Awards Ceremony, Yeats Poetry Prizes. Receiving First Prize Award for, "The Foul Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart." Barnes and Noble, Union Square, NY. April 1, 2019.
RHINO Editors at the 2019 RHINO Release Party, celebrating the launch of our biggest issue yet! April 14, 2019, Evanston, IL.
Reading to a packed house at Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches, The Book Cellar, Lake Worth. February 2019.
Tangelo 14 Chicago Reading Series. With Marty McConnell, Gail Goepfert, and Sam Herschel. The Martin, Chicago. April 11, 2019.
SWWIM Reading with Beth Ann Fennelly (left) at The Betsy Hotel in Miami, February, 2019.
Women Writers Resist! at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. January 15, 2017.
 Women of Willow Books (L-R) Heather Buchanan, Angela Narciso Torres, Cole Lavalais, and Sahar Mustafa at RHINO Reads! Nov 2016, Brothers K Coffeehouse, Evanston, IL.
Tusitala Teller of Tales Festival, Nov. 15, 2016, Lake Forest College
RHINO Poetry's Bookfair Table at the Chicago Book Expo, October 2015
RHINO Reads! at the 2015 Chicago Book Expo
Sept. 26, 2015. 100 Live Lyre Reading for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Sponsored by Glass Lyre Press.
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2015. Aug 11-22, Middlebury VT. With poet Karin Gottshall.
Bread Loaf 2015 Fellows
July 2015.
RHINO Reads! at Roscoe
Chicago, IL
August 9, 2015. The Baldwin Protocols Reading Series feat. Angela Narciso, Krista Franklin and Angela Davis Fegan. La Maison Negritude, Chicago, IL.
August 2015. The Baldwin Protocols Reading Series.
Poets & Writers Live! Chicago: Agents and Editors. With Bonnie Marcus, Kevin Coval, Kelly Norman Ellis, Haki Madhubuti, and Angela Narciso Torres.
Reading at KGB Bar, NYC
Reading with Suzanne Scanlon at The Mingle Reading series @Ravenswood Used Books, Chicago. May 2015.
Reading at a Guild Complex Event with Toni Nealie and Nicholas Wong. Chicago Cultural Center, April 2015
RHINO 2015 Release Party with co-editors Gail Goepfert, Jacob Saenz and Virginia Bell. April 2015.
RHINO Reads at First Night Evanston. Dec. 31, 2014 with Heather Cox, Timothy Cook, Kimberly Dixon-Mayes, Ralph Hamilton, John McCarthy, Kenyatta Rogers, Angela Narciso Torres, Rachel Webster
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upcoming 2019 has been a year of monumental losses for my family, but also a year of abundant blessings. Incredibly grateful to have two poetry manuscripts accepted for publication by two dream presses: a chapbook (To The Bone) with Sundress Publications and my second full length poetry manuscript (What Happens Is Neither) with Four Way Books. The Universe has been extra generous. I am filled with wonder and gratitude. January 20-25, 2020. Conference Faculty, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Delray Beach Florida. I will be providing one-on-one manuscript conferences to participants at the Festival. For more details and application guidelines, please visit: palmbeachpoetryfestival.org 2019 EVENTS OCTOBER 11-12, 2019. JAPAN WRITER'S CONFERENCE. Presented a lecture with Naoko Fujimoto. "The Inside Story: Preparing a Poetry Manuscript for Publication." OCTOBER 2, 2019. Featured reader: SWWIM ANNIVERSARY READING, The Betsy Hotel, Miami. MAY 16-19, 2019. Guest Teacher at New England Young Writers Conference at the Bread Loaf Campus, Vermont. APRIL 14, 2019. RHINO POETRY RELEASE PARTY 2019. 2-4 pm. Chiaravalle Montessori School. APRIL 13, 2019. GUEST TEACHER, Second Saturday Workshop, Northwest Cultural Council, Palatine Public Library, Palatine IL. 9 am-12pm. Topic: Praising the Mutilated World: An Exploration of the Contemporary Ode. APRIL 11, 2019. TANGELO READING SERIES, CHICAGO. Reading with Gail Goepfert, Marty McConnell, and Sam Herschel. The Martin, Chicago, IL. 7 pm. APRIL 1, 2019. READING AND AWARDS CEREMONY FOR YEATS POETRY PRIZES. Barnes and Noble, Union Square, NY. 6 pm FEBRUARY 10, 3 PM. Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches. Poetry Reading with Elizabeth Jacobson. The Book Cellar, Lake Worth, FL. FEBRUARY 6, 7 PM. POETRY READING with Beth Ann Fennelly for SWWIM at The Betsy Hotel, Miami. 