Appearances
Update:
The University of Georgia Press will release The Bigness of the World in paperback on October 1, 2010. At the same time, I will be the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill, so I will be doing a paperback tour of the South and the NE at that time. Please consider joining me for one or more of the following readings. This list is a work-in-progress, so please check back frequently.
Also, I am available for readings, workshops, and/or talks.
2010
January 21: Berkeley, CA
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 7:30 pm
Author's Talk/Reading
February 1: Sacramento, CA
A reading at the Sacramento Poetry Center with Robin Ekiss (poet, The Mansion of Happiness) to celebrate our first books, both published by The University of Georgia Press in 2009.
February 18: San Francisco
Reading for the series Inside Story Time at Cafe Royale (800 Post Str at Leavenworth) with four other writers, including Alta Ifland and Stephen Kessler. 6:30-8:30.
February 26: Sacramento, CA
Local actors will read from one of my stories as part of Stories on Stage at the Sacramento Poetry Center, 7:30 pm
May 13: Sausalito, CA
Reading as part of Why There Are Words Literary Series at Studio 333, at 7:00 pm. The theme is Complications.
September 23: Chapel Hill, NC
Flyleaf Books, 7-8 PM
October 7: Atlanta, GA
Charis Books, 7:30-9:00 PM
2009
September 25: New York, NY
NYU's Lillian Vernon Creative Writing House, 7:00 pm
Reading with 5 other recipients of the Rona Jaffe Foundation grant.
October 15: San Francisco, CA
Litquake, Varnish Fine Art, 77 Natoma Street, 7:00 pm
Original shorts around the theme “Survival of the Fittest”
October 22: Milledgeville, GA
Arts & Sciences Auditorium, Georgia College & State University, 7:30 pm
Reading with Geoffrey Becker, fellow Flanner O'Connor Award recipient
October 23: Atlanta, GA
Charis Books and More, 8:00 pm
October 28: San Francisco, CA
The Art Institute of California-SF, 12:00-1:00 pm
Guest reader for the Ai Guest Reader series.
November 5: Albuquerque, NM
Bookworks, 7:00 PM
Author's Talk & Reading.
November 6: Albuquerque, NM
UNM Poets & Writers Series, SUB Mirage/Thunderbird Room (NOTE: THIS IS A LOCATION CHANGE), 7:00 pm
November 16: San Francisco, CA
Books, Inc. Opera Plaza, 6:00 pm
Join me for my official San Francisco launching of The Bigness of the World.
November 28: Interview on WEST COAST LIVE
The show is broadcast from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon on KALW, 91.7 FM, as well as on many public radio stations nationwide. For information, visit the West Coast Live website at www.WCL.org. To join the live audience, you can purchase tickets by calling 415-664-950.