UPCOMING EVENTS

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​​​​Join me on Wednesday October 28 at 7:00 p.m. PT at Powell’s City of Books in Portland: Kristen Millares Young in Conversation with Vanessa Micale & Devon Fredericksen. Kristen Millares Young debut memoir Desire Lines (Red Hen) "excavates submerged truths about motherhood, the body, and the sacred."

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Debut of a work-in-progress: workshop 9 at Performance Works NW featuring new and in-process sound and music by warm canopy, Maxx Katz and Vanessa Micale, August 22, 4625 SE 67th Ave. Portland, OR.

Advance tix here.

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​"Sound Portals: Music and Writing the Sonic Self," Tuesday February 3, at 12 noon PT (ends by 1:30 p.m. PT), a free virtual creative writing workshop sponsored by Mira Costa College and Glassless Minds Open Mic, with host and poet Karla Cordero. More details: In this generative writing workshop for all-levels, participants will enter music as a portal to personal narrative. How do our lush soundscapes shape us? How can music allow us to time-travel into our past and anchor our storytelling? How can the rhythmicity of song support our lyrical flow? Let’s play with personal narrative, the sonic, and the cosmic.

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I was a radio guest for Margaret Malone's show, "Bust the Canon," on XRAY FM on October 6, 2025.

 

I’ll be reading as part of a collective poem “Dialogues with Trees," at a free community event, Portland Poetry Confluence on October 4 at 3:45 p.m. PT. Atrium, 2305 SE 50th Ave, Portland.

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​​I’ll be performing music at a Songwriter’s Circle, curated by Kjirsten Tornfelt on the back patio of Replicant Bar & Bottle Shop, 7033 NE Glisan St, in Portland, 6 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PT, August 17, 2025.

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Co-featured reader with Ebony Frison at QueerPDXpressions, an open mic hosted by Given. Sign up for poetry open mic starts at 6:30 p.m at Always Here Bookstore, 4555 N. Williams Ave., Portland; July 17, 2025, 6:30 p.m. PT.

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​In conversation with Caro De Robertis for their new book: So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color. May 20, 2025, 7 p.m. PT. Powell's City of Books. 1005 W. Burnside Street. Portland, OR.

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Transcendant, a virtual fundraiser reading​ benefitting TransLifeline & Trans Latin@ Coalition. Hosted by Kay E. Bancroft & Melissa Ferrer Civil, March 13, 2025, 5 p.m. PT.

 

Latinx in Publishing Live Reading Night over Facebook Live. January 25, 2024, 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET). ​

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"Personal Narrative as Mixtape: Releasing secret tracks on the album of your life." A free virtual workshop, sponsored by Glassless Minds Open Mic & MiraCosta College. September 5, 2023. 12 noon - 1: 30 p.m. PT. IG @glasslessminds link in their bio to register.

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El Desierto: A night of poetry, music and new work by Dez Ramirez, Vanessa Micale and Maria Olaya. August 25, 2023, 7 - 9 p.m. PT. Centro Cultural, 1110 North Adair Street, Cornelius, OR 97113.

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Constellation Reading Series at Tin House with Emilly Prado and Jen Shin. June 15, 2023, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. PT. 2601 NW Thurman St., Portland, OR 97210.

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Pacific MFA & Anaphora Arts: AWP Reading & Conversation at Little Saigon Creative. March 10, 2023, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. PT. 1227 S. Weller St. Suite A., Seattle, WA. 

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Music performance as Elle Bosque for Las Posadas in-person event at the Portland Mercado. December 17, 2022, 2 p.m. PT. Portland, OR.

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Music performance as Elle Bosque for Día de Los Muertos in-person event at the Portland Mercado. November 2, 2022, 7:30 p.m. PT. Portland, OR.

 

Zines and Things event launch for Jen Shin's "Have You Received Previous Psychotherapy Or Counseling?," December 4, 2021, 6 p.m. PT Crowdcast virtual event.

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Poetxs Unidxs featuring Willie Perdomo, September 17, 2021, 5 p.m. PT, Zoom virtual event.

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Willie Perdomo's "The Crazy Bunch" book release. May 17th, 2019, 8 p.m. PT. La Palabra Studio 50. Los Angeles, CA.

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VONA Reunion Reading, La Palabra Studio 50, April 28, 2019. Los Angeles, CA.

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Music performance as Elle Bosque for Songwriters Circle, Jade Lounge, March 9, 2018. Portland, OR.

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Tender Table: Stories About Food. November 19, 2017. Portland, OR.

 

Unchaste Readers Series: July 19, 2017. Portland, OR.

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Pochas Radicales 'Noche de Arte' PDX Latinx Pride, Q Center, July 17, 2017. Portland, OR

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Food Workers Resist: Storytelling about Race, Food, and Identity. June 27, 2017. Portland, OR.

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Music performance as ilo mar with Lady Paw, Murmur Ring at the Waypost. May 23, 2014. Portland, OR.