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SUMMARY:Stories of Refugees Resilience: An evening with author Helen Benedict
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Eat Offbeat in Chelsea Market for a powerful evening of storytelling\, food\, and conversation with acclaimed author Helen Benedict. Her novel\, The Good Deed\, explores the refugee experience through the story of Syrian and Sudanese women seeking safety in Greece\, only to face new struggles in their search for justice and belonging. The book sheds light on the realities of displacement\, the bonds formed between those forced from their homes\, and the moral complexities of offering help. \nAt Eat Offbeat\, we celebrate the rich culinary traditions of refugee and immigrant chefs\, offering guests the opportunity to experience flavors from around the world while supporting a mission of empowerment and inclusion. What better place to host this event that brings together literature and cuisine to spark meaningful dialogue about migration\, identity\, and the power of community? \nYour admission will include delicious appetizers and soft drinks\, with the option to stay and have dinner with the author after the talk. (Dinner can be paid on site). The dinner and food will feature chef Diaa from Syria and chef Gladys from Sudan. \nEat Offbeat will be offering 20% of the proceeds of the evening to the International Refugee Assistance Project\, IRAP\, https://refugeerights.org. \nFor details and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stories-of-refugees-resilience-an-evening-with-author-helen-benedict-tickets-1312916662079?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/stories-of-refugees-resilience-an-evening-with-author-helen-benedict/
LOCATION:Eat Offbeat\, Chelsea Market\, Manhattan\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Andrew Lam Book Reading at Viet Museum’s April 30th Commemoration in San Jose
DESCRIPTION:Red Hen author Andrew Lam will join a powerful lineup of writers\, artists\, and performers at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Saigon\, hosted by IRCC and the Viet Museum in San Jose. \nThis special event reflects on tragedy of war and the triumph of courage and resilience shared by Vietnamese American community. \nAs award-winning Vietnamese-American writer\, Andrew Lam will read his book in the event. \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/andrew-lam-book-reading-at-viet-museums-april-30th-commemoration-in-san-jose/
LOCATION:Issac Newton Senter Auditorium\, 70 West Hedding Street\, San Jose\, CA\, 95110\, United States
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SUMMARY:Literary Salon with Red Hen Press\, Tia Chucha Press\, and Letras Latinas
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to a special literary salon at Red Hen Press in Pasadena on Thursday\, May 1 celebrating authors from Red Hen Press\, Tia Chucha Press\, and the Letras Latinas initiative from the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies. \nWe welcome William Archila (S is for\, The Gravedigger’s Archaeology)\, Adela Najarro (Variations in Blue)\, Brent Ameneyro (A Face Out of Clay)\, Malia Márquez (City of Smoke and Sea)\, Jose Hernandez Diaz (Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man)\, and Luivette Resto (Living on Islands Not Found on Maps)\, with Francisco Aragón (After Ruben) as our wonderful emcee. \nThursday\, May 1\n5:30 p.m. Reception with refreshments\, tamales & light bites\n6:15 p.m. Program\nRed Hen Press: 1540 Lincoln Ave\, Pasadena\, CA 91103 \nPlease scroll down to RSVP!\n\nParking: Lot space is limited; street parking is plentiful\n \n— \nFrancisco Aragón is a Latino poet\, editor\, translator\, and director and founder of Letras Latinas\, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies. He is the author of three books of poetry\, most recently After Rubén (Red Hen Press\, 2020). Previous collections include Glow of Our Sweat (Scapegoat Press\, 2010) and Puerta del Sol (Bilingual Press\, 2005). Francisco is also the editor of the award-winning anthology The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (University of Arizona Press\, 2007).  He spends the fall and spring semesters on the Notre Dame campus\, where he teaches courses in Latinx poetry and creative writing. \nBrent Ameneyro is a poet and music artist. He is the author of the collection A Face Out of Clay (The Center for Literary Publishing\, 2024) and the chapbook Puebla (Ghost City Press\, 2023). His poetry has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review\, The Iowa Review\, Ninth Letter\, The Journal\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, and elsewhere. He was the 2022-2023 Letras Latinas Poetry Coalition Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. Brent currently serves as the Poetry Editor at The Los Angeles Review. \nWilliam Archila is the author of three books of poetry including S is For (Black Lawrence Press\, 2025)\, which won the 2023 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. He is the author of The Art of Exile (Bilingual Review Press\, 2009)\, which was awarded the International Latino Book Award\, and The Gravedigger’s Archaeology (Letras Latinas\, 2015)\, which received the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize.  