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HEART SLAM
A FUNDRAISER for the Sierra Writers Conference. Produced by Carolyn Crane. Everyone presenting this night will be doing so “by heart,” including the multi-talented Grace Totherow, who'll also MC, and the ever-astonishing Chris Olander; I’ll be singing as well as contributing spoken word. Plus there's a Haiku Open Mic!
Find out more »Sierra Writers Conference
The theme for this year's Sierra Writers Conference is VOICES AND VISIONS. I’ll be offering a seminar on Point of View (one of my favorite topics), and many other wonderful writers—including Rachel Howard, Kim Culbertson, and Betsy Fassbinder—will share their views on a variety of fascinating subjects.
Find out more »Sierra Stages’s Theatre by the Book: DEAR ELIZABETH, by Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl’s wonderful script, DEAR ELIZABETH, laces together letters between two of the 20th century’s most beloved poets, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, to create a spellbinding, romantically charged, and deeply inspiring evening. With Trish Adair, Jon Enos, and Lindsay Dunckel. A perfect way to spend Valentine’s Day evening!
Find out more »Authors on the Move! Fundraiser for the Sacramento Library Foundation
Delighted to be among the many local and regional authors participating in this fundraiser for the Library's Summer Reading Program. With Beth Ruyak as MC. Champagne reception and live auction.
Find out more »FLUNK. START. Book Launch: Yuba Lit: Reading & Reception
Delighted to be launching FLUNK. START. here at home in the Sierra Nevada as part of Rachel Howard's terrific reading series, Yuba Lit. Includes a reading and a conversation with Ms Howard on the Art of Memoir. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Find out more »Reading: Book Passage, Corte Madera
Delighted to return to the wonderful Book Passage for the Bay Area Launch of Flunk. Start!
Find out more »Reading: Time Tested Books: Sacramento
Delighted to be reading from FLUNK. START. -- with a Q&A to follow -- in Sacramento on Tuesday, 3/20 at the wonderful TIME TESTED BOOKS.
Find out more »Reading: Midtown Scholar, plus Q&A with Donna Taralico; Harrisburg, PA: 7:00
Honored to read at this venerated bookstore in Harrisburg, PA, and delighted to engage in a Q&A with Donna Taralico, Founder of Hippocampus Magazine and Director of Hippocamp, an annual creative nonfiction conference in Lancaster, PA (find their terrific website here) .
Find out more »Craft Talk 4:30 & Reading 7:30: Writers House, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
This is a homecoming! Getting to read from my memoir on the beloved campus where I am a professor: Franklin & Marshall College. Craft Talk 4:30-5:30. Reading at 7:30, with a Q&A and book signing to follow. Both are free and open to the public.
Find out more »Berkeley Book Party
A dear friend is hosting a book party/open house in Berkeley. Let me know if you're interested in attending and I'll get you details. Books will be for sale and there will be wine and waters, cheese and chocolate—and a host of delightful people.
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