2018 EVENTS August 23, 2018. I interviewed contributor Dilruba Ahmed for New England Review's Behind the Byline blog series! August 9, 2018. Featured reader at Palabra - an evening of poetry in historic Barrio Logan, San Diego. Big thanks to host Ted Washington and to La Bodega Gallery for the warm welcome. Going into my third year as a reader for New England Review, I want to thank editors Rick Barot and Carolyn Kuebler for including me on NER's editorial panel beginning the Spring 2018 issue. My first assignment was an interview I conducted with contributor Oliver de la Paz, whose poem appears in this issue. Stay tuned--link to follow soon! Huge thanks to Jet Fuel Review for nominating my poem, "Recuerdo a mi madre" for Bettering American Poetry 2017! You can read it along with some other new poems in Jet Fuel Review, Issue 14. A new poem, "What Binds" will be published in Mom Egg Review, Issue 16 this April 2018. Deeply grateful to the Huffington Post for this November 2017 interview! June 10, Sunday 4:30 pm. Book Talk/Reading at Women's Museum of California, San Diego, CA. Every month the Women's Museum of California features a woman author who will read from or perform their work and engage in dialogues with audience members. Discussions can center on their latest project, their writing inspiration and process, and challenges of being a woman writer. With the commitment to bring diverse voices and a variety of stories from local and visiting authors, the series will include both published and unpublished works from writers well known, unknown, and all the places in between. This month the Women's Museum of California invites Angela Narciso Torres to speak about her book Blood Orange: Poems, winner of the Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry. The poems in Angela Narciso Torres' book acknowledge the ever-changing nature of home and how, over time, it grows to contain many elements beyond the boundaries of house and body—geographies and objects, oceans and relationships. Tickets are $5 May 2018. RHINO Poetry launched RHINO Reviews!, a monthly series featuring microreviews (500-800 words) of the most compelling contemporary American poetry and poetry-in-translation. Our reviewers are published poets, writers, teachers, avid readers, and poetry lovers. As Reviews Editorof RHINO Reviews!, I am dedicated to creating a space that is diverse, representative, inclusive, and free. Check out our latest issue here: April 2019, Vol. 1 No. 11. April 7, Saturday 6:30 p.m. Poetry & Art Series 2018 presents "Cultures Connect" in San Diego, featuring authors Francisco Bustos, Sharon Elise, Angela Narciso Torres, Viet Mai, Alexis Ng, Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, and Ted Washington. San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego Tickets at door: $6 All ages welcome April 15 Sunday, 2-4 pm. RHINO 2018 Release Party. Chiaravalle Montessori School, Evanston, IL. April 21-22 Los Angeles Festival of Books. University of Southern California Campus, Los Angeles, CA. Join RHINO editors, contributors, and friends as we celebrate the launch of RHINO 2018! RHINO editors, journals, and merchandise will be available at our Festival booth (location TBA), as well as a reading by RHINO poets, our first installation of RHINO Reads! West. We will also be launching RHINO Reviews!--an upcoming, much-awaited book review feature on rhinopoetry.org! Details forthcoming. April 21, Saturday, 6:30-8:30 pm RHINO Reads! West! Hygge Bakery (downtown LA), 1106 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90015 Open mic 6:30; Featured Readers 7:15-8:30 Featured Readers: Cyrus Armajani, Nan Cohen, Patrick Howell, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Kara Kremer, Chloe Martinez, Kimberly Reyes, Emily Vizzo, and July Westhale. 2017 March 17, 2018 Pinay Gathering in Celebration of Women's History Month. Philippine Expressions Bookshop. San Pedro, Ca. 3-6 pm. Readings and book talks by Filipino-American authors Cecilia Brainard, Prosy de la Cruz, Tessie Jayme, Irene Suico Soriano, Angela Narciso Torres, and Marianne Villanueva. October 15, 2017 - Woman Made Poets Come to Pilsen. Woman Made Gallery's 20th International Invitational and the first reading in their new Pilsen gallery. Readers: Toni Asante Lightfoot, Marty McConnell, Marilyn Nelson, Angela Narciso Torres, and Lina Ramona Vitkauskas. Curated by Nina Corwin. October 10, 2017 - Reading with Bill Yarrow - Whittier College, Whittier, CA. Hosted by Tony Barnstone. June 21, 2017 - Guest on the poetry podcast, Out of Our Minds at KKUP, San Jose. You can listen to the podcast right here! https://soundcloud.com/rachel…/angela-narciso-torres-on-kkup May 18-21, 2017 - Guest Teacher - New England Young Writers Conference at the Bread Loaf Campus, Middlebury, VT. May 15, 2017. Poets Resist! Reading. Honored to read with this stellar group of poets: Roger Reeves, Tyehimba Jess, Simone Muench, Marilyn Nelson, Nina Corwin, Barbara Barg, Paul