February 5, 2025
Reading with Matthew Nienow
UW Creative Writing Department
Allen Library, Petersen Room (4th Floor), University of Washington, Seattle
4 PM
March 27, 2025
“Poetry at the Gate of Memory” reading with David Mura, Heather Nagami, James Fujinami Moore, and more
Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles CA
7 PM | register here
March 28, 2025
AWP offsite reading with Alice James Books, Persea Books, Four Way Books, and Autumn House Press
Boomtown Brewery, 700 Jackson Street, Los Angeles CA
6-9 PM
April 1, 2025
The Gate of Memory virtual book launch
Haymarket Books (online)
4 PM PST / 7 PM EST
April 25, 2025
“Poetry World Series” with Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Armen Davoudian, Daniel Handler, and Randall Mann
Mill Valley Public Library
7 PM
May 14, 2025
Mothersalt book launch with Jennifer S. Cheng and Shelley Wong
Green Apple Books x The Ruby SF
1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco CA
7 PM | Details and preorder here
May 18, 2025
SMOTHER x Mothersalt reading with Rachel Richardson
Poetry Flash reading series
Art House, Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA
3 PM
June 1, 2025
Poetry Stage reading, Bay Area Book Festival
Downtown Berkeley CA
June 11, 2025
“Community Poetry: Open Mic Series,” featured reading and book signing
Burlingame Public Library, Lane Room
480 Primrose Road, Burlingame CA
6-7 PM
June 17, 2025
Reading with Cathy Linh Che
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 W. 27 Street, Ste. 600, New York NY
7 PM
August 7, 2025
Reading with Esther Lin and Matthew Nienow
Elliot Bay Book Company
1521 10th Avenue, Seattle WA
7 PM
Past Events
July 14, 2024
Poetry & Prayer Workshop
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino Real, Burlingame CA
11:15 AM
July 21, 2024
“A Summer Celebration of Poetry and Community” with Jane Kuo and Iris A. Law
Stanford alumni gathering, San Carlos CA
3-5 PM
August 22, 2024
“Nikkei Uncovered IV: a poetry reading” with Christine Kitano and Matthew Mejia, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama
Japanese American National Museum (online)
6-7:30 PM PST – recording
2023
February 12, 2023
Choral premiere of the poem “On the Highway” with composer Margaret Burk and the Choir of St. Paul’s
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino Real, Burlingame CA
4 PM Choral Evensong Series | recording
March 9, 2023
Reading with Karen Tei Yamashita, traci kato-kiriyama, Brynn Saito, David Mura, and Kiku Hughes
Densho, 1416 S Jackson St, Seattle WA
6-7:30 PM – AWP offsite event
April 12, 2023
“Poetry as Curiosity: Off the Page and Into the World,” National Poetry Month panel with Jhani Randhawa, Dior Stephens, and Kanika Agrawal
San Mateo County Libraries (online)
6-7 PM – recording
May 16, 2023
“The Thorn Puller: Hiromi Itō with Jeffrey Angles and Mia Ayumi Malhotra,” reading and conversation
The Ruby SF and Center for the Art of Translation
7-8 PM
September 23, 2023
“Mitsuye Yamada’s 100th Birthday, a poets’ reading and tribute” hosted by Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda; with traci kato-kiriyama, Cherríe Moraga, doris diosa davenport, Nellie Wong, and more
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University (online)
2-3:30 PM PST – register here
November 2, 2023
“Four Poets Share New Work: Kimberly Kralowec, Mia Malhotra, Cintia Santana, & Heidi Van Horn,” poetry reading and conversation
The Ruby SF
7 PM – register here
November 8, 2023
“Community Poetry: Open Mic Series,” featured reading and book signing
Burlingame Public Library – Lane Room, 480 Primrose Road, Burlingame CA
6-7 PM – open mic regisration here
2022
April 9, 2022
“April Second Saturday: Family Spring Celebration” with Veronica Kornberg and Jade Bradbury
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto CA
10 AM-12 PM – register here
April 11, 2022
“Simpson College Poets & Writers: Mia Ayumi Malhotra reads”
5 PM PST/7PM CST (online) – request registration link here
April 21, 2022
“Chapbook Launch Party & Storytelling Event: Notes from the Birth Year” with Paul Sakai, Danny Lulu, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Mary Malhotra, and Margery Nakamura
7 PM PST, hosted by The Ruby SF – register here
May 7-8, 2022
Bay Area Book Festival book fair with Ruby SF authors
Downtown Berkeley | Accessible virtually and in-person
May 21, 2022
“Books on the Garden: Featuring The Ruby, Art, and Stories in Nature” with Ruby SF writers
1-3 PM, San Francisco Botanical Garden, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco
September 14, 2022
They Rise Like a Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets book launch and celebration with Iris A. Law, Swati Rana, C.E. Shue, Ann Inoshita, and Dena Igusti
6 PM PST (online), sponsored by Kearny Street Workshop – register here
October 9, 2022
“The Craft of Poetry (Three Ways),” SF Litquake panel with Jacques Rancourt, David Roderick, and Maw Shein Win
Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St, San Francisco CA
11 AM-12:15 PM PST – purchase tickets here
2021
February 28, 2021
“Poetry Flows Through Our Blood” with Brian Komei Dempster and Brynn Saito
3 PM PST, J-SEI online reading – RSVP here
March 31, 2021
“The Clock Tells the Hour” with Éireann Lorsung, Monica Ong, and others
Sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and SPACE Gallery
4 PM PST/7 PM EST, online performance
April 2, 2021
“Breaking Silences: Poets on the Legacy of Japanese American Imprisonment” with Brian Komei Dempster and Brynn Saito
1:30 PM PST, America SCORES Poetry Summit online event – register here