• Tue
    29
    Jan
    2019

    Philadelphia, PA - Publication Date

    7:30 pmReading and Q&A

    Philadelphia Free Library
    Parkway Central Library
    1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)
    For details, click here.

  • Mon
    04
    Feb
    2019

    Washington, DC

    7:00 pmReading and Q&A

    Politics & Prose
    5015 Connecticut Ave NW
    For details, click here.

  • Wed
    06
    Feb
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    7:00 pmReading & Conversation with Glory Edim

    Weeksville Heritage Center
    158 Buffalo Avenue
    For details, click here

  • Fri
    08
    Feb
    2019

    Detroit, MI

    6:30 pmReading & Q&A

    Pages Bookshop
    19560 Grand River Avenue
    For details, click here.

  • Sat
    09
    Feb
    2019

    Detroit, MI

    12:00 pmReading & Conversation with Dr. Felicia George

    Detroit Historical Museum
    5401 Woodward Ave.
    Cultural Center
    For Details, click here

  • Sun
    10
    Feb
    2019

    Detroit, MI

    2:00 pmReading and Q&A

    Detroit Public Library
    Main Branch 5201 Woodward Ave.
    For details, click here.

  • Fri
    15
    Feb
    2019

    New York, NY

    6:30 pmReading & Conversation with Farah Jasmine Griffin

    The Graduate Center
    Leon Levy Center for Biography
    365 Fifth Avenue Room 1201
    Elebash Recital Hall
    For details, click here.

  • Mon
    18
    Feb
    2019

    Cambridge, MA

    7:00 pmReading & Q&A

    Porter Square Books
    25 White Street
    For details, click here.

  • Sat
    23
    Feb
    2019

    Atlanta, GA

    1:00 pmReading & Conversation with Tayari Jones

    A Cappella Books @ Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
    441 Freedom Parkway
    For details, click here.

  • Tue
    26
    Feb
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    7:30 pmReading & Conversation with James Hannaham

    Greenlight Bookstore
    686 Fulton Street (at S. Portland)
    For details, click here.

  • Thu
    28
    Feb
    2019

    Columbus, OH

    7:00 pmReading and Q&A

    Ohio State University – Newark Campus

  • Fri
    01
    Mar
    2019

    Columbus, OH

    12:00 pmPanel Discussion w/ Rhoda McKinney and Karen Thomas

    Ohio State University – Newark Campus

  • Mon
    04
    Mar
    2019

    Harlem, NY

    6:00 pmDinner, Reading & Conversation W/ Bill Foster

    Ruby’s Vintage Harlem Restaurant
    The Author’s Corner, hosted by AA Literary Awards Show, Inc.
    340 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd

  • Fri
    08
    Mar
    2019

    Jersey City, NJ

    5:30 pmReading & Book Signing / Screening, NAKED ACTS, the film

    New Jersey City University
    2039 Kennedy Blvd.
    Must RSVP. For details, click here. 

  • Tue
    12
    Mar
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    7:00 pmIn conversation with Tyehimba Jess, moderated by Lisa Lucas

    Brooklyn Public Library- Central Branch
    10 Grand Army Plaza

  • Wed
    13
    Mar
    2019

    Nashville, TN

    6:30 pmReading and Q&A

    Parnassus Book Shop
    3900 Hillsboro Pike, Suite 14
    For details, click here.

  • Fri
    22
    Mar
    2019

    Charlottesville, VA

    12:00 PM - 1:30 PMVirginia Festival of the Book

    Panel Discussion -- Hand-Me Down Identities: Memoirs with Parents
    City Council Chambers
    605 E Main St.
    For details, click here.

  • Fri
    29
    Mar
    2019

    Portland, OR

    4:30 PM - 5:45 PMAWP Conference

    Panel Discussion – Collective Stories: Memoirists on Stories Not Solely Their Own

  • Sat
    30
    Mar
    2019

    Portland, OR

    1:30 pmAWP Conference

    Panel Discussion – Listening To The Art: Committing To Your Book No Matter How Long It Takes

  • Sun
    31
    Mar
    2019

    New York, NY

    2:30 pmLouise Meriwether & Bridgett Davis In Conversation

    The Harlem Arts Salon
    1925 Seventh Avenue 7L
    For details, click here.

  • Mon
    01
    Apr
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    8:00 pmReading & Conversation with Mitchell Jackson and Kiese Laymon

    Franklin Park Reading Series
    618 St. Johns Place, between Franklin and Classon Aves.

