2009
Aug 3 - New York, NY
Half King @ 7:00 PM
w/ Emily Flake, Michelle Green, and D.E. Rasso on behalf of Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts
Aug 6 - Brooklyn, NY
Word Bookstore @ 7:30 PM
w/ Michelle Green, Said Sayrafiezadeh, and Maud Newton on behalf of Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts
PREVIOUS EVENTS
2006
May 9 - New York City
Periodically Speaking: Literary Magazine Editors Introducing Emerging Writers
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
6 PM
June 15 - New York City
Borders Books
10 Columbus Circle
7 PM
June 20 - Mount Prospect, IL
Borders Books
909
N Elmhurst Rd
7:30 PM
June 22 - Chicago, IL
The Midwestern Ladies Auxiliary Love Revue
@ The
Hideout
Sponsored by Venus
Magazine!
Featuring: Jami Attenberg, Instant
Love
Wendy McClure, I'm
Not the New Me
Emily Flake,
Lulu
Eightball
Hana Schank, A
More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life
Hosted by Claire Zulkey
@ The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia
7-9 PM
June 25 - Los Angeles, CA
Vermin on the Mount
with Chad Tsuyuki, Trinie Dalton, and Benjamin Weissman
8 PM
June 26 - Portland, OR
Powell's Books
7 PM
June 27 - Seattle, WA
Third Place
Books
7 PM
June 28 - San Francisco, CA
Book Shop West Portal
80 West Portal Avenue
7 PM
June 29 - Napa, CA
Copperfield's Books
Sponsored by Pearl Necklace Zine!
7 PM
August 8 - Brooklyn, NY
w/Hana Schank, author of A More Perfect Union
Book Court
8 PM
August 9 - Newtonville, MA
w/J.R .Moehringer, author of Tender Bar
Newtonville Books
Books and Brews Series
7 PM
September 7 - Marquette, NE
Art Farm
7 PM
September 14 - Omaha, NE
Reading Grounds
w/Amy Guth
7 PM
September 15-16 - Omaha, NE
Omaha Literary Festival
October 18 - New York, NY
Happy Ending
In the Flesh Reading Series
w/ Mo Beasley
Christen Clifford
Stephen Elliott
Marcy Dermansky
P.F. Kozak
8 PM
October 23 - Brooklyn, NY
Galapagos
Smut Reading Series
8 PM
November 3 - Las Vegas, NV
Vegas Valley Book Festival
7 PM
November 8 - New York, NY
Class of 2007 Reading Series @ Boxcar Lounge (Host)
w/Nick Antosca
Tyler Antrim
Ellis Avery
Bob Powers
8 PM
November 16 - New York, NY
KGB Bar
Drunken! Careening! Writers! Series
w/Roger Pinnell
Kelly Regan
8 PM
November 19 - Brooklyn, NY
Stain Bar
Sunday Salon Reading Series
w/Alison Smith
Scott Snyder
Melissa Petro
8 PM
December 14 - Boston, MA
Brookline Booksmith
7 PM
2007
January 10 - New York, NY
Class of 2007 Reading Series @ Boxcar Lounge (Host)
w/Dinaw Mengestu
Camille De Angelis
Anya Ulinich
David Matthews
8 PM
February 28 - New York, NY
Class of 2007 Reading Series @ Boxcar Lounge (Host)
w/Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End
Felicia Sullivan, The Sky Isn't Visible From Here
Annie Choi, Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters
Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires
8 PM
March 7 - New York, NY
New Jewish Fiction @ Makor
w/Robert Marshall
Galt Niederhoffer
7 PM
April 3 - New York, NY
Mo Pitkins presents Heeb Storytelling: The Seder
w/Meital Dohan, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Dean Obeidallah
April 13 - New York, NY
Instant Love/Red Weather Paperback Release/Tax Day Party @ KGB
w/Pauls Toutonghi, Red Weather
w/Darin Strauss, Chang and Eng
Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires
and an accountant
7 PM
April 20 - Allston, MA
Great Scott
w/Janice Erlbaum, Girlbomb
Wendy McClure, I’m Not the New Me
Special Guests: Hallelujah the Hills
Hosted by Brian Foley
7 PM
April 24 - New York, NY
Ritalin Reading Series at Mo Pitkins
with Chris Mohney, Kurt Braunhoeler, Dana Vachon, Jon Mulaney, and Amelie Gillette
9 PM
April 28 - Philadelphia, PA
Sugar Town at Tritone
with Purple Rhinestone Eagle, The Sky Drops, and The Shondes
10 PM (I go on first so blink and you will miss me.)
May 4 - Chicago, IL
Book Cellar
w/Wendy McClure
Alpana Singh, Alpana Pours
7 PM
May 12 - San Francisco, CA
Writers With Drinks @ The Makeout Room
7 PM
May 13 - Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage
4 PM
May 20 - Bethesda, MD
The Writer's Center
2 PM
July 8 - Madison, CT
Women’s Club of Madison Arts Festival
July 17 - New York, NY
Barnes and Noble Chelsea, 6th at 22nd
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone launch party
w/Laura Dave
Jenni Ferrari-Adler
7 PM
August 18 - Sag Harbor, NY
Bookhampton
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
w/
Jenni Ferrari-Adler
8 PM
September 14-15 - Omaha, NE
Downtown Omaha Lit Fest
September 24 - Brooklyn, NY
Book Court, 7 PM
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
w/
Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Holly Hughes, Ben Karlin
November 11 - Brooklyn, NY
Biscuit BBQ, 6 PM
November 14 - NY, NY
Class of 2008 @ Boxcar Lounge, 8 PM
w/ Daphne Beal, Sloane Crosley, Will Leitch and Joe McGinnis, Jr.
November 15 - New York, NY
Drunken Careening Writers, KGB Bar, 7 PM
2008
January 9 - New York, NY
Barnes and Noble, Chelsea, 7 PM
January 10 - Brookline, MA
Brookline Booksmith, 7 PM
Sponsored by Kickass Cupcakes
January 11 - Chicago, IL
Book Cellar, 7 PM
w/Wendy McClure (I'm Not The New Me
January 12 - Mount Prospect, IL
Borders, 2 PM
January 13 - Los Angeles, CA
Book Soup, 4 PM
January 13 - Los Angeles, CA
Vermin on the Mount Reading Series @ The Mountain, 8 PM
January 16 - Seattle, WA
Elliott Bay Book Co, 7:30 PM
January 17 - Portland, OR
Powell's Books, 7:30 PM
January 18 - Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage, 7 PM
January 19 - San Francisco, CA
Progressive Reading Series @ The Make-out Room, 7 PM
January 23 - New York, NY
Class of 2008 @ Boxcar Lounge, 8 PM
with Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin
Michael Dahlie, A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living
Lynn Lurie, Corner of the Dead
Mark Sarvas, Harry, Revised
January 24 - Brooklyn, NY
Pete's Candy Store Reading Series, 7:30 PM
with Jim Shepard, Like You'd Understand, Anyway
February 2 - Rhinebeck, NY
Oblong Books, 7:30 PM
February 7 - Providence, RI
Symposium Books, 6 PM
February 10 - New York, NY
KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction, 7 PM
w/Lauren Groff, The Monsters of Templeton
Feb 20 - New York, NY
Class of 2008 @ Boxcar Lounge, 8 PM
with Stefan Block, Keith Gessen, Suzanne Guillette and Diana Spechler
Feb 21 - Philadelphia, PA
Big Blue Marble, 7 PM
February 27 - Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Book Court, 7 PM
w/Janice Erlbaum (Have You Found Her
March 18 - New York, NY
Housing Works, 7 PM
w/Anne Landsman, The Rowing Lesson
May 22 - Chicago, IL
The Fixx, 7:30 PM
May 24, Chicago, IL
Pilcrow Lit Fest
June 2, Memphis, TN
City and Regional Magazine Association Conference 2008
June 26, Laramie, WY
The Second Story, 7 PM
July 13, Portland, OR
Booty Call 5: As Dirty As We Wanna Be @ Plan B, 8 PM
w/Steve Almond, Kevin Sampsell, Melissa Lion and Zach Plague
September 18 , Brooklyn, NY
Pete’s Candy Store Reading Series @ 7:30 PM
2009
January 11, New York, NY
Good Words at Good World Bar @ 5 PM
The Kept Man
Hosted by the amazing Rosie Schaap
With the very specialest guest ever, Wendy McClure
2009
BIG, BAD-ASS, SOUTHERN BOOK TOUR
FOR THE KEPT MAN
January 14, Tucson, AZ
Club Congress @ 7 PM
with the brilliant Aurelie Sheehan and Ander Monson
and the boisterous Fell City Shouts
January 22, Marfa, TX
Marfa Book Company @ 6 PM
January 25, Austin, TX
Book People @ 3 PM
with the decadent Dakota Smith
January 27, Houston, TX
Brazos @ 6 PM
January 28, Jackson, MS
Lemuria Books @ 5 PM
January 29, Shreveport, LA
Robinson Film Center @ 5:30 PM
with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson (Southern Comfort), Randy Denmon (Lawless Frontier), Deborah LeBlanc (Morbid Curiosity), and Lenora Worth (Deadly Texas Rose)
Feb 3, Fayetteville, AR
Nightbird Books @ 6:30 PM
Feb 7, New Orleans, LA
FAB - Faubourg Marigny Art and Books @ 7 PM
Feb 10, Memphis, TN
Davis-Kidd @ 6 PM
Feb 11, Atlanta, GA
Reading at Opal Gallery @ 7 PM
Sponsored by A Cappella Books
Feb 12, Gainesville, FL
Goerings @ 8 PM
with the supremely talented Lauren Groff
Feb 16, Savannah, GA
Reading at Ex Libris bookstore @ 6:30 p.m
Sponsored by Savannah College of Art and Design Department of Professional Writing
Feb 17, Charlotte, NC
Park Road Books
@ 7 PM
with southern charmer Kevin Keck
Feb 18, Richmond, VA
Fountain Books @ 6:30 PM
March 3 - Brooklyn, NY
Word
Reading and discussion with the great Kate Christensen @ 7:30 PM
May 7 - Brooklyn, NY
Franklin Park Reading Series @ 8 pm
w/Diana Spechler, Suzie Gillette
May 19 - Brooklyn, NY
Word Bookstore @ 7:30 PM
I will be interviewing Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age at Word Bookstore
March 19 - New York, NY
KGB Bar
Drunken! Careening! Writers! Series @ 8 PM
March 25 - New York, NY
How I Learned at Happy Ending @ 8 PM
April 19 - New York, NY
The Cell
Tandem Reading Series @ 5 PM
w/Diana Spechler, Suzie Gillette, and Greg Williams
April 19 - Brooklyn, NY
Stain Bar
Sunday Salon Reading Series @ 7 PM