UPCOMING
September 13, 2026 - Moderator, “Ghosts, Demons, and What Refuses To Stay in the Shadows,” Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, IL
August 22, 2026 - Panelist, South Asian American Literary Festival at South Asia Institute, Chicago, IL
PAST
June 2026 - Reader, “Don't Let It Kill You: A Memorial Reading For Theo LeGro with Kundiman Midwest” at Pilsen Community Books, Chicago, IL
May 2026 - Panelist at Chicago Indian Literature Fest, Chicago, IL
May 2026 - Reader with Exhibit B at Pilsen Community Books, Chicago, IL
Feb 2026 - Panelist/Reader, Amherst LitFest, Amherst, MA
Sept 2025 - Writer in Residence, SWWIM x Matwaaala, Miami, FL
Sept 2025 - Presenter at Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, IL
August 2025 - Instructor, “In Good Form,” at StoryStudio’s StoryBoard Festival, Chicago, IL
July 2025 - Visiting Writer at NEIU’s Summer Creative Writing Institute, Chicago, IL
March 2025 - Panelist, “A Reading from Recent Prizewinning Short Story Collections,” AWP Conference, Los Angeles, CA
March 2025 - Book talk for Where to Carry the Sound with Naperville Writers Group, virtual
March 2025 - Presenter at “The Joy in Women’s Art” at The Cliffdwellers Club, Chicago, IL
Feb 2025 - Featured event for Where to Carry the Sound at Women & Children First, Chicago, IL
Jan 2025 - Launch event for Where to Carry the Sound at Volumes Bookcafe, Chicago, IL
Jan 2023 & June 2023 — Featured poetry reader at events supporting “Testimonies on Paper” exhibition opening and closing, South Asia Institute, Chicago, IL