My Calendar of Readings If We Still Lived Where I Was Born
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Fri. Jan. 30, 2026, 7 pm. Book Launch! Casa Belvedere, Staten Isl., NY casa-belvedere.org/product/01-30-book-launch-and-reading
Thurs. Feb 19, 7 pm. Poetry Pairs: Long Island Poetry & Literature Repository, Bohemia, NY. Co-featuring w/Tony Iovino. www.longislandpoetryandliteraturerepository.com
Mon. Feb. 23, 6:30 pm. Phoenix Poetry Series, Shades of Green Pub, New York, NY.  Co-featuring with Linda Kleinbub. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076398760395
Thurs. afternoon March 5: Associated Writing Press (AWP)  Baltimore Convention Center, MD
Visit me at Bordighera Press and Apprentice House Press tables! 
Thurs. March 5: 5-8 pm. Off-site AWP event at Charm City Books Baltimore, MD hosted by Italian American Writers Association. www.charmcitybooks.com
Wed., March 25, 6:30 pm. Big Red Books, Nyack, NY www.bigredbooks.net/events/3930820260325
Sat, April 25,  2 pm. Garibaldi Meucci Museum, Staten Isl., NY www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.com/event-info/if-we-still-lived-where-i-was-born-an-afternoon-with-maria-giura
Thurs. May 14, 6 pm. Co-featuring. Italian American Writers Association @ Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, NY iawa.net  

Past Readings: 

2021- present         casa-belvedere.org/cultural-programs/     

​March 26, 2025           A Novel Idea Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA 

October 25, 2024       Storytelling on Orchard Street Pod/Videocast, Manhattan 

October 19                   Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton ​

February 13, 2023      Phoenix Reading Series, Manhattan

December 7                 University of Calabria 

July 12                           Bryant Park Reading Room Poetry Series, Manhattan

March 25                    A Novel Idea Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

February 22               Casa Belvedere: In Person and Virtual 

February 5, 2022       Poetry Center, Paterson, NJ: Virtual Reading for Allen Ginsberg Contest Winners 

September 29, 2021  Guerilla Reading Series Dixon Place with authors Patricia Park and John Domini

September 18              Tiferet Literary Journal Contributors' Reading 

June 19                         Celebrating Calabria Book Contributors' Reading  

June 4                          Most Holy Redeemer Church: New York, NY 

May 5                           Apprentice House Press Authors Interviewing Authors with author Mike Fiorito   ​

February 25                California State University, Channel Islands Campus, Camarillo, CA

September 26, 2020   I Am Books, Italian American Writer's Association, Boston

August 18                      Inner Loop Reader's Series, Washington DC

November 7, 2019      The Scarsdale Salon at Bronx River Books

November 2               IDEA Boston, MA with Olive Kate Cerrone, Julia Lisella

October 1                   Casa Belvedere, Staten Island, NY with Kathy Curto 

June 29                       Italian American Writer's Association, Mulberry St., Manhattan with Maria Terrone

June 25                       Bierwax, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn with Kathy Curto

June 20                       2nd Annual Book Signing Event to Benefit Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, Manhattan with                                                              Falguni Kothari and Other Authors 

June 18                      Carriage House Poetry Series, Fanwood, NJ with  Penny Harter

April 10                      Live Literature at Montclair State University, NJ with Kathy Curto 

April 5                       St. Savior's High School, Park Slope, Brookyn 

March 7                    Montclair Public Library, NJ with Mark Hillringhouse

March 3                    Keynote Speaker: Italian American Women of Staten Island Women in History Luncheon

Nov. 10, 2018            Italian American Writer's Association 

October 20              ANT Bookstore, Clifton N, J. with Edwin Romond

October 11               Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

September 22         Garibaldi Meucci Musuem, Staten Island

August  7                  Order Sons & Daughters of Italy, Staten Island 

August 3                   The Goretti Group, National, Staten Island

April 20                     The Calandra Institute, Manhattan

October 14, 2017        Nassau County College Garden City, NY