Events
Upcoming Readings:
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SEPTEMBER
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Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 7-8:15 p.m. EST - VIRTUAL
ZOOM BOOK LAUCH with Mentor Poets -- Reading to celebrate
In the Needle, A Woman, with key poets who helped in the shaping of the book: Julia Lisella, Jennifer Martelli, Megan Merchant, and Anne Marie Wells.
PREREGISTER here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/efWrM7VdSEm-7yigMo7pVg
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​​Thursday, Sept. 18. 2025 6:30-7:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
Reading and Book Talk with poet Emily Hockaday
Queens Public Library-Ridgewood
20-12 Madison St.
Ridgewood, NY 11385
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Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 7-8:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
Kew and Willow Books - In-Person BOOK LAUNCH with Open Mic
81-63 Lefferts Boulevard,
Kew Gardens NY 11415
www.kewandwillow.com
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Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 7 p.m. - IN PERSON
Poetry Reading at Sunnyside Arts with Elizabeth Coletti and Aida Zielian with Open Mic, $5
45-18 Skillman Ave.
Sunnyside, NY 11104
https://www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/
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Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
Word Shed Reading series with Eileen P. Kennedy and Cheryl J. Fish
​at The Von Bar
3 Bleecker St. and Bowery
New York, NY 10012
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​Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
​Poetry Reading at Bellmore Public Library in Long Island
with Michael Antonio Pagano
2288 Bedford Ave.
Bellmore, NY 11710
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​​​OCTOBER
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Thursday, October 9, 2025 7-8 p.m. - VIRTUAL
Word Thursdays with Bright Hill Press
Online reading featuring Laurel Benjamin and Susan Michele Coronel
Hosted by Lynne Kemen.
Zoom link coming soon!
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader, Oceanside Library
30 Davison Ave.
Oceanside, NY 11572
​Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 8 p.m. - IN PERSON
Literature Tuesdays at DADA
Queens Writes! An Evening of Poets & Writers
Featuring Susan Michele Coronel with Pichenda Bao, Francisco Delgado, Jared Harel, Emily Hockaday, and Aida Zalelian
DADA
60-47 Myrtle Ave.
Ridgewood, NY 11385
https://dadabar.nyc/dada-literature-tuesdays
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 2 p.m. - IN PERSON
An Afternoon of Music and Poetry with Friends at Maple Grove Cemetery, Inc.
Featuring the poetry of Susan Michele Coronel accompanied by original flute compositions by Naomi Rabinowitz and other poets TBA
Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery
127-15 Kew Gardens Road
Kew Gardens, New York,11415
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Thursday, October 23 at 7 p.m. - VIRTUAL
Featured Reader, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series
Hosted by Timothy Gager​
Zoom link coming soon!
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NOVEMBER
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 8 p.m. - IN PERSON
Literature Tuesdays at DADA
Queens Writes! An Evening of Poets & Writers
Featuring Susan Michele Coronel with Pichenda Bao,
Olena Jennings, and Baruch November
DADA
60-47 Myrtle Ave.
Ridgewood, NY 11385
https://dadabar.nyc/dada-literature-tuesdays
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Featured Reader, Big Red Books, with Open Mic
120 Main Street
Nyack, NY USA 10960
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DECEMBER
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​Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. - IN PERSON & VIRTUAL
Art in the Basin Featured Reader with Open Mic
In person, with live stream via Facebook and Zoom
Mon Amour Coffee and Wine
234 West 238th St.
Bronx, NY 10463
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2 p.m. - VIRTUAL
ONE ART's December Featured Poets Reading (Virtual)
with Susan Michele Coronel, Laurie Kuntz, Linda Laderman,
and Amy Small-McKinney.
Tickets available closer to the event.
Free! (Donations appreciated.)
Zoom link coming soon!
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Friday, December 19, 2025 6-8 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader with 4 additional poets TBA​
Otto's Shrunken Head Tiki Bar & Lounge
538 E. 14th St.
NY, NY 10009
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JANUARY
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Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 3 p.m. EST - VIRTUAL
Featured Reader, W-E Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond
with Open Mic
More details and Zoom link coming soon!
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Sunday, January 11, 2026 - Time TBA - IN PERSON
Reading and Book Talk with Poet Angela Siew
Possible Futures Neighborhood Book Space
318 Edgewood Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
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FEBRUARY
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Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 2 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader, Queens Public Library - Central Branch
with Open Mic
89-11 Merrick Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11432
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MARCH
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Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 5 p.m. - IN PERSON
Reading and Book Talk with Poets Dawn Leas
and Amy Small- McKinney
Books for Humanity
67 Central Avenue
Ossining, NY 10562
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APRIL
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​​April 12, 2026 5:30 p.m. EST - VIRTUAL
Well-Versed Words Featured Reader with online series
Zoom link coming soon!
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MAY
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Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader with Q&A and Open Mic
Newtown Bookshop
2120 South Eagle Road
Newtown, PA 18940
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SEPTEMBER
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Wednesday, September 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. EST - VIRTUAL
Words with You - Featured Poets Reading with Tresha Faye Haefner and Amy Small-McKinney
Zoom link coming soon!
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PAST READINGS:
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August 7, 2025
Redheaded Stepchild - ZOOM BOOK LAUNCH with Open Mic hosted by Malaika King Albrecht
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July 14, 2025 7 p.m.
Summer Gazebo Readings in Oceanside, NY
Oceanside Library Summer Reading Series
Schoolhouse Green​
65 Foxhurst Road,
Oceanside, NY 11572 (location is across the street).
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January 23, 2025
Sheila-Na-Gig Online reading hosted by Editor-in-Chief Hayley Mitchell Haugen, with readers featured in the Winter 2024 edition of the journal.
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October 10, 2024
Bright Hill Press' Word Thursdays online reading, , featuring Lynne Kemen, Rebecca Surmount, Susan Michele Coronel. The twice-monthly program features writers locally and worldwide, including poetry writers, fiction writers, journalists.
Watch VIDEO.
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July, 2024
Yetzirah Poetry Conference open reading
Recording available here: https://vimeo.com/995859485
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June 9, 2024
Online reading, Mom Egg Review Issue 22 Launch Reading.
The recording of the reading is available on the @merliterary YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/nBVsNe9cRAg.
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Spring, 2024
Words with You Poetry Open Mic – online reading
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2024
DADA Bar / Newtown Literary event - open mic reading
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November, 2023
Nassau County Poet Laureate Society, Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, NY, Anthology Book Launch
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August, 2023
Hudson Valley Writers Center, Published Student Reading
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July, 2023
Inflectionist Review — online reading for journal contributors
May, 2023
Massachusetts Poetry Festival reader — opening night as winner of First Poem Award, and off-site open mic
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2023
Oceanside Library open mic online reading
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2023
Rattle magazine — open mic online reading
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2022
Maple Grove Cemetery — memorial reading of original poem in collaboration with flutist and composer Naomi Rabinowitz
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2022
The Poetry Lab – online reading
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2022
Liquid Arts Network — online reading
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2022
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) offsite open mic reading sponsored by Wednesday Night Poetry
2022
South Florida Poetry Journal — online reading for contributors
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2022
Bang on a Can Poetry Slam — online reading
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2021
Wednesday Night Poetry online reading
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2019-2023
Queens Public Library, open mic participant
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2017
Risk of Discovery Reading Series — Featured reader, Blue Cups Cafe, Woodside, NY, 2017
2015
Astoria Bookshop, Astoria, NY—Featured reader, Newtown Literary Journal issue launch
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