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Upcoming Events
1/5/25 - Nikki Giovanni Tribute, Virtual
1/24/25 - I Scream Social, Austin
2/12/25 - Texas State University, San Marcos
2/19/25 - Austin Community College
2/20-22/25 - University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
3/26-29/25 - AWP Conference, Los Angeles
4/5-6/25 - Reelpoetry Fest, Houston
4/25-27/25 - Poetry at Round Top
PAST EVENTS
8/26/17 - Tent Revival, allgo, Austin, TX
8/30/17 - Aural Lit, Austin, TX
9/22/17 - I Scream Social, Malvern Books, Austin, TX
10/14/17 - Free Minds Workshop, Austin, TX
10/23/17 - Chicon Street Poets Reading Series, Austin, TX
11/4/17 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
1/4/18 - Another Way to Say Enter Book Launch, Austin, TX
1/6/18 - Prizer Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony, Austin, TX
1/10-14/18 - Stonecoast MFA Residency, Freeport, ME
1/15/18 - MLK Day Open Mic @ The Vortex, Austin, TX
1/18/18 - Poetry & Wine, San Marcos, TX
2/8/18 - TexasCASA, Austin, TX (private event)
2/10/18 - Amanda Johnston & Friends @ Prizer, Austin, TX
2/15/18 - Community Poetry Workshop @ Prizer, Austin, TX
2/24/18 - TORCH Wildfire Reading Series, BookWoman, Austin, TX
3/1/18 - Zumbi Radio KAZI, Austin, TX
3/2/18 - Resistencia, Celebrating Verses of Black Women, Austin, TX
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
3/17/18 - Another Way to Say Enter Book Launch, Harlem, NY
3/31/18 - Salvage Vanguard Theater, con flama talk back, Austin, TX
4/5/18 - Poetry & Prose: Amanda Johnston & Alexis Paige, Austin,TX
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
4/22/18 - Black Ladies Brunch Collective, Washington, D.C.
4/26/18 - Cultural Lounge at the Carver, Austin, TX
4/27/18 - Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
5/4/18 - Lisa L. Moore Release of 24 Hours of Men, Austin, TX
5/12/18 - Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
5/26/18 - Malvern Books, Austin, TX
5/30/18 - Aural Literature Reading Series, Austin, TX
7/11 - 15/18 - Stonecoast MFA Residency, Freeport, ME
7/27/18 - 60-IN-SIXTY, FUSEBOX Festival Fundraiser, Austin, TX
9/1/18 - Six Square District Cultural Arts Festival, Austin, TX
10/6/18 - Babes Bar with Alexis Paige, Bethel, VT
10/12/18 - New Works Reading, NYU & Cave Canem, New York, NY
10/27/18 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
10/27/18 - Lit Crawl Austin - Black Poets Speak Out, Austin, TX
10/28/18 - TORCH Wildfire Reading Series, Austin, TX
11/1/18 - Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
11/2-3/18 - Hugo House Reading & Workshop, Seattle, WA
12/13/18 - Bookwoman 2nd Thursday Reading Series, Austin, TX
2/28 - 3/2/19 - SUNSTAR Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
3/27-30/19 - AWP Conference, Portland, OR
Sat. Panel: 21st Century Innovations in Poetic Form, 3:00PM
3/28/19 - Women Writers in Bloom Reading, Portland, OR
3/28/19 - Affrilachians at the Heathman, Portland, OR
3/29/19 - Women of Resistance Anthology Reading, Portland, OR
3/30/19 - Argus House Press Reading, Portland, OR
4/18/19 - ECTC, Elizabethtown, KY
4/19/19 - Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY
5/5 - 6/2/19 - Let's Get Physical: Writing the Body, IOTA Online
5/8/19 - LOGOS Reading Series, Austin, TX
6/2/19 - A Womb of One's Own, Spider House Ballroom, Austin, TX
6/9-15/19 - Cave Canem Summer Retreat, Greensburg, PA
6/15/19 - CAAPP, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
7/5-12/19 - Stonecoast, Dingle, Ireland
10/16-18/19 - Furious Flower, Harrisonburg, VA
10/26-27/19 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
10/27/19 - TORCH Wildfire Reading
10/28/19 - University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
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
3/8/20 - Revel: Witness, Austin, TX
9/12/20 - Kentucky Women Writers Conference: Wild Women of Poetry
9/17/20 - Poetry as Praise, Protest & Power
10/13-30/20 - Early Voting in Texas
11/17/20 - McMaster University, Canada
12/8/20 - Dallas ISD
12/19/20 - Soul Sister Review & Women Writers in Bloom Reading
