Past: 2011

PALM SPRINGS, CA

June 5, 2011

Riviera Resort & Spa

Guest Faculty for the U.C. Riverside MFA Fall Residency. A four-day run of workshops, lectures and round-tables in the company of Tod Goldberg, Elizabeth Crane, Matthew Zapruder, Mary Otis, Rob Roberge, Mary Yukari Waters, David Ulin and many others.

12 p.m.

SAN DIEGO

June 4, 2011

El Take It Easy

The Hard Stuff: a night of hard-hitting stories from acclaimed authors Scott O’Connor, Roy Kesey, Ryan Bradford, Jim Ruland and Justin Hudnall. Brought to you by So Say We All, a San Diego-based arts advocacy and production company.

6 p.m.

BOSTON, MA

April 20, 2011

University of Massachusetts-Boston

A reading at the UMB bookstore.

2 p.m.

AMHERST, MA

April 16, 2011

Juniper Literary Festival

Roundtable discussion on "Changing Conditions: Editing, Publishing, and Promotion."
Moderated by Monica Fambrough.
Sponsored by the MFA Program for Poets and Writers.
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

3:45 p.m.

AMHERST, MA

April 15, 2011

Juniper Literary Festival

A reading with Sommer Browning, Timothy Donnelly, and Michelle Hoover.
Sponsored by the MFA Program for Poets and Writers.
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

7:30 p.m.

BROOKLYN, NY

April 13, 2011

WORD Books

A fiction workshop at one of New York's best independent bookstores.

5 p.m.

MANHATTAN, NY

April 12, 2011

Pen Parentis

A reading with Arthur Phillips & Whitney Terrell at a beautiful bar in Manhattan.

7 p.m.

MORGANTOWN, WV

February 11, 2011

WVU History Presents...

A public lecture, “Narrative and Identity in History and Fiction,” sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities Council.
Gluck Theater, West Virginia University

3:30 p.m.

HEALDSBURG, CA

February 9, 2011

Bean Affair Workshops

A fiction workshop focusing on literary voice.
1270 Healdsburg Avenue
Contact: Cynthia Helen Beecher - quill.ink.productions@gmail.com - (707) 696-1111

10 a.m.

HEALDSBURG, CA

February 8, 2011

Healdsburg Center Literary Cafe

A joint reading and signing with poet John Norton.
Healdsburg Center Literary Cafe
133 Matheson Street

7 p.m.

UKIAH, CA

February 7, 2011

Friends of the Mendocino College Library Present...

A joint reading and signing with David Vann, author of Caribou Island.
Presented by Friends of the Mendocino College Library, supported by Poets & Writers Inc., hosted by John Koetzner.
Little Theater
1000 Hensley Creek Road

7:30 p.m.

LAKEPORT, CA

February 6, 2011

Friends of the Mendocino College Library Present...

A joint reading and signing with David Vann, author of Caribou Island.
Presented by Friends of the Mendocino College Library, supported by Poets & Writers Inc., hosted by John Koetzner.
Soper-Reese Theater
275 S. Main Street

2 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

February 4, 2011

Vermin on the Mount

A fiction reading with Kim Chinquee, Al Heathcock, Lindsay Hunter, Nicolette Kittinger, Thomas Williams and Scott McClanahan. Sponsored by Annalemma, hosted by Jim Ruland.
Mie N Yu Restaurant
3125 M Street NW

8 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

February 3, 2011

The Literati Gong Show

A literary spectacle presented by Flatmancrooked with Dzanc Books, Featherproof Books, Hobart, and Barrelhouse. Celebrity judges: Benjamin Percy, Forrest Gander and Pamela Houston. My fellow readers will include Adam Novy, Shya Scanlon, Myfanwy Collins, Lindsay Hunter, Jac Jemc, Matthew Kirkpatrick & Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz.
Madam's Organ Blues Bar
2461 18th Street NW

6 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

February 3, 2011

2011 AWP Annual Conference

Panel Discussion: "Fiction's Future"
With Lance Olsen, Steve Tomasula, M. Evelina Galang, Debra Di Blasi and Thomas Williams.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Lobby Level, Virginia A Room.
660 Woodley Road NW

4:30 p.m.

CHESTERTOWN, MD

February 1, 2011

Sophie Kerr Lecture Series

Reading, Q&A and signing at Washington College's O'Neill Literary House.

5:30 p.m.