Saturday, November 19th, 2022 – Southern California Poetry Festival. “With(out) Borders,” a reading and conversation alongside Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Omar Pimienta, and Sehba Sarwar. Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA.
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 – Brooklyn Book Festival: Genre & Exploding Form, presented by Whiting Foundation. Reading and conversation alongside Andrea Lawlor (Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl), and Nana Nkweti (Walking on Cowrie Shells), writers who are dissolving genre boundaries to bring new life to familiar literary forms. Moderated by Lincoln Michel (The Body Scout). Brooklyn, New York.
Saturday, July 16, 2022 – Poetry reading and conversation alongside Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel B. Summerhill, and Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts. In Person. Monterey Museum of Art. Monterey, CA.
Friday, November 12, 2021 – Lost in the Letters Festival: Opening Reading. Opening the Lost in Letters Festival with an opening reading alongside Billy-Ray Belcourt and Kirstin Valdez Quade.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 – Tell It Slant Poetry Festival – Panel Presentation: Visual Poetics in a Word Doc World. A panel reading and presentation alonside Diana Khoi Nguyen, Octavio Quintanilla, and Jen Sperry Steinorth. This will be a multi-modal reading and conversation as we share work and discuss the possibilities that abound at the intersection of image + text.
Sunday, September 19, 2021 – 42nd Annual American Book Awards. Celebration honoring the winners of the 2021 American Book Award Hosted by the Before Columbus Foundation. Honoring the writing and work of Ayad Akhtar, Maisy Card, Ben Ehrenreich, Johanna Fernández, Carolyn Forché, John Giorno, Cathy Park Hong, Randall Horton, Gerald Horne, Robert P. Jones, Judy Juanita, William Melvin Kelley (author) Aiki Kelley (illustrator), Maryemma Graham, Shana Redmond, Jacob Soboroff, as well me. Viewable on YouTube.
Thursday, July 8, 2021 – Virtual Book Launch: American Quasar. Reading alongside Sheila Maldonado to celebrate the launch of American Quasar, a collection of poems by David Campos and art by Maceo Montoya.
Friday, April 16, 2021 – L.A. Times Book Prize Virtual Ceremony. An evening honoring all the Finalists and Awardees of the 41st Annual L.A. Times Book Awards. Registration forthcoming.
Sunday, April 11, 2021 – Sierra Poetry Festival : Reading alongside Paul Tran, Siaara Freeman, and Judie Rae, as well as Workshop on “The Borderless Poem”.
Friday, April 2, 2021 – Otherworld(ly) : A Reading of Reimaginings supporting Rosebud Ben-Oni’s newest collection “If This is the Age We End Discovery” with Celeste Guzmán Mendoza. Felicia Zamora, Diego Baez, and Michael Torres.
Tuesday, March 22, 2021 – Awards Ceremony and Lecture, WAGS/ProQuest Award, 63rd Annual Western Association of Graduate Schools Conference. Boise, ID.
Friday, March 5, 2021 – AWP Meet/Greet & Reading at Omnidawn Virtual Booth.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 – The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis, with Josiah Luis Alderete for Second Tuesday Poetry.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – Borderland Apocrypha Bookclub led by Sara Borjas, sponsored by Letras Latinas & Duende District.
Saturday, January 30, 2021 – Chicanx Youth Conference at Fresno State: Keynote Speaker. Fresno State (Fresno, CA).
January 2, 2021 – Historical Trauma: A Conversation with Jake Skeets, moderated by Rigoberto González at Randolph College Low-Residency MFA (Virginia).
Sunday, December 13, 2020 Poetry Flash: OmnidawnSpring 2020 Poets Reading; including Craig Santos Perez, David Koehn, Desirée Alvarez, Jennifer Hasegawa, and LM Rivera (Berkeley, CA).
Wednesday, November 18, 2020The 2020 National Book Awards; Hosted by The National Book Foundation (New York City, NY).
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Poetry Reading: Reading alongside Desirée Alvarez, Jennifer Hasegawa, and Kimberly Reyes; hosted by Booksmith. Zoom (San Francisco, CA).
Sunday, October 11, 2020LitQuake – San Pancho Edition: Reading alongside Raquel Salas Rivera, José Olivarez, and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta; hosted by Josiah Luis Alderete (San Francisco, CA).
