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Kimberly's Engagements

Upcoming 2023 Events

January 23-May 12, 2023
Cal State San Marcos
Sociology of Education
I took a professional leave of absence last fall to accommodate my writing residency at Djerassi, but I'm back on the schedule at Cal State San Marcos for my usual offerings in Sociology of Education. It was weird not teaching last semester - first time in 17 years!​​
March 6-30, 2023
Multiple in-person and online locations
Cal State Summer Arts
I'm offering both online and in-person classroom visits to talk to students about the beauty and wonder that is Cal State Summer Arts. If you're a student, staff or faculty at a CSU and would like some of my time for the purpose, let me know. (I'm pretty sure SFSU and CSU Monterey Bay will be in-person visits, but the rest may be online. Speak up, we'll work it out.). The thing is, not only am I offering a course called The Novel: Mapping Your Project to Completion, there will be other courses in dance and theatre and music and visual art - you're literally taking an arts intensive inside of an arts festival. And there are scholarships. Go to the website. Be wowed. Apply. Applications open on January 9: www.csusummerarts.org

​March 24, 2023

Owosso, Michigan
Baker College
This event is virtual and will include You Don't Owe Anyone Pretty along with some discussion about mental health. I'm looking forward to it.

March 27, 28, and 29, 2023
San Francisco, CA
Cal State Summer Arts Talk
I'll be on campus at San Francisco State University today visiting classrooms, talking to students about the Cal State Summer Arts program. Get in touch if you're on that campus and would like to see me that day!  You can't go wrong taking ANY of these classes, and of course you're invited to my course: The Novel, Mapping Your Project to Completion. Read the details for each course and apply at www.csusummerarts.org. Remember, you don't have to be a student - anyone can apply and scholarship money is available!

March 30, 2023
Los Angeles, CA (online)
ARUP
We're going to discuss being a brilliant bystander (and probably a bit about appearance privilege as well). It'll be my pleasure...
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April 4-25, 2023
Online/Zoom
Corporeal Writing: Memoir: The Process, Tuesdays, 5-7pm PST
​Yes, these are two hour meetings via Zoom, a week apart for a month. We're going to make things, y'all. We're going to focus on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone). Register for this workshop here.

April 11, 2023
Online/Zoom
Corporeal Writing: Memoir: The Process, Tuesdays, 5-7pm PST
This is Week 2 of a four-part series focusing on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone).

April 15, 2023
Online/Zoom
Hugo House: Writing Short Essays for the Internet
Whether they are expository, personal, or reported, internet publications are seeking clear, compelling short essays. In this workshop, we will cover how to identify your specialty themes, and how to outline and write short essays about single issues (750-1,000 words) including a call to action. 

April 18, 2023
Online/Zoom
Corporeal Writing: Memoir: The Process, Tuesdays, 5-7pm PST
This is Week 3 of a four-part series focusing on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone).

April 25, 2023
Online/Zoom
Corporeal Writing: Memoir: The Process, Tuesdays, 5-7pm PST
This is Week 4 of a four-part series focusing on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone).

May 30-June 3, 2023
New Orleans, LA
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Ed
I'm planning to be at NCORE this year, discussing what happens when ideology blocks action (like, when a school does things based on "tradition" rather than evolving with the times). I'll be with the good people of Speakout during this time - they represent my work and you can contact them for a booking. Come see us if you're there!

July 3, 4, and 5, 2023
Hawaii Island
Ola Na Kini Project - Kukula at Kalani
 I don't normally teach younger kids, but I love this project so much, I'll challenge my learning (especially so, in this Hawaiian 'aina-based context).  For three days of their two week summer school, I'll be helping youngsters write poetry, and teens write braided essays. So looking forward to it! 

July 8, 2023
Online/Zoom
Hugo House: Making Meaning in Memoir
Memories aren’t enough to make a memoir. To make a great story, we have to connect our memories to culture, to history, to zeitgeist—and then be as clear and specific about our unique perspectives as possible. In this generative workshop, we’ll open a number of creative doorways (and windows and portholes and tunnels) into meaning and discuss how and why they work. Participants will leave with at least twelve new prompts for mining memory and life stories for deeper meaning. Register for this workshop here.

July 10-23, 2023
Cal State Fresno
CSU Summer Arts: 
The Novel: Mapping Your Project to Completion
I hope you already know that CSU Summer Arts is the best summer art camp for adults ever. And it's open to everyone on the planet (but cheaper and more scholarships if you live in CA). Now, have you ever tried to write a novel? It's a big task, y'all, but I'm bringing you some amazing writers and teachers to help you tackle it. The course is called The Novel: Mapping Your Project to Completion. And that even includes learning to write an agent query letter, because your work is gonna be that good. The two main guest artists you'll be working with are Erin Kate Ryan (erinkateryan.com), author of Quantum Girl Theory and Ryka Aoki (rykaaoki.com), author of numerous books, most recently Light from Uncommon Stars which was a finalist for a Hugo Award. Look at their work, swoon, and then apply. No matter what kind of novel you're writing, you're welcome! Applications open on January 9: www.csusummerarts.org

July 13, 2023,  7-10 PM
Fresno, CA
INNER EAR Open Mic Poetry Jam at Full Circle Brewing
I'm the poet who knows it tonight at the Poetry and Pints event. There's a free workshop from 7-8:30 and then an open mic from 8:30-10. Come on out. Free free free. Happy to support the Fresno writer's scene.

July 27-September 5
France
Yes, the whole month of August, plus a few days, I will be located in the south of France. Some of this is a trip with my family, but the rest of the time I'm working and available for other readings or performances in Europe. Seriously, I'll be relatively close to any of Europe. Get in touch if you'd like a little of my time. 

November 26-29, 2023
Baltimore, MD​
National Women's Studies Association Conference
It's been a while, and I miss these folks! No details yet, but I'm hoping to present something cool with great people at NWSA this year. (Tell me if you're going, and great and cool are your thing.)​

December 17-22, 2023
Pahoa, HI
Yoga is for Every Body Retreat
We'll use yoga and nature and beauty and wonder to explore the stories we carry and create in our bodies.  All levels of fitness and yoga practice are welcome. There will be daily yoga and writing for exploration and swimming and storytelling and the sea and gorgeous food and and and.  You won't believe your good fortune. (And if you live on Hawaii and don't need lodgings, commuter rates are available.)

Upcoming Events: 2024

​September 21, 2024
Chicago, IL
I can't resist including this event even so far in advance. My queer polyamorous son and his delightful nesting partner, Meggie, are getting married. Their reinventions of love and commitment and family make the world a better place. I will be in Chicago for the festivities...

Events Archive: 2023

March 5: Hugo House
March 22: Cal State Summer Arts Talk

Events Archive: 2022

Jan 2: San diego central library
feb 18: Readout festival
Mar 1: SFSU
mar 3: Sonoma state
mar 8: stuttgart University
mar 8: mesa college
mar 18: University of alaska fairbanks
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mar 20: hugo house
Apr 21: Midwestern State
may 16-21: human sciences research council
may 23-27: International symposium on poetic inquiry
may 31: human sciences research council
jun 1: impact centre
jun 18: Marfa Pride
jul 14-15: weight stigma conference
jul 25: stuttgart university
jul 27-aug 17: summer arts berlin
aug 27: hugo house
sep 2: equality hawaii
oct 6: corporeal writing
oct 2: hugo house
oct 9: hugo house
oct 3: san diego mesa college
oct 17: virginia military institute
oct 18 - nov 15: djerassi writing residency
Dec 4: Hugo House
January 1-6, 2023 Body Wise Professional Development Intensive
November 15 - December 2, 2022 Bulgaria
Feb. 25: Yoga is for Every Body

Events Archive: 2021

jan 6: Ka'u schools
jan 15: ku'ikahi mediation center
jan 22: ku'ikahi mediation center
jan 29: ku'ikahi mediation center
feb 3: ka'u schools
feb 7: hugo house
feb 12: kirkland productions
Feb 25: cal state san marcos
feb 26-28: Readout festival
mar 9: lake washington tech
mar 12: ku'ikahi mediation center
mar 14: elderqueer
mar 15: Cal state san marcos
mar 24: mansfield university
apr 3: corporeal writing
apr 5: WN4DC Symposium
apr 15: Lifebeat
Apr 18: Fat studies book launch
apr 23: cherish the child symposium
apr 23: vermont studio center
may 22: hugo house
jun 22: sinister wisdom
jul 1: charis books
jul 2: tgi reading series
Jul 11: Two Rivers Bookstore
jul 19: CSU SUmmer arts
aug 4: women in theatre conference
Aug 7: corporeal writing
Aug 31: shrimp teeth
sep 4: hugo house
Oct 2: Hugo House
oct 14: accessible yoga conference
oct 16: unconscious bias training
oct 21: ku'ikahi mediation center
oct 23: brilliant bystander training

