April 19, Friday, 7-8:30, at the Write! Look! Listen! Series with Yu-Han Chao at The Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W.Main St. Merced.

April 20-21, Saturday & Sunday at the Hmong National Development Conference with Soul Vang, San Jose.

April 22, Monday, Fresno State, Reading with professor emeritus Dr. Kou Yang.

April 26, Friday, 3-4:30, at the Sierra Poetry Festival, Sierra Nevada Winery, Nevada City.

May 2, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., at Merced College Library in the Wendell Olson Forum.

May 16, Thursday, 8:00 p.m., at the Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, with Gary Snyder & Sandra McPherson.