A Conversation with Héctor Abad
I've long admired Héctor Abad and I'm thrilled to talk with him at the Instituto Cervantes on September 20. (More details in the Events page.)
Events!
Hi! I'm doing a few readings & panels, and so I've set up a page for these over here.
Today's Best Index Cards About Sharing Stuff on Social Media
I'm taking a social-media break and had some thoughts on how weird it is that so much of my headspace, and so much of the stuff I jot and share fairly regularly on social media, lives in a space that is not actually mine, is really mostly out of my control, and yet feels super personal in a way that is maybe not super comfortable.
(The cards above are like a baby version of the much better, much more precise ideas articulated in Sofia Samatar's Why You Left Social Media)
Pine Skirt & Pine Hair
I found a bit of pine. Here's what I did with it.
I'm taking a social media break, but I love to doodle, and I love to post stuff, so I'm back to posting things here, for a while.
Neukom!!!
Hi! I'm thrilled to share that Best Worst American won the Neukom Institute Literary Award for debut speculative fiction. Details available here.
All of my AWP events on an index card for some reason
Here is everything I am doing at AWP 2018 in Tampa w/ some added doodles and commentary. Are you going to be there? I'd love to see you! Please stop and say hello.
2018 Events
Here's where I'll be! If you're around please stop in and say hi:
Thursday, February 1, 7 pm: Whitman College Visiting Writers Series (Walla Walla, WA)
Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 pm: Barrie Jean Borrich's Apocalypse, Darling launch, with Christine Rice Tara Betts, and T Clutch Fleischmann (Women & Children First, Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, March 6: 7:30 pm: Quickies! (Innertown Pub, Chicago, IL)
TAMPA/AWP Stuff:
Wednesday, March 7, 6 pm: NU's MA/MFA in Creative Writing's AWP Reading, with Paula Carter, Goldie Goldbloom, Juan Martinez, Simone Muench, Carrie Muehle, Aram Mrojan, and Ankar Thakkar (The Attic, Tampa, FL)
Thursday, March 8, 9 am: Defeating Writer's Block: Techniques for Breaking Through, with Jean Kwok, Mira Jacobs, Elizabeth L. Silver, and Sari Wilson (AWP panel, Tampa, FL)
Friday, March 9, 10:30 am - 11:00 am: Small Beer Press table signing (table 406, AWP, Tampa, FL)
Friday, March 9 7:00pm-9:00pm: AWP Reading/Rock Show/Dance Party (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa, FL)
Monday, March 19, 7 pm: Alumni Reading Series (Black Mountain Institute, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV)
Monday, April 16: YZ Chin's Though I Get Home Chicago book launch (Unabridged Books, Chicago, IL)
More Chicago Events
Here's where I'll be and what I'll be doing in the next few weeks:
Thursday, 7:30 pm 9/14/17 at Women & Children First: A conversation with Jimin Han about her novel A Small Revolution. Facebook event page here.
Friday, 7:00 pm 9/15/17 at Volumes Cafe: The Hullaboo! at Volumes Cafe, with "Trivia, Drunk Spelling Bee, Haiku Smackdown, Bibliomancy, and More -- With Prizes!" with a bunch of awesome writers. Facebook event page here.
Thursday, 8:15 pm 9/21/17 at Women & Children First: Panel on the best books of 2017 so far, and part of the Andersonville Lit Crawl, with another bunch of awesome writers. More info here.
Monday, 7:00 pm 10/2/17 at the Public House Theatre: We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, with music & some terrific Chicago writers. More info here.
Thursday, 5:00 pm 10/19/17 at the American Writers Museum: Authors Brenda Lozano and Juan Martinez in Conversation, part of the Lit & Luz Festival. More info here
Friday, 6:30 pm 10/20/17 at the Hideout: 20x20 Chicago How does it work? More info here.
