Readings
Readings that have already taken place:
"Vanished Lands: Memory and Postmemory in North American Lithuanian Diaspora Literature" lecture and book launch at the Embassy of Lithuania, 2 Bessborough Gardens, London, co-hosted with Peter Lang Publishers. March 6 - 8, 2024.
"Exploring Cultural Memory and Collective Trauma through Literature" at the Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, March 25, 2024.
“The Past is Present: Anna Frajilich-Zajac (Poland), Lore Segal (Austria), Laima Vincė Sruoginis (Lithuania), Katerina Tučkova (Czechia), and Kirmen Uribe (Spain-Basque Country).” Panel moderated by Sabir Sultan, Associate Director, World Voices Festival and Literary Programs at PEN America. European Literature Night 2023. Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, New York. November 2, 2023, 6-10 pm.
“Poets of Queens at QED: Jared Harel, Paolo Javier, Erika Meitner, Laima Vince.” QED, Astoria, Queens, New York, October 25, 2023.
“An Evening of Ukrainian and Lithuanian Poetry about Freedom in English Translation with Hanna Leliv and Olena Jennings.” Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunk, Maine, July 29, 2023.
“The Love Letters of two Resistance Fighters: Juozas Lukša-Daumantas and Nijolė Bražėnaitė.” Mažvydas National Library, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 3, 2023.
Moderator, Conversation with Rita Gabis on A Guest at the Shooters’ Banquet. Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, August 20, 2022.
“Reading: The Quarantine Diary,” Liudvikas Rėza Cultural Center, Juodkrantė, September 6, 2022.
“Reading: Those Unforgettable Years,” Jonušas House Museum, Nida, Lithuania, August 24, 2022.
“Presentation of Those Unforgettable Years,” Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 2022.
“Discussion of the Quarantine Diary with Donatas Puslys,” Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 2022
Lithuanian Embassy to the United States, Washington, DC: “The Poetry and Fate of
Matilda Olkinaitė: A Diary of Jewish Culture in Lithuania,” Zoom Seminar: July 10,
2020
Rokiškis Manor Museum, Rokiškis, Lithuania, July 12, 2020
Eduardas Jonušas Museum, Nida, Lithuania, July 8, 2020
Joniškis Regional Jonas Avyžius Public Library, Joniškis, Lithuania, June 17, 2020
Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, February, 2020
The Lithuanian-American Alliance, New York, New York, January 2020
The Consulate General of Lithuania in New York, December, 2019
Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, February, 2019
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016
Maine Writers Series, South Freeport Church, Freeport, Maine, 2016
Manchester Literature Festival, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2011 10
Lancaster Literature Festival, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2011
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Dublin, Ireland, 2011
Gothenburg Book Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011
London City Poets, London, England, 2011
Druskininkai Autumn Poetry Festival, Druskininkai, Lithuania, 2010, 2009, 2008,
2007
Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2010, 2009, 2008
Lithuanian Liberals Conference, Kedainiai, 2010
Lithuanian Translator’s Conference, Tomas Mann House, Nida, Lithuania, 2008, 2004,
2003
Ledbury Poetry Festival, Ledbury, England, 2008
Mažeikiai Library Reading Series, Mazeikiai, Lithuania, 2007
SLOWWWO, Russian Poetry Festival, Kaliningrad, Russia, 2007
Vermont College, Winter MFA Residency Program, Vermont, 2006
Lithuanian Liberals’ Conference, Lemont, Illinois, 2004
Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, New York, 2004
New York Public Library, New York, New York, 2004
Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002
American Literary Translators Conference, New Mexico, 1993
