UPCOMING EVENTS
May 10, 2025 | 6:00–8:00 p.m. EST
Ithaca, NY
Spring Writes Literary Festival
Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Spin-the-Bottle-of-the-Arts
Lot 10, 106 S. Cayuga Street
June 4, 2025 | 7:00–9:00 p.m. CT
Chicago, IL (Zoom)
StoryStudio Chicago Pajama Seminar
Eavesdropper, Almighty, Autotune, Endoscope: A Master Class in Narrative Distance
June 8–15, 2025
Hamilton, NY
Colgate Writers Conference
Shaping a Life: Memoir Intensive Workshop
PAST EVENTS
March 29, 2025 | 10:35–11:50 a.m.
Los Angeles, CA
AWP Conference
Beyond Anthropomorphism: Reimagining Animals in Literature
with Erica Berry, Gina Chung, Lydi Conklin, and Henry Hoke
Room 511AB, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two
March 19, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Ithaca, NY
Cinemapolis
Screening of The Friend and Conversation with Sigrid Nunez
September 13, 2024 | 6:00 PM
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca Is Books Festival
In Conversation with Jonathan Lethem
Buffalo Street Books
September 2, 2023 | 12:00 PM
Spencertown, NY
Spencertown Festival of Books
Reading and Conversation with Brendan Mathews
July 29, 2022 | 12:30 PM
Marcellus, NY
Marcellus Free Library
Reading and Talk
October 16, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Brattleboro, VT
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Reading
June 22, 2022 | 7:30 PM
Hamilton, NY
Colgate University
Colgate Writers Conference
Reading
May 3, 2022 | 7:00 PM
Geneva, NY
Hobart William Smith College
Reading
Friday, March 25, 2022 | 12:10–1:25 PM
Philadelphia, PA
“Pictures of Books in Progress: Visualizing the Craft of Research and Writing”
with Alexandra Chang, Laura McNeal, Amy Reading, and Sorayya Khan
AWP Conference
March 14–22, 2022 | 7–9 PM EST
Shaping a Life: A Memoir Writing Workshop
Online Class
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | 6:00 PM MT | 8:00 PM ET
Aspen Winter Words
Memoir Panel with Ashley C. Ford and Michelle Zauner, moderated by Dani Shapiro
Ticketed event
September 9, 2021 | 4 PM EST
A Mighty Blaze
The Zeitgest with Jane Roper
Friday, August 27, 2021 | 12:00 PM EST
New York Times Group Text
Instagram Live Conversation with Elisabeth Egan
@nytimesbooks
Monday, August 16, 2021 | 7:00 PM EST
Books Are Magic
Virtual Conversation with Nina Renata Aron
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 7:00 PM EST
Brookline Booksmith
Virtual Conversation with Joanna Rakoff
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 4:00 PM EST
Reading with Robin
Instagram Live Conversation
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 | 7:00 PM EST
In-Person Local Launch of Everything I Have Is Yours
Ithaca Is Books Festival
Ithaca Farmers Market
Ithaca, NY
May–June 2021
Memoir Writing Workshop
Buffalo Street Books
Online Class
May 16, 2021 | 5:00 PM
Ithaca, NY
“A Crafty Look” with Cory Brown, Sorayya Khan + Amy Reading
Spring Writes Literary Festival
Online Panel
March 4, 2021 | 6:20 PM
“Hollywood Endings: Seeing Your Story Adapted for Film” with Adrienne Brodeur, Garrard Conley, Joanna Rakoff + Steven Rowley
AWP Conference
Online Panel
November 2020
Ithaca, NY
“Crafting the Life in Progress” with Nick Kowalczyk + Joan Marcus
Spring Writes Literary Festival
Buffalo Street Books
July 11–18, 2020
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua Institution
Online Prose Workshop, Reading & Lecture
July 6–7, 2019
London, UK
Great Writing International Writing Conference
June 25–30, 2019
Toulouse, France
Le Marathon Des Mots
August 6–10, 2018
Ithaca, NY
Novel Writing Workshop, Buffalo Street Books
July 1–13, 2018
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca Writers Institute
Thursday, March 15, 2018 | 7:30 PM
Wingate, NC
Reading at Wingate University
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 | 6 PM
Ithaca, NY
Reading with Christine Kitano + Catherine Taylor
Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College
Saturday, November 18, 2017 | 4:30 PM
Miami, FL
Stories of Small-Town America, with Kia Corthon + Tom Franklin
Miami Book Fair
Thursday, November 16, 2017 | 7 PM
New York, NY
Reading with Nicole Dennis-Benn + Alex Gilvarry
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, NYU
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | 6 PM
Brooklyn, NY
Reading with Rosa Alcalá
Brooklyn College
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 8 PM
Queens, NY
Reading + Panel with Alex Gilvarry + Rachel Khong
Long Island City Reading Series
with books sold by Astoria Bookshop
October 14, 2017 | 11 AM
Nashville, TN
“One More River to Cross: Novels of the Civil War and Reconstruction” Panel
with Susan Rivers + Daren Wang
Southern Festival of Books
with books sold by Parnassus Books
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 7 PM
Cleveland, OH
Reading with Ted Genoways at Brews + Prose
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 7 PM
Newton, MA
Conversation with Joanna Rakoff at Newtonville Books
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | 7 PM
South Hadley, MA
Reading at Odyssey Bookshop
Friday, September 22, 2017 | 7 PM
Austin, TX
Reading at Bookpeople
Thursday, September 21, 2017 | 7:30 PM
San Francisco, CA
Reading at Booksmith
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | 1 PM
Corte Madera, CA
Reading at Book Passage
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 | 7:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA
Conversation with Edan Lepucki at Skylight Books
Monday, September 18, 2017 | 7 PM
Seattle, WA
Reading at Elliott Bay Book Company
Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 3 PM
Washington, D.C.
Reading at Politics + Prose
Saturday, September 16, 2017 | 7:30 AM
New Orleans, LA
A Taste of HarperCollins Breakfast
SIBA Discovery Show, Armstrong Ballroom
with Wiley Cash, Tim Dorsey + Minrose Gwin
Thursday, September 14, 2017 | 7:15 PM
Decatur, GA
Reading at Georgia Center for the Book at Decatur Library Auditorium
with books sold by Eagle Eye Books
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | 7 PM
Chapel Hill, NC
Reading at Flyleaf Books
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | 7:30 PM (Pub Day!)
Brooklyn, NY
Conversation with Brendan Mathews at Books Are Magic
Monday, September 11, 2017 | 7 PM
Ithaca, NY
Reading, Conversation and Launch Party! at The Cherry Artspace
with books sold by Buffalo Street Books
and music by the Ithaca Bottom Boys
Thursday, June 1, 2017 | 1 PM
New York, NY
Book Expo Signing at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | 4 PM
New York, NY
Book Expo America Library Journal’s Day of Dialog
“Second Time Around” Panel with Marie Benedict, Chloe Benjamin,
Celeste Ng + Robin Sloan at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | 6 PM
Cortland, NY
Reading in the Distinguished Voices in Literature Series
at SUNY—Cortland
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Syracuse, NY
Raymond Carver Reading Series at Syracuse University
Q&A | 3:45 PM
Reading | 5:30 PM