Events


2022

June 24: I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe anthology reading at the BGSQD (New York, NY)

March 1: I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Poetry Society of New Hampshire reading series (Zoom reading)

2021

November 10: An evening celebrating the poets of Limp Wrist‘s Villanelle Issue, Wild & Precious Life Series (Zoom reading)

2018

October 23: Bondhus, Hittinger, Mills: Poetry Reading, KGB Bar (New York, NY)

2017

September 20: Ditmas Lit monthly reading series, Hinterlands Bar (Brooklyn, NY)

July 19: Text/Form Reading, The Center for Book Arts (New York, NY)

2016

August 20: An Evening with Sibling Rivalry Press: Fundraiser and Readings at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division (New York, NY)

April 30: Outlaw Poets: Sibling Rivalry Press Reading, Mass Poetry Festival (Salem, MA)

February 13: Welcome to Boog City 9.5: Poetry, Music and Theater Festival, Unnameable Books (Brooklyn, NY)

2015

December 14: Launch Party for the anthology Rabbit Ears: TV Poems, Bowery Poetry (New York, NY)

July 25: Sibling Rivalry Press Reading at the New York Poetry Festival, Governors Island (New York, NY)

May 31: Five for Philly @ Giovanni’s Room (Philadelphia, PA)

February 5: “The Poetry Lab with Calderwood, Hittinger, Mills” (Long Beach, CA)

February 4: The Ugly Mug with Calderwood, Hittinger, Mills (Orange, CA)

February 3: “Stories Books & Cafe: Hittinger, Mills, Calderwood” (Los Angeles, CA)

February 2: “Neon Venus: Poets in Hollywood” at Neon Venus (Los Angeles, CA)

February 1: “Three-Way Book Party: Calderwood, Hittinger, Mills at Magnet (San Francisco, CA)

January 31: “Three Under 40: Calderwood, Hittinger, Mills at the San Francisco Public Library Hormel Room” (San Francisco, CA)

2014

December 6: The Queer South: LGBTQ Writers on the American South – A Contributors Reading, The Bureau of General Services Queer Division (New York, NY)

October 30: Reading at KGB Bar with Brent Calderwood and Stephen S. Mills (New York, NY)

October 25: Reading at Calamus Books with Brent Calderwood and Stephen S. Mills (Boston, MA)

October 19: Reading at Berl’s Poetry Shop with Brent Calderwood, Joanna Hoffman and Stephen S. Mills (Brooklyn, NY)

October 18: Reading at the Bureau of General Services Queer Division with Brent Calderwood and Stephen S. Mills (New York, NY)

September 27: “Three Astoria Poets: Guillermo Filice Castro, Matthew Hittinger, Ocean Vuong, hosted by Queens Poet Laureate Paolo Javier” at Astoria Book Shop (Astoria, NY)

September 20: Joint Book Launch with Stephen Mills at Suite Bar & Lounge (New York, NY)

September 5: “Across Genres, All Genres: A Night of Queer Writing” with Melissa Febos, Joseph O. Legaspi, and Shelly Oria at the BGSQD (New York, NY)

April 1: “The Art of Collaboration,” presentation at the UpstART Festival, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

March 29: LGBTQ Poets Reading, Rainbow Book Fair (New York, NY)

March 13-14: Reading and Lecture on Poetry and the Visual Arts, Sigma Tau Delta Alumni Reading Series, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

2013

July 30: Sibling Rivalry Press Reading at the Bryant Park “Word for Word” Reading Room Series (New York, NY)

May 20: Reading with Rae Gouirand at KGB Bar, (New York, NY)

April 8: Visit and reading at Indian Springs School (Birmingham, AL)

January 30: Reading with Stephen S. Mills and Robert Siek at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division (New York, NY)

2012

December 22: Reading & Interview on the Joe Milford Poetry Show (Internet Radio)

October 14: Reading & Reception for Skin Shift, Mercantile Home (Easton, PA)

September 27: Reading, Ocean Vuong’s private salon (Astoria, NY)

July 22: Showcase Reading: Celebrating the Collected Writings of Joe Brainard. NYC Poetry Festival, Governor’s Island (New York, NY)

June 1: Book launch reading for Skin Shift, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music (New York, NY)

May 15: A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry contributors’ reading at the Cornelia Street Cafe (New York, NY)

March 31: Villanelles Anthology NYC Launch contributors’ reading at the Bowery Poetry Club (New York, NY)

March 23: “Assaracus: A Celebration of Gay Poetry” reading at CLAGS: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (New York, NY)

March 17: Featured Reading, Muhlenberg College English Department Alumni Conference (Allentown, PA)

March 2: “A Celebration of the Villanelle: Offsite Reading at AWP” contributors’ reading for the Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series’ anthology Villanelles (Chicago, IL)

March 1: “From Poem to Art Song: A Reading” Panel at AWP (Chicago, IL)

2011

May 12:“Theopoetics and Poets” reading and symposium conversation with Scott Holland to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ARC, The Society for the Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture (New York, NY)

May 2: Phi Beta Kappa speaker, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

April 23: Reading and collaborative musical performance with John Glover at NYsoundCircuit 2.3, The Brecht Forum (New York, NY)

April 5: The White Swallow Presents Lambda Literary Poetry Spotlight, Cornelia Street Cafe, (New York, NY)

2010

August 9: Poetry Reading, The White Swallow Reading Series, Cornelia Street Cafe (New York, NY)

June 22: Center Voices Presents Working Authors, Poetry Reading at the LGBT Center (New York, NY)

May 4: Poetry Reading, Annual Chapbook Festival, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, NY)

January 23: Poetry Reading, Spire Press Authors at KGB Bar (New York, NY)

2009

September 10: Poetry Reading, the inSPIREd Launch Party at Nightingale Lounge (New York, NY)

August 1: Poetry Reading & Interview on the Joe Milford Poetry Show (Internet Radio)

June 3: Poetry Reading with Patricia Smith, the Center Broadsides Reading Series at the Center for Book Arts (New York, NY)

2008

November 19: Poetry Reading at Shaman Drum Bookstore (Ann Arbor, MI)

April 26: Poetry Reading at the Moravian Book Shop (Bethlehem, PA)

February 9: Poetry Reading in The Ear Inn Reading Series (New York, NY)

2006

March 9: “The Transformative Power of Hybrid Forms,” paper delivered as part of the panel “Cultivating the New: Poetic Innovation, Formal Play in Modern & Contemporary Poetry” at AWP (Austin, TX)

2005

May 2: Visiting Writer-in-Residence Reading, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

2004

April 2: The Mark Webster Reading Series, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

2002

November 8: The J. Edgar Edwards Reading Series, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

2000

March 29: “Painting in the Poetry of Derek Walcott: The Example of Gauguin.” Senior Honors Thesis Lecture, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

1999

October 29-31: “Learning How to Play: The Arts in the One-on-One Tutorial” and “Where is the Text in a Peer Tutorial?” workshops at The Sixteenth Annual National Conference in Peer Tutoring in Writing: “Unmasking Writing: A Collaborative Process” at Penn State University (State College, PA)