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 […]

Join me in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the issue I’ve found most connected to almost early every problem on the page – […]

In this powerful and intimate event, join me, Natasha Trethewey, and Cristina Rivera Garza to discuss writing on life's "big impossible things." Across award-winning works of poetry, memoir, and fiction […]

Join me at this week's installment of The Open Book in Columbia, South Carolina on March 19th at 6pm. The event is free and open to the public!

Join me at AWP on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Room 501ABC, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.

Join me at AWP on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Room 502A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two for a conversation about Advancing Craft & Community: Different Literary Center Approaches […]