Rebel Satori Press

New Orleans Poetry Festival
2024-04-20 - 2024-04-21 | London
Rebel Satori will be at the NOLA Poetry Festival’s Small Press Fair.
The mission of the New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair is to create a space for an inclusive and diverse group of writers to collaborate, share and influence each other while also being immersed in the distinctive literary culture of New Orleans. Our goal every year is to bring in poets and performers from across the globe to share their work and research in topics not only specific to writing but to all aspects of the Humanities, including cultural, political, ecological and historical disciplines relevant to contemporary New Orleans, Louisiana, and the world. We showcase the best writers New Orleans has to offer to our visitors, and to the local community we try to offer the most compelling authors from across the nation and the globe. The Festival is highly participatory with events ranging from workshops where you will be generating writing to open mics where you can share your work, from formal readings and panels to the most informal and collegial interactions and collaborations. For both locals and visitors we invite the active inspiration of four days of poetry immersion and collaboration, hopefully fostering further explorations and creations that continue beyond the time spent here in New Orleans.

Publishing Triangle Awards
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The New School, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Emanuel Xavier MCs the Publishing Triangle Awards ceremony.
Join the Publishing Triangle on Wednesday, April 17 at The New School (63 Fifth Avenue off 13th Street, UC Auditorium) for the 36th annual Publishing Triangle Awards. The ceremony, hosted by poet and activist Emanuel Xavier, will also be livestreamed, and a reception will follow. The awards ceremony and reception are both FREE and open to the public. The event starts at 7pm but arrive early and take pics in front of our new step-and-repeat banner.
This celebration of LGBTQ+ authors and books will feature presenters Carole DeSanti, JP Howard, John Keene, Wo Chan, Reginald Harris, Hugh Ryan, Judy Grahn, Teresa DeCrescenzo, Christopher Bram, Stephen Greco, and Carol Rosenfeld. Michael Nava and Jacqueline Woodson will also present via video.
Winners in nine competitive categories will be announced. Special awards presented will include: Dorothy Allison with The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement; Hilary Zaid with The Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award; Emily Drabinski with The Publishing Triangle Torchbearer Award; and Kris Kleindienst with The Michele Karlsberg Leadership Award.
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Make sure to sign up for The Publishing Triangle Awards on Eventbrite. Tickets for the awards ceremony and reception are FREE but all guests must be registered in order to be able to enter The New School.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/publishing-triangle-36th-annual-awards-ceremony-tickets-875910149837
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For a full list of finalists, reference our announcement post here- https://publishingtriangle.org/2024/03/2024-publishing-triangle-awards-finalists-announced/
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For those unable to attend in person, the event will be livestreamed and can be viewed on Wednesday, April 17 starting at 7pm here:
https://newschool.zoom.us/s/92123970685

Emanuel Xavier at the NY Public Library
2024-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
A book party like no other, unpacking the pleasures and pain of working in the city.
Kicking off NYPL’s World Literature Festival, join poets Camonghne Felix, Dorothea Lasky, Emanuel Xavier, and moderator Helena de Groot for readings and lively discussion about poetry, language, and labor. From day to day labor to the work of writing, this conversation explores the way poetry embodies work, using our multicultural city’s rich labor history as the backdrop. Pioneering home recording artist Linda Smith will close out the event with a special musical performance.
This event will take place in person and online.
This World Literature Festival event is co-presented with Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a multicultural and multi-arts institution supporting rising poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians across New York City.
To join the event in person | Please register for an In-Person Ticket. Doors will open 45 minutes before the program begins. For in-person events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment; we will do our best to accommodate everyone. Booked seats that have not been claimed will be released shortly before start time, and seats may become available then. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.
To join the event online | Please register for an Online Ticket. A livestream of this event will be available on this NYPL event page. To receive an email reminder shortly in advance of the event, please be sure to register! If you encounter any issues, please join us on NYPL’s YouTube channel.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The New York Public Library’s World Literature Festival celebrates books and writers from around the world and reflects the languages spoken in our communities. Discover what our patrons are reading in different languages, resources the Library offers, free events, book recommendations, and more.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Helena de Groot is the host and producer of the Poetry Foundation’s flagship podcast Poetry Off the Shelf. She also created the NYT-featured award-winning audiobook Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver, and is senior producer and sound designer for the Paris Review Podcast, lauded by The New Yorker.
Camonghne Felix received an MA in arts politics from New York University and an MFA from Bard College. Felix is the author Dyscalculia and Build Yourself a Boat, which was long-listed for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. The 2013 winner of the Cora Craig Award for Young Women, Felix has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Poets House.
Emanuel Xavier was born in Brooklyn, New York. His poetry collections include: Pier Queen, Americano, If Jesus Were Gay, Nefarious, Radiance, Selected Poems of Emanuel Xavier, and Love(ly) Child. He is also editor of Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry, Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry.
Dorothea Lasky is the author of seven books of poetry and prose, including The Shining and the forthcoming essay collection, MEMORY.
Home recording pioneer Linda Smith released several collections of delicate, bewitching solo music on cassette in the 80s and 90s, recently reissued by Captured Tracks on vinyl for the first time. ‘Nothing Else Matters,’ originally released in ’95, captures the tension between daily life and creativity. Her album ‘I So Liked Spring’ sets the poetry of Charlotte Mew to music, resulting in unpredictable yet melodic songs — songs that continue to resonate with new listeners nearly 30 years later.

