Was happy to be introducing my new book, Our Lively Kingdom, at the New York City Poetry Festival this past September, 2022, on Governor’s Island, reading along with some wonderful fellow poets from Bordighera Press!

upcoming readings:

Wednesday, January 17, 2023

Grolier Poetry Bookshop

6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, Mass

7PM EST live and on Zoom

a reading with: Julia Lisella, J.D. Scrimgeour and Lynne S Viti

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

First Tuesday Reading

Espresso 77

35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, United States

at 6 PM EST, in person

More info to come!

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past events

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

I’ll be reading with Judith Sanders at the Wellfleet Public Library

Wellfleet, MA at 7PM

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Bordighera Poets Read: New York City Poetry Festival,

Governor’s Island, Blackbird Stage, 1PM EST

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Bordighera Press Poets Read! I’ll be reading with Maria Famà

A Novel Idea on Passyunk, 1726 East Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA

May 7, 2023

“Navigating the Italian Diaspora: Bordighera Poets Read their Work”

Massachusetts Poetry Festival,

Salem, Massachusetts

April 29, 2023

Poetry of Place, I’ll be reading with Judith Sanders and Theodora Stratis

2 PM EST to 4 PM EST, IN PERSON

Medford Public Library, 111Main Street, Medford, MA

April 20, 2023

MELUS: Crossing and Crossroads, 37th Annual Multi Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Conference

Creative Writing Panel & Book Signing: I’ll be reading with Curtis Chin

12:15 - 1:30 PM CT

Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana

April 10, 2023

WELLESELY BOOKS CELEBRATES POETRY MONTH:

I’ll be reading with Ann Bookman and Amanda Shea

7 to 8:30 PM EST, IN PERSON

WELLESLEY BOOKS, 82 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482-5714

March 15, 2023

Poetry Society of New Hampshire, reading with Kathi Aguero, with open mic

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM ET, IN PERSON

Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main Street, Concord, NH

March 5, 2023

Voices of Poetry - Brothers & Sisters

Reading with Maria Lisella, B November & Yehoshua Josh November

2 PM - 4 PM

Jefferson Market Library, 425 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.), New York, NY

December 1, 2022

Cervena Barva Reading Series, reading with Farnaz Fatemi

7 PM EST, ON ZOOM

email: editor@cervenabarvapress.com for Zoom link

November 21, 2022

Grace Church Women’s Book Club: A book discussion and reading

7:30 - 8:30, IN PERSON

Grace Episcopal Church, 45 High Street, Medford, MA

workshops & talks:

rescheduled from last June!

Saturday April 20th, 2024: 10 to noon

Poems from the Garden: a writing workshop:

Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex Street, Salem, MA

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past events

Wednesday, June 14 and Wednesday, July 12, 2023

“Breathe In Poetry, Breathe Out Experience”, a generative poetry writing workshop,

facilitated by Julia Lisella & Jennifer Martelli,

sponsored by the Italian American Writers Association

In Person at the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston, MA

6 to 8 PM EST

For more information, contact me or email: italianamericanwriters@gmail.com