22, 2021: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Celebration of 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Jewish Community Center--Buffalo, New York [Virtual]
2020 EVENTS
December 13, 2020: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Book Pre-Release Celebration for 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
Cohosted by Coeditors Nancy Naomi Carlson and Matthew Silverman
Boookstore1, Sarasota, Florida [Virtual]
December 3, 2020: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
"Blessed Is the Light: Poets Speak Out Against Fear & Hatred" [Virtual]
Sponsored by Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, the Bethesda Writer's Center
& the DC-Area Literary Translators Network (DC-ALT)
Co-organizer with Doritt Carroll & Luther Jett
October 4, 2020: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Lola Haskins, Pam Murray Winters, and Susan Sonde
The Bethesda Writer's Center [Virtual]
September 30 - October 18, 2020
Organizer & Moderator, "Translating Poetry & Prose: A Tale of Two Strategies," with Marguerite Feitlowitz,
Bill Johnston & Tess Lewis [October 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m. ET]
Moderator, "Small Press Literary Journal Editors' Roundtable," with Gerald Maa, Rajiv Mohabir
& Megan Sexton [October 6, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET]
Moderator, "Small Press Literary Journal Editors' Roundtable," with Kwame Dawes, Jessica Faust
& Michael Holtmann [October 7, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET]
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) [Virtual]
August 27, 2020: 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
Moderator, [Virtual] A Bilingual Reading to Celebrate Women in Translation Month
Co-sponsored by PEN America & the PEN America Translation Committee
https://pen.org/event/2020-women-in-translation-month/
August 23, 2020: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
August Bilingual Poetry Reading hosted by Nina Kossman [Virtual]
Bilingual reading with Marie-Léontine Tsibinda (from Congo-Brazzaville), and many other readers
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=101812544888271&story_fbid=158626919206833
August 20, 2020: 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
Co-moderator with Anna Dinwoodie, [Virtual] Women in Translation August Reading Series
Co-sponsored by PEN America Translation Committee & Jill: A Women+ in Translation Reading Series
https://www.facebook.com/JillReadingNYC/videos/631882911096652
August 1, 2020: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET
Plume Poetry Series Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Danny Lawless, Nancy Mitchell, John Nieves, Amanda Newell,
Stewart Moss, and Leeya Mehta
The Bethesda Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland [Virtual]
May 16, 2020
Reading from An Infusion of Violets
11th Annual Gaithersburg Book Festival
[Virtual]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA49uMaCEFo
April 26, 2020 CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
April 23, 2020: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Poetry Reading with Martha Collins & Nancy Naomi Carlson
Rozzie Reads Poetry Series
Boston, MA [Virtual]
April 4, 2020: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19
Organizer & Moderator, "Strange Bedfellows: Literary Translators & Languages They Don't Know,"
with Nancy Arbuthnot, Barbara Goldberg, Lola Haskins, David Keplinger
Montgomery College Confluence Translation Conference
March 26, 2020: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
"Disease & Disability: Using Poetry to Reveal and Empower": A Reading
Ellen Cole, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Marlena Chertock, Jennifer Franklin, and Oliver de la Paz
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
March 7, 2020: 12:10 - 1:25 p.m.
"Crossing the Line: Jewish Writers on the Taboo": A panel discussion with Sharon Dolin,
Nancy Naomi Carlson, Lisa Olstein, Jacqueline Osherow, and Jill Pearlman
AWP, Convention Center, Room, 007C
San Antonio, TX
2019 EVENTS
December 14, 2019: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Nobles: Author Signing, An Infusion of Violets
Montrose Crossing
12089 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD
December 4, 2019: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Kensington Poetry Reading, hosted by Judy McCombs & Mary Sesso
Kensington Row Bookshop
3786 Howard Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
November 1, 2019: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The National Press Club's 42nd Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
October 25, 2019: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Pegasus Reading Series, hosted by Sebastian Paramo & Mag Gabbert
Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Heather Myers, Rose Skelton, and Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
Deep Vellum Books
3000 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas
October 25, 2019: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
"Nancy Naomi Carlson, Poet and Translator: Roundtable Discussion hosted by Julia Leverone and Nomi Stone"
The University of Texas at Dallas, Green 2.530
Dallas, TX
October 17, 2019: 7:30 p.m.
"To Sing Against the Night"--Third Thursday Poetry Series
Featured poets: Nancy Naomi Carlson, Ellen Aronofsky Cole, Judith Harris, and E. Ethelbert Miller
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
October 13, 2019: 1:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Shepherd University Faculty, Nancy Naomi Carlson, and Somondoco Press Authors Roser Caminals, William Heath, and Barrett Warner
Four Seasons Books
114 W. German St., Shepherdstown, WV 25443
(304) 876-3486
October 12, 2019: 1:30 p.m.
Translation panel with Jennifer Grotz, Roser Caminals,
Nancy Naomi Carlson, Carlos Rubio, and Hope Maxwell Snyder
Erma Ora Byrd Hall, Room 103
301 N. King Street
Shepherdstown, WV
https://www.shepherd.edu/societyforcreativewriting/society-events
August 6, 2019: 7:30 p.m.
Women in Translation (WiT) reading featuring translators Larissa Kyzer,
Nancy Naomi Carlson & Catherine Maigret Kellogg, Elina Alter, Jacqui Cornetta, and Kira Josefsson
Greenlight Books
632 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
July 21, 2019: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Megan Alpert
2019 Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
Rock Creek Nature Center's auditorium in Rock Creek Park, 5200 Glover Road, NW, Washington, DC
June 9, 2019: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (book launch for INFUSION OF VIOLETS) and Jason Gray
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008
April 28, 2019: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival)
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, rain or shine
April 6, 2019: 9:30 - 10:45 p.m.
Panelist, "Midwife or Surgeon: The Publisher's Role in Bringing Out Translations"
Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area,
Montgomery College Takoma Park, MD
March 8, 2019: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, hosted by Doritt Carroll
Zed's Cafe
8225 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
March 28, 2019: 9:00 - 10:15 p.m.
Panel participant, "The Development of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry in the Last 5 Years"
AWP, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1, Room A103 - A 104
2018 EVENTS
November 29, 2018: 7:45 - 9:00 p.m.
Southern Connecticut State University
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Oliver De La Paz
November 19, 2018: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Port-au-Prince
7912 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902
Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, hosted by Indran Amirthanayagam
November 1-3, 2018
Panel participant, "Natural Selection: What Translation Editors Look For"
Moderator, "Small Press Journal Editors' Roundtable: Publishing Translations"
Panel participant, "Keep on Runnin' On or Stop Already: Digressions, Diversions, & the Stately English Sentence"
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Bloomington, Indiana
September 30, 2018: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
International Translation Day with PEN America
KGB Bar Sunday Night Series
85 East 4th Street, New York City
Poetry reading with Linda Frazee Baker, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Sharon Dolin, Pierre Joris, Tess Lewis,
Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Mary Ann Newman & Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
September 23, 2018: 3:15-3:45 p.m.
Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival
Wheaton, Maryland
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, joined by the Six Degree Singers
September 9, 2018: 2:00 - 4:00
DiVerse Poetry Reading
Gaithersburg Library
18330 Montgomery Village Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Hiram Larew and Steve Leyva, hosted by Lucinda Marshall
August 26, 2018: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Reston Used Book Shop, Lake Anne Village Center
1623 Washington Plaza North, Reston, VA
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Reuben Jackson, hosted by Nathan Leslie
May 4, 2018: 7:30 p.m.
Words out Loud Reading Series
Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Christina Daub
Second Story Books
12160 Parklawn, Rockville, MD 20852
301-770-0477
May 3, 2018: 6:30 p.m.
Book party for NAMING THE DAWN
Bi-lingual Poetry Reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson & Abdourahman A. Waberi
Sankofa Video Books & Cafe
2714 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
April 22, 2018: 1:35 - 2:00 p.m.
Bi-lingual Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson (Poet Laureate of the Kensington Day of the Book Festival) and
Abdourahman A. Waberi
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland, 11:00 - 4:00 p.m., rain or shine
April 21, 2018: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
A Potpourri of Poetry
Featuring Nancy Naomi Carlson, Indran Amirthanayagam, and Blair High School Slam Team
Kensington Park Library
4201 Knowles Ave, Kensington, MD
240-773-9515
April 19, 2018: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Book Party for NAMING THE DAWN
Bi-lingual Poetry reading by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Abdourahman A. Waberi
George Washington University, Gelman Library 101 (National Churchill Library & Center)
March 17, 2018: time 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
All the Write Stuff — A Workshop for Writers
Dawit Gebremichael Habte and Trish Earnest: Write Your Memoir (10:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.)
Nancy Naomi Carlson: Poetry For All Levels (11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. )
Melissa Scholes Young: Publishing 101 (1:00 p.m - 2:10 p.m)
Cynthia (Cindy) Lee Monroe: Bringing Local History to Life (2:20 p.m - 3:30 p.m)
Steve Piacente: Life Coaching For Writers (3:45 p.m - 5:00 p.m)
Kensington Park Library
4201 Knowles Ave, Kensington, MD
www.signupgenius.com/go/5080949a9ab2eabff2-allthe
February 4, 2018
Times Litfest Bangalore, Featured speaker
"Complications of the Heart: The Pleasures and Perils of Being a Poet"
Jayamahal Palace
1, Jayamahal Road, Near Cantonment Railway Station, Bangalore, India
www.timeslitfestbengaluru.com/index.php
Poetry & Conversation with Wicked Woman Prize Winner Lori Jakiela & Judge Nancy Naomi Carlson
2017 EVENTS
December 6, 2017: time 7:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson & Danuta Kosk-Kosicka
Kensington Row Bookshop
3786 Howard Ave., Kensington, MD 20895 - (301) 949 9416
www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com
Come early to browse & chat.
October 21, 2017: time 2:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading with Nancy Naomi Carlson, Lola Haskins & Katherine E. Young
Bethesda Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815 - (301) 654-8664
October 19, 2017: time 7:30 p.m.
Takoma Park - Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series
Featured Readers: Indran Amirthanayagam, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Joanne Rocky Delaplaine
Takoma Park Community Center auditorium
7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD.
Metro accessible via the Red Line Takoma Station & the following bus lines: WMATA F4, F6 and RideOn 16, 17, 18, and 25.
Limited free parking available on site. For more info, see website here
September 10, 2017: time 6:00 p.m.
IOTA 23rd Anniversary Celebration
Confirmed poetry readers include Donald Illich, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Herb Guggenheim,
Luther Jett, Beth Konkoski, Kim Roberts, Maggie Rosen, Edna Small, and J.D. Smith
IOTA Club and Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington, VA, two blocks from the Clarendon Metro stop on the Orange Line
September 7, 2017: time 7:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading
Georgetown Library, Peabody Room
3260 R St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20007
[email protected] - (202) 727-0232
June 11, 2017: time 6:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading with Luther Jett
IOTA Poetry Reading Series, Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
April 23, 2017: 11:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Poet Laureate for the Kensington Day of the Book Festival, Kensington, Maryland, with a featured reading at 12:40 - 1:00 p.m.
The Festival will take place along Howard Avenue, Armory Avenue, and Montgomery Avenue
on Antique Row in Old Town Kensington, Maryland
February 11, 2017: 3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Panel participant, "Poets as Translators: Versionists, Revisionists, or Vehicles?"
