Mary Oishi is a performance poet who performs at poetry festivals, theaters, coffeehouses, benefits, campuses, and protests in the Northeast and Southwest.

She first performed many of the poems on her CD, Kiss the World Awake, during live readings on KUNM-FM public radio, Albuquerque, NM.

Past Readings
(partial list)

New Mexico
Hiroshima 60 Years Commemoration
STIR: A Festival of Words
Albuquerque Cultural Conference
Poets Against the War
Peace Buzz
Tricklock Theater
Mightier Than the Sword:
Writers Address the Nuclear Age
Bookworks
Amnesty International Benefit
R. B. Winning Coffeehouse
Blue Dragon Coffeehouse
Santa Fe Baking Company
Good Radio Shows benefit
KUNM-FM
Outpost Performance Space
Outch'yonda
Harwood Art Center
Lobo Theater
James A. Little Theater
Kimo Theater