2021-2023
- 2023 Invited Creative, International Conference on the Fantastic of the Arts
- 2022 Invited Speaker, Goddard Photo Club, NASA
- 2022 Invited Creative, International Conference on the Fantastic of the Arts
- 2021 Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY
- 2021 Spoonbill and Sugartown Reading Series, NY, NY
- 2021 Loon Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY
- 2021 Moderator, Author Panel, International Conference on the Fantastic of the Arts (Zoom)
2020
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2020 Cagibi 2020 Print Issue Celebration, Online
- Ditmas Lit Reading Series, Hinterlands Bar, Brooklyn, NY, Feb 19, 8 p.m.
- Queens Central Library, Featured Reader, Queens, NY, Feb 9th 2-4 p.m.
2019
- Poor Mouth Poetry, An Beal Bocht, Bronx, NY, Oct 9th, 8:30 p.m.
- Berfrois and QMT Book Launch, Stella & Fly, 1705 1st Ave, May 15, 8-11 p.m.
- Risk of Discovery Reading Series, at Blue Chips, 38-04 61st, Queens, NY, May 21, 7 p.m.
- Spoonbill Studio presents Poetry 99, 99 Montrose Ave. Brooklyn, NY, Feb 11, 7 pm
2018
- Razor Blade Readings, December 16, 3-6 p.m. Tannat Wine and Cheese, 4736 Broadway/Thayer
- Book Launch: Who Will Speak for America? Edited by Stephanie Feldman & Nathaniel Popkin — Featuring Readings by KC Trommer, Sam J. Miller, Nancy Hightower, & Herman Beavers, Powerhouse Arena, Thursday, September 27, 7-9 p.m., Brooklyn, NY
- Who Will Speak for America? Launch Party, Tuesday, June 26th, 7-10 p.m. at L’Etage, Philadelphia, PA
- A Reading at Transmitter: Barlow/Hightower/Valente, Thursday, June 28, 7-9 pm, Brooklyn, NY
- The Strand Bookstore, Poet a Day/Microresidency Project, April 4th, 1-3 pm
- “Female pleasure and Societal Shame: Recovering from Trauma” The Pleasure Panel, New Women Space, 188 Woodpoint Rd, April 5th, 7-9 pm
- “Writing the Hybrid Essay,” (workshop), Spring Writer’s Conference, William Paterson University, April 14th
- “Monster Cultures,” with Sofia Samatar, Carmen Machado, Kelly Link, and Theodora Goss, AWP, March 10,
- “A Reading by Women of Speculative Fiction,” AWP, March 2018
- Linebreak Reading Series, Queens, March 3, 2018
2017
- “Of Saints and Monsters” (curator): Featuring: Britt Canty, Jessie Chaffee, Swati Khurana and Rosamond S. King, St. Peters’ Chelsea, Oct 25, 7 pm.
- “Digital Storytelling as Resistance,” Society for Comparative Literature and Art, Johns Hopkins University, October 20
- Lyrics, Lit, and Liquor, Brooklyn Lit Crawl, October 6th, Black Forest, Brooklyn 7pm
- Guerrilla Lit Reading Series, with Alex Gilvarry and Jessie Chaffee, September 13th
- KGB: Karen Heuler, Nancy Hightower and Matthew Lansburgh, September 17th
- St. Peter’s, Chelsea presents Artists Resist, July 20th
- Line Break Reading Series, Queens Book Festival Edition, Sunday, May 28
- The Rally Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY, April 27
- Writers Read NYC, NY, April 23
- Lit, Lyrics, and Liquor, HiFi Bar, NY, NY, March 14th
- Brew XII: An Evening of Literary Works, The Hungry Ghost, Brooklyn, NY, March 9
- Les Bleus, February 23
- “MFA or Bust?” Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Washington D.C, February 2017
- Sundays at Erv’s, Erv’s on Beekman, Brooklyn, NY, January 8th
2016
- Manhattanville Reading Series, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, NY, December 20th,
- Collections of Flaws in a Black Dress Book Launch, Hell Phone, Brooklyn, NY, September
- Big Book of Science Fiction Panel Discussion (w/ Jeff Vandermeer, Ann VanderMeer, Ted Chiang, John Chu, and Halimah Marcus). McNally Jackson Bookstore July 14th
- HIP LIT Hideaway Salon, Brooklyn, NY, May 20th
- Linebreak Reading Series, QED, Astoria, July 2
- Cross Poetry Reading Series, Jersey City, NJ, May 8
- Poetry Reading and Reception, St. Peters Church, Chelsea, NY, May 5
- Queens Lit Crawl/Line break: Aged Restaurant, Forest Hills
- Pete’s Reading Series, Pete’s Candy Story, Brooklyn, NY, Thurs, April 21
- “Women in Spec: Women Writers in Speculative Poetry and Fiction,” Room 505, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level. Friday, April 1
- “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” AWP Conference 2016, Room 506, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level. April 2nd
- Denver Bookbar, Denver, CO, March 31
- International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 19
- Hi-Fi Reading series, with Carmen Mechado and Mensah Demary, March 7th
- New Jersey City University Bookstore, Jersey City, NJ, March 3
- Les Bleus Literary Salon, New York, NY February
- Bluestockings Bookstore, New York, NY, January
2013-15
- Bourgeois Pig Cafe, Chicago, IL, 2015
- Miss Spoken Reading Series, Gallery Cabaret, Chicago, IL, 2015
- “Finding True (H)Appiness – “A Dialog Event with Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, Amanda Stern, and Nancy Hightower,” New York, NY 2015
- Hideaway Salon Series, Electric Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2015
- LIC Arts Open, Shangri‐la Gallery, Queens, NY, 2015
- Lit Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
- LIT at Lark Reading Series, Lark Café, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
- Phyllis Robertson Program Series, Schultz-Holmes Memorial Library, Blissfield, MI, 2014
- “Reimagining the Fantastic,” CAS WR100, Fairy Tales and Literature. Arts and Sciences Writing Program, Boston University 2014
- Lamprophonic Emerging Writers Series, Symphony Space, New York City, NY, 2014
- Pink Narcissus Press Group Reading, Readercon, Burlington, MA, 2014
- The Authors Corner on Public Radio, 2014
- “Dear Reader, I Reviewed It: VIDA and Women in Book Reviewing,” (panel), Out of the Binders: Symposium on Women Writers Today, Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute, NYU, 2014
- International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, 2014
- Reading with D.T. Friedman, New York Review of Science Fiction Readings, Soho Gallery for Digital Art, New York City, NY, 2014
- Hour of the Wolf with Jim Freund, WBAI, New York City, NY, 2014
- “Re-remembering the Fractured Past,” English 474, Writers of Color in American Speculative Fiction, English Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
- Electric Velocipede group reading, Bluestocking Books, New York City, NY, February 2014
- “Under the Skin,” Hop Leaf Bar, Chicago, IL, 2013
- Pathways to Publication” (panel), Chicago Book Expo, 2013
- World Science Fiction Convention, San Antonio, TX 2013
- “Transforming Fact into Fiction,” International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, 2013
- Here I am lecturing about the grotesque in art at William Patterson University