READINGS & EVENTS
LA Poetry Party at AWP
PoemoftheWeek.com and the Nashville Poetry Party reading at AWP, featuring: Rueben Quesada, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Dorsey Craft Olbiech, Joseph Rios, Raye Hendrix, Saul Hernández, Amanda Johnston, Anders Carlson Wee, Sara Borjas, Juan Morales, Luke Johnson & Meghan Merchant, Monica Prince, Alexis Roan Fancher, Saddiq Dzukogi, Tomas Morin, Gerard Robledo, and Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum.
Debut Poets in the Park (AWP)
Featuring: Ally Ang, Rachel Edelman, Raye Hendrix, Patrycja Humienik, Ae Hee Lee, Sara Daniele Rivera, Ava Winters, and Aeylet Amittay.
Sawmill Poetry Series
Sawmill Poetry Series, named for the beloved Southern breakfast gravy, features readings from touring poets that have recently published a collection followed by an open mic reading in which local writers may volunteer to share their original work with our audience. All poets are from the South or Mid-South.
Reading with Burdock Book Collective
Join us for Burdock’s first author reading of 2025- a Capricorn trifecta! Poet Raye Hendrix will be in conversation with local poet and writer Halley Cotton about their new collection, What Good is Heaven. Join us January 17th at 6pm at Grounds Coffee and Goods. Preorder the book to register for the event! Pick up your copy on the day of the reading!
Poetry Reading (with Bess Cooley and Amber Albritton)
https://www.unionavebooks.com/event/poetry-night-amber-albritton-bess-cooley-raye-hendrix
Book Launch Party
Book Launch for Raye Hendrix's What Good Is Heaven
Join us in celebrating the debut release of Raye Hendrix's What Good is Heaven. Masks are required for this event.
Featured readers: Sarah Matthes and Octavio Quintanilla.
RSVP at the link.
Sundress Reading Series
The Sundress Academy for the Arts is pleased to announce the guests for the September installment of our reading series, poets Elise Thi Tran and Raye Hendrix. Join us on Thursday, September 12th at Pretentious Beer Co. from 7:00-9:00 PM for a reading followed by an open mic! Sign-up for the open mic begins at 7 PM sharp and is limited to 10-12 readers.
The Be Well Reading Series
ELJ Editions & Redacted Books present: The Be Well Reading Series' Celebration of Survival
Hosted by Nicole Tallman
Thursday, September 4, 7-8 p.m. EST via Zoom
Featured Readers: tommy wyatt blake & Raye Hendrix
Birmingham Poetry Review annual Reading Series
Birmingham Poetry Review annual Reading Series, virtual, March 21, 2024 @ 4 PM Pacific / 6 PM Central
Featuring Raye Hendrix, Carson Colenbaugh, & L.S. McKee (Register Here)
“Not Just Surviving: Queer Poets Thriving in the Red” (AWP Panel)
“Not Just Surviving: Queer Poets Thriving in the Red,” Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Kansas City, MO (Feb. 10, 2024)
The Pinch & American Literary Review at AWP
The Pinch and American Literary Review at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). The Big Rip Brewing Co, Kansas City, MO. Feb. 10, 2024.
Oregon Humanities Center fellows’ Work-in-Progress talk
“Breath/lessness: Toward a Poetics of Asthma,” Oregon Humanities Center fellows’ Work-in-Progress talk, Eugene, OR, Oct. 6, 2023
Dolly Parton Day Celebration
Dolly Parton Day Celebration with Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology
Launch Party for Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation
Virtual Launch Party for Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation (Querencia Press, 2023)
The Wild and Precious Life Series
The Wild and Precious Life Series virtual celebration of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology
“Reconsidering Sound: Crafting a Visual Prosody from the poetry of Earl Sollenberger and Edna St. Vincent Millay,” College English Association (Panel)
“Reconsidering Sound: Crafting a Visual Prosody from the poetry of Earl Sollenberger and Edna St. Vincent Millay,” College English Association, San Antonio, TX (March 30-April 2, 2023)
