I'll be reading at the Moline, IL Public Library, with book sales and signing to follow.

I'll be reading at the Enoch Pratt Library (the central one) in Baltimore. (Where I used to live!) (Baltimore, not the library.) (Although I did get married in a library in Baltimore!) (Just not this one.) Book sales and signing to follow.

WYPR's radio program "The Weekly Reader" has a live book club at the Ivy Bookshop, and I'll be joining their September discussion to talk about The Great Believers. Hosts Emma Snyder and Lisa Morgan will be joined by the critic and author Marion Winik, who has written extensively on the AIDS epidemic. This event is […]

I'll be reading with the poet Douglas Kearney at the Sunday Reading Series.

I'm thrilled beyond measure that San Diego has chosen The Great Believers for their 2019 citywide read. I'll be appearing there to launch the program on September 19th at the Balboa Theater. The program will also feature an address by Terry Cunningham, Chief of the STD, HIV and Hepatitis Branch of Public Health Services for […]

You have to take a boat to get to this one. It's worth it.

I'll be teaching an online class about writing across difference for She Writes University. Signing up allows you to watch live, but you'll also receive a recording of the talk the next day. "Am I Allowed to Write That? How to be a Responsible and Conscientious Creator Unless every character you write is exactly like […]

Girly Book Club is a global online book club, and The Great Believers is their September pick. On September 25th at 6:30pm Eastern, join us for an online discussion. I'll be answering questions live! (As of this posting, the link will take you to the (free!) registration for Curtis Sittenfeld's upcoming appearance. You should register! […]

I'll be appearing for the "Writers in the Woods" series.

I'll be giving a craft talk at Loyola University Maryland. The talk, which is on being stuck (and how not to be) is free and open to the public. Book sales and a signing will follow. Join us!