Breslin, Michael Gregory Stephens and Michael Nabors at Second Baptist Evanston. April 29, 2017 - Hosting and Reading with RHINO Reads! at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka April 23, 2017. RHINO 2017 Release Party. Evanston, IL. February 2017 - Poem published in The Golden Shovel Anthology: Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks. Editors Peter Kahn, Ravi Shankar, and Patricia Smith. University of Arkansas Press. Order a copy here. January 15, 2017: Women Writers Resist! at Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL. As part of #writersresist, our first reading of 2017, themed "Inauguration: Affirmation, Empowerment & Resistance" featured vocalist Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, along with poets Susanna Lang, Dipika Mukherjee, Kee Stein, Kimberly Marie Ousley, Dina Elenbogen, and Freesia McKee. In addition, activist Dr Patricia O'Brien, on faculty at UIC school of social work, spoke on Resistance and Radical hope. 2016 November 19, 2016. Women of Willow Book Tour - The Book Cellar, Chicago IL Reading with Willow Books Authors Heather Buchanan, Sahar Mustafa and Cole Lavalais. Event details here. November 18, 2016. Women of Willow Reading at RHINO Reads! Brothers K Coffeehouse, Evanston, IL. Feeling blessed to have read with these phenomenal Women of Willow at RHINO Reads!, and to be part of this rich tapestry of voices. Deepest thanks to my Willow Books sisters--Heather Buchanan, Cole Lavalais, and Sahar Mustafa for your words, music, and presence tonight. NOVEMBER 15, 2016 - Featured Reader, TUSITALA Teller of Tales Festival Delighted to return this year as a featured reader for Lake Forest College's Tusitala Teller of Tales Festival (Nov 14-16) along with amazing poets Parneshia Jones and Ladan Osman. Thanks to Nell Whalen and the entire LFC Tusitala crew for the kind invitation, and to artist Miwa Lee for the lovely posters. OCTOBER 26, 2016 -CARL SANDBURG LITERARY AWARDS Honored to be one of the Chicago-based poets featured at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards on October 26! This annual event, which benefited Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Public Library Foundation, will honor Chicago literary greats Erik Larson, Scott Turow, and Amina Gautier. Watch the video of my fifteen seconds of fame here! AUGUST 15, 2016. Check out my review of Rochelle Hurt's The Rusted City at Blue Fifth Review! MAY May 19 - 22 - Guest Workshop Leader, Reader (May 21) New England Young Writers' Conference 2016. Middlebury College, VT. May 7, 6:30-8 pm Reader, Evanston Lit Fest. Readings from RHINO 2016 poets Pam Miller, Max Barry, Jim Warner, and Ann Hudson, as well as RHINO editors Ralph Hamilton, Kenyatta Rogers, Jacob Saenz, and Angela Narciso Torres. APRIL April 30. Independent Book store day at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court. Reading and Rhino Writes! Poems-to-Go! April 17, Sunday. RHINO 2016 Release Party and 40th Anniversary Celebration! 630 Clinton Place Evanston, IL April 21-23: San Francisco, CA. Kuwentuhan (Talkstory): A project of The Poetry Center and Barbara Jane Reyes supported by the Creative Work Fund Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) is a collaborative project between The Poetry Center and Barbara Jane Reyes, which involves a 3-day artist residency in San Francisco, taking place the full days of Thursday through Saturday, April 21–23, 2016. Lead artist: Barbara Jane Reyes Guest artists: Arlene Biala, Jennifer Foerster, Javier Juerta, Urayoán Noel, Aimée Suzara, Lehua Taitano, and Angela Narciso Torres. MARCH March 18, Thursday. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL Reading and Class VIsit March 31 - April 2: AWP 2016 Los Angeles, CA Panel: Creating Opportunities for Writers of Color: A Continued Urgency. Panelists: Reginald Flood, Diem Jones, Elmaz Abider, Angie Chuang, and Angela Narciso Torres Date/Time: 10:30am - 11:45am on Thursday March 31, 2016 Location: Gold Salon 3, JW Marriott LA, 1st Floor Panel Description: Willow Books, an award-winning publisher of Writers of Color and VONA/Voices, a foundation for Writers of Color, discuss why their missions have a renewed relevancy. Key writers, editors, and administrators discuss the current climate in publishing, in social media and in the political world that makes creating these opportunities more vital than ever. They discuss their inspiration, their challenges and how their work has contributed to the inclusivity of Writers of Color. FEBRUARY February 20, Saturday. The Dollhouse Reading Series #46 7 PM - 10 PM 2274 W Leland Ave, 1W Chicago, IL FREE // BYOB Features: Clutch Fleischmann, Caryl Pagel, and Angela Narisco Torres February 18, Thursday. Franklin College, Franklin, IN Reading and Class Visit February 7, Sunday. Law and Disorder: A Poetry Reading. Woman Made Gallery Literary Events. 