Events
Catch Soma reading/speaking alongside other badazz authors.
(It’s nice to be read to like a baby at bedtime…)
(It’s nice to be read to like a baby at bedtime…)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP): March 8 – April 8, 2023
The Chronic: Medicine and the Body in Writing (multigenre reading)
Seattle Convention Center, formerly “Washington State Convention Center”
705 Pike St
Seattle, WA 98101
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP): March 9, 2023, 12:10pm PST
Textploitation: Topical Issues in Fiction (panel presentation)
Rooms 445-446, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4
705 Pike St
Seattle, WA 98101
Subnivean Awards: April 13, 2022, 7pm EST
U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel “Lemony Snicket” Handler and Subnivean celebrate the 2022 Subnivean Awards finalists (Moni Brar, Lauren Holguin, Artemisio Romero y Carver, Alicia Rebecca Myers, Avtar Singh, Zach Swiss and Melissa Brown) during National Poetry Week.
Register here. $0 to attend.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP): March 25, 2022, 12:10pm EST
Total Strangers: Undergrads, Authors, Editors on Amplifying International Voices
120C, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
1101 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
FUSE Colloquium: November 12, 2021, 11:30am PST / 2:30pm EST
Publishing Pros Q&A (panel discussion with fellow author Daniel O’Malley and publishing industry pros)
Zoom: https://bgsu-edu.zoom.us/j/83428782405?pwd=YVhNKzJ2NEU2NWZGaFpzeDBBZDRHQT09
Meeting ID: 834 2878 2405
Passcode: 607630
FUSE Colloquium: November 12, 2021, 8am PST / 11am EST
Running a Globally-Read Publication from the Ether (panel discussion with students)
Zoom: https://bgsu-edu.zoom.us/j/89946733326?pwd=NmtZRldoYWNBbHNuVlRYTXdEME0wQT09
Meeting ID: 899 4673 3326
Passcode: 437911
The Unchaste Variety Show: May 29, 2021, 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/unchaste-may2021
The Racket + Foglifter Present: The Queer Here & Now: March 11, 2021, 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85816789418
Doors open at 7pm/10pm. Show starts at 7:15pm/10:15pm.
The Greatest Indoor Reading Series: October 23, 2020, 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Zoom venue: 728 9321 2031
Kore Press Institute’s Notes From the Motherfield LIVE: October 9, 2020, 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Click here for the Facebook event page
Get Lit: June 16, 2020, 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Meeting ID: 847 7504 6781
To Boldly Go: Unconventional Publishing Opportunities from Radio and Beyond, 2020 AWP Conference: March 5, 2020, 1:45pm
Room 214D, Henry B. González Convention Center
900 E Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Two Tats and a Lie, PEN America’s Lit Crawl Brooklyn: October 12, 2019, 8pm
279 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY, 11231
Why There Are Words NYC: September 8, 2019, 6pm
Bowery Poetry
308 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
She-Radical Panel, AWP Conference & Bookfair: March 29, 2019, 9am
A105, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR 97232
Nomadic Press Author Book Signing, AWP Conference & Bookfair: March 28, 1pm
Nomadic Press Table T14106, Bookfair
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR 97232
COG Poetry/Animation Panel, AWP Conference & Bookfair: March 28, 2019, 10:30am
E146, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR 97232
Dig a Reading: CutBank Chapbook Release Party: March 27, 8pm
Why There Are Words: March 14, 2019, 7pm
333 Caledonia St
Sausalito, CA 94965
COG (Soma’s students) – Get Gory, Litcrawl: October 20, 2018, 8pm
Dovre Club
1498 Valencia Street
San Francisco CA 94110
As-Am Authors Spill the Tea! Litcrawl: October 20, 2018, 6:30pm
San Francisco Public Library, Mission Branch
300 Bartlett Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Get Lit #36: May 15, 2018, 7:00pm
3096 East 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94601
Zyzzyva Literary Showcase: May 12, 2018, 7pm
Petaluma Arts Center
230 Lakeville Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
AWP Tampa – Queer Sweet Home: Foglifter Press Writers Redefining Home: March 9, 2018, 6pm
Bradley’s on 7th
1510 East 7th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
AWP Tampa – Taking it International Panel: March 9, 2018, 4:30pm
Room 1, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
700 South Florida Avenue
Tampa, FL 33602
Oakland First Fridays – Nomadic Authors Reading, Signing: Friday, March 2, 2018, 7pm
2301 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Cleave: Bay Area Women Writers: February 9, 2018, 7pm
The Octopus Literary Salon
2101 Webster Street at 22nd St.
Oakland, CA 64612
Uptown Fridays – Nomadic Authors Reading, Signing: Friday, December 1, 2017, 7pm
2301 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Uptown Fridays – Nomadic Authors Reading, Meet & Greet: Friday, November 3, 2017, 7pm
2301 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Afro Comic Con: Saturday, October 21, 2017, 3pm
Ex’Pression College for Digital Arts
6601 Shellmound Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Litquake – Library Laureates Go Beast-mode: Saturday, October 14, 2017, 8pm
San Francisco Public Library, Mission Branch
300 Bartlett Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Oakland First Fridays: Friday, October 6, 2017, 6:30pm
25th and Telegraph Outdoor Stage
Oakland, CA 94612
Meeting Places, Luoghi d’incontro Panel: Saturday, September 9, 2017, 2pm
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Eclectica Magazine – Celebrating 20 Years: Sunday, June 11, 2017, 2pm
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
653 Chenery St
San Francisco, CA 94131
LitFest Pasadena – Refugee America Panel: Saturday, May 20, 2017, 3:30pm
Vroman’s Bookstore – Upstairs
695 E. Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91101
2017 Library Laureates Gala: Friday, April 7, 2017, 7pm
San Francisco Public Library – Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hazel Reading Series: Thursday, March 2, 2017, 7pm
Mission Cultural Center
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Nomadic Press (Uptown) Grand Opening: Friday, February 3, 2017, 7pm
2301 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Litquake: Oakness Monsters Invade: Saturday, October 15, 2016, 6pm
540 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
COG @ Litquake: Saturday, October 15, 2016, 6pm
3121 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Literary Speakeasy: Thursday, July 28, 2016, 7pm
Martuni’s
4 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94103
Passages on the Lake: Wednesday, June 8, 2016, doors open 6:45pm
1800 Madison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Sundays @ SAFEhouse: Sunday, May 29, 2016, 6pm
Nomadic Press at Pegasus: Thursday, May 26, 2016, 7pm
Pegasus Bookstore
2349 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Oakland Book Festival: Sunday, May 22, 2016, 1pm
Outdoor Amphitheater
1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Write This Minute Festival: April 23, 2016, 7:50pm
We are All of Our Identities All of the Time: Women of Color on Punk, Parenting, and the Beautiful Struggle for Social Justice in the Face of White Anxiety (panel): April 21, 2016, 10:30am
2016 Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair
520 3rd Street #109, Oakland, CA 94607
ZYZZYVA Spring/Summer Issue Celebration: April 21, 2016, 6pm
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA
Readings with Jee Leong Koh and Soma Mei Sheng Frazier: March 26, 2016, 7pm
Nomadic Press Spring 2016 Chapbook Collection Release: March 19, 2016, 4pm
3234 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
Through the Concrete: February 26, 2016, 6pm
3098 East 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94601 (Right off Fruitvale BART)
KPFA 94.1 FM / Online: November 2, 2015, 3:30pm
KPFA – 94.1 FM Radio (when show airs)
A Rude Awakening (archived after November 2)
LitQuake Original Shorts: Love/Hate: October 15, 2015, 7:00pm
3225 22nd. Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Get Lit: August 8, 2015, 7:00pm
Ale Industries: Jingletown Jazz Room
3096 East 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94601 (Right off Fruitvale BART)
Writers With Drinks: August 8, 2015, 7:30pm
3225 22nd. Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
InsideStoryTime: April 21, 2015, 7:00pm
La Movida Wine Bar & Community Kitchen
3066 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Voz Sin Tinta: January 8, 2015, 6:30pm
Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Enizagam Volume 8 Launch: December 17, 2014, 6:00pm
Creative Growth Art Center
355 24th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
ZYZZYVA at Lit Crawl: October 18, 2014, 6:00pm
Casanova
527 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
The Stories She Carries: A Book-It Happy Hour with AWP Writers: February 27, 2014, 6pm
The Center Theatre Lobby
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Book-It Repertory Theatre has adapted a story from Collateral Damage: A Triptych for the stage. Stay tuned for video…
Best of Kore Press 2012 Reading: February 26, 2014, 5:30pm
Black Coffee Shop
501 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
RADAR Reading Series: February 13, 2014, 6pm
San Francisco Public Library
Main Library – 100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Collateral Damage: A Triptych Book Bash: November 21, 2013, 7:30pm
Pegasus Books
2349 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Hazel Reading Series: November 17, 2013, 5pm
1564 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Bellies and Buffalos Book Launch: November 14, 2013, 7:30pm
Pegasus Books
2349 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Contact Soma to request a reading at your event:
somafrazier 
Happy Birthday, Soma!!
Fondly, Carol Pizzo