1/29/21 - BreakBeats Poets at Denton Black Film Festival
1/29/21 - Live From the Draylen Mason Studio
2/1/21 - The Fire Gilders: A Celebration of Women Poets marking Brigid’s Day & Black History Month
2/1/21 - University of Alabama Creative Writing Contest Judge
3/6 - AWP Conference: Panel - for colored girls: fam, friends, fans, A Celebration of Ntozake Shange
4/10/21 - Every Shining Gift: A Birthday Celebration for Toi Derricotte
4/17/21 - Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Carving a New Sound. Workshop
4/27/21 - The Heartland Review at ECTC, Reading
4/29/21 - The Heartland Review at ECTC, Workshop
6/13/21 - Stone House Reading Series
6/18/21 - ACC Juneteenth Virtual Reading
6/28 - 7/4/21 - Tasajillo Residency
8/01/21 - Maine's Literary Arts Fellowship, Award Panel
10/6/21 - “with love like black, our black”: Black Poetry and Literary Citizenship
10/9/21 - Little Girl Blue by Sequoia Maner Book Launch
10/23 - 11/20/21 - New Beginnings Workshop, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
11/20/21 - The Eastside Event Series, Weekend 3: "Blues, Bites, & Cocktails"
12/10/21 - The Moth Mainstage at the Paramount
12/18-21/21 - Tasajillo Residency
2/5/22 - Say It Loud with Ebony Stewart2/15/22 - Literary Cypher
2/16-22/22 - The Watermill Center
3/3-6/22 - Snowbound Writers Retreat with Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
3/4/22 - Surprise Event (stay tuned!)
4/2-9/22 - Iota Literary Conference
6/9 - 21/22 - Hedgebrook Residency
11/4/22 @ 6:00 pm - TORCH x EcoTheo Collective featuring Destiny O. Birdsong, Remica L. Bingham-Risher, Airea D. Matthews at Vuka North Lamar
11/5/22 @ 11:00 am - TORCH Literary Arts Presents: A Conversation with Destiny O. Birdsong and Remica Bingham-Risher with Amanda Johnston (moderator) at Texas Capitol
11/5/22 @ 7:00 pm - Lit Crawl with Story Department featuring Ana Marie Cox, Edward Vidaurre, Rita Woods, Amanda Johnston, and Kathy Blackwell (host) at Saddle Up
11/6/22 @ 11:00 am - Austin Youth Poet, Zachary Suri, in conversation with Amanda Johnston at the State Theatre
11/12/22 - EAST Studio Tour at Prizer Arts & Letter
9/5/23 @ 6:00 pm - One Page Salon with WLT
9/7/23 @ 7:00 pm - Poet Laureates Reading with Poetry Foundation
9/14/23 @ 7:00 pm - SAFE Alliance
9/25/23 @ 6:00 pm - ACC Literary Coffeehouse
10/3/23 @ 7:00 pm - St. Edward's University
10/19/23 @ 7:00 pm - ABC Story Department
10/21/23 - Soul Reset
11/1-4/23 - Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival (Torch Table)
11/10-12/23 - Texas Book Festival
12/14/23 - Bookwoman 2nd Thursday Reading Series
4/1/24 - In the City on KOOP Radio with Jim Trainer
4/11/24 - KUT Arts Eclectic
4/12/24 - Zine Lunch - Sarabande Books
4/17/24 - CBS We Are Austin
4/17-20/24 - Boxes: a work in progress at MoHa
4/19/2024 - Boxes: reading & conversation with Sasha West at MoHa
4/20/24 - THE BLACK FEMINIST GUIDE TO THE HUMAN BODY in conversation with Lisa B. Thompson at The VORTEX
4/28/24 - Reading & Conversation at St. David's Episcopal Church
5/10/24 - Words of Passion with Dover Quartet
5/28/24 - Reading & Celebration for Pretty by KB Brookins
6/11/24 - TCA Tour: Newton County Public Library
6/12/24 - TCA Tour: Buna Public Library
6/13/24 - TCA Tour: Allan Shivers Library
6/17/24 - CBS We Are Austin
6/17/24 - Free Your Mind Symposium Series with Dalia Azim
6/18/24 - The Salon at Antone's
6/19/24 - Juneteenth Panel at Antone's
6/20/24 - 2nd Annual Carrying the Torch
6/22/24 - Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference
6/29/24 - In Conversation with Nikki Giovanni
6/30/24 - Say Word: a Black Music Month Celebration
8/24/24 - National Book Festival
9/7/24 - AUSTIN IS A POEM: The Austin Poet Laureate Program Kickoff Party
9/18-22/24 - Furious Flower Conference
10/16/24: West Texas A&M University
10/29/24 - Praisesong for the People - Austin
10/30/24 - Praisesong for the People - Dallas
11/15-17/24 - Texas Book Festival
11/21/24 - Praisesong for the People - Nacogdoches
11/23/24 - Praisesong for the People - McAllen
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