Irene Villaseñor

HEARTBREAKER / VERSE MAKER: Love Poems Live! is a live performance of poetry written by some of New York’s hottest poets and performed on stage by a cast of film and stage actors. This Valentine’s Day, snuggle up with some fiery poems about modern love that will surely...

January 18th (2019): Fall 2018 Workshop Reading @Poetry Project

Friday, January 18 at 8pm | Free
Poetry Project @St. Marks Church,

131 E. 10th Street (at 2nd Ave) New York NY 10003

DIRECTIONS: R/W to Eighth Street–New York University

B/D/F/M/6 to Broadway–Lafayette...

October 29th: Emotive Fruition: “Everyday We Get More Illegal" Reading

Monday, October 29 at 7pm | Tickets are $15
Caveat, 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002

DIRECTIONS: F/J/M/Z to Delancey Street/Essex Street

My poem "10 Truths and a Lie" from Nepantla: An Anth...

Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, 208 W 13th St, Rm 210, New York, New York 10011

DIRECTIONS: F to 14th Street or A/C/E to 14th Street or 1 to 14th Street

Office Hours Poetry Workshop presents: a FREE craft cla...

Friday, Oct 26, (7:30 P – 9:00 PM): AGAIN/ST.: A Night of Queer (N)e(u)rotica

@Think Coffee, 248 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012

DIRECTIONS: R/W to 8th Street Station. Then a 5 min walk. 
6/B/D/F/M to Broadway-Lafayette Street / Bleecker Street Station. Then a 6...

Friday, Oct 26, 7:00pm

Free and open to the public.
 

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street, New York, NY  10003

A Celebration of Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color

Join us to celebrate Nepantla: An Anthology D...

I was interviewed in Steven Goodman's new book It’s Not About Grit: Trauma, Inequity, and the Power of Transformative Teaching. We discussed my experiences as a participant in his organization, The Educational Video Center. I'm glad to have helped out since I wouldn't...

I'll be performing "A Notable Fiction",  a theatrical performance (an Antigone for the digital age) based on undercover Wikipedia editor Vera Syuzhet’s excursions into the site’s comments forums. The performance critically examines terms of legibility and notability in...

An essay I wrote, Time Wasn't Always Money: Decolonizing Time in Diaspora, came out today on Indigenous People's Day! One of my art pieces is also included.

It appears in PLEXUS, which collects stories from various corners of the literary and artistic world and focuse...

Après: Après is a digital recruiting platform that connects women looking to return to the workforce with full- and part-time jobs, short-term projects, maternity fill-in positions etc.

City of New York: City government is filled with opportunities for talented people w...