For Independent Bookstore day, I'll be tending bar at The Book Cellar, serving up bloody Marys and mimosas. The bar is open from 11 to 1, but I'll likely get there a little after 12.

I'll be participating in the 3rd annual Author After Hours event at Zion Benton Public Library. The first hour will be a dinner for the library's Short Story Contest Winners, and the second hour will be a panel discussion with me and other authors (TBA). Please contact the library for information!

I'll be teaching at this writers' conference in Seaside, Florida, along with Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Seth Brady-Tucker, and Matt Bondurant. Fellowships and scholarships are available... See the website for more details.

I'll be teaching at the first week of this two-week conference in Denver at the incredible Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Conference details available at the website. Public reading TBA. 

I'll be celebrating the paperback release of Music for Wartime at Boulder Bookstore with a 7:30 pm reading.

I'll be reading in one of my favorite cities... Time and details TBA.

I'll be reading with the author Matthew Neill Null (Allegheny Front) at 7 pm on Tuesday, June 21st in Chapel Hill, NC. Please join us!

I'll be reading at Eagle Eye Bookshop right outside Atlanta at 7 pm on Wednesday, June 22nd.

I'll be in conversation about Music for Wartime with local NPR music commentator Mark Foley at Watermark Books in Wichita. Join us!

I'm thrilled to be teaching at the legendary Tin House Writer's Workshop in Portland, Oregon this summer. Scholarships available!