Events


2022

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

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

2021

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

2018

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

2017

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

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

2016

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

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

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

2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 5th: “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 1st: “The Art of Collaboration,” presentation at the UpstART Festival, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

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

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

2013

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

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

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

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

2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011

May 12th:“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 2nd: Phi Beta Kappa speaker, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

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

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

2010

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

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

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

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

2009

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

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

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

2008

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

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

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

2006

March 9th: “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 2nd: Visiting Writer-in-Residence Reading, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

2004

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

2002

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

2000

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

1999

October 29th-31st: “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)