Events Archive: 2020

jan 22: uh hilo
Jan 21: Feminist Magazine
feb 21: Uh Hilo
feb 26: SFSU
feb 27-28: cal state monterey
mar 5: university of puget sound
mar 6: elliott bay books
mar 7: hugo house workshop
mar 12: chico state
mar 13-14: symposium on teaching and learning
mar 16: women and health
mar 19: uc san diego
mar 20-21: evolution of yoga summit
MAR 22: LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
MAR 24: EMORY UNIVERSITY
apr 10: Private birthday
jun 13: sista trio
jun 18-19: fat studies conference
jun 22-23: intl weight stigma conference
jul 25: loukko bookshop
aug 19: housmans bookshop
apr 20: uh hilo
may 15: ku'ikahi mediation center
may 17: private party
jun 7: Private party
jun 12: border voices poetry project
jun 16-19: fat studies conference
jun 15 &19: San diego public library
jun 26: ku'ikahi mediation center
jul 11: ku'ikahi mediation center
jul 17: mills college
jul 24: ku'ikahi mediation center
jul 31: uh hilo
aug 8: corporeal writing
sep 16, 23: Samantha Fields Master Class
sep 23: Ka'u Schools
Sep 30: Karl heinz jeron master class
oct 5: illinois college
oct 8: corporeal writing
oct 10: hugo house
oct 17: hugo house
oct 22: speakout
nov 3: mesa college
nov 5: emory university
nov 6: emory university
NOV 13: TGI reading series
nov 20: body peace conference
dec 12: dirty queer
dec 17: Ku'ikahi Mediation center
dec 23: stuttgart university

Events Archive: 2019

jan 8-13: body wise professional development retreat
jan 18: ku'ikahi mediation center
Feb 4: NYU Tandon
feb 5: bluestockings bookstore
feb 12: fallbrook library
mar 8: ku'ikahi mediation center
mar 23: loyola marymount university
mar 24: Author's guild
mar 28-31: saints and sinners literary festival
apr 2: sonoma state
apr 3: humboldt state
apr 4: chico state
Apr 8: Monterey Bay & San Jose State
apr 9-10: San fran state
apr 10: berkeley public library
apr 12: san diego art institute
may 16-19: Qualitative inquiry congress
may 30: subterranean books
may 31-jun 2: accessible yoga conference
Jun 9-14: body wise retreat
jul 1-14: CSU Summer Arts: magical realism
jul 15-28: CSU Summer arts: memoir writing
aug 15-sep 15: eastover artist residency
sep 19: ku'ikahi mediation center
oct 2-5: Intl Symposium on poetic inquiry
oct 7: acadia university
oct 8: al whittle theatre
oct 10-16: Berlin Summer arts
oct 17: stuttgart university
oct 19: London bias workshop
oct 21: pengwern books
OCT 30: WOMEN + CHILDREN FIRST
NOV 1-3: BALTIMORE BOOK FESTIVAL
nov 4: bluestockings
nov 12: SF Public Library
nov 14-17: NWSA Conference
nov 22: East Hawaii Cultural Center
dec 3: puna writers workshop
DEC 8: howard zinn book fair
dec 10: Counterpulse
DEC 1: The Hope Desk

Events Archive: 2018

JAN 20: WOMEN'S MARCH AND RALLY
JAN-MAR: CAL STATE SAN MARCOS SOCIAL ADVOCACY
MAR: CAL STATE SUMMER ARTS
mar 8: la bodega gallery
mar 17: loyola marymount university
mar 21: whistle stop bar
mar 28: kentucky wesleyan university
apr 4: chico state university
apr 5: sonoma state university
apr 9: san jose state
apr 10: cal state monterey
apr 11: san fran state
apr 12: cal state east bay
apr 13: the beat museum
apr 14: laurel book store
apr 26: conscious aging panel
apr 27: kalani honua book release
apr 28: basically books
jun 21: university of victoria, ca
jun 22: salt spring public library, CA
jun 26: simon fraser university, ca
jun 27: wax poetic interview
jun 27-29: arts in society conference, CA
jul 2-15, cal state summer arts
jul 11: the world we create
aug 3-5: asdah
aug 7: kona stories
sep 6: south puget sound community college
sep 22-23: corporeal writing
oct 12-13: cal state summer arts
oct 26: The Daddies Release
nov 4: center for sex and culture
nov 8-11: NWSA Conference
nov 9: charis books
nov 23: kukuau studio
nov 24: basically books
nov 25: basically books