1-3 pm @Woman Made Gallery. 685 Milwaukee, Chicago IL Featuring Krista Franklin, Patricia McMillen, Anne Woodsworth, Jenene Ravesloot, and a poetry+movement collaboration from Jennifer Karmin and J'Sun Howard. Co-hosts Nina Corwin and Angela Torres JANUARY January 9 - Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Worskhop - Guest Workshop Leader. Topic: Poetry of Place, Exile and the Self. 2015 NOVEMBER November 21 - RHINO Bookfair and Reading at the Chicago Book Expo Venue: Columbia College 1104 S Wabash 4 - 5:30 RHINO Poetry will stage a reading showcasing RHINO poets and editors Ladan Osman, Pablo Otavalo, Chris Green, Katie Hartsock, Jacob Saenz, Angela Narciso Torres, Joe Eldridge, Keith Wilson, Donna Vorreyer, Valerie Wallace, Kenyatta Rogers, and Rachel Jamison Webster!!! 11 am- 5 pm Come visit RHINO Poetry's book fair table at the Expo. Copies of RHINO 2015, back copies, and RHINO swag will be available! SEPTEMBER September 26 - 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Sponsored by Glass Lyre Press 1-5 pm The Book Market at the Glen in Glenview Featured Readers: ANGELA NARCISO TORRES, MARC FRAZIER, LOIS P. JONES, SANDRA MARCHETTI, RALPH HAMILTON, JOAN COLBY, HELEN DEGEN COHEN, RUTH GORING, and BILL YARROW. AUGUST August 9, 2015. The Baldwin Protocols @Le Maison Negritude. Logan Square, Chicago, IL Featured Readers: Krista Franklin and Angela Narciso Torres Featured Artist: Angela Davis Fegan August 11-22, 2015. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Stanley P. Young Fellowship in Poetry and workshop assistant to Terrance Hayes. Aug. 18 - Craft Class: POETRY, EXILE, AND THE SELF: Exploring Identity and the Idea of Home in the Poems of Barot, Olzmann and Nezhukumatathil Aug. 20 - Fellows Reading @Little Theatre, 4:15 pm with Maggie Shipstead and Vu Tran JUNE June 20, 2015 Poets and Writers LIVE! Chicago: Agents and Editors 9:00 to 9:45 RESOURCES FOR WRITERS IN CHICAGO AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY Bonnie Rose Marcus, director of Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops (East), leads a discussion about resources available to writers in Chicago, the importance of community, and how various literary communities can support one another. Panelists include poets Kevin Coval, Kelly Norman Ellis, Haki Madhubuti, and Angela Narciso Torres. Location: Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio Street, Chicago, IL MAY May 28, 2015. Thursday, 6:30-8:30 pm The Mingle Reading featuring Suzanne Scanlon, Lana Orndorff, Angela Narciso Torres, and Christian TeBordo Ravenswood Used Books 2005 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60618 May 16, 2015 3:00-4:30 RHINO Reading at the Evanston Literary Festival Featuring RHINO 2015 poets Heather Cox, John McCarthy, Ruth Goring, Lisa Croneberg; RHINO editors Virginia Bell, Helen Degen Cohen, and Angela Narciso Torres and RHINO 2010 poet Dina Elenbogen. Creative Coworking, 922 Davis St. Evanston, IL. APRIL April 6, 2015 6:30-8:30 pm Chicago, IL The Alphabet of Distant Harbors Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Gallery The Guild Complex continues a new reading platform to foreground Asian / American authors and themes. Curated by Dipika Mukherjee, this spring’s program—The Alphabet of Distant Harbours—features Toni Nealie, Angela Narciso Torres, and Nicholas Wong. April 19, 2015 1:00-5:00 Evanston, IL RHINO 2015 Release Party 630 Clinton Place, Evanston IL Join RHINO editors as we unveil RHINO 2015. Featuring readings by contributors to this beautiful new issue, and an Open Mic for past contributors. Eat, drink, and be poetry! February 13, 2015 Poetry Out Loud Chicago Regional Finals - Judge 2014 DECEMBER I wrote an article for the Spoon River Poetry Review blog. Check it out here! December 31, 2014. 8-9 pm Evanston, IL RHINO at First Night Evanston. First Presbyterian Church. 