Corvino @ Leather History Archives, Chicago
2024-03-28 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Leather Archives and Museum, 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
Bonds and Boundaries author Dale Corvino will be reading in Chicago at the Leather Archives & Museum.
Details will follow.

Dave Gaddy at Sacred Source Conference
2024-03-28 - 2024-03-31 | The Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
Dave Gaddy, author of The Simple Magic of Wild Things: The Journey of a Southern Male Wytch, will present his class on using ancestral magick to work through trauma at the 2024 Sacred Source Conference in Towson, Maryland.

Dale Corvino in Indianapolis
2024-03-27 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Dream Palace Books, 111 E 16th St STE 101, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Bonds and Boundaries author Dale Corvino will be reading in Indianapolis at Dream Palace Books.
Details will follow.

Alan Lessik in Dublin, Ireland
2024-03-27 18:15 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Earth+Sky Dojo, 1 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Earth+Sky Dojo in Dublin. Meditation included.

Alan Lessik in Galway, Ireland
2024-03-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Galway Zen Doo, 45 Dominic Street, Galway, Ireland
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Galway Zen Dojo. Meditation included.

Alan Lessik in Belfast
2024-03-23 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Black Mounin Zen Centre, 65 Donegall Pass, Belfast, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Black Mountain Zen Centre in Belfast.

Saints+Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
2024-03-22 - 2024-03-24 | Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBTQ+ community. It was also formed to bring the LGBTQ+ literary community together to celebrate the literary arts.
A program of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, SASFest has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBTQ+ publishers, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival, held over 3 days each spring at the Hotel Monteleone in the New Orleans French Quarter, features panel discussions and master classes around literary topics that provide a forum for authors, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBTQ+ literature.
Rebel publisher Sven Davisson and TLOHC co-curator Tom Cardamone will be available for pitch sessions Friday 2:45-5:00. Booking in advance required.
Many Rebel authors will be in attendance participating in readings and panel discussions.
Rebel Satori is again proud to publish the 2024 short fiction and poetry anthologies. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up!

Alan Lessik in Liverpool
2024-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Stonewater Zen, 13 Hope Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading Stonewater Zen in Liverpool. Meditation session included.

Alan Lessik Reading, Birmingham, UK
2024-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The Warehouse, Allison Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Warehouse in Birmingham.

Dale Corvino in Seattle
2024-03-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Third Place Books is pleased to welcome Dale Corvino and for a reading of Bonds and Boundaries, Corvino’s new collection of short stories. This event is free and open to the public.
Update 3/12/24: Cesar Padilla, originally scheduled to join Corvino in discussing his work editing I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear, is no longer able to attend. We’re sorry to miss Padilla’s visit to our store.
For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.

Alan Lessik Reading in Brighton, UK
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The Queery Bookstore, 46 George Street, Brighton, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Queery Bookstore in Brighton.

Alan Lessik Reading in Bristol UK
2024-03-13 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Bristol Zen Doo, 91-93 Gloucester Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the Bristol Zen Dojo.

OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series, March Edition (in person & live-streaming)
2024-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Bureau of General Services Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States
The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Mary Burns, Wo Chan, Stephen Greco, Cheryl Head, Bill Konigsberg, Tim Stobierski, Kathleen Warnock, and Jerry L. Wheeler.
Join us as in-person or watch the live-stream (see below) to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices.

This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.

Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:
youtube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10.
All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.

We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd

Written Work: Poetry, Labor, and the Global City (NY Public Library)
2024-03-13 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
A book party like no other, unpacking the pleasures and pain of working in the city.
Kicking off NYPL’s World Literature Festival, join poets Camonghe Felix, Dorothea Lasky, Emanuel Xavier, and moderator Helena de Groot for readings and lively discussion about poetry, language, and labor. From day to day labor to the work of writing, this conversation explores the way poetry embodies work, using our multicultural city’s rich labor history as the backdrop. Pioneering home recording artist Linda Smith will close out the event with a special musical performance.
This event will take place in person and online.
This World Literature Festival event is co-presented with Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a multicultural and multi-arts institution supporting rising poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians across New York City.
To join the event in person | Please register for an In-Person Ticket. Doors will open 45 minutes before the program begins. For in-person events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment; we will do our best to accommodate everyone. Booked seats that have not been claimed will be released shortly before start time, and seats may become available then. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.
To join the event online | Please register for an Online Ticket. A livestream of this event will be available on this NYPL event page. To receive an email reminder shortly in advance of the event, please be sure to register! If you encounter any issues, please join us on NYPL’s YouTube channel.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The New York Public Library’s World Literature Festival celebrates books and writers from around the world and reflects the languages spoken in our communities. Discover what our patrons are reading in different languages, resources the Library offers, free events, book recommendations, and more.

