© akaiser

co-labs

— 2023 —

Song
Poem, Astronaut, or Blues Singer (glint), has been transformed into song thanks to a co-lab with performer, Mel.lif.lu.ous.
Look for it as part of the album, “Spákonufell”, with the song dropping fall 2023.
https://mel-lif-lu-ous.com

Residencies
Millay Arts (NY), https://www.millayarts.org
NES Artist Residency (Iceland), https://neslist.is
Write On, Door County (WI), https://writeondoorcounty.org
Cité Internationale des Arts (France), https://www.citedesartsparis.net / https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/

— 2022 —

Reading
Pen + Brush: World Poetry Day and Women’s History Month
http://www.penandbrush.org

Reading
ALTA (American Literary Translators Association): Multi-lingual reading w Anna Gual + Others
https://literarytranslators.org

— 2021 —

RAISING OUR VOICES series, sharing for activism for social justice and equality
Featured Reader, along with poets Michelle Stoner and Tuhin Das and Maikhoi Donguyen, two City of Asylum writers-in-residence, in partnership with Carlow University’s MFA Program
https://cityofasylum.org
https://cityofasylum.org/artist/tuhin-das/
https://the88project.org/profile/330/do-nguyen-mai-khoi/
https://www.carlow.edu/academic-programs/english-communication-degrees/mfa-creative-writing-fiction/

Detroit Writing Room
Reading & Interview
https://www.detroitwritingroom.com
https://www.detroitwritingroom.com/writer-wednesday/2021/6/28/poet-akaiser

ALTA: American Literary Translation Association Conference, Online
Poetry in Translation: Shared my translations of Catalan poet, Anna Gual
https://literarytranslators.org
https://annagual.cat

Open Streets Poetry Reading: Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn
https://prospectheightsplaces.com/vanderbilt-avenue/

BETWEEN US: WHITMAN ON WALLS, Fort Green Park, Brooklyn
Curated by Karin Coonrod & with her Compagnia de’ Colombari
https://www.colombari.org

Elizabeth Street Garden Summer Poetry Series, partnership with McNally Jackson, Nolita, Manhattan
https://www.elizabethstreetgarden.com
https://www.mcnallyjackson.com

Alas Verdes Translation: Work-in-Progress Translation Reading
Translations of Catalan poet Anna Gual’s work
@AlasTranslation
January 20

Milk and Cake Press Inaugural Authors’ Reading
Reading from glint & manuscript, SHED
www.milkandcakepress.com
February 6

Telluride Institute Talking Gourds Reading Series
Featured reader
https://www.tellurideinstitute.org/fischer-cantor/
March 2

2020

Sant Jordi NYC Book Festival
Organized by Mary Ann Newman
With funding through the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S.
http://farragutfund.org/

–As Poet and translated poet: Horse Behavior & some of its translations, with commentary, by Translators Ae Hee Lee, Dean Thomas Ellis, Giorgi Svanidze & Reader of Francesc Parcerias’ translation of the poem: Laura Batllori

–As Translator: my translations of Anna Gual’s poems

–As Curator: including participation by Jaume C. Pons Alorda, Forrest Gander & Claudia Prado

COMPASS concerts series (i-v)
Founded by Louis Yungling, pianist and professor
https://www.yunglingpianostudio.com

–As Poet, Translator & Curator: also including participation by poets Marine Cornuet & Ae Hee Lee

Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), at Firefly Farms, poetry residency

2022, 2018

A Song for Women
A collaboration with Emma Zakine
Originally released 2018, International Women’s Day
Forthcoming 2021 as a single on Deux
Reach out to Emma @ emmazakine.com

— 2019-2016 —

Sweet Action Poetry Collective chapbooks: Sweet Action Sampler, Buried Paths, My Mother Is A Tardigrade, Postcards to Real People I’ve Never Met
https://sweetactionpoetry.com

Residency
Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts
https://www.fairhopecenterforthewritingarts.org
Poetry & Cebrià Montoliu biography research
Poetry reading and library & history museum presentations: Montoliu in Fairhope

— 2018 —

350.org Benefit: sponsored by SAPC with music, dance & readings at Old Stone House. All proceeds to 350.org, “an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.”
https://350.org

2017

Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn: “There is always room for poetry”
Contributor to this SAPC show, curated by Marine Cornuet
http://fivemyles.org

2016

Standing Rock Benefit, Boston: SAPC chapbook: Buried Paths, donated to auction

Walt Whitman Birthplace, Favorite Poem Project. Sea Poppies, by H.D.