News & Events
The Fight Of Our Lives: Panel with David Levithan
I'll be speaking on a panel about underrepresented queer histories with David Levithan, Gabriel Duckels, and Ray Stoeve, in celebration of the release of Levithan and Duckels’ new nonfiction YA book, The Fight Of Our Lives, about the history of the AIDS crisis | Charlie’s Queer Books | Seattle, WA
Poetry Performance
Northwest Folklife Festival | I'll be performing poetry as part of a spoken word showcase and a MENA (Middle Eastern North African) arts showcase | this is a free event with no tickets or registration required! | The Seattle Center | Seattle, WA
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Washington State Book Award Finalists Announced (Article)
Download the Pride in Your Words zine from Penguin Random House here
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Booklist Editors’ Choice 2024 Books for Youth (List)
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2024 (List)
Autostraddle Best Queer Books of 2024 (List)
Interview with SheReads (Article)
Interview with Coming Out Pod (Podcast)
Interview with Turn the Page (Podcast)
Interview with Happy to Meet Cute! (Podcast)
Interview with Cantina Book Club (Podcast)
Interview with A Novel Idea/NPR Sonoma County (Radio)
Interview with The Nerd Daily (Article)
Interview with Bookish Brews (Article)
Interview with Publishers Weekly (Article)
Interview with Seattle Gay News (Article)
15 Best Young Adult Books You Need to Read in 2024: Cosmopolitan Magazine (List)
Interview with The Rumpus (Article)
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 1:00 | Northwest Folklife Quilt Sessions | I'll be performing poetry live, and a recording will be made for Folklife's livestream event | this is a free event with no tickets or registration required! | The Royal Room | Seattle, WA
Thursday, February 19, 2026 from 6 to 8 PM | Zine Reading and Workshop with Feeding Ghosts author and Pulitzer Prize Winner Tessa Hulls | learn how to make zines, and get a copy of Widening Our Worlds, a zine about books that made authors' worlds grow. I will be reading an essay from the zine | Common Objects | Seattle, WA
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Rainbow Connections Intergenerational Pride | Featured speaker, and signing books in partnership with local bookstore Brick and Mortar Books | Redmond, WA
Saturday, June 20, 2025 at 7 PM | MENA (Middle Eastern North African) Poetry Night | Elliott Bay Book Company | Seattle, WA
Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 1 PM | Finding the Words: Teen Poet Protagonists and Their Journeys Through Hope and Love panel with Sarah Mughal Rana, Q&A and book signing | YA HQ Tent Texas Book Festival | Austin, TX
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 12:30 PM | Love Story author panel with Jade Adia, Q&A and book signing | Portland Parks Foundation Park Tent | Portland Book Festival | Portland, OR
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 4 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | The Lavender Library | Sacramento, CA
Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM | APALA Youth Literature Award-winning author Shannon C. F. Rogers' Eighteen Roses book launch event, in conversation with Parisa Akhbari | Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing | Beaverton, OR
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM | Q&A, book signing and conversation with teen poet Ashnavi Ghosh | Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books | Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Ray Stoeve's The Summer Love Strategy book launch event in conversation with Parisa Akhbari | Charlie's Queer Books | Seattle, WA
Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM | "Love is in the Air: Coming of Age and Falling in Love in Young Adult Fiction" panel and book signing | LA Times Festival of Books | Los Angeles, CA
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM | "A Story to Live In" poetry workshop | Make.Shift Art Space with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | Bellingham Public Library with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and open house | Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM | book launch, signing, and conversation with author Maya Prasad | Third Place Books Ravenna | Seattle, WA