Sunday, October 4, 2020Noemi Press Celebration Reading: Costura Creative & Noemi Press reading in celebration of recent success of Noemi Authors and Editors. Reading features Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (longlist, National Book Award), Sara Borjas (winner, American Book Award), & Anthony Cody (longlist, National Book Award) (Blacksburg, VA).
Saturday, September 26, 2020El Nuevo Book Launch – Juan Felipe Herrera and Anthony Cody: Event celebrating the recent poetry collections “Borderland Apocrypha” and Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Every Day We Get More Illegal”, including readings from Laureate Lab members. A fundraiser for the Mireyda “Mia” Barraza Martinez Social Justice Writing Scholarship at Fresno State MFA Program; hosted by the Chicanx Writers and Artists Association (Fresno, CA).
Thursday, September 17, 2020Speaking Axolotl: Featured reader alongside with José Héctor Cadena, plus Open Mic (San Francisco, CA).
Thursday, August 6, 2020Book launch of Defacing the Monument by Susan Briante: Susan Briante, Cristina Rivera Garza, Anthony Cody, and Joanna Williams in celebration of Susan’s new book “Defacing the Monument” (Noemi Press) in support of Kino Border Initiative. Hosted by Pilsen Community Books (Chicago, IL), YouTube Live.
Thursday, June 25, 2020#FresnoWriters Live – Anthony Cody: Featured reading and Q&A sponsored by the Fresno State Alumni Creative Writing Chapter. Zoom.
Friday, February 21, 2020PostBorder: A Workshop at Desert Nights, Rising Stars Conference: Leading an experimental, generative poetry workshop at the Arizona State University conference as a Desert Nights, Rising Stars Emerging Fellow. Tempe, AZ.
Friday, March 27, 2020Omnidawn’s Spring 2020 Book Release Party: Spring 2020 book release reading and celebration at Moe’s Books with fellow Spring 2020 Omnidawn authors. Berkeley, CA.
Saturday, April 4, 2020Borderland Apocrypha – Fresno Launch: Reading to launch the publication of Borderland Apocrypha featuring fellows of the Laureate Lab Visual Wordist Studio, including U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Fresno, CA.
Friday, March 29, 2019TENxTEN – an AWP-Offsite Reading: In a celebration of CantoMundo’s 10th Anniversary, 10 poets from across the 10 years read to honor the organization during AWP2019-Portland. Floyd’s Oldtown Coffee. Portland, OR.
Saturday, May 27, 2017Karst Mountains Will Bloom, A Reading with Pos Moua & Friends: In a celebration honoring the life and contributions of writer Pos Moua, Anthony, along with over 15 Hmong and Lao American writers read alongside the honoree in a free public reading. Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA.
Thursday, May 11, 2017Laureate Lab Grand Hatching: Anthony, U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera and Graduate Fellow J.J. Hernandez opened the Laureate Lab Visual Words Studio at Fresno State. LaLab is a one of kind space exploring the intersections of poetry, visual art, sound, video, and community to push the boundaries of poetics and artform. Over 400 students, staff, faculty, and community members participated in the launch, which included creation stations staffed by LaLab, as well as a reading featuring Juan Felipe Herrera, Mayra Cano, Rebeca Flores, J.J. Hernandez, and Anthony. Fresno, CA
Saturday, May 6, 2017Journal Re-launch Reading & Celebration of “Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets”: The Chicanx Writers and Artists Association of Fresno State re-launched the journal founded by the late-poet Andrés Montoya, and writer Daniel Chacon. As co-editor of the journal, Anthony co-hosted and read with over a dozen contributors and artists who presented their work. Fresno State. Fresno, CA.