His works have been published in Poetry Magazine\, The American Poetry Review\, Kenyon Review and numerous other publications. William is an associate editor at Tía Chucha Press and he lives in Los Angeles. \nJose Hernandez Diaz is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press\, 2020)\, Bad Mexican\, Bad American (Acre Books\, 2024)\, The Parachutist (Sundress Publications\, 2025) and Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man (Red Hen Press\, 2025)\, which won the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award. He has been published in the Yale Review\, the London Magazine\, and in the Southern Review. Jose teaches generative workshops for Hugo House\, Lighthouse Writers Workshops\, The Writer’s Center\, and elsewhere. Gigantic Sequins and Parcel have nominated him for the Pushcart Prize. Jose holds degrees in English and creative writing from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and Antioch University Los Angeles. \nMalia Márquez was born in New Mexico and grew up in New England. She holds a BFA in 3D Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She has worked as a restaurant server & cook\, a high school art & film studies teacher\, and once upon a time was co-owner of a small tortilla company. Author of This Fierce Blood (Acre Books\, 2021) and City of Smoke and Sea (Red Hen Press\, 2025)\, Malia lives with her family in Los Angeles. \nAdela Najarro is the author of five poetry collections\, including her latest collection Variations in Blue (Red Hen Press\, 2025) through the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Collaborative.  Her other works include Split Geography (Mouthfeel Press\, 2015)\, Twice Told Over (Unsolicited Press\, 2015)\, My Childrens (Unsolicited Press\, 2017)\, and Volcanic Interruptions (Jamii Publishing\, 2022)\, a chapbook featuring artwork by Janet Trenchard. She holds a doctorate in literature and creative writing from Western Michigan University\, as well as an M.F.A. from Vermont College\, and is widely published in numerous anthologies and literary magazines. Adela currently resides in Santa Cruz\, California. \nLuivette Resto is an award-winning poet\, editor\, mother\, and middle school English teacher. She was born in Aguas Buenas\, Puerto Rico\, and was proudly raised in the Bronx\, New York. She is a CantoMundo and Macondo Fellow. Her books of poetry include Unfinished Portrait (2008) and Ascension (2013)\, both published by Tía Chucha Press\, as well as Living on Islands Not Found on Maps (FlowerSong Press\, 2022). Her work has been mentioned in the LA Times and Ms. Magazine\, and her work has been published in North American Review. Luivette is the associate editor of Tía Chucha Press\, and she serves on the boards of Women Who Submit and Beyond Baroque. She lives in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/literary-salon-with-red-hen-press-tia-chucha-press-and-letras-latinas/
LOCATION:Red Hen Press\, 1540 Lincoln Ave.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Literary Salon in Seattle! Celebrating Pacific Northwest Writers
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to a literary salon in Seattle featuring an incredible slate of the Pacific Northwest’s finest writers: Gary Lemons (The Book of Spells)\, Molly Olguín (The Sea Gives Up the Dead)\, Kristen Millares Young (Subduction)\, and Amber Flame (apocrifa). Join us for a celebration of literature and small press publishing! \nTuesday\, May 6\n6:30 p.m. Reception with refreshments & light hors d’oeuvres\n7:15 p.m. Program\nFolio: The Seattle Athenaeum: 93 Pike St #307\, Seattle\, WA 98101 \nParking: We recommend parking at The Pike Place Market Garage. \n— \nAmber Flame is an interdisciplinary artist\, writer\, activist and educator. In addition to creating change as Program Director of Hedgebrook\, Flame continues to work as a writing instructor in her community and for current and formerly incarcerated women and youth while working on a third poetry collection and making music with her band\, Last of the RedHot Mamas. Her second collection of poetry\, apocrifa (Red Hen Press)\, was described as “an elegant\, loving\, and lovely journey [that] lifts us up\, drops us\, then lifts us again.” \nGary Lemons has written poetry since 1965 and has published eight books of poetry\, including his forthcoming collection\, Book of Spells (Red Hen Press). Of the many things Gary has done to support his writing\, he’s most grateful for the time spent reforesting clear-cuts in the Pacific Northwest where he has planted over 500\,000 trees. \nMolly Olguín is a queer writer\, educator\, and monster aficionado. She was the winner of the 2023 Grace Paley Prize and writes literary fantasy and horror. Molly teaches English and creative writing to high school students in Seattle. She will be reading from her forthcoming\, “darkly brilliant” fantastical collection of short stories\, The Sea Gives up the Dead (Red Hen Press). \nKristen Millares Young is a journalist\, essayist\, and author of the novel Subduction (Red Hen Press)\, named a staff pick by the Paris Review and called “whip-smart” by The Washington Post\, “a brilliant debut” by The Seattle Times\, and “utterly unique and important” by Ms. Magazine. A former Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House\, she is the editor of Seismic: Seattle\, City of Literature\, a finalist for a 2021 Washington State Book Award. Kristen was the researcher for The New York Times team that produced “Snow Fall\,” which won a Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/literary-salon-in-seattle-celebrating-the-pacific-northwest/
