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EXHIBITIONS

2021 – But_Also, “Posters,” Washington, D.C. Curated by Nancy Daly and Rex Delafkaran

2019-20 – STABLE, “Dialogues,” Washington, DC. Curated by Jordan Amirkhani

2016 – D.C. Arts Center Nano Gallery, “Facebook Photos by Poets,” Washington, D.C. Curated by Phyllis Rosenzweig

2015 – Washington Printmakers Gallery, “Deceptively Obvious” Washington, D.C.

2015 – Open Studio D.C., “Deceptively Obvious” Washington, D.C.

2010 – Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) “Unnatural Acts” Los Angeles, CA. USA

2009 – Maison des Cultures “Infusoria: Women’s Visual Poetry” Brussels, Belgium

2009 – Het Zilverhof “Infusoria: Women’s Visual Poetry ” Ghent, Belgium

 

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

Oct 2011 – “Bad Princess Poetry Walk” (by Kate Durbin), West Hollywood Book Fair, Hollywood, C.A.

Apr 2010 – “White Girl.” Post Moot II Literary Festival, University Miami of Ohio

Feb 2010 – “Mum,” Department of Theater and Dance, University of California, San Diego

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

2021 – Semiotic Squares. Washington, D.C., Primary Writing

2018 – from Feed. New York, NY, Belladonna* And/With

2017 – The Rest Is Censored. New York, NY, Bloof Books

2013 – My Little Neoliberal Pony. Los Angeles, CA, Insert Press 

2012 – Large Waves to Large Obstacles. Switzerland, Dusie Kollektiv

2011 – And so for you there is no heartbreak. Switzerland,  Dusie Kollektiv

2009 – Terminal Humming. Washington, D.C., Edge Books

Selected journals, magazines & anthologies

2017 – Flarf: An Anthology of Flarf. Washington, DC, Edge Books (edited by Drew Gardner, Nada Gordon, Sharon Mesmer, K. Silem Mohammad, and Gary Sullivan).

2017 – “From The Rest Is Censored.” Omniverse. September 18, 2017

2016 – “From Feed.” Eleven Eleven, No. 21

2015 – “Conversation with Jessica Smith.” The Women in Visual Poetry: The Bechdel Test, Essay Press, (edited by Jessica Smith)

2015 – “The Bus Driver Stops.” Deceptively Obvious: A Collaborative Portfolio with Graduates of the G.W. Corcoran School of Art and Design. (With Elizabeth Black).

2015 – Gina Myers, “I Don’t Know How to Live.” Harriet, Apr 17, 2015

2013 – “From Graph,” Postmodern Culture: Special Issue on Debt, Vol. 21, No. 3, May 2013, DOI: 10.1353/pmc.2013.0048

2013 – “From It’s Baseball Season in America.” Mrs. Maybe

2010 – “From Clanging Symbols.” Eleven Eleven, No. 9

2010 – Emohippus Greeting Card—Fourth Series. Emohippus, Los Angeles, CA

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019 – Rob Mclennan, “Interview,” 12 or 20 Questions 

2018 – Genève Chao, “Permanently Empowered,” Real Chaos Astrology Book Reviews, Vol. 2

2017 – Joseph Thomas, “Be Kind or Stupid,” More Words about Pictures: Current Research on Picturebooks and Visual/Verbal Texts for Young People, ed. Perry Nodelman, Naomi Hamer and Mavis Reimer, p. 203

2013 – Judith Goldman “‘Today I Am Worth’: K. Lorraine Graham’s ‘Graph’” Postmodern Culture: Special Issue on Debt, Vol. 21, No. 3, May 2013, DOI: 10.1353/pmc.2013.0045

2009 – Elisa Gabbert, “The French Exit Interview,” The French Exit

 

SELECTED TALKS & LECTURES

Feb 2020 – “Language,” Dialogues Lecture Series, STABLE, Washington, D.C.

Apr 2019  – “Form as Performance,” New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans, LA

Apr 2018 – “Experiments in Intimacy: The Visual Poetics of Femme Friendship,” Panel Organizer, New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans, L.A.

Apr 2015 – “Practical Advice on Writing,” Panel Organizer, Conversations and Connections, Washington, D.C.

Dec 2015 – “25 Years In Your Ear,” In Your Ear, D.C. Arts Center, Washington, D.C.

Oct 2013 – “Operatic Suffering (On Dodie Bellamy)” St. Bonaventure Visiting Poets Series, Allegany, N.Y.

Mar 2012 – “Building & Surviving an Innovative MFA Program.” Panel Organizer, Annual Conference of the Association for Writers & Writing Programs, Chicago, IL

Oct 2011 – “San Diego’s Social Literary Geography.” Panel Organizer, &NOW, UCSD, San Diego, C.A.

 

SELECTED READINGS

May 2021  –  Bloof Books Reading, 215 Festival, Philadelphia, PA

Feb 2020 – “Language,” Dialogues Lecture Series, STABLE, Washington, D.C.

Apr 2018 – “Coven Reading,” New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans, L.A.

Mar 2018 – Poetry Postcard Project 2nd Annual Reading, E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, Oakland, C.A.

Nov 2017 – 1111 Reading, Trusty’s D.C., Washington, D.C.

Apr 2017 – Carole Pierce Memorial Poetry & Performance Series, Baltimore Poetry Library, Baltimore, M.D.

Feb 2017 – Ursula Major: A Feminist AWP Off-site Reading, Big Bear Cafe, Washington, D.C.

Feb 2017 – Art in Spite: 3 new books—Wallschlaeger, Pafunda, Graham + Bloof at AWP in D.C., D.C. Arts Center, Washington, D.C.

Jun 2016 – In Your Ear, D.C. Arts Center, Washington, D.C.

Apr 2016 – Random Name, Dahlak Paradise, Philadelphia, P.A.

Oct 2015 – Coven Press, LLC, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sep 2015 – Friday Night at Philalalia: Black Radish, Propolis + Bloof, Snockey’s Oyster & Crab House, Philadelphia, P.A.

May 2015 – Deceptively Obvious, Open Studio D.C., Washington, D.C.

Mar 2015 – Bridge Street Books Reading Series, Bridge Street Books, Washington, D.C.

Dec 2014 – In Your Ear, D.C. Arts Center, Washington, D.C.

Oct 2014 – Poets’ Tent, Courthouse Arts & Craft Beer Festival, Arlington, V.A.

Sep 2014 – Bloof + Coconut at Philalalia: Friday night at Snockey’s, Snockey’s Oyster & Crab House, Philadelphia, P.A.

Oct 2013 – St. Bonaventure Visiting Poets Series, Allegany, N.Y.

 

TEACHING 

2013-14 – Lecturer, Department of Literature, University of California, San Diego

2012 – Lecturer, Culture Art & Technology, University of California, San Diego

2006 – Adjunct Faculty, Literature and Writing Department, California State University, San Marcos

2004-05 – Adjunct Faculty, Writing Department, The Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

 

CURATORIAL 

2012-13 – Associate Director of Art & Technology, Culture, Art & Technology Program, Sixth College, University of California, San Diego

2010-13 – Program Coordinator and Literary Arts Curator, San Diego Museum of Art

2009-10 – New Writing Series Coordinator, University of California, San Diego

2008-13 – Director of Literary Arts, Agitprop Art Space, San Diego

 

EDUCATION

2012 – MFA University of California, San Diego

2004 – MA Georgetown University

2000 – BA The George Washington University