1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston IL – in the Chapel featuring Heather Cox Timothy Cook Kimberly Dixon-Mayes Ralph Hamilton John McCarthy Kenyatta Rogers Angela Narciso Torres Rachel Webster December 13, Palatine, IL Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Workshop: A Look at Poetic Closure Palatine Public Library, 9 am to noon PAST EVENTS NOVEMBER 14, 10:00 am - Panel: The Living City: Perspectives on Writing Persona and Narrative Poetry with Reginald Flood and Curtis Crisler Midwest Modern Language Association Conference Dearborn, MI NOVEMBER 2 - Featured reader with Shadab Zeest Hashmi Beyond Baroque Venice, CA OCTOBER Cambridge, MA, Oct. 3, 2014, 8 pm Featured reader, Dire Literary Series Details TBA Belmont, MA Oct. 5, 2014 Featured Reader, The Boston Filipino American Book Club Details TBA New York, NY, Oct. 8, 2014 KGB Bar 7:15 pm Chicago, IL, Oct. 18, 2014, 5-7 pm CROSSING BORDERS THROUGH POETRY - A READING From borders between nations to the borders constructed between family members, Chicago-based poets Virginia Bell, Sarah Carson, Heather Cox, Angela Narciso Torres, and Ladan Osman will read work that crosses borders both literally and figuratively in this reading presented by City Lit Books. CityLit Books2523 N Kedzie Blvd Chicago, ILPhone: (773) 235-2523 SEPTEMBER Glenview, IL - Sept. 27, 2014 1-4 pm 100 Thousand Poets for Change - A Glass Lyre Press Reading The Book Market Barrington, IL - Sept. 27, 2014 10 am - 1 pm Barrington Writers Workshop - Guest Poetry Workshop Leader The Garlands at the Performing Arts Center 1000 Garlands Lane, Barrington, IL 60010 August 22 - Interviewed by Jee Yoon Lee at the Writing Like an Asian blog. August 29 - Lights Trauma Revolution - A Night of Asian American Poetics, 7-9 pm with award-winning poets Cathy Linh Che, Jess X Chen and Paul Tran Outer Space Studio, Top Floor, Back Room 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL |
August 11, 2014- Featured reader at Molly Malone's
Curated by Nina Corwin and Al Degenova
7652 Madison, Forest Park, IL
Curated by Nina Corwin and Al Degenova
7652 Madison, Forest Park, IL
 July 10, 2014 - Sausalito, CA - RHINO Poetry @Why There Are Words Reading Series, 7 pmFeaturing RHINO contributors Roy Mash, Daniel Suarez, Kevin Simmonds, Cintia Santana, Karen Llagas, Julia B. Levine, and RHINO senior editor Angela Narciso Torres
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July 20, 2014 - Reading with Sarah Carson, Steve Halle, & Josie Kearns Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI |
June 27, 2014 - Manila Book Launch: Authors in Residence Series at Writers' Bar,
Raffles Hotel, Makati, 5-7 pm. Hosted by Krip Yuson.
Raffles Hotel, Makati, 5-7 pm. Hosted by Krip Yuson.
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June 14, 2014 - Reading for Brooksday @PrintersRow Lit Fest, Chicago IL 12:30 pm
A marathon reading celebrating the work of Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks |
April 30, 2014,11-2 pm
Downers' Grove North High School
Reading with Helen Degen Cohen
Palo Alto, CA. - April 25, 2014, 7:30 pm
Peninsula Literary Series
Featured Reader with John Evans
Gallery House, 320 South California Avenue, Palo Alto
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 San Francisco, CA - April 26, 2014, 12 pm
PAWA Presents Pin@ys' First Books
Reading with Aimee Suzara and Jason Bayani
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street, San Francisco, California
April 24, 2014. Live Lyre! - A Celebration of National Poetry Month with Glass Lyre Press. The Book Market
2651 Navy Blvd, Glenview, IL
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April 19, 2014, 2-4 pm Reading with Angie Chuang and Rich Villar (Private Party in Glenview, IL)
Chicago, IL - April 16, 2014 7 pm
Local Author Night - Poetry Edition: Featuring Richard Fox, Angela Narciso Torres, and Robert McDonald
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Local Author Night - Poetry Edition: Featuring Richard Fox, Angela Narciso Torres, and Robert McDonald
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Chicago, IL - April 13, 2014 4-6 pm
The Marble Room Reading Series - featured reader
The Parlor
1434 N. Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
The Marble Room Reading Series - featured reader
The Parlor
1434 N. Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Glenview, IL - April 12, 2014 1-3 pm
National Library Week Author Meet-and-Greet
Glenview Public Library - Lobby
1930 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL 60025
National Library Week Author Meet-and-Greet
Glenview Public Library - Lobby
1930 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL 60025
West Haven, CT -April 9, 2014. 6:30 pm
Arts@UNH Series, Univ. of New Haven
300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT
Arts@UNH Series, Univ. of New Haven
300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT
With Angie Chuang and Heather Buchanan of Willow Books.
