March 26-27, 2026 - Cultivating Rurality Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

March 21, 2026 - Trans Appalachian Writers in Conversation Panel with Carter Sickels, Stacy Jane Grover, and Dade Lemanski, Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Huntington, WV

November 5-10, 2025 - Instructor, Out In The Open Writing Retreat, Washington County, ME

October 4, 11, 18, 2025 - Instructor, “Land and Place as Main Characters” - The Makery, Online

July 21-15, 2025 - Faculty, Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, Hindman, KY

July 12, 2025 - Author talk in conversation with Denali Sai Nalamalapu at Second Cafe, Roanoke, VA

July 3-6, 2025 - Socialism Conference, Chicago, IL

May 10, 2025 - “To Belong Here” Book Event with Samantha Rosenthal, Jai Arun Ravine, and Doc McClintock at Ursula’s Cafe, Roanoke, VA

April 29, 2025 - “To Belong Here” Virtual Book Event with hermelinda cortés, Brandon Sun Eagle Jent, Rayna Momen, Jai Arun Ravine, Lucien Darjeun Meadows, Joe Tolbert Jr., and G. Samantha Rosenthal, at Charis Books, Decatur, GA

April 25, 2025 - “To Belong Here” Book Event with Brandon Sun Eagle Jent, Joy Cedar, and D. Stump at Read Spotted Newt, Hazard, KY

April 23, 2025 - Reading and Conversation with Neema Avashia, National Association of Social Workers Conference Keynote, Charleston, WV

March 22, 2055 - Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Cookeville, TN

March 4, 2025 - Class visit and author talk, Radford University, Radford, VA

February 25, 2025 - Class visit and author talk, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

January 12 - February 1, 2025 - Cuyama Water Justice Fellowship, New Cuyama, CA

December 14, 2024 - Author talk in conversation with Sam Green of the WV Trans Coalition, Taylor Books, Charleston, WV

December 7, 2024 - Author talk in conversation with Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., Read Spotted Newt, Hazard, KY

November 23, 2024 - Author talk in conversation with HB Lozito of Out in the Open, 118 Elliot, Brattleboro, VT

November 21, 2024 - Author talk in cnversation with Naomi Gordon-Loebl, Bluestockings Cooperative, NYC

November 14, 2024 - Author talk in conversation with Grace Johnston-Fennell of Out in the Open, Machias Public Library, Machias, ME

October 25, 2024 - West Virginia University class visits and Monkey Wrench Books author talk in conversation with Erin Shelton of Project Rainbow, Morgantown, WV

October 18, 2024 - In Conversation with Suzanne Pharr, Charis Books, Decatur, GA

October 16, 2024 - Author Talk, Violet Valley Books, Water Valley, MS

October 16, 2024 - SouthTalks, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

October 10, 2024 - Author Talk in Conversation with Carter Sickels, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

October 9, 2024 - Country Queers Book Launch with Lewis Raven Wallace, Sharon P. Holland, and live country music from Neon Rainbow, The Pinhook, Durham, NC

October 8, 2024 - Country Queers Publication Day, Virtual Book Launch Event with David Rodriguez, Kijana West, and Neema Avashia, Haymarket Books, Online