Kimberly's Engagements
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Upcoming 2023 EventsJanuary 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...
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.)
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...
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...
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...
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