Lake Forest, IL - March 22, 2014 1-5 pm
Reading and Workshop at Ragdale Foundation: Finding Home - Writing and Publishing in A Global Community
1260 Green Bay Rd Lake Forest, IL 60045
featuring Angela Narciso Torres, Angie Chuang, Heather Buchanan, Ralph Hamilton, and others
Reading and Workshop at Ragdale Foundation: Finding Home - Writing and Publishing in A Global Community
1260 Green Bay Rd Lake Forest, IL 60045
featuring Angela Narciso Torres, Angie Chuang, Heather Buchanan, Ralph Hamilton, and others
Bloomington-Normal, IL - March 19, 2014. 7-9 pm
Re:Verse Reading Series with Sarah Carson
Cometogetherspace Gallery
212 N Roosevelt Ave., Bloomington, IL
Re:Verse Reading Series with Sarah Carson
Cometogetherspace Gallery
212 N Roosevelt Ave., Bloomington, IL
Palatine, IL - March 8, 2014, 9 am to noon
Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Poetry Workshop
500 N. Hicks, Suite 200
Palatine, IL 60067
I'll be teaching a workshop on Poetry of Place.
Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Poetry Workshop
500 N. Hicks, Suite 200
Palatine, IL 60067
I'll be teaching a workshop on Poetry of Place.
Reading at The Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA - February 27-March 1, 2014
Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP)
Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP)
- Book Signing for Blood Orange at RHINO table, Thursday, Feb. 27, 1:30-2:30 pm
- Book Signing for Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas at Calyx Table, Feb. 28, 10-11 am
- Seattle Public Library - Willow Books Authors Reading Thursday Feb. 27, 5:45-7:45 pm
- Panelist, RHINO - 37 Years of Charging Forward - Friday, Feb. 28, 1:30 to 2:45 pm
- Panelist, Calyx: Tribute to Margarita Donnelly, Friday, Feb. 28, 4:30 to 5:45 pm
- Room 302, Level 3, Western New England MFA Annex, at the Seattle Convention Center. The 'Annex' is another name for The Conference Center (TCC).
Des Plaines, IL - February 19, 2014
Judge, Poetry Out Loud Chicagoland Regional Final
Des Plaines Public Library
1501 Ellinwood
Chicago, IL - February 20, 2014
Judge, Poetry Out Loud Chicago Regional Final
Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior Street
Judge, Poetry Out Loud Chicagoland Regional Final
Des Plaines Public Library
1501 Ellinwood
Chicago, IL - February 20, 2014
Judge, Poetry Out Loud Chicago Regional Final
Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior Street
Milwaukee, WI. February 15, 2014 7:30 pm
Cream City Live
with Emilia Phillips, Nick McRae, and Tom WIlliams
Union Art Gallery, UW-Milwaukee
Cream City Live
with Emilia Phillips, Nick McRae, and Tom WIlliams
Union Art Gallery, UW-Milwaukee
West Haven, CT - February 13, 2014, Thurs 6:30 pm - CANCELLED due to extreme weather in the Northeast. Stay tuned for alternate date (April 2014).
Arts@Night Series, Univ. of New Haven - with Patrick Rosal
300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT
Arts@Night Series, Univ. of New Haven - with Patrick Rosal
300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT
Lake Forest, IL - January 18-31, 2014
Ragdale Foundation - Artist-in-Residence
Ragdale Foundation - Artist-in-Residence
With fellow artists-in-residence at the first 2014 winter residency at Ragdale Foundation.
Reading - Ragdale Supper Club, Jan. 23, 2014, 6:30 pm
Ragdale Foundation
1260 Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL.
Ragdale Foundation
1260 Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL.