Events Archive: 2017

jan-mar: cal state san marcos social advocacy
jan 14: ku'ikahi mediation center
jan 19: ku'ikahi mediation center
jan 24: illinois college
feb 14: UNC at Greensboro
feb 20: bad and nasty
feb 21: san marcos 111 theatre
FEB 27: INDIANA CAMPUS COMPACT SUMMIT
MAR 6: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
MAR 8: LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
MAR: 31: WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER
APR 12: PCA/ACA CONFERENCE
APR 20: NONESUCH THEATRE, UK
APR 26: BEDFORDSHIRE INTL SYSTEMIC SCHOOL, UK
MAY 5: KEELE UNIVERSITY, UK
MAY 6: COUNSELLING CONFERENCE, UK
MAY 14: DICKINSON HOUSE, BE
JUN 2: NONFICTION NOW CONFERENCE, IS
JUN 8: PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTL CONFERENCE, DE
JUN 14: ARTS IN SOCIETY CONFERENCE, FR
JUN 26: YOGA IS FOR EVERY BODY RETREAT
JUL 8: HAWAI'I PRIDE PARADE
JUL 14: WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER
SEP 29: THE NAKED DIETICIAN
OCT 7: KALANI HONUA
OCT 10: HAWAII YOGA FESTIVAL
OCT 14: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII - MANOA
OCT 18: VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
OCT 19: FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE
OCT 27: MIAMI UNIVERSITY
OCT 28: CSU SAN MARCOS
NOV 2: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
NOV 19: SUNDAY ASSEMBLY
nov 29: ​MENIFEE COLLEGE
NOV 30: SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DEC 18: YOGA IS FOR EVERY BODY RETREAT

Events Archive: 2016

jan 16: ku'ikahi mediation center
jan 23-26: presbyterian college
jan-mar: cal state san marcos social advocacy
feb 22-23: dickinson college
mar 10: san diego city college
mar 19: loyola marymount university
mar 21: middlesex community college
mar 30-apr 2: AWPC
mar-apr: cal state summer arts
apr 15: miramar college
apr 18: san diego art institute
apr 22-24: seattle erotic arts festival
may 22-28: creative connections retreat
jun 11: kalani honua things i learned
jun 19-24: yoga is for every body retreat
jun 25: ku'ikahi mediation center
jun 28-jul 3: san diego fringe festival
jul 1: massey university
jul 11-24: cal state summer arts
jul 10: sunday assembly
jul 21: world theatre
aug 10: WTPC
aug 11-14: theatre for higher education conference
sep 23-25: fat activism conference
oct 11-16: Hawaii yoga festival
oct 26: wellesley college
nov 2: whistlestop bar
nov 5: san diego art institute
oct-dec: cal state san marcos sociology
nov 10-13: nwsac
dec 12-17: yoga is for every body retreat

Events Archive: 2015

jan 9: hawaii realtors association
jan-mar: cal state san marcos social advocacy
feb 9: cal state summer arts
feb 10: cal state los angeles
feb 18: arts and lectures series
mar 18: westminster college
mar 31: bridgewater state university
apr 7-8: cal state summer arts
apr 12-20: writing retreat
apr 30: la sue barcelona, ES
may 8-10: blaney spa and yoga center, IE
may 11: spoken word, IE
jul 6: monterey bay world theatre
jul 13-15: cal state summer arts
aug 15: ku'ikahi mediation center
jun 8-13: yoga is for every body retreat
jun 20: healing the world
jun 29-jul 12: cal state summer arts
OCT 8-10: INTL SYMPOSIUM ON POETIC INQUIRY
OCT 13: THE NARRATORS, TIGER TIGER
OCT 15: WEST VALLEY COLLEGE
OCT 16-17: CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY
OCT-NOV: DICKINSON HOUSE, BE
NOV 12-15: NWSA
NOV 19-22: NCAC
DEC 4: WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER
DEC 14-19: YOGA IS FOR EVERY BODY RETREAT
"The balance between objectivity and intimate analysis certainly gives Dark an edge and has made her a force to be reckoned with on every level..."
— Evening Echo (Cork, Ireland)

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​— The Scribe (Colorado Springs, CO)
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