events
January 17, 2025
In-Person.
Poetry & Biscuits with Natalie Eilbert, Donato Loia, Ruben Quesada, and Deborah Shapiro. Learn more.
Janury 18, 2025
In-Person. 5pm (Central)
An Inconvenient Hour with Rachel Mennie, Faylita Hicks, Naomi Cohn, and Ruben Quesada.
Learn more.
January 30, 2025
Zoom: 6-7pm (Eastern)
Wilder Words with authors Didi Jackson, Carl Phillips, Susanna Sonnenberg, and Ruben Quesada.
24PearlStreet Online Writing Program. Learn more.
February 26, 2025
Zoom: 7pm-8:15pm (Eastern)
An Evening of New Poetry with Matthew Johnson, Shanta Lee, Ruben Quesada, Ruth Ellen Kocher & Tiana Clark
Hudson Valley Writers Center. Learn more.
March 3-7, 2025
Zoom: 7pm-9pm (Eastern).
Fine Arts Work Center, 24th PearlStreet Workshop
“Writing Through the Silence: Reclaiming Your Voice After a Creative Block”
Learn strategies to rebuild your confidence, rediscover your unique voices, and produce new writing that feels fresh and authentic. A blend of generative exercises and personal reflection will guide us back to the page with renewed purpose. Multi-genre. Learn more.
March 26-28, 2025
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AWP Conference. Learn more.
March 29-31, 2025
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Saints & Sinners Literary Festival. Learn more.
This is an alternative literary festival specializing in LGBTQ+ literature held in various locations around the French Quarter neighborhood in the city of New Orleans.
April 5-14, 2025
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Northern Arizona Book Festival. Learn more.
The festival combines traditional modes (such as readings, panels, discussions, and book fairs) with an array of other modes (workshops, screenings, performances, hands-on activities, and immersive experiences). Learn more.
April 17, 2025
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Highland Park Poets
May - June, 2025
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June - July, 2025
Barcelona, Spain
Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing, Low-Residency Program. Learn more.
The program centers around three 15-day European residencies that take place during the summer.
August, 2025
TBA
Paris, France
PAST EVENTS
2024
Poets House, NYC
BGSQD, The LGBT Community Center NYC
NYC KGB Bar, Monday Night Poetry Series
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco LitQuake
San Francisco State University
Library of Congress National Book Festival
Baylor University, Virginia Beall Ball Lecture in Contemporary Poetry
Rutgers University-Camden, MFA Visiting Writers Series
2023
Colorado College
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino
Writers Week, University of California-Riverside
New Trier High School, Literary Festival
“Ruben's course was well-organized, well-paced, and well-prepared. I usually struggle with generative exercises in 3-hour workshops -- there doesn't seem to have any time, or it's hard to get into the mindspace to write anything. I found that not only Ruben created a safe and supportive space that made writing easy, but his prompts were effective in generating work." —Mariko O. Gordon
2022
University of Illinois-Chicago
San Francisco State University
Woodland Pattern Book Center
2021
University of San Francisco