Upcoming Events
Sep 2025
Pride Poetry Reading
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at Arts Club of Washington
Kim hosts a reading by the five 2025 Pride Poets in Residence at the Arts Club of Washington: Adrian Gaston Garcia, aka AGG; Natalie E. Illum; Dwayne Lawson-Brown; Saundra Rose Maley; and Chris Nealon. After the reading, the 2026 cohort of Pride Poets will be announced. Followed by a book signing and reception. Free admission; advance registration.
Brown Bag Discussion: Why Collaborate?
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm on Monday, September 15, 2025 at
Michael Gushue and Kim read from Q&A for the End of the World, and discuss their process of working together. Both have collaborated with other artists previously, and they will compare this project to others, explain what they learned, and make recommendations for how to set up your own successful collaborations. Virtual; Free admission. Information at Brown Bag Lit.
Arts Club of Washington
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at Arts Club of Washington
Kim and Michael Gushue read from Q&A for the End of the World, in a split bill with Henry Crawford, reading from Screens. Hosted by Doritt Carroll. Free admission, pre-register.
Oct 2025
Cafe Muse
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm on Monday, October 6, 2025 at The Writer’s Center
Kim and Michael Gushue read from their collaborative collection of poems, Q&A for the End of the World. Other readers: Bonnie Naradzay, and Michele Wolf. Hybrid program takes place in person and simultaneously online via Zoom. Free admission; register online.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival
All Day on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at Montgomery College
The 29th annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival includes panels, workshops, a reading by special honoree Percival Everett, and a keynote address with Maureen Corrigan. At 10:15, Kim will present a generative writing workshop, “Writing Short,” looking closely at flash fiction and prose poems, and discussing the charm and challenge of brevity. How do these “short shorts” stop time, center on a single incident or character, and infer a rich backstory? How do we imply deep emotion as we distill the essentials of a story into a single paragraph? We will read some examples, talk about strategy, and then do some short writing of our own. See website for full information and registration.
Nov 2025
The Inner Loop
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm on Monday, November 10, 2025 at Shaw’s Tavern
Kim participates in a big group reading from the anthology America’s Future: Poetry & Prose in Response to Tomorrow, published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House. Free admission; register online.
Feb 2026
Writers Reading Series at Anne Arundel CC
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at Anne Arundel Community College
Kim reads poems, followed by Q&A. Hosted by Dr. Garrett Brown. Free admission.
Poets in the Conversation Room
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at St. John’s College Conversation Room
Kim and Michael Gushue read from Q&A for the End of the World. Followed by Q&A with the authors. Hosted by Grace Cavalieri. Free admission.
Booking Kim for Your Event
Kim is available to hire for presentations, readings, and walking tours. She recently read nature poems and led a discussion at the Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center; and led a “Harlem Renaissance in DC” walking tour of U Street for students from George Washington University. If you’d like to book her for your school, book club, alumni association, non-profit organization or other group, please drop her a note (see contact page on this web site).
Q&A for the End of the World