LOCATION:The Seattle Athenaeum\, 93 Pike Street #301\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:LIVE ON ZOOM: Author Andrew Lam Discusses “Stories from the Edge of the Sea”
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Lam discusses the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, exploring love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. \nAt times humorous and ecstatic\, other times poetic and elegiac\, the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. A younger dancer is haunted by memories of almost dying on a boat when they escaped from Vietnam\, a widow processes her husband’s death through frantic Facebook postings\, a writer enters an old lover’s home and sees a ghost at twilight. If the human heart is a vast\, open-ended terrain\, then Andrew Lam’s short stories are its mountains\, valleys\, and lakes. Together they seek to chart a barely explored country. “Andrew Lam’s Stories from The Edge of the Sea beautifully offers tales of longing\, repression\, and love as he recalls experiences of immigration and confronts the ruptures amidst generational memories. These stories are indelible\, profound\, and unforgettable.” —Lynn Novick\, codirector of The Vietnam War \nTime: 7:00PM – 8:15PM \nLocation: Live on Zoom\, register directly HERE.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/live-on-zoom-author-andrew-lam-discusses-stories-from-the-edge-of-the-sea/
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SUMMARY:STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA with author ANDREW LAM and Aimee Phan
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Andrew Lam and Aimee Phan in conversation on Lam’s new book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea. At times humorous and ecstatic\, other times poetic and elegiac\, the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. A younger dancer is haunted by memories of almost dying on a boat when they escaped from Vietnam\, a widow processes her husband’s death through frantic Facebook postings\, a writer enters an old lover’s home and sees a ghost at twilight. If the human heart is a vast\, open-ended terrain\, then Andrew Lam’s short stories are its mountains\, valleys\, and lakes. Together they seek to chart a barely explored country. \n“Andrew Lam might’ve entitled this book War and Love\, so universal and personal are his stories. I promise you: read Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, and you will receive gifts of wonder and grief\, shock and delight.” \n—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior\, China Men\, Tripmaster Monkey\, and others \nTime: 6:00pm – 7:30pm \nLocation: Mechanics’ Institute
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/stories-from-the-edge-of-the-sea-with-author-andrew-lam-and-aimee-phan/
LOCATION:Mechanics’ Institute\, 57 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Special Literary Salon with Maxine Hong Kingston and Andrew Lam in Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are pleased to invite you to a literary salon in Berkeley featuring celebrated authors Maxine Hong Kingston (The Woman Warrior\, Knopf\, 1976) and Andrew Lam (Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, Red Hen Press\, 2025).  \nIn addition to an inspiring conversation among these authors and Red Hen Press publisher\, Kate Gale\, you’ll enjoy delicious food and summer refreshments.  \nWe hope you’ll join us for a celebration of literature and small press publishing! Please RSVP below to save your seat for this special event. We will be in touch by email with the event address soon after. \nDate: Saturday\, June 14\nTime: 2:30p.m.– 4:30p.m.\nLocation: Private Residence\, Berkeley\, CA 94703 (address provided upon RSVP) \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Brooke at brooke.erdmann@redhen.org \n  \nMaxine Hong Kingston\, daughter of Chinese immigrants\, is a literary pioneer\, poet\, memoirist\, and fiction writer.  She is the author of numerous nonfiction books including National Book Critics Circle Award-winner\, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (1976) and National Book Award-winner China Men (1980).  She also edited the anthology Veterans of War\, Veterans of Peace (2006)\, compiled from the work of participants in the therapeutic poetry workshops she has led for more than 500 veterans of war. Her honors include the National Medal of Arts (presented by former President Barack Obama)\, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ National Humanities Medal (presented by former President Bill Clinton)\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Literature\, the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, and the title Living Treasure of Hawaii. She is a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and lives in Oakland\, California. \nAndrew Lam fled Vietnam with his family during the fall of Saigon in April 1975 when he was 11 years old. He attended UC Berkeley\, studying biochemistry\, but abandoned plans for medical school after graduation. He entered the creative writing program at