Upcoming
Events
February 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2 p.m. EST - IN PERSON
Featured Reader, Poets of Queens, with C. Francis Fisher, Amy Lemmon & Rae Winkelstein
Q.E.D. Astoria
27-16 23rd Ave.
Astoria, NY 11105
Past Events
(Highlights)
Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 2 p.m. EST - IN PERSON
Featured Reader, with Didi Champagne, Ron Kolm, Evie Ivy, David Lawton, Jeff Wright & others, Boog City 19.5 Arts Festival
Block Hill Station
718 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
January 2026
Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 3 p.m. EST - VIRTUAL
Featured Reader, W-E Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond
with Open Mic
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
December 2025
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2 p.m. - VIRTUAL
ONE ART's December Featured Poets Reading (Virtual)
with Laurie Kuntz, Linda Laderman,
and Amy Small-McKinney.
Free! (Donations appreciated.)
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader with poet Luisa Caycedo-Kimura
Dobbs Ferry Public Library
55 Main Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Friday, December 19, 2025 6-8 p.m. - IN PERSON
Featured Reader with Iain Haley Pollack, Luke Sullivan, and Melinda Wilson
Otto's Shrunken Head Tiki Bar & Lounge
538 E. 14th St.
NY, NY 10009
November 2025
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
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Featured Reader, Big Red Books, with Open Mic
120 Main Street
Nyack, NY USA 10960
October 2025
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!
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
Thursday, October 23 at 7 p.m. - VIRTUAL
Featured Reader, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series
Hosted by Timothy Gager
September 2025
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
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
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
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.
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
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
PAST READINGS: 2015 to August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025
Redheaded Stepchild - ZOOM BOOK LAUNCH with Open Mic hosted by Malaika King Albrecht
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).
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.
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.
July, 2024
Yetzirah Poetry Conference open reading
Recording available here: https://vimeo.com/995859485
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.
Spring, 2024
Words with You Poetry Open Mic – online reading
2024
DADA Bar / Newtown Literary event - open mic reading
November, 2023
Nassau County Poet Laureate Society, Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, NY, Anthology Book Launch
August, 2023
Hudson Valley Writers Center, Published Student Reading
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
2023
Oceanside Library open mic online reading
2023
Rattle magazine — open mic online reading
2022
Maple Grove Cemetery — memorial reading of original poem in collaboration with flutist and composer Naomi Rabinowitz
2022
The Poetry Lab – online reading
2022
Liquid Arts Network — online reading
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
2022
Bang on a Can Poetry Slam — online reading
2021
Wednesday Night Poetry online reading
2019-2023
Queens Public Library, open mic participant
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