Alan Lessik in London, UK
2024-03-11 19:55 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | London Zen Group, 486 Caledonian Road, London, United Kingdom
Alan Lessik, author of Make the Dark Night Shine, will be reading at the North London Zen Dojo. Advance sign-up requested.

Dale Corvino in San Francisco
2024-03-05 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro St., San Francisco, CA, United States
Bonds and Boundaries author Dale Corvino will be reading in San Francisco at Fabulosa Books.
Details will follow.

Alan Lessik - NY Zen Shobo-ji
2023-11-19 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | New York Zendo Shobo-ji, 223 East 67th Street, New York, NY, 10065, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at New York Zendo Shobo-ji.

Alan Lessik Reading - New York
2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Better Men Distilling Co, 161 River Ave, Patchogue, New York, NY, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at The Better Men Distilling Co.

Emanuel Xavier at Village Works
2023-11-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Village Works Bookshop, 12 St. Marks Place, New York, NY, United States
Nuyorican Poets Café presents Emanual Xavier reading at Village Works.

Dale Corvino Book Launch - LA
2023-10-27 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Stories Books & Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angelese, CA, 90026, United States
Launch event for Bonds & Boundaries, the debut short story collection by Dale Corvino, from Rebel Satori Press. Dale will be in conversation with Cesar Padilla, co-editor of I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear from Semoitext(e). They will discuss the queer Gen X tropes raised by each work, followed by readings of select excerpts and a Q&A. Both titles will be available for sale.
A 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Fellow in nonfiction, Dale Corvino found his confessional voice at the East Village queer underground literary salon “Dean Johnson’s Reading for Filth,” recounting his youth as an object of longing and later interactions with sex work. In 2018, he won the Gertrude Press Fiction contest, judged by Whiting Award recipient Brontez Purnell. Recent nonfiction includes a profile of Chilean writer Pedro Lemebel for the Gay & Lesbian Review, “You’ve Got Male,” on queer longing in the digital era for Matt Keegan’s 1996, and a chapter on sex worker representation for the 2021 Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society.
Cesar Padilla was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. He is a self taught Chicano writer, filmmaker, curator and musician and owner of the vintage fashion archive CHERRY. He has directed music videos for legendary Mexican metal band Brujeria. He is the author of Ripped: T-shirts from the Underground (2010).

Emanuel Xavier at BGSQD
2023-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Bureau of General Services Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Join Emanuel Xavier reading from his work and interviewed by Hugh Ryan.
Live in-person and live-streaming at YouTube @bgsqd

Alan Lessik Reading - Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, Portland, OR
2023-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, 6401 NE 10th Ave, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple .

Alan Lessik Reading at Fabulosa Book
2023-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro St., San Francisco, CA, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the Fabulosa Book.

Alan Lessik Reading - San Francisco
2023-10-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the San Fransisco Zen Center.

Daniel W.K. Lee in Seattle
2023-10-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Lush Bar, 2231 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121, United States
Daniel W.K. Lee, author of Anatomy of Want, is joined by Alexandria Simmons, ry downey, Sami Ridge, and Alysa Levi-D’Ancona for a reading at Lush Bar, Beltown Art Walk.

Emanuel Xavier at NY Public Library
2023-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join NYPL & Latinx in Publishing for a live Banned Books Week x Latinx Heritage Month event about Latinx representation in publishing and and challenges around censorship and self-expression. Plus, pick up free books from the authors!
Seven percent of all authors in the US are Latinx, and about 40% of these authors face some form of censorship. Representation is a work in progress, with just 6 percent of children’s books featuring Latinx characters according to a 2020 study from the University of Wisconsin. Despite these challenges, Latinx authors continue to write their stories in their own voice, sharing their diversity, and representing their cultures loud and proud.
Everyone deserves to tell their own story on their own terms. Our featured panelists – Emanuel Xavier, Melissa Rivero, and AdrianaHerrera – have all grappled with issues of censorship in writing and are stronger for it. Come hear their stories!
The panel, moderated by Bronx-based author and activist Charles Rice-González, will discuss the current climate of book bans and challenges, as well as the importance and joy of self-expression. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.
And there’s more: Plus, pick up free books by the authors! Giveaways books will be available first come, first serve. Limit four books per attendee.

Loud and Proud: Latinx Representation and Empowerment Against Censorship
Tues, Oct 3 | 6:30 PM | Bronx Library Center | FREE

Register Here: https://www.showclix.com/…/loud-and…/tag/nyplwebsite

Kyler James at Village Works NYC
2023-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Village Works Bookshop, 12 St. Marks Place, New York, NY, United States
Book event for The Higher Genius: Magical Tales of New York City at the Village Works Bookshop.
