
Zurdo..! Book Launch with Nat Pyper
April 19, 2026
5PM CST
Zurdo..! is Nat Pyper's new science fiction fantasy about a loser looking for a lost Vaginal Davis film in a post-literate world, published by specific.place, 2026. Book launch with readings by Silas Chen, Noa Micaela Fields, and Nat Pyper.
Inga Books
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
New/Next Writers Showcase
April 21, 2026
7 PM CST
Celebrate a next generation of writers with us who’ve recently come out with new books. This showcase aims to highlight local writers and their new/upcoming work. Join us for a community reading featuring local Chicago writers: Meredith Nnoka, Noa Micaela Fields, Meghan Malachi, Lisa Low, Noel Quiñones, Kameryn Carter, and Natasha Mijares.
Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
Performance-In-Conversation with Noa Fields and JJJJJerome Ellis
April 28, 2026
5 PM CST
Please join the English department & the Poetry & Poetics cluster, as part of the UNSETTLING SOUND event series, for a Performance-In-Conversation with the poet Noa Fields and the poet and performer JJJJJerome Ellis.
This year, our event series is "Unsettling Sound." Unsettling Sound foregrounds the entanglement between poetics and sound to explore the integral, esoteric, and, occasionally, uncomfortable manner in which sound contributes to and develops expressive meaning. Defining sound as vibrational and only sometimes including audio, we track the vibrations and resonances between text-based and non-text-based arts. Unsettling Sound asks: What is the sound of poetry? What makes poetry sound? What are the new and vanguard interventions in the dark matter between language and sonority? Shepherding together inquiries into text, music, translation, embodiment, performance, and materialities, Unsettling Sound stewards the development of poetic practices in sounding and listening, critically and creatively, in both orthodox and unorthodox ways.
Northwestern University
University Hall, 1897 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
35 Writers to Watch: Celebration Party
April 30, 2026
7PM CST
The Guild Complex’s 35 Writers to Watch list celebrates the Guild’s 35+ years of innovative programming by featuring local writers whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in Chicago, and whose work reflects the spirit and values of the Guild Complex today.
Join us in the Catacombs at Epiphany Center for the Arts for an exciting party and social to celebrate these authors, enjoy music, refreshments, fellowship, and the opportunity to rub elbows with emerging literary icons you’ll be proud to say you knew when.
Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Staff & Friends Reading
May 14, 2026
6PM CST
Join us for a reading celebrating new book releases by Poetry Foundation staff and friends, including Caroline Cabrera, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Aaron Fagan, Noa Micaela Fields (in collaboration with Jared Brown), I.S. Jones, Adrian Matejka and Lynne Thompson.
Get to know some of the people behind the Poetry Foundation’s programs, including Poetry magazine! This event is part of the Poetry Foundation’s spring 2026 season, No One Can Afford To Lose Love.
Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Nightboat AWP Off-site Reading
March 5, 2026
8 PM EST
Noa Micaela Fields reads with press-mates at Nightboat Books's off-site AWP event. Other readers include: Aditi Machado, Antonio Ochoa, Aurora Mattia, Azad Sharma, Brian Teare, Chia-Lun Chang, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Dior J. Stephens, Emily Lee Luan, imogen smith, Kimberly Alidio, Mónica de la Torre, Miranda Mellis, Soham Patel, Tisa Bryant, Valerie Hsiung, Wo Chan, and Yongyu Chen.
Red Emma's Bookstore
3128 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
mace dent johnson + Noa Micaela Fields
March 2, 2026
8 PM EST
In Noa Micaela Fields’s and mace dent johnson’s poetry, sound is primal; it takes precedence over meaning, choreographing our thought patterns, sometimes in stark divergence from logic and reason. Both poets foreground the iterative, transformative force of words as they bleed into one another. Meaning is reconfigured across syntactically devious arrangements. We find ourselves dancing, listening, learning language anew through its sonic radiance. This event will also be livestreamed for free on The Poetry Project's YouTube channel.
Nomi's performance for the Monday Night Series at Poetry Project will feature an access projection collaboration by alphabet artist Nat Pyper.
