Upcoming Readings and workshops for 2017:
Writing to heal workshop, Strength for Life, breast cancer survivors, August 5, 2017.
Jeffersons Ferry reading, November 20, 2017, 7:30 pm
Aesthetics of Dalit Poetry, National Women Studies Association, November 16-19, 2017.
Standing up for Standing Rock: Climate Change reading, September 26, 2017.
January 25: Plainview Y, 7 pm.
February 7: poetry workshop with Strength for Life, breast cancer survivors group, Hyatt.
February 15: Oceanside Library, 1:30 pm.
February 28: Poquatuck reading; ekphrastic poetry.
March 26: featured reader, NCC (CCB Multipurpose Room), 4 pm.
April 10: "A Poetry Affair," Wainscott, NY.
July 27, 2014: Reading on the theme of Wayfaring for UU service, 9:30 am.
September 12, 2014: Veterans Home reading at LISVH, 2-3 pm.
September 14, 2014: Molloy College, 3 pm.
September 30, 2014: Sachem Library, 6 pm.
October 7, 2014: Port Jeff Library: 6 pm.
October 11, 2014: Harvest poems: Benners Farm, 1:30 pm
January 25, 2015: Plainview Y, 7 pm.
February 15, 2015: Oceanside Library, 1:30 pm.
May 2013-June 2014 readings:
May 21, 2013, Feature, Empire State College.
August 5, 2013: Feature: Summer Gazebo Readings, Oceanside.
September 4, Meditation-writing workshop with breast cancer support group, Stony Brook Hospital.
September 14, Meditation-writing workshop with national breast cancer support group, Hyatt, Stony Brook.
September 21, 2013: Feature, Locust Valley Reading, 1 pm.
October 6, 2013: Reading at Bluestockings Bookstore, NYC.
October 26-27: Literary Festival, Mohmoud Darwish Foundation, Ramallah (poems selected by Yusef Komunyakaa).
November 2, 2013: Workshop on 'Exploring Voice in Poetry,' followed by a reading with Ray MacNice, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association.
November 7, 2013: Poetry panel, National Women's Studies Association, Cincinnati.
November 23, 2013: Feature, East Meadow Library, 2-4.
December 6, 2013: Poetry Workshop on Ekphrastic poetry using family photos, Emma Clark Library.
December 29, 2913: Poetry of the Sacred, Unitarian Universalist Church, Setauket.
January 3, 2014: Feature, PeaceSmiths, Amityville.
January 14: Poetry reading and discussion, Veterans Hospital, Stony Brook.
January 17: Feature, Barn, Huntington.
March 1: Reading with the poets published in Obsessions: Sestinas in the 21st Century, AWP, Seattle WA. 4 pm.
March 1: Featured at Poquatuck reading.
February 20: Feature, Barnes and Noble, Northport.
April 3-6, 2014: Chair, Dalit and Tribal Literatures, "The Aesthetics of Tamil Dalit Poetry," NEMLA, Harrisburg, PA.
April 10, 2014: Feature: National Poetry Month, Barnes and Noble, Lake Grove.
April 11, 2014: Feature, Emma Clark Library, Setauket.
April 16-18: "Challenging Borders: Poetics of Trauma and Peace," a creative-critical presentation by Pramila Venkateswaran, Melissa Fadul and Barry Fruchter, National Conference on Poetry, Chicago. www.ncp.pcaaca.org
April 16-18: "Looking East from Jerusalem," poetry and slide photography by Pramila, NCP, Chicago.
April 26, 3-5: Gallery North reading--"The Art of Eating."
April 27, 1-4: Poets read at Benners Farm.
May 6, 6 pm: Port Jefferson Library, featured reader.
May 17: Congregational Church of Patchogue; poetry and music, 6 pm.
May 18: Unitarian Church, Stony Brook: poetry and music, 2 pm.
June 1: Poetry reading at Pioneer Bluffs, Flint Hills, Kansas.