     

  • Mon
    08
    Apr
    2019

    Philadelphia, PA

    7:00 pmReading & Q&A

    Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books
    5445 Germantown Ave

  • Tue
    09
    Apr
    2019

    Baltimore, MD

    6:30 pmReading and Q&A

    Enoch Pratt Free Library
    Central Library,  African American Dept.
    400 Cathedral Street
    For more information, click here.

     

  • Sun
    14
    Apr
    2019

    Los Angeles, CA

    12:00 - 1:00 pmLA Times Festival of Books

    Panel Discussion with Casey Gerald and Kiese Laymon. Moderated by Karen Grigsby Bates.
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA 90007
    For details, click here. 

  • Thu
    09
    May
    2019

    New York, NY

    6:00 pmPEN World Voices Festival

    Panel Discussion
    Sidney Mishkin Gallery 
    Baruch College
    135 E. 22nd Street @ Lexington

  • Sun
    12
    May
    2019

    New York, NY

    12:00 pmPEN World Voices Festival

    Secrets and Lives: Conversation w/ Dani Shapiro
    Rose Auditorium, The Cooper Union
    41 Cooper Square (b/w 6th & 7th Streets)
    For details, click here.

  • Sat
    01
    Jun
    2019

    Dearborn, MI

    6:30 pmOut Of Sight: The Moth in Detroit

    Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
    15801 Michigan Ave

    Learn more information here. 

  • Sat
    08
    Jun
    2019

    Chicago, IL

    11:00 amConversation with Lolly Bowean

    C-Span Stage
    731 S. Plymouth Ct

    Learn more information here. 

  • Tue
    11
    Jun
    2019

    Hewlett, NY

    12:00 - 3:00 pmAuthor’s Luncheon

    Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
    1125 Broadway

  • Mon
    24
    Jun
    2019

    Excelsior, MN

    7:00 pmLiterature Lovers’ Night Out

    Shorewood Community & Event Center
    5735 Country Club Rd

    Learn more information here.

  • Tue
    25
    Jun
    2019

    Stillwater, MN

    7:00 pmLiterature Lovers' Night Out

    Community Thread
    ​2300 Orleans St. W.

    Learn more information here. 

  • Tue
    23
    Jul
    2019

    Ridgewood, NY

    7 pm- 9 pmReading & Conversation
    H.I.P. Lit
    Nowadays
    56-06 Cooper Ave.
  • Mon
    05
    Aug
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    7:30 pmConversation with Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
    Greenlight Books
    686 Fulton Street
  • Mon
    26
    Aug
    2019
    Tue
    27
    Aug
    2019

    Lenox, MA

    Monday at 4:00 pm & Tuesday at 11:00 amSummer Lecture Series

    The Mount 
    2 Plunkett Street

    Learn more information here. 

  • Sun
    01
    Sep
    2019

    Livonia, MI

    12- 3:30 pmDetroit Author's Luncheon

    Burton Manor
    27777 Schoolcraft
    For details, click here.

  • Sun
    08
    Sep
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    4:30 pm – 5:40 pmSlice Literary Conference

    Advice to My Younger Self: Authors on What They'd Do Differently if They Could Do it All Again
    St Francis College
    180 Remsen Street
    For details, click here. 

  • Tue
    10
    Sep
    2019

    New York, NY

    6:30 pm - 8 pmReading & Conversation
    New York Public Library
    Seward Park Branch
    192 East Broadway
  • Thu
    12
    Sep
    2019

    New York, NY

    6-8 pmVCCA Fellows and Friends Gathering

    Nuyorican Poets Cafe
    236 East 3rd Street
    For details, click here. 

  • Fri
    20
    Sep
    2019

    Detroit, MI

    9:45 amDetroit Homecoming Panel

    Conversation w/ author Deborah Royce
    For details, click here. 

  • Fri
    04
    Oct
    2019

    Mill Valley, CA

    7 pm - 9 pmAfter Hours: NAKED TRUTH: real.stories.live

    Mill Valley Public Library, Main Reading Room
    375 Throckmorton Ave
    For details, click here. 

  • Mon
    07
    Oct
    2019

    Tacoma, WA

    12:00 pmLunch talk w/ Students & Community

    University of Puget Sound
    1500 N Warner St

  • Tacoma, WA

    2:00 pmReading/Discussion
    University of Puget Sound

    1500 N Warner St

  • Sun
    20
    Oct
    2019

    Ann Arbor, MI

    4-5:30 pmAnn Arbor Library Book Talk

    Ann Arbor District Library 
    343 South Fifth Ave.
    For details, click here. 

     

  • Mon
    21
    Oct
    2019

    Livonia, MI

    12 pm- 3:30 pmDetroit Author's Luncheon
    Burton Manor
    27777 Schoolcