Reading: Midtown Scholar, plus Q&A with Donna Taralico; Harrisburg, PA: 7:00

Uptown Scholar 1302 N 3rd, Harrisburg, PA, United States

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) .

Berkeley Book Party

Berkeley House 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.

In Conversation with AMY TAN. Shakespeare & Co in NYC. Moderated by Robin Martin

Thrilled to be reading and conversing with Amy Tan, talking about our respective memoirs. Hers is called Where the Past Begins (find a lovely review from the New York Times here, and listen here to an NPR essay.) Robin Martin, of Yeah, You Write, conducts a Q&A.  Find us at this bookstore on Lexington Ave […]

Reading & Q&A: Book Seller, Grass Valley: 5:30

The Book Seller 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley, CA, United States

Delighted to return to Nevada County after my heady trip to the east coast. Please join us for a delightful late afternoon reading and Q&A at Grass Valley's premier bookstore.

Bay Area Reading: Stranger Than Fiction

The Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary Street, San Francisco, United States

Really delighted to take part in this terrific reading series hosted by Frances Stroh, herself the author of a wild and wonderful memoir that is stranger than fiction, Beer Money. I'll be reading with three or four other writers; as soon as I have their names I'll update this post. Meanwhile, please put it on […]

Concert: Jerry Grant CD Release & Composer Concert: w/ Maggie McKaig & Randy McKean

What a fabulous night this is going to be: A CD release party that is also a fundraiser and is also a concert for four other composer/musicians. Jerry Grant performs with his NUJAZZ ALTERNATIVE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA (has to be seen -- and heard! -- to be believed -- marvelous). I'm honored to be among the […]

FAIR USE at the North Star House

North Star House 12075 Auburn Rd, Grass Valley, CA, United States

FAIR USE, a play by Sands Hall, explores the controversy surrounding the unattributed use Wallace Stegner made of the life and writings of Mary Hallock Foote in creating his novel, Angle of Repose. (Mary and her husband Arthur lived in the North Star house for 30 years of their amazing lives.) This is a fundraiser […]

Reading: Copperfield’s Books, Novato

Copperfield's Books, Novato 999 Grant Avenue, Novato, CA, United States

Delighted to be participating in WORDS OFF PAPER, a reading series moderated by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, author of Filling Her Shoes. I'll be appearing with fellow writers Christie Nelson, J Macon King, Jeb Stewart Harrison, and Bonnie Monte. Please join us!

Reading: Prairie Lights, Iowa City, Iowa

Prairie Lights Iowa City, IA, United States

One of the best book stores in the world, and I am SO delighted to be here again. I'll be reading from FLUNK. START. and answering questions. Book signing to follow. I'll be in town all that week, teaching for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival.