I'm thrilled to be joining Read for the Cure's Toronto fundraiser on 10/21, along with authors Thea Lim and Anthony De Sa, and emcee Rachel Giese. Ticketholders receive three books by the featured authors, compliments of Penguin Random House Canada. They also get access to a nice cocktail, exciting raffle and an auction table to […]

Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel) and I will be in conversation, discussing our latest books with author and AIDS historian Sarah Schulman. This event is part of the Toronto Public Library's signature literary series The Appel Salon, which brings local and international authors together in conversation about their new books and big ideas. […]

I'll be doing a public reading at the Interlochen Center for the Arts; you can also watch live online. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased through the link below.

I'll be speaking about The Great Believers and signing books at the Pablo Center in Eau Claire, WI. This is the 3rd Annual John, Elizabeth and Alison Morris Memorial Event, sponsored by Greg Morris and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Foundation. Tickets are $10.

I'm thrilled to be presenting at the Chicago Humanities Festival and to accept the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Prize for fiction. Legendary local journalist Rick Kogan will be in conversation with me. The event venue is on the campus of Northwestern University. Tickets available to members in late September, and to the public on October 1st.

I'll be in the Hague for the Crossing Border Festival, and then afterward in Brussels. More details to come!

Details to come!

I'll be in conversation with André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name) about his new novel, Find Me. The event is presented by Unabridged Bookstore, but will be offsite at the Nettlehorst School Auditorium. Tickets through the link below!

I'm thrilled to be a finalist for the 2019 Vermont Book Award. (Vermont has been my quarter-of-the-year home since 1999.) The awards gala will take place on November 9th on the college of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier. More info to come!

I'll be in one of my favorite cities to present at the Charleston to Charleston Festival. I'll be in conversation with Bill Goldstein, editor of The New York Times books website, book critic for the weekend edition of WNBC’s Today in New York and author of The World Broke in Two.