Hello friends and community, I’m excited to be a part of the New Sh!t Show reading this Friday, a series run by the fabulous Lewis Mundt. After a limited slot open mic, there will be short readings by myself, along with fantastic writers Su Hwang, Roy Guzman, Justin Boening, Timothy Taranto, and last but not least, and also the guest curator and producer for this show, the great Kathryn Savage.

I’ll be reading tonight (Tuesday, May 10, 2016) with the rocking Michael Bazzett at Lake Monster Brewery at 6 pm, and this Saturday night (May 14, 2016) at Dartmouth College.

Hello community, I’ll be reading at Elizabeth Tannen’s cool series, 5 for 5, at Five Watt Coffee tomorrow (Tuesday, December 14, 2015, 8 pm, free). Five writers reading for five minutes. And the coffee is great! As part of my Minnesota State Arts Board grant, I worked with filmmaker and good friend Tony Nguyen on some short video poems featuring my poetry. Here are links to them:

Hello all, I am honored to be a part of the (Re) Collecting the Vietnam War panel alongside Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay and Kao Kalia Yang. On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Elmer L Andersen Library 120, University of Minnesota, 5 pm. Also, my good friend, talented filmmaker Tony Nguyen, made a beautiful video out of one of my poems recently. Link below.

Big thanks to the U Conn Storrs chapter of the Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority for bringing me in to perform and speak last week! What a bright, lovely group of people you are. Thanks so much. Tonight, I’ll be reading at 6:30 pm at the Hollywood Library, NE 40th Ave & NE Tillamook St, Portland, Oregon. I’ve read in Oregon before, but this is my first time in Portland! Hope

Thanks to a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, I’ve devoted a lot of time and energy to the creation and editing of new poems this year. I’ll be reading at the Loft this Saturday, September 12, 2015, at 7 pm. Thanks to the Loft and Minnesota State Arts Board, this reading is free and open to the public. Here are some links to interviews and info: http://labloga.blogspot.com/2015/09/where-stardust-and-poetry-meet.html http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/09/10/weekend-arts-roundup-sept-10-2015-?WT.mc_id=1cf2ce28ac23a8241e5d61d534f496a4 http://www.citypages.com/arts/slam-champion-bao-phi-reads-new-poems-at-the-loft-7648740

Hello supporters and friends, I just got back from being on faculty at the Kundiman retreat in New York City. It was a phenomenal experience, and being among so many talented and kind Asian American writers definitely recharged my batteries. If you’ve never heard of Kundiman, please check them out here: http://kundiman.org/ In case you missed it, CAAM did a wonderful post for Father’s Day on Asian American dads, and

Hello friends, family and community – this weekend I am off to L.A. perform in the live shows and taping of Paris By Night. I know – amazing and nerve wracking. Thanks to my sister in law and my mom for helping me with some help with Vietnamese phrases I am trying to memorize, my friend Leilani for writing those phrases, and my dad for fixing up those nice designer