Valparaiso, IN - January 20, 2014, Mon 1:15 pm
MLK Storytelling Panel: Storytelling in the Beloved Community
Valparaiso University
1700 Chapel Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383
MLK Storytelling Panel: Storytelling in the Beloved Community
Valparaiso University
1700 Chapel Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383
January 12, 2014. Blood Orange is now on its second printing! The book is temporarily out of stock on Amazon.com but is still available through Small Press Distribution and Aquarius Press. Better yet, come to one of the upcoming readings, say hello, and get a signed copy!
Chicago, IL - January 8, 2014, Wed 7:30 pm
Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
The Guild Complex and Coffeehouse Press co-sponsor a reading to benefit Typhoon Haiyan victims.
Featured readers Angela Torres, author of Blood Orange, and M. Evelina Galang, author of Angel de Luna
Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
The Guild Complex and Coffeehouse Press co-sponsor a reading to benefit Typhoon Haiyan victims.
Featured readers Angela Torres, author of Blood Orange, and M. Evelina Galang, author of Angel de Luna
2013
Chicago, IL - Dec. 8. 2013 1:30-3:30 pm
Woman Made Gallery Reading Series
curated by Nina Corwin
Theme: What Land Means
Readers (l-r): Divya Rajan, Michelle Regalado Deatrick, Sharon Dornberg-Lee, Donna Vorreyer, and Angela Narciso Torres
Woman Made Gallery Reading Series
curated by Nina Corwin
Theme: What Land Means
Readers (l-r): Divya Rajan, Michelle Regalado Deatrick, Sharon Dornberg-Lee, Donna Vorreyer, and Angela Narciso Torres
Chicago IL - Nov. 20, 2013, 7:30 pm
Women and Children First
5233 N. Clark St, Andersonville
Featured Readers: Angela Torres and Debby Rosen
Women and Children First
5233 N. Clark St, Andersonville
Featured Readers: Angela Torres and Debby Rosen
Winnetka, IL - November 19, 2013, 7 pm
Featured Reader
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL, 60093
Featured Reader
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL, 60093
Breakfast and Conversation with Angela - Nov. 15, 2013, 8-10 am
The Songbird Cafe
2707 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Ann Arbor, Michigan - November 14, 2013, 6 pm
Bookbound Open Mic and Share series - Featured Reader
Bookbound
1729 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Pulished in the Ann Arbor Journal on Nov. 25, 2013.
Bookbound Open Mic and Share series - Featured Reader
Bookbound
1729 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Pulished in the Ann Arbor Journal on Nov. 25, 2013.
San Francisco, CA - October 20, 2013 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Book signing at the Arkipelago Books table at the Filipino Book Festival
San Francisco Main Library
Book signing at the Arkipelago Books table at the Filipino Book Festival
San Francisco Main Library
San Francisco, CA - October 19, 2013, 6-7 pm
2013 San Francisco LitCrawl @ LitQuake
LitCrawl + PAWA Present Barrio Fiesta
Irma's Pampanga Restaurant
2901 16th St
(between Van Ness Ave & Capp St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
With Barbara Jane Reyes, Amy K. Bell, Paul Ocampo and Yael Villafranca. Hosted by Melissa Rae Sipin-Gabon.
2013 San Francisco LitCrawl @ LitQuake
LitCrawl + PAWA Present Barrio Fiesta
Irma's Pampanga Restaurant
2901 16th St
(between Van Ness Ave & Capp St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
With Barbara Jane Reyes, Amy K. Bell, Paul Ocampo and Yael Villafranca. Hosted by Melissa Rae Sipin-Gabon.
San Francisco, CA - October 19, 2013, 1:45-2:45 pm
Hot Off the Press Reading in conjunction with the Filipino Book Festival
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco CA 94102-4733
With Jon Pineda, Lysley Tenorio, Dawn Mabalon, Helen Dizon, Luisa A. Igloria, Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez.
Book signing to follow at Philippine Expressions table, 3:00-4:00 pm
Hot Off the Press Reading in conjunction with the Filipino Book Festival
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco CA 94102-4733
With Jon Pineda, Lysley Tenorio, Dawn Mabalon, Helen Dizon, Luisa A. Igloria, Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez.
Book signing to follow at Philippine Expressions table, 3:00-4:00 pm
With Randall Horton, editor of Aquarius Press, Lita Hooper (Willow Books author of Thunder in Her Voice), Heather Buchanan, owner and publisher of Willow Books, and Derrick Harriell, Willow author of just-released Ropes.
October 11, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Willow Writers on Tour at Jungle Juice Bar **See more photos of Willow Writers on Tour.
14929 Charlevoix
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Featured Readers – Angela Narciso Torres, Derrick Harriell, Lita Hooper and Randall Horton
Willow Writers on Tour at Jungle Juice Bar **See more photos of Willow Writers on Tour.