AWP, Washington DC Convention Center, Level 2, Room 203 AB
2016 EVENTS
Aug. 15, 2016
Poetry Reading with Jesse Lee Kercheval, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights, MD
July. 29, 2016
Panelist, “Independent Presses Roundtable,”
University of New Mexico Summer Writers’ Conference, Santa Fe, NM
May 24, 2016: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
An evening of music (Rachel Carlson singing French torch songs, accompanied by Nancy Naomi Carlson on keyboard), wine and poetry,
Barnes & Noble Rockville
May 21, 2016: 10:00 a.m.
Featured Presenter, “Poetry in Translation,” Gaithersburg Book Festival (www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org)
April 30, 2016: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Book Launch for Calazaza's Delicious Dereliction, translations of Suzanne Dracius, from Martinique,
Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814
March 31, 2016: 10:30 a.m.- 11:45 p.m.
Presenter and Organizer, "Beautifully Broken: A Multi-Lingual Reading of Trauma-Informed Poetry,"
With Alex Cigale, Aliki Barnstone & Alexis Levitin)
AWP, Los Angeles, CA,
March 18, 2016: 6:30 = 8:00 p.m.
Panelist, “Crossing Borders: Literary Translations in DC,”
A Splendid Wake 4 celebrating poetry in the Nation's Capital--1900 to the present
George Washington U Gelman Library, Suite 702, 2130 H Street, NW, Washington, DC
With Barbara Goldberg (panel moderator), Roman Kostovski, and Vivian Wang
http://splendidwake.blogspot.com
Feb. 18, 2016: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Panelist on Translation with Keith Cohen and others, Upshur Street Books, Washington, DC
2015 EVENTS
Oct. 30, 2015
Bilingual Francophone Reading (translations of Suzanne Dracius and Abdourahman Waberi),
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Tucson, AZ
Oct. 31, 2015
Panelist, "Easy and Hard in Translation," ALTA, Tucson, AZ
October 4, 2015
Book launch for The Nomads, My Brothers, Go Out to Drink from the Big Dipper,
translations of Abdourahman Waberi, from Djiboutii
Bethesda Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815
Sept. 26, 2015
Panelist, "The Translator's Dilemma: Beauty or Fidelity?" Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area,
Montgomery College Takoma Park, MD
July 18, 2015
"Independent Presses Editor's Roundtable," 17th Annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, NM
April 25, 2015
“The Painted Word: Foundry Gallery Artists Collaborate with Metropolitan Washington Poets,”
Foundry Gallery, 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC
April 9, 2015
Presenter & Organizer, “Translator’s Tether: How Much Can You Tug?” Associated Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), Minneapolis
March 27, 2015
Bilingual reading with Abdourahman Waberi, The George Washington University, Gelman Library, Washington, DC
March 16, 2015
Guest lecture, “A Trends in Translation Talk,” Queens College, New York, Klapper Hall, Room 710
Bilingual Francophone Reading (translations of Suzanne Dracius and Abdourahman Waberi),
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Tucson, AZ
Oct. 31, 2015
Panelist, "Easy and Hard in Translation," ALTA, Tucson, AZ
October 4, 2015
Book launch for The Nomads, My Brothers, Go Out to Drink from the Big Dipper,
translations of Abdourahman Waberi, from Djiboutii
Bethesda Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815
Sept. 26, 2015
Panelist, "The Translator's Dilemma: Beauty or Fidelity?" Confluence: Translation in the Capital Area,
Montgomery College Takoma Park, MD
July 18, 2015
"Independent Presses Editor's Roundtable," 17th Annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, NM
April 25, 2015
“The Painted Word: Foundry Gallery Artists Collaborate with Metropolitan Washington Poets,”
Foundry Gallery, 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC
April 9, 2015
Presenter & Organizer, “Translator’s Tether: How Much Can You Tug?” Associated Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), Minneapolis
March 27, 2015
Bilingual reading with Abdourahman Waberi, The George Washington University, Gelman Library, Washington, DC
March 16, 2015
Guest lecture, “A Trends in Translation Talk,” Queens College, New York, Klapper Hall, Room 710
Abdourahman A. Waberi, from Djibouti
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Nancy Naomi Carlson (left) and Suzanne Dracius
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