Readings & Events

Sharing my work and building community is an immensely important part of my practice. One of my favorite things about being a writer is reading my work for others and discovering all the surprising and serendipitous connections that happen from there.

Drawing on my background as a poet and performer, I’ve read and performed at venues and literary event spaces across the country and abroad. 

I’ve also spoken and delivered talks on a wide range of topics including transness, poetics, erotics, and craft. Specifically, I’ve talked about:

  • Western imperialism and the transsexual body

  • Fable & folklore as a mode of people’s resistance and a tool of oppression 

  • How to move away from writing for the Anthropocene

  • Contemporary queer literature

I’d be glad to speak on these or any other topics of interest to future collaborators.

Events

Haus Collective reading, Hamburg Germany, 2019

A Night of Poecy Reading, Philadelphia PA 2020

Queer Ecologies Exhibit & Performance, Philadelphia PA 2022

World Trans Forum, Brooklyn, NY 2023

DIVAS: A Night of Transsexual Literature, Brooklyn, NY 2024

Horns Issue 4 Launch, Philadelphia PA, 2024

Sex Change USA Issue 1 Launch, Brooklyn, NY 2024

Byrdcliffe Artist Showcase Woodstock NY, 2025

Tin House Summer Writers Workshop Portland OR, 2025

Freelance Editing

Additionally, I have over ten years experience working as an editor, whether in copywriting, peer editing, or in more formal workshop environments.

At this time, I’m available to work with creative and professional projects and I do offer sliding scale rates for my services. For those interested, please contact me at marianne.agnes.art@gmail.com or via the link below for more information and my rates.