14929 Charlevoix
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Featured Readers – Angela Narciso Torres, Derrick Harriell, Lita Hooper and Randall Horton
September 27, 2013, 6:45 – 7:30 pm
Blood Orange BOOK LAUNCH at Rhino Reads! **See more photos from the launch here.
Brothers K Coffeehouse
500 Main St. Evanston IL
Featured Readers - Angela Narciso Torres and YZ Chin
Blood Orange BOOK LAUNCH at Rhino Reads! **See more photos from the launch here.
Brothers K Coffeehouse
500 Main St. Evanston IL
Featured Readers - Angela Narciso Torres and YZ Chin
Narciso Torres, right, with artist Herme Alegre.
Media Contact: Red Olive Consulting
347.875.0382; redoliveconsulting@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Author releases national grand prize-winning collection
Blood Orange, an International Collaboration
DETROIT, MI / (September 6, 2013) — Willow Books author Angela Narciso Torres, Poetry Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Willow Books Literature Awards, will be releasing her prize-winning collection on September 30. The richly detailed cover of the book is the result of a collaboration between Narciso Torres and Filipino artist Hermes Alegre, who was unveiling a brand new painting, “Catalina,” at the Saturday Group of Artists Exhibit, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA, Manila, Philippines. The next installment of his Aura series, Alegre’s painting immediately caught the eye of Narciso Torres, who happened to be visiting her ancestral home this past summer and heard about Alegre’s exhibition.
“The minute I saw the painting, I knew,” Narciso Torres said. “I had been searching for quite a while for just the right cover to capture the spirit of my collection. Now, all of the pieces have fallen into place.”
Part memoir, part love letter to the Philippines of her youth, Blood Orange has received critical acclaim for its ability to be “at once vividly present in the moment and fully attuned to the under-dwelling currents of history.”
A graduate of Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Narciso Torres has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, Ragdale Foundation, and Midwest Writing Center. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Manila, she currently resides in Chicago, where she teaches poetry workshops and serves as a senior poetry editor for RHINO.
The Willow Books Literature Awards recognize literary excellence in prose and poetry by writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. The Grand Prize winners were selected from a field of ten finalists. The prose winner is Angie Chuang. Willow Books, the literary imprint of Aquarius Press, specializes in exceptional literature by writers dedicated to the craft. Its mission is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. For more information on the awards, contact redoliveconsulting@gmail.com.
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April 6, 2013 - Angela Narciso Torres wins Willow Books Literature Award grand prize for poetry. Click for a video of Angela reading her work at the 2013 Willow Books Lit Fest Finalist reading.
347.875.0382; redoliveconsulting@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Author releases national grand prize-winning collection
Blood Orange, an International Collaboration
DETROIT, MI / (September 6, 2013) — Willow Books author Angela Narciso Torres, Poetry Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Willow Books Literature Awards, will be releasing her prize-winning collection on September 30. The richly detailed cover of the book is the result of a collaboration between Narciso Torres and Filipino artist Hermes Alegre, who was unveiling a brand new painting, “Catalina,” at the Saturday Group of Artists Exhibit, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA, Manila, Philippines. The next installment of his Aura series, Alegre’s painting immediately caught the eye of Narciso Torres, who happened to be visiting her ancestral home this past summer and heard about Alegre’s exhibition.
“The minute I saw the painting, I knew,” Narciso Torres said. “I had been searching for quite a while for just the right cover to capture the spirit of my collection. Now, all of the pieces have fallen into place.”
Part memoir, part love letter to the Philippines of her youth, Blood Orange has received critical acclaim for its ability to be “at once vividly present in the moment and fully attuned to the under-dwelling currents of history.”
A graduate of Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Narciso Torres has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, Ragdale Foundation, and Midwest Writing Center. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Manila, she currently resides in Chicago, where she teaches poetry workshops and serves as a senior poetry editor for RHINO.
The Willow Books Literature Awards recognize literary excellence in prose and poetry by writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. The Grand Prize winners were selected from a field of ten finalists. The prose winner is Angie Chuang. Willow Books, the literary imprint of Aquarius Press, specializes in exceptional literature by writers dedicated to the craft. Its mission is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. For more information on the awards, contact redoliveconsulting@gmail.com.
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April 6, 2013 - Angela Narciso Torres wins Willow Books Literature Award grand prize for poetry. Click for a video of Angela reading her work at the 2013 Willow Books Lit Fest Finalist reading.
At the Willow Books Literature Awards Ceremony with Heather Buchanan of Willow Books, Angie Chuang, Fiction Prize winner, and finalists.
