Events

Upcoming Events


Creating Immediacy through Lyricism

Charlotte Lit class

April 8th from 6 to 8 pm 

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Past Events


Virtual Author Visit: San Antonio Book Club

December 14th @ 8 pm ET

via Zoom 


Bard Early College Speaker Series 

Bard High School Early College Queens 

December 6th

Long Island City, New York


Punch Bucket Lit Reading Series

with Jessie van Eerden

November 21st @ 7 pm

697 Haywood Road

Asheville, North Carolina


“Five Questions for Big, Beautiful Quests”

Read the lecture here. 

The Movable Feast

November 12th @ 11 am

Pawleys Island, South Carolina 


Empowerment Panel and Book Signing

¡Celebramos! Wellness Day

¡Celebramos! A Celebration of Latin American Culture & Heritage

September 21st

panel @ 3 pm in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Lecture Hall

book signings @ 4 pm

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

Fort Worth, Texas


La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth

Reading & Conversation at La Gran Biblioteca

September 20th from 5:30 to 7 pm 

Fort Worth, Texas


Pecantown Books and Brews

with SG Huerta

September 18th from 5 to 7 pm

Seguin, Texas


Reading, Drag Show, & Conversation

Alienated Majesty Books

with Kara Foxx-Paris

September 17th from 6 to 8 pm

Austin, Texas

RSVP here. 


The Twig Book Shop

September 16th from 5:30 to 7 pm

San Antonio, Texas


Rio Grande Valley Book Party

Museum of South Texas History

with Dr. Francisco Guajardo

September 15th from 2 to 4 pm

Edinburg, Texas


Davidson College

September 9th

3 to 4:20: Discussion of Country of Under in Professor Alan Michael Parker's Contemporary American Fiction seminar 

7 to 8:30: Davidson Reads with Caroline New @ the Carolina Inn, lower level: open to the public

Davidson, North Carolina


Charlotte Pride Book Signings for Country of Under and It's Soulful and It's Survival: A Conversation with Four Drag Artivists in the South

with Archimedes Loft Bookstore and Mr. Charlotte Pride Oso Chanel, National Mx Nova Stella, & Mx Charlotte Pride Lolita Chanel

Booth 402 at the corner of E. MLK Blvd & S. Tryon St. 

August 17th at 6 pm

Charlotte Pride Festival Zone on S. Tryon St.

Charlotte, NC


Virtual Re-Launch with Split/Lip Press

with SG Huerta

Country of Under has been re-homed with Split/Lip Press as Mason Jar Press has gone on hiatus. 

August 13th @ 8 pm ET

Watch the video here


Into the Great Wide Open: from Memoir to Socially Conscious Novel

Charlotte Writers Club

May 21st @ 7 pm

Charlotte, North Carolina


Author Talk: Gender & Street Art in Literature

with Jennifer Savran Kelly and Jess deCourcy Hinds

Kew & Willow Books

May 3rd @ 7 pm

Kew Gardens, Queens, New York


Bard Early College Speaker Series 

Bard High School Early College Queens 

May 2nd @ 11:30 am

Long Island City, New York


Reading, Screening, & Conversation 

with Emily Branham and Marcelle LaBrecque/Marilyn Monhoe 

April 30th @ 7 pm

Unnameable Books 

Brooklyn, New York 


Virtual event @ The Writer’s Center 

with Hector Vaca Cruz

April 18 @ 7 pm

Watch the video here. 


Double Book Launch + Drag Extravaganza 

with Mr. Charlotte Pride Oso Chanel, National Mx Nova Stella, Mx Charlotte Pride Lolita Chanel, and DKO Entertainment Founder Onya Nerves

April 11th @ 6:30 pm

Goodyear Arts

Charlotte, North Carolina


AWP Soft Launch

February 9th

book signings from 11 am to 1 pm, Kansas City Convention Center

Reading with Black Warrior Review @ 5:30, Bliss Books and Wine

Kansas City, Missouri


NC Writers’ Network Conference

November 4, 2023

“Manifesting Your Book in the World: Securing Time, Money, and a Publisher”, 9 to 10:30 am 

“Digging Up Buried Stories” panel with Dr. Hilary Green, 12:30 to 1:30 pm


The Search for Meaning as We Tell True Stories: Community Conversation with Patrice Gopo

October 4, 2023

Charlotte Center for the Literary Arts

Charlotte, North Carolina