February 2012
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Feb 6th
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My zine discussed on "DZL with Kelly and Anna"... →
I can’t wait to visit the DZL again. Thank you so much for all your work you Kelly, Anna, and the rest of the DZL staff!
Feb 6th
June 2011
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June 22, A busy week!  →
Hi All! I will be wearing my professor hat on Thursday, June 22 at Transolutions 5. I will be talking about the benefits of education and employment with Drian Juarez!
Jun 22nd
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June 25, I am featuring at Borders, Canoga Park
Please come by, listen to some poetry, and share some. This is a great series, and I am so thrilled to feature! :) Here are the details from my good friend Ron Dvorkin: “This Saturday 25, 2011 will be poetry night at Borders Canoga Park, 6510 Canoga Avenue. Featured is the lovely RYKA AOKI, a professor and award winning poet. Her brilliant words and sparking presentation will enthrall. ...
Jun 22nd
May 2011
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My UCR Workshop! :) I think I did good!
I just got my evaluations back from my UCR workshop. I am so grateful! I worked very hard on this one, and I am glad people were inspired by it. To everyone who attended, thank you for listening—and keep me informed of how you change the world. :) Love, Ryka Beneath Grassroots: Changing the world with no strings attached Ryka Aoki (rykaaoki@gmail.com) 23 EVALUATIONS 23 FABULOUS  COMMENTS:...
May 26th
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Thank You Rapp Saloon! :)
I had a wonderful time reading last Friday at this historic venue. It was great to share with some new faces, an ex student, and to say hi to Ron Dvorkin, one of the truly good and genuine people in the Southern California poetry world.  So I was thrilled, when I read this on his list serv: “Last Friday at the Rapp Saloon RYKA AOKI’s  feature was the best I ever had the pleasure to...
May 25th
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Rapp Saloon Tonight, May 20!
Tonight I am featuring at the Rapp Saloon in Santa Monica, CA. The Rapp Saloon Poetry Reading series started in November, 2000, running every Friday. We have an open mic and usually host featured poets. Pete Justus and Jack Shafer founded the series. The venue is the oldest brick building in Santa Monica. Open mic reading held in the Rapp Saloon within the International Youth Hostel of Santa...
May 20th
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OutRaleigh, May 14 at 2pm →
With the amazing Jamez Terry and Modern Day Pinnochio from the Tranny Roadshow! :)
May 11th
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Poetry Readings in LA! :) May 20 and June 25!
My good friend Ron Dvorkin has booked me at two poetry readings.   These readings mean quite a bit to me—I don’t get the chance to simply read poetry very often—and it’s kind of what I simply do.  May 20, 2011 at the Rapp Reading in Santa Monica. The Rapp is located at 1436 2nd St. in Santa Monica inside the Youth Hostel. 8:30 PM They have just remodeled the room and...
May 11th
March 2011
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Listen“≤1?” I wrote, composed, and...
Mar 1st
February 2011
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April 10 at UC Riverside! →
SO excited to be at Riverside. Please come by if you can! I’ll be giving a workshop, as well. Stay tuned! More to follow!
Feb 28th
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Feb 12--Self-Defense in Santa Cruz! →
I will be giving a self-defense workshop this Saturday. I will be demonstrating basic Judo principles and techniques along with their applications in the real world. This should be too much fun! Cheyanne’s got a wonderful center, and I am looking forward to meeting a whole new crew of martial artists! Please come!
Feb 11th
December 2010
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WatchWatch
This was from the World Stage reading! What a great show. :)
Dec 9th
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WatchWatch
This was from the World Stage reading! What a great show! :D
Dec 9th
November 2010
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Symposion Arcanus, Nov 23 →
An intimate evening where brilliant minds in both the Esoteric and Empirical Sciences converge.  Three excellent speakers, each illuminating a facet of human thought with the light of experience. Among the evening’s presenters, Symposion Arcanus is honored to bring you Ryka Aoki!  An award-winning poet, composer, chemist, and performance artist, Ryka Aoki has been honored by the California...
Nov 15th
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Nov. 17, 2010: I have the honor of giving the... →
  Trans Action Week   TransAction Week is one of the LGBT Resource Center’s annual weeks and is designed to raise awareness on issues impacting transgender people and to celebrate the transgender community. Some events include a keynote speaker; Trans 101, an educational workshop; Trans-forming Body Image, a program exploring transgender body image; Gender-Palooza, a fun event exploring gender;...
Nov 15th
October 2010
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homo-centric reading series--Oct 21 →
I’ll be performing a bit of poetry and music with homo-centric. it’s a great gathering and you should all come down if you can. I will be reading with: Brent Armendinger Michael Kearns Lee Wind Curated by Hank Henderson
Oct 10th
September 2010
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Sep 30th
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More wonderful words (and pics) about Gender...
I’m so glad that I shared some work in this anthology.  Here are more links! http://www.riotnrrdcomics.com/ <—sooo sweet! and http://ifrymineinbutter.com/2010/09/27/the-next-genderation/ <—sooo buttery! Thank you! Ryka 
Sep 30th
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Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Lambda... →
Sep 23rd
August 2010
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November 13, Everett WA :) with the Tranny...
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Venue Everett Community College Everett, WA Time TBA Admission Price Ages All Ages Additional Information Part of the 14th Annual Links & Alliances Conference Performers Jamez Terry, Ryka Aoki de la Cruz, Kimothy Shaugnessy, Heidi Barton Stink
Aug 19th
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Gender Outlaws The Next Generation :) →
It’s been a good year for me. Sometimes Too Hot the Eye of Heaven Shines came out in June, and my essay “On Living Well and Coming Free” in in Gender Warriors: The Next Generation.  :) Yay!
Aug 14th
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More Press on the WeHo Bookfair! →
“The Many Genres of Gender”  for the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sept. 26. Moderated by Cheryl Klein from Poets and Writers, with Ryka Aoki, Morty Diamond, and Max Valerio.
Aug 5th
July 2010
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DATE CHANGE! I am @ the World Stage JULY 28! :) →
Hi Folks! Sorry for the date change, but Jawanza Dumisani just told me there was a mixup in the schedules… I am now performing July 28. The reading goes from 8:30-9, but please come earlier for the most respected workshop/open mic in town. LOS ANGELES: I am profoundly honored to feature at the World Stage. This is one of the finest readings/open/mics/workshops/literary happenings in Los...
Jul 21st
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PERPETUAL CHANGE — Ryka Aoki de la Cruz
(I’m not a TG Forum member, and if you’re not you can’t read this either, so here it is. They were really sweet! Thanks, Pamela!) July 5, 2010 PERPETUAL CHANGE — Ryka Aoki de la Cruz Filed under: Music — pamdegroff @ 12:04 am Edit This The diversity that the transgender community keeps presenting never ceases to amaze. I know I’ve said it before in this column (…to the...
Jul 6th
May 2010
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Thursday, July 8, 7 PM My release party!!! Modern...
 SAN FRANCISCO: Please come if you can—I’ve never had anything like this happen before, and I would like to share it as many kewl people as possible. *HUG* Ryka Modern Times Bookstore 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Sometimes Too Hot the Eye of Heaven Shines a reading and release party for Ryka Aoki, winner of RADAR Productions’ first Eli Coppola Memorial Chapbook Prize...
May 30th
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July 7: @ RADAR Reading Series
SAN FRANCISCO—OMG!! This is going to be so much fun! I am so grateful to have won the Eli Coppola Chapbook Contest, and I will be reading with Diane DiPrima. The RADAR series is a big effing deal, and I am stoked. Please please please come!  http://www.radarproductions.org/calendar.html http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1000949701
May 24th
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DATE CHANGE! I am @ the World Stage JULY 28! :) →
Hi Folks! Sorry for the date change, but Jawanza Dumisani just told me there was a mixup in the schedules… I am now performing July 28. The reading goes from 8:30-9, but please come earlier for the most respected workshop/open mic in town. LOS ANGELES: I am profoundly honored to feature at the World Stage. This is one of the finest readings/open/mics/workshops/literary happenings in Los...
May 24th
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June 23, I'll be at Girl Talk 2010!  →
SAN FRANCISCO: Join us for a night of stories about sex, bodies, feminism, activism, challenging exclusion in masculine-centric dyke spaces, dating and breaking up, finding each other, and finding love and family.
May 24th
February 2010
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A Poem a Day :) →
Thank you for adding me to this wonderful list. This is “Before the Last Dance.” It was originally in “Lodestar Quarterly,” but I like it here. Thank you, exceptindreams…
Feb 13th
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Listen“She Talks of Suicide Bombers”...
Feb 9th
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"Riot Acts" premieres in St. Louis! →
Feb 7th
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Girl Talk! NQAF 2009 :)
(Note: Gina DeVries asked me to write this for “Girl Talk: A Cis and Trans Woman Dialogue” part of the 2009 National Queer Arts Festival. Performed June 17, 2009.) Sometimes, unlocking the door is not enough. Nor is nudging the door ajar, with a distant come in if you want. Sometimes we stop our babble to get the house ready. We turn off the computer, and a little nervous, we touch...
Feb 2nd
January 2010
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Diagnosing Difference →
How does it feel to have your gender identity included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Diagnosing Difference is a full-length length documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity...
Jan 29th
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ListenThis is “I Tell Myself It’s Me.” I debuted...
Jan 29th
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As the Sun Falls Away →
Another poem in Lodestar Quarterly.
Jan 29th
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Sleeping Against the Wall →
This was published in Lodestar Quarterly.
Jan 29th
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Keynote Speech: Wisconsin 2009 Trans Day of...
Note: People wanted me to post this. Here you go! THANK YOU to all the wonderful and fierce friends I made in Madison. *HUG* DOR SPEECH This is the tenth Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day set aside to honor those killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event began after the attack on a woman in Boston,  Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 initiated the...
Jan 29th
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San Francisco Bay Times →
Thanks to Jacob Anderson-Minshall for this feature. :)
Jan 29th
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Trans-Genre →
Here I am on AJ Bryce’s Trans-Genre. It’s a major nexus for trans artists, so bookers—check these good folks out! :)
Jan 29th
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Asian American Dance Performances-"One Fresh Solo" →
This writeup was for Fresh Meat 2007 by my friend Jez Lee, who is a powerful performer in hir own right!
Jan 29th
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Fresh Meat and Asian Week! :) Old stuff, but a... →
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th