Thursday, April 13, 2017Book launch celebration for Mai Der Vang’s “Afterland”: Anthony, alongside Soul Vang, Andre Yang, and the featured reader of the evening Mai Der Vang, read in celebration of Mai Der’s historic publication and award. Fresno, CA
February 2017 AWP2017. Anthony moderated 2 panel discussions at AWP; one panel focusing in the experiences of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle experience in publishing, community development, and developing community from the margins of the canon, and the other related to CIA/Military Intrusion in South East Asian and Central America and it’s impact on the landscape of modern poetics with 4 groundbreaking artists: Mai Der Vang , 2016 Walt Whitman Award Winner, Javier Zamora, a 2016 Stegner Fellow, Monica Sok, a 2016 Stadler Fellow, and Andre Yang, a founding member of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle. For more information please visit their website at: www.awpwriter.org/.Washington, DC.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016Modesto / Stanislaus Poetry Center Reading Series: Anthony read alongside HAWC members Mai Der Vang and Ying Thao. Modesto, CA
Tuesday, June 7, 2016Hmong American Writers’ Circle: Workshop & Reading. Anthony, with the support of HAWC Members Ying Thao and Soul Vang, led a workshop to over 15 participants centered around collaborative writing and erasure, followed by a public reading. Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA.
Saturday, April 23, 2016LitHop 2016 – Anthony participated in the first ever LitHop of Fresno. Over 140+ writers will converge on Fresno’s Tower District to share their work. Anthony will be reading with Ángel Garcia, Angela Peñaredondo, and Joseph Rios at Café Corazón (3pm). His fellow HAWC members will be reading at 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm throughout the day. 1306 N. Wishon Avenue, Fresno, CA. For more information visit the LitHop webpage.
Thursday, March 31, 2016Pushing the Margins, an AWP Offsite Reading. HAWC hosted an offsite AWP reading honoring the work of the editorial board of HAWC, as well as celebrating the recent accomplishment of Mai Der Vang winning the 2016 Walt Whitman Poetry Prize. Anthony read alongside his fellow HAWC members, including; Burlee Vang (HAWC founder), Mai Der Vang, Andre Yang, Ying Thao, Soul Vang. Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library. 6pm to 7:30pm. 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA.
July 18, 2015CantoMundo Fellow Reading. Anthony read alongside his fellow 2015 CantoMundo Fellows. The reading featured Nuyorican Poet Sandra Maria Esteves. Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX.
December 20, 2014HAWC celebrated their ten-year anniversary with a free reading hosted by the Hmong Student Association of Fresno State University. The event featured the editorial board, as well as served as the historic launch of Soul Vang’s debut full-length poetry collection, “To Live Here”. Fresno State Satellite Student Union, Fresno, CA.
April 18, 2014HAWC members Andre Yang, Ying Thao, Mai Der Vang, and Anthony Cody read at this New York City cultural center for the organization’s 35th Anniversary, 35 Years Taller at El Taller Latino Americano. NYC.
July 2, 2013Bryant Park’s Word for Word Reading Series. Anthony read alongside his fellow CantoMundo fellow Urayoan Noel and CantoMundo founder Norma Cantu. Bryant Park, NYC.
June 29, 2013CantoMundo Fellow Reading. Anthony read alongside his fellow 2013 CantoMundo Fellows. The reading featured Nuyorican Poet Willie Perdomo. Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX.
October 10, 2012CantoMundo & Kundiman Fellow Reading. A first, CantoMundo and Kundiman fellows shared the stage in New York City. Anthony was honored to read alongside Kundiman fellows Tarfia Faizullah, Eugenia Leigh, and Ocean Vuong, as well as CantoMundo fellow Javier Zamora and CantoMundo founder Deborah Paredez. Fordham University, NYC.
July 13, 2012CantoMundo Fellow Reading. Anthony read alongside his fellow 2012 CantoMundo Fellows. The reading featured CantoMundo faculty and poet Roberto Tejada. University of Texas – Austin, Austin, TX.
November 18, 2011HAWC Reading. Members, including Anthony, read at UC-Merced to share their anthology, as well as provide support young writers and SE Asian students. Merced, CA.
October 21, 2011Official launch event for How Do I Begin: A Hmong American Literary Anthology, at the Tower Theatre in Fresno, the event featured readings from the contributing editorial board members, a Q&A with the group, as well as an opening introduction from David Mas Masumoto. Fresno, CA.
October 11, 2011HAWC members read at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in Modesto, CA.
September 29, 2011HAWC members read with the Fresno Poets Association, Henry Madden Library, Fresno State, Fresno, CA.
July 2008 New Threads. HAWC members read and launched their self-published chapbook “New Threads” at the Fresno Art Museum. Fresno, CA.