St Mark's Church
131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Meet Me There: Featuring Rickey Laurentiis and Noa Micaela Fields
February 26, 2026
7:30 PM EST
"Meet Me There" is a monthly intergenerational poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction experience curated by trans/genderqueer poet and sound artist Samuel Ace. Writers exploring genre and gender boundaries will be a special focus of this series. February's featured poets are Rickey Laurentiis and Noa Micaela Fields in celebration of their collections, Death of the First Idea and E.
Charis Books (Online)

Noa Micaela Fields @ The Backtire
February 7, 2026
2 PM MST
Bring a poem to share! Noa Micaela Fields is the featured reader at this intimate DIY house reading.
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Woodland Pattern's Poetry Marathon & Benefit
January 25, 2026
4 PM CST
The Marathon will unfold over the course of two days and 24 hours, and will feature not only hundreds of poets from our city, region, and beyond, but also live musical performances, screenings of moving-image works, and various surprises. Performances will take place before a live audience, and will also be livestreamed via Crowdcast. Noa Micaela Fields is performing alongside Rosemary Wexler and Stevie Cisneros Hanley around 4pm on Sunday, January 25.
Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel
139 E Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
L.A. Book Launch
January 15, 2026
7:30 PM
Join us for a book signing and poetry reading at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center celebrating E, the debut collection by Noa Micaela Fields. The evening will feature readings by Fields and special guests, including, féi iká shumarí, imogen smith, and Raquel Gutiérrez.
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291, USA
Chicago book release celebration
January 11, 2026
7 PM CST
Join us for the book launch ritual of "enjambment as embodiment as escape art": an evening of ethereal remixes, multimedia performances by collaborators, and euphoric dancing in the "naughty clairvoyant loading zone".
Regina Martinez sets the tone during a selective listening hour, followed by live performances by Maya Nguyen, Ruby Que, Noa Micaela Fields, and Barbiefoot. Stick around for a dance party with DJs girly*** and relaxxX.
7PM Doors + Selective Listening / 8PM Performances / 10PM DANCE PARTY
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
TRANSVENGEANCE
December 7, 2025
8 PM
Join us again at Podlasie Club for our recurring open mic/performance series, TRANSVENGENCE VOL. 10! Our regular show this month brings a special holiday twist with guest performances by Celeste, Noa Micaela Fields (Nomi), and your hostess, Joss Barton.
Podlasie Club
Algarabía: Roque Raquel Salas Rivera & Noa Micaela Fields
September 26, 2025
7:00 PM CDT
A reading with Noa Micaela Fields in conversation with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera in celebration of the book launch for Algarabía, a Puerto Rican trans epic that blends poetic play and speculative fiction.
Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
READINGS
January 18, 2025
Poetry and prose reading also featuring Renee Agatep, Kitty Ross, Sam Herschel Wein, S.L. Wisenberg, and Joy Young. Curated and hosted by Maud Lavin. Email for a pdf of the limited edition ephemeral access zine I made featuring the poems I read at this event.
Printers Row Wine Shop
719 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, USA
A Girly Show
October 4, 2024
Sound art and performances curated by AJ McClenon and Jared Brown, featuring Noa Micaela Fields alongside Remy Guzman, Andres L. Hernandez, Imani Jackson, Regina Martinez, Lynneah McCarrell, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and Carissa Pinckney.
Berger Park Coach House
6205 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, USA

S+Lab Series
August 30, 2024
7:30 PM CST
Curated by Stephanie Patsula and Maya Nguyen, featuring Noa Micaela Fields with Camille Casemier, Selena Kearney, Erin Tempest, and WEATHERING.
The Capsule
1359 North Maplewood Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Zone of Solidarity (LGBTQ Palestine Fundraiser)
July 20, 2024
6:15 PM CST
Featuring Noa Micaela Fields along with Judd Morrissey, Ava Aviva Avnisa, Emrys Merlin Brandt, and Douglas Rosman.
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Sunday Reading Series
June 16, 2024
7:00 PM CST
Curated by Simone Muench and Kenyatta Rogers, featured with Alyssa Moore, C Russell Price, and Marty McConnell. Email for a pdf of the limited edition ephemeral access zine I made featuring the poems I read at this event.
Hungry Brain
2319 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA




















