UPCOMING READINGS

Spring 2012

Monday, January 23

Vassar College

124 Raymond Avenue

Poughkeepsie, NY

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 14

Houston Indie Book Festival

Menil Park

Houston, TX

Time: 2:30 p.m.

FALL 2011

Friday, October 14

Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Anchorage, Fairbanks

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Summer 2011

July 17-22; July 23-24

Iowa Summer Writing Festival

I’ll be teaching a week-long Fiction Workshop and weekend Craft Class

Iowa City, IA

Spring 2011

Wednesday, March 9

FOL Book and Author Luncheon

Bulverde/Spring Branch Library

San Antonio, TX

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, April 6

Our Lady of the Lake University

Thiry Auditorium

411 SW 24th Street

San Antonio, TX

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Monday, April 11

Arts & Letters Live

My story “Storms” will be read by a professional actor along with stories by Tim O’Brien and Lori Stephens.

Horchow Auditorium

Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas, TX

Time: 7:30 p.m.

FALL 2010

Sunday, October 17

Texas Book Festival

Panel with writers Doug Dorst,

David Means, and Jill Meyers

State Capital Building

Capital Extension Room E2.016

Austin, TX

Time: 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 21

RopeWalk Visiting Writers Reading Series

University of Southern Indiana

Carter Hall, ABC, UC

8600 University Blvd.

Evansville, IN

Time: 5:00 p.m.

SPRING 2010

Wednesday, January 6

McNally Jackson Books

52 Prince Street

New York, NY

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 7

InDigest Reading Series

(le) Poisson Rouge

158 Bleecker Street

New York, NY

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Friday, January 8

KGB Bar

(with Hannah Tinti)

85 East 4th Street

New York, NY

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 28

Poison Pen Reading Series

Poison Girl Bar

1641 Westheimer

Houston, TX

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Februrary 8

Vroman’s Bookstore

695 E. Colorado Boulevard

Pasadena, CA

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Februrary 10

Chaucer’s Books

3221 State Street

Santa Barbara, CA

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 11

Book Passage Bookstore

51 Tamal Vista Blvd.

Corte Madera, CA (near S.F.)

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 13

Writers with Drinks Reading Series

3225 22nd Street

San Francisco, CA

Time: 7:30 p.m.

         (doors open at 7:00)

Thursday, February 18

Gemini Ink Autograph Series Reading

(with David Liss)

Chapman Graduate Center Auditorium

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

   

Friday, February 19

Colloquium Luncheon Interview

(followed by Q&A and book signing)

The Studio at the Pearl Brewery

200 E. Grayson Street

San Antonio, TX

Time: 11:45-2:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 10

AWP Conference—Denver

Colorado Convention Center

Room 205

Denver, CO

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, April 27

Drake Emerging Writer Award Reading

Cowles Library Reading Room

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Time: 7:30 p.m.

RECENT READINGS

FALL 2009

Thursday, October 1

Visiting Writers Series

Writers Institute

Isaacs Auditorium

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove,PA

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 22

American Book Review Reading Series

Alcorn Auditorium (UW 204)

University of Houston—Victoria

Victoria, TX

Time: 12:00 noon

Winter/Spring 2009

Tuesday, January 6

BookPeople Bookstore

603 N. Lamar

Austin, TX

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Monday, February 9

University of Illinois

Illini Union Bookstore

809 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 10

Prairie Lights Bookstore

15 S. Dubuque Street

Iowa City, IA

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 11

Heartland Community College

1500 Raab Road

Room CCB 1406

Normal, IL

Time: 12:00 noon

Wednesday, February 11

Illinois Wesleyan University

Merwin Gallery

Ames Art Building

6 Ames Plaza West

Bloomington, IL

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 12

The AWP Conference

Chicago Hilton, Continental C

Chicago, IL

Time: 12:00 noon

Wednesday, February 18

St. Edward’s University

Maloney Room, Main Building

Austin, TX

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 22

OLLU Benefit Reading

Providence Hall, West Social Room

San Antonio, TX

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Monday, March 2

Houston Baptist University

Houston, TX

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, March 4

Teachers and Writers Collaborative

520 Eight Avenue, Suite 2020

New York, NY

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 5

Pete’s Candy Store

709 Lorimer Street

Brooklyn, NY

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 6

One Story Reading Series

Pianos Bar

(Lower East Side)

158 Ludlow Street

New York, NY

Time: 6:30 p.m. (cocktails)

          7:00 p.m. (reading)

Saturday, March 14

Luminaria Arts Night

San Antonio, TX

Time: TBA

FALL 2008

Thursday, October 16

Georgia College & State University

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Milledgeville, GA

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Friday, October 17

Wordsmiths Bookstore

545 N. McDonough Street

Decatur, GA

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 19

Brazo’s Bookstore

2421 Bissonnet

Houston, TX

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 23

The Holt Center

Trinity University

106 Oakmont Ct.

San Antonio, TX

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 5

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

1000 Hilltop Circle, Rm: UC 310

Baltimore, MD

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 6

Gettysburg College

The Lyceum, Penn Hall

Gettysburg, PA

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Friday, November 7

Book signing

DogStar Books

529 West Chestnut Street

Lancaster, PA

Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Friday, November 14

Booksoup Bookstore

8818 Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 15

Readings of my work by professional actors

The Knitting Factory-Hollywood

7021 Hollywood Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 19

The Twig Bookshop

5005 Broadway

San Antonio, TX

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Spring 2008

May 9, 2008

Gemini Ink

San Antonio, TX

Time: 6:00-8:30

April 19, 2008

Salon Mijangos Reading Series, San Antonio, TX

Time: 7:00 p.m.

November 5, 2007

BookPeople Bookstore, Austin,TX. Utter Reading Series

Time: 7:00 p.m.