As part of my stint as a Walter E. Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, I will give a public reading from The Borrower along with writers (and fellow Fellows) Anna Leahy and Keith O'Shaughnessy. The event is open to the public, and will be held in the Cushman Room of the Bairnwick Women’s […]

I will be reading from The Borrower, answer questions and signing books at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, WI (about twenty-five minutes north of downtown Milwaukee) on Thursday, June 30th at 7:00 PM. All are welcome!

Debut Fiction PanelAlong with Belinda McKeon, Deanna Fei and Samuel Park, moderated by Patrick Somerville. Copies of The Borrower will be available for advance purchase and signing!

Reading with Tracy Winn, author of Mrs. Somebody Somebody. 7:30, in a barn on top of a mountain. Heaven. More appearances on the book tour.

I will be reading and answering questions as part of the panel, as well as signing books at the Penguin table. Visit the ALTAFF website for more details. Also see more appearances on the book tour.

"The November Story," originally published in Crazyhorse and since featured on This American Life, will be read at Oxford, England's Short Stories Aloud, a series based on NYC's Selected Shorts (i.e., read by an actor, not be me; I will sadly be stranded on the less chic side of the pond). The event is Tuesday, […]

On Thursday, May 24th at 6:30 I'll be offering a one-night class at Story Studio Chicago called "All's Well That Ends Well." We'll discuss how to end a piece of fiction (short stories and novels both). This will be part craft class, part workshop. If you haven't been to Story Studio yet, you're missing out […]

I'll be speaking on a panel called Surrealism in the Midwest (Talking ears of corn! Gregor Samsa wakes up as a dairy cow! Literal cheeseheads!) at Woodland Pattern Bookstore in Milwaukee on Friday, June 1st at 7:30, as part of the Midwest Small Press Festival. New Stories from the Midwest editor Jason Lee Smith will […]

I could rephrase it all, but after a long day of writing I'm opting for  good old plagiarism. From the Poets & Writers website: Please join us for dinner and conversation with special guests Rebecca Makkai, Audrey Niffeneger, and Scott Turow on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. We'll meet at Reza's, 432 West Ontario […]

I'll be teaching two evening writing workshops at the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee, Illinois: Tuesday, January 14th, 7 pm: "Hit the Ground Running" Tuesday, January 21st, 7 pm: "Ending it All" They are respectively, on starting and ending great fiction. Registration is required for both