2021:
Saturday, March 6, 2021 - AWP Meet/Greet & Reading at Omnidawn Virtual Booth. Open to AWP21 attendees. 11:00 am PST.
2020 Past Readings & Events:
Poetry Flash, Omnidawn: Desirée Alvarez, Anthony Cody, Jennifer Hasegawa, David Koehn, Craig Santos Perez, LM Rivera, Sunday, December 13th 2020
http://poetryflash.org/calendar/?t=0o20201213o_omnidawn-alvarez-cody
Poetry Spoken Here, Interview & Reading, published Friday, November 6th, 2020
Conversation and reading fromScatterplot with Charlie Rossiter
Omnidawn Poetry Writing Conference, Thursday – Sunday, June 11-14, 2020 (COVID Cancelled)
Faculty: Brenda Hillman, David Koehn, Hoa Nguyen, Craig Santos Perez, and Carl Philips The Omnidawn Poetry Writing Conference will be held at Saint Mary’s College campus in Moraga, California, which is 15 miles east of San Francisco. The conference offers workshops, craft talks, and author readings. Each attendee will participate in five approximately three-hour-long workshops, one with each faculty member, with workshops limited to a maximum of 10 participants.
WOW Festival, Omnidawn Poetry Reading & Book Signing, April 18 (COVID Cancelled)
With readings by Jennifer S. Cheng, Jennifer Hasegawa, Joseph Rios, Jason Bayani & David Koehn
Spring 2020 Books Release at Moe’s Moe’s Books, Berkeley, CA, Friday, March 27, 7-9 pm (COVID Cancelled)
With readings from Omnidawn’s Spring 2020 authors: Desiree Alvarez, Anthony Cody, Jennifer Hasegawa, David Koehn, Craig Santos Perez, LM Rivera.
AWP Bookfair Stage, San Antonio, TX, Friday, March 6th, 10:30-11:45a
With readings by David Koehn (emcee), Logan Fry, Jennifer Hasegawa, Desiree Alvarez, Dan Beachy-Quick
AWP speCt! Offsite Reading, Blue Star Brewing Co.,San Antonio, TX, Thursday March 5th, 7-9p
With readings by Jose Felipe Alvergue, David Koehn, Rusty Morrison, Colby Gillette, & Kara Kelsey
2019 Past Readings & Events:
Poets House, New York, NY, Friday, November 8th, 6-9pm
With readings by George Albon, T. J. Anderson III, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, mai c. doan, Logan Fry, Karla Kelsey, Myung Mi Kim, David Koehn, Bin Ramke, Kimberly Reyes, Dan Rosenberg, Andrew Seguin, Brittany Tomaselli, and G. C. Waldrep.
2018 Past Readings & Events:
Poets House, New York, NY, Friday, November 16th, 6-9pm
With readings by: Sara Deniz Akant, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Andrea Baker, Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, Norma Cole, Mary Hickman, Cynthia Hogue, John Liles, Myung Mi Kim, David Koehn, Laura Neuman, Kelli Anne Noftle, Douglas Piccinnini, Daniel Poppick, kathryn l. pringle, Bin Ramke, Joseph Rios, Andrew Seguin, Cole Swensen, Michelle Taransky, Susan Terris
Carnegie Mellon Creative Writing Program 50th Anniversary -- Fiction & Poetry Reading, October 27th, 2018
4:00 P.M. - Fiction & Poetry Reading | Featuring Tom Sweterlitsch, David Koehn, and Sarah Smith
AWP Panel: Donald Justice: An Appreciation (Eric Pankey, Jerry Harp, Carol Frost, David Koehn), March 7-10 2018.
A panel of Donald Justice's former students from both the University of Iowa and the University of Florida will discuss his reputation as a poet, as an expert on poetic form, and as an innovated teacher. Justice has been described by the Poetry Foundation as "one of the twentieth century's most quietly influential poets." The panel will investigate and illuminate his ongoing posthumous influence.
City Lights Reading & Conversation: Robert Hass & David Koehn, Weds, March 21st 2018
** Robert Hass presents "A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry"
** David Koehn presents "Compendium" - a collection of Donald Justice's take on prosody
* Steinbeck Center Reading & Conversation about Compendium
Thursday, Nov. 16 at 4:00-5:00 p.m PDT
with Alan Soldofsky and David Koehn in the MLK Jr. Library, SJSU
* NEW POETRY AT BERL’S
Berl’s Bookshop, Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, November 2, 7-10pm
with readings by: Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, Norma Cole, Mary Hickman, David Koehn, John Liles, Kelli Anne Noftle, Daniel Poppick, kathryn l. pringle, Joseph Rios, Andrew Segui, Susan Terris
* OMNIDAWN’S ANNUAL BOOK PARTY AT POETS HOUSE
Poets House, New York, NY
Friday, November 3, 6-9pm
with readings by: Sara Deniz Akant, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Andrea Baker, Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, Norma Cole, Mary Hickman, Cynthia Hogue, John Liles, Myung Mi Kim, David Koehn, Laura Neuman, Kelli Anne Noftle, Douglas Piccinnini, Daniel Poppick, kathryn l. pringle, Bin Ramke, Joseph Rios, Andrew Seguin, Cole Swensen, Michelle Taransky, Susan Terris
Robert Hass presents
"A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry"
David Koehn presents
"Compendium"
Address:
Studio One, 365 45th St, Oakland, CA 94609-2259, United States
Click here for more information.