San Francisco State University instead. While still in school\, he began writing for Pacific News Service and in 1993 won the Outstanding Young Journalist Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has written for many newspapers and magazines since\, including National Geographic Traveler\, Los Angeles Times Magazine\, and The Nation. A regular commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered for over seven years\, Lam is the author of four books and has won the PEN Open Book Award\, the Josephine Miles Literary Award\, and many others. In 2004 a PBS documentary about his life called\, My Journey Home\, in which a film crew followed him back to Vietnam\, was aired nationwide. Lam has lectured at many universities and colleges and taught as a writer-in-residence at San Jose State University from 2015 to 2016. \n“Andrew Lam might’ve entitled this book War and Love\, so universal and personal are his stories. I promise you: read Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, and you will receive gifts of wonder and grief\, shock and delight.” \n—Maxine Hong Kingston \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/berkeley2025/
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SUMMARY:Nan Rae Brush Painting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to a special brush painting workshop on Saturday\, June 21 where you can learn how to paint one of the Four Gentlemen/Four Seasons of Brush painting – the Bamboo under the guidance of renowned Artist Nan Rae. Her style is based on the Literati or Gentlemen Scholars of ancient China\, conveying the Chinese saying “from heart to arm…  to hand to brush… to paper.”  Combining the grace of the Literati style with an impressionist approach to color\, Nan will also be painting the Poppy and the King of All Flowers – the Peony. \nSpace is limited so reserve your seat today! \nSaturday\, June 21\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\nRed Hen Press: 1540 Lincoln Ave\, Pasadena\, CA 91103\nTickets: $65 online\, $80 at the door \nAll brush painting supplies will be provided! \n  \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/draft-nan-rae-brush-painting-workshop/
LOCATION:Red Hen Press\, 1540 Lincoln Ave.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91103\, United States
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SUMMARY:APRIL OSSMANN\, Beth Malow and Doug Teschner readings from WE and Beyond the Politics of Contempt
DESCRIPTION:Join April Ossmann\, Beth Malow and Doug Teschner readings from We and Beyond the Politics of Contempt with discussion on bridging political divides at Hartland Public Library!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/april-ossmann-beth-malow-and-doug-teschner-readings-from-we-and-beyond-the-politics-of-contempt/
LOCATION:Hartland Public Library\, 110 E. Park Avenue\, Hartland\, VT\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Inaugural Reading & Conversation at Watermelon Books LA with Award-Winning Novelists Randa Jarrar & NANCY KRICORIAN
DESCRIPTION:Watermelon Books LA presents its first public event — a powerful evening of literature\, solidarity\, and shared histories of diaspora and genocide connecting Palestinian and Armenian experiences. \nAs survivors of ethnic cleansing and genocide\, Armenian and Palestinian communities share intertwined histories of loss\, endurance\, and resistance that continue to inform liberation struggles and shape global solidarity today. \nThrough fiction and memoir\, our featured authors explore the search for home across generations shaped by dispossession\, displacement\, and exile. Their works affirm writing as an act of resistance—one that preserves memory\, asserts truth\, and creates connections beyond borders. \nNANCY KRICORIAN \nAward-Winning novelist of the Armenian diaspora \nAuthor of The Burning Heart of the World (2025)\, Zabelle(1998)\, Dreams of Bread and Fire (2003)\, and All the Light There Was (2013) \nNancy Kricorian is the author of four novels centered on post-genocide Armenian diaspora experience. Her most recent novel\, The Burning Heart of the World\, is set among Armenians in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.. She has been a mentor with We Are Not Numbers <https://wearenotnumbers.org/> since 2015 and lives in New York.  Learn more about Nancy at https://nancykricorian.net <https://nancykricorian.net/> \nWHY THIS NIGHT MATTERS \nThis event reflects Watermelon Books’ commitment to building a cultural home rooted in history\, truth\, and literary resistance. \nStories connect us. Solidarity sustains us.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/an-inaugural-reading-conversation-at-watermelon-books-la-with-award-winning-novelists-randa-jarrar-nancy-kricorian/
LOCATION:Watermelon Books\, Holy Ground 4874 W. Adams Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90016\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marivi Soliven Stories On Screen and On the Page
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco premiere of the award-winning short film  “Pandemic Bread\,” doubled with more tales from Suddenly Stateside Postscript.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/marivi-soliven-stories-on-screen-and-on-the-page/
LOCATION:Saroyan Area\, 6th floor  San Francisco Public Library  100 Lark Street\, San Francisco.
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SUMMARY:Poetry and Prose reading with HELEN BENEDICT\, Stephen O’Connor\, Vijay Seshadri and Anja Konig
DESCRIPTION:Join Von Bar for poetry and prose with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshedri; Helen Benedict\, author of 14 books\, including The Good Deed; Stephen O’Connor\, novelist and poet\, whose novel “We Want So Much to Be Ourselves\,” is forthcoming; and Anja Konig whose new poetry collection\, Noise\, will be out in 2027. \nHelen Benedict will read from her forthcoming novel\, The Soldier’s House\, along with poets and novelists.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/poetry-and-prose-reading-with-helen-benedict-stephen-oconnor-vijay-seshadri-and-anja-konig-2/
LOCATION:Von Bar\, Von Bar\, 3 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Molly Fisk: Sierra Poetry Fringe Festival
DESCRIPTION:5 Nevada City Women Poets\, 10th anniversary. Molly reads with Kirsten Casey\, Judy Crowe\, Ingrid Keriotis\, & Judie Rae
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/molly-fisk-sierra-poetry-fringe-festival/
LOCATION:Miner’s Foundry Cultural Center 325 Spring St. Nevada City\, CA
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SUMMARY:Enjoy a community day with Florencia Ramirez at The Other Strawberry Festival!
DESCRIPTION:The Other Strawberry Festival—not to be confused with the popular two-day Strawberry Festival that celebrates all things strawberry—invites us to look at the berry more fully. We will still honor the sweetness of strawberries—and the hands that harvest them. \nThis gathering also asks a deeper question: What would it look like to grow strawberries—and all agriculture on the Oxnard Plain—in a way that truly cares for people and the planet? \nThe festival marks the transition from a virtual gathering to an in-person event\, bringing together community partners\, youth leaders\, farmers\, and neighbors who are weaving a new path forward.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/enjoy-a-community-day-with-florencia-ramirez-at-the-other-strawberry-festival/
LOCATION:Community Roots Garden\, 1801 Joliet Place\, Oxnard\, CA\, 93030\, United States
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SUMMARY:Molly Fisk at the Sierra Poetry Fringe Festival Poetry Crawl
DESCRIPTION:Molly\, Kirsten Casey\, & Bishop Randall read poems by native poets
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/molly-fisk-at-the-sierra-poetry-fringe-festival-poetry-crawl/
LOCATION:UBA SEO 225 Broad St. Nevada City\, CA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260402T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260405T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T204230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T204230Z
UID:26428-1775116800-1775408400@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Launch Tour – Grand Mesa University
DESCRIPTION:David Mason will be touring the US during the month of April\, giving readings and workshops in support of the book. \nApril 2–5\, Grand Junction\, Colorado\, reading at Grand Mesa University and other locations \nContact: Wendy Videlock\, coloradawendy@gmail.com
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-launch-tour-grand-mesa-university/
LOCATION:Grand Mesa University
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260331T173359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T173359Z
UID:26620-1775208600-1775210400@redhen.org
SUMMARY:April Ossmann Reading from WE at the Vermont House of Representatives!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/april-ossmann-reading-from-we-at-the-vermont-house-of-representatives/
LOCATION:Vermont House of Representatives\, 115 State Street\, Montpelier\, VT\, 05633\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260407T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T204530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T204530Z
UID:26431-1775548800-1775581200@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Launch Tour – Colorado College
DESCRIPTION:April 7\, The Colorado College Visiting Writers Series\nContact: Juan Morales\, jmorales2024@coloradocollege.edu
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-launch-tour-colorado-college/
LOCATION:Colorado College\, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St.\, Colorado Spring\, CO\, 80903\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T204833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T204833Z
UID:26434-1775635200-1775667600@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – Boulder
DESCRIPTION:April 8\, Trident Bookstore\, Boulder\, Colorado\, 6:30 pm reading with Mark Irwin\nContact: briantridentbookstore@gmail.com
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-boulder/
LOCATION:Trident Bookseller and Cafe\, 940 Pearl St\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T205020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T205020Z
UID:26437-1775721600-1775754000@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – Tulsa
DESCRIPTION:April 9\, The University of Tulsa\, Oklahoma\nContact: Boris Dralyuk
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-tulsa/
LOCATION:The University of Tulsa
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T212523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T212746Z
UID:26441-1775808000-1775926800@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – Ohio
