# Samantha Tetangco

## Pages
- [Samantha Tetangco](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/)
- [About Sam](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/about-sam)
- [Blog](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/blog)
- [Contact](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/contact)
- [Events \& Updates](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/events): upcoming and past readings, events, and updates
- [Hope You Blend In](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/hope-you-blend-in)
- [Writing](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/writing)

## Blog Posts
- [Merced Litfest Reading: Central Valley Queer, Saturday. Sept. 26, 2026](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/centralvalleyqueer): Merced Litfest 2026, "Central Valley Queer" Reading; 1:00pm at Playhouse Merced Description of event: What does it mean to love without losing oneself? To have oneís queerness be so real it speaks for itself? How do we navigate the world while keeping our hearts intact? Four queer-identifying writers share stories and poems of love, longing, transition, and the yearning wildness that blossoms within. Featuring: Analee Munoz Luna, Autumn Rivera, Samantha Tetangco, \& Anastasia Wilcox Location: Playhouse Merced
- [Fresno LitHop 10th Anniversatry Reading: Sharpen Your Verbs](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/sharpenyourverbs): Fresno Lithop Sharpen Your Verbs | feat. Devoya Mayo, Soreath Hok, Michelle Morgante Del Rio, and Samantha Teteangco The more uncertain our times, the more these four women writers lean into the power of words as both wisdom and weapons. Their diverse cultural backgrounds enrich their stories of the unseen struggles they carry for themselves, their families and communities. Together, they gather to give voice and hope, weaving a tapestry of poetry, short stories and creative nonfiction to comfort, shield, address, or expose. Summer Fox Brewing - Tower (1426 N. Van Ness Avenue)
- [Go Gay Or Go Home: An AWP Talk Revisited](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/go-gay-or-go-home-an-awp-talk-revisited)
- [I Stand with Science](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/i-stand-with-science)
- [It's Time for a Literary Revolution](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/its-time-for-a-literary-revolution)
- [We can all be 2+ things at once: A lovely reminder from Young-ha kim](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/we-can-all-be-2-things-at-once-a-lovely-reminder-from-young-ha-kim)
- [California is on fire, and I cannot sleep](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/california-is-on-fire-and-i-cannot-sleep)
- [Thank you foglifter!](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/thank-you-foglifter)
- [September 25th, 2018](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/september-25th-2018)
- [An Interview with Plume!](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/an-interview-with-plume)
- [Thank you decomp!](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/thank-you-decomp)
- [Happy New Year Indeed!](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/happy-new-year-indeed)
- [Two New Poems up at Peat Smoke](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/two-new-poems-up-at-peat-smoke)
- [Happy National Honor your LGBTQ ElderS Day!](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/happy-national-honor-your-lgbtq-elders-day)
- [On Acceptance \& Rejection](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/on-acceptance-rejection)
- [When Poetry Meets Podcasting](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/when-poetry-meets-podcasting)
- [Broadstone Books Reading Stage](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/broadstone-books-reading-stage)
- [Albuquerque Book Launch w/Carmela Starace, July 27 @3:00pm](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/albuquerque-book-launch-wcarmela-starace-july-27-at-300pm)
- [Merced Book Launch! August 2 @3:30pm](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/merced-book-launch-august-2-at-330pm)
- ["American Zeitgeist" at the Inaugural Merced Litfest! Sept. 14 @3:00pm](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/american-zeitgeist-at-the-inaugural-merced-litfest-sept-14-at-300pm)
- [UC Merced Faculty Author Series - Oct. 30 @12:00 noon](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/uc-merced-faculty-author-series-oct-30-at-1200-noon)
- [University of new mexico: russo reading series reading - Feb. 20](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/university-of-new-mexico-russo-reading-series-reading-feb-20)
- [Author Craft Talk](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/author-craft-talk)
- [AWP Offsite Reading](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/awp-offsite-reading)
- [MoSt Poetry - Sept. 9, 7:00pm](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/most-poetry-sept-9-700pm): @Bookish Modesto, my favorite Central Valley bookstore
- [Book Launch Checkpoint: On a year+ of poetry readings and selling out of books](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/book-launch-checkpoint-on-a-year-of-poetry-readings-and-selling-out-of-books)
- [Reading @ Gustine's Independent Bookstore: Scrawl, Scribble, \& Smirch](https://www.samanthatetangco.ink/p/reading-at-gustines-independent-bookstore-scrawl-scribble-smirch): Scrawl, Scribble, \& Smirch Bookshop Friday, May 22nd, 536 5th Street, Gustine CA 95322; starts at 6pm. Poetry Reading \& Book Signing 3 Poets Mai-Linh Hong Samantha Tetangco Sherre Vernon with images from Hong's Contintinental Drift, Tetangco's Hope you blend in, and Vernon's Translating Blue