* Moe's Books Reading, Omnidawn Spring 2017 Book Release Party, March 24th, 2017 at 7:30 pm
* University Press Books Reading, with Sholeh Wolpe March 15th, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Older:
2017 Past Readings & Events:
* Steinbeck Center Reading & Conversation about Compendium
Thursday, Nov. 16 at 4-5 p.m PDT
with Alan Soldofsky and David Koehn in the MLK Jr. Library, SJSU
* NEW POETRY AT BERL’S
Berl’s Bookshop, Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, November 2, 2017, 7-10pm
with readings by: Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, Norma Cole, Mary Hickman, David Koehn, John Liles, Kelli Anne Noftle, Daniel Poppick, kathryn l. pringle, Joseph Rios, Andrew Segui, Susan Terris
* OMNIDAWN’S ANNUAL BOOK PARTY AT POETS HOUSE
Poets House, New York, NY
Friday, November 3, 2017, 6-9pm
with readings by: Sara Deniz Akant, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Andrea Baker, Laynie Browne, Ewa Chrusciel, Norma Cole, Mary Hickman, Cynthia Hogue, John Liles, Myung Mi Kim, David Koehn, Laura Neuman, Kelli Anne Noftle, Douglas Piccinnini, Daniel Poppick, kathryn l. pringle, Bin Ramke, Joseph Rios, Andrew Seguin, Cole Swensen, Michelle Taransky, Susan Terris
Robert Hass presents
"A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry"
David Koehn presents
"Compendium"
Address:
Studio One, 365 45th St, Oakland, CA 94609-2259, United States
Click here for more information.
* Moe's Books Reading, Omnidawn Spring 2017 Book Release Party, March 24th, 2017 at 7:30 pm
* University Press Books Reading, with Sholeh Wolpe March 15th, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Older:
Reading with Omniverse and speCt! Friday, April 10th 2015 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm The Riddle Room, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Reading with Sacramento State University for English 230B: Advanced Poetry Writing on April 6th, 2015 Sacramento, California
Reading with San Jose State University, 2014 ENGL 240, Poetry Class on December 18th, 2014 San Jose, California
Reading at Ina Coolbrith Circle on November 22nd, 2014 Lafayette/Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, California
Reading at Aggregate Space on November 8th, 2014 801 West Grand Avenue, entrance on West Street, Oakland California
Reading at Carnegie Mellon on October 29th, 2014 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University Press Books Reading Series with Rusty Morrison & Marianne Morris June 11th, 2014 at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California
Poetry Flash Reading Series with Willis Barnstone May 15th, 2014 at Moe's Bookstore, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California
Studio One Reading Series May 2nd, 2014 with Tess Taylor and Dean Rader at Studio One Arts Center, 365 45th in Oakland, California
Alley Cat Books, with poet Rusty Morrison with music by Art Khu and a very special guest vocalist DO NOT MISS THIS ONE! April 17th, 2014 at 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
University of Florida MFA Program Reading Series April 3 2014 with Scott Brennan at Volta Coffee Tea and Chocolate, 48 SW 2nd St, Gainesville, FL 32641
Sacramento Poetry Center Reading Series, March 24th, 2014 at Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St. Sacramento, CA, 95814
Poetry and Music with David Koehn, Casey McAlduff, and Peter Burghardt, Friday March 21st, 2014 at BookZoo, 14 Glen Avenue (at Piedmont Avenue) Oakland, California 94611
SFSU Writers on Writing, March 17th, 2014 at SFSU, San Francisco, California
AWP speCt!acular Sat., March 1, 10 p.m. 2014 at Left Bank Books, 92 Pike St, Seattle, Washington
Quiet Lightning "the ghost of ql past" January 6th, 2014 at Public Works, 161 Erie St., San Francisco, California (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LnjOwEZMVY)
speCt Books Winter Chapbook Release Party for Tunic December 15th, 2013 at Ordinaire, 3354 Grand Grand Ave, Oakland, California
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