DESCRIPTION:April 10–11\, Ashland University\, Ohio\nContact: Office of the President
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-ohio/
LOCATION:Ashland University
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T213315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T213315Z
UID:26448-1775980800-1776013200@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 Cold Fire Book Tour – Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:April 12: Sand and McGrath Reading Series\, Minnesota State University\, Moorhead\nContact: Kevin Carollo\, carollo@mnstate.edu
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-minnesota/
LOCATION:Minnesota State Unicersity\, Moorhead\, Moorhead
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260326T203312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T203312Z
UID:26576-1775991600-1775995200@redhen.org
SUMMARY:Molly Fisk Reading for National Poetry Month
DESCRIPTION:ONE ART’s April 2026 Reading for National Poetry Month!\nMolly reads with Barbara Crooker\, Donna Hilbert\, & Erin Murphy. Zoom link coming.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/molly-fisk-reading-for-national-poetry-month/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260331T201154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T201154Z
UID:26625-1776106800-1776115800@redhen.org
SUMMARY:Brendan Constantine\, Rebecca Chace & Luke Goebel in Writing Fury\, Fear and Forgiveness: A Literary Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Red Hen authors Luke Goebel\, Rebecca Chace\, and Brendan Constantine as they chat with moderator Kate Gale (Publisher of Red Hen Press) about their new books! This event will include a literary discussion\, readings\, a Q&A\, and a book signing. You don’t want to miss this electrifying conversation and your chance to grab early copies of their upcoming titles!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/brendan-constantine-rebecca-chace-luke-goebel-in-writing-fury-fear-and-forgiveness-a-literary-conversation/
LOCATION:The Ebell of Los Angeles Events Venue\, 743 S Lucerne Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90005\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Red Hen Press":MAILTO:media@redhen.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260414T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260414T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260326T203436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T203436Z
UID:26578-1776150000-1776160800@redhen.org
SUMMARY:Molly Fisk’s Radio Interview about book launch of Walking Wheel
DESCRIPTION:KVMR’s Tuesday Morning Show with Paul Emery
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/molly-fisks-radio-interview-about-book-launch-of-walking-wheel/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T213803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T213941Z
UID:26451-1776240000-1776272400@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – Duke University
DESCRIPTION:April 15: 5:30 pm workshop and reading at Duke University\, Durham\, North Carolina\nContact: JP Gritton\, jp.gritton@duke.edu\nand Anna Wallace\, anna.wallace@duke.edu
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-duke-university/
LOCATION:Duke University
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260326T203603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T203603Z
UID:26580-1776279600-1776285000@redhen.org
SUMMARY:Molly Fisk’s BOOK LAUNCH
DESCRIPTION:Sierra Poetry Fringe Festival\nBOOK LAUNCH for Molly’s new collection \, Walking Wheel
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/molly-fisks-book-launch/
LOCATION:Madelyn Helling Library 980 Helling Way\, Nevada City\, CA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260331T173827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T173827Z
UID:26623-1776366000-1776371400@redhen.org
SUMMARY:April Ossman Reading from WE at Hartland Poetry Festival!
DESCRIPTION:To register for live stream of event\, email: \nchristine.e.hauck7@gmail.com
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/april-ossman-reading-from-we-at-hartland-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Hartland Public Library\, 110 E. Park Avenue\, Hartland\, VT\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T142000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T144000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260331T203429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T203429Z
UID:26629-1776608400-1776609600@redhen.org
SUMMARY:Brendan Constantine reads on Poetry Stage at LA Times Festival of Books 2026
DESCRIPTION:Brendan Constantine reading from THE OPPOSITES GAME
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/brendan-constantine-reads-on-poetry-stage-at-la-times-festival-of-books-2026/
LOCATION:USC Campus
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T111742
CREATED:20260317T214333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T214333Z
UID:26458-1776610800-1776618000@redhen.org
SUMMARY:David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – New York City
DESCRIPTION:April 19: New York City\, Morningside Poetry Series\n3–5 pm\, April 19\, 2026\nSuite Bar\n992 Amsterdam Ave\nCorner W 109th St\n212-222-4600
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/david-mason-2026-cold-fire-book-tour-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Suite Bar\, 992 Amsterdam Ave Corner W 109th St\, New York City\, NY\, United States
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