I'll be in conversation with Margaret Atwood via WBEZ and in partnership with Exile in Bookville. Join us on Monday, October 7th at 6pm the University Club of Chicago! Tickets […]

John Green and I in conversation on our work, lives, and the role that novels can—and can’t—play in today’s world. Join us at Northwestern University at 2pm!

Join me in Minneapolis for a Pen Pals program at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. All proceeds from the event benefit Hennepin County Library, join me in person or […]

Join me, Xochitl Gonzalez, and Sonora Jha (moderated by Lupita Aquino) as we talk campus novels on Wednesday, October 30 at 7pm EST! Join us here.

Click here to register to join me, Senator Duckworth, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Jill Wine-Banks, Carol Ross Barney, Erin Gallagher, Dorri McWhorter, and Rohini Dey on November 3rd at Vermillion […]

I'll be hosting the 9th Annual CHIRBy Awards, a ceremony honoring the “literary gold” writers of Chicago on December 12th at the Fine Arts Building. Cocktail hour is from 6:30pm […]

I'll be in conversation with some rockstar writers (Parneshia Jones, Megan Stielstra, Adrian Matejka, Michael Zapata) at the Swedish American Museum (note the location on the graphic is wrong) on […]

I'll be Reading at Vassar College at February 3rd at 6pm—join us here, no RSVP required!

I'll be in conversation with Dinaw Mengestu at Anderson’s Bookshop at Kinderhook Books in Kinderhook, NY on February 8th at 6pm—join us to chat about his latest book, Someone Like […]

I’ll be in conversation with Jennifer Finney Boylan on February 14 at 6pm at Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston! Tickets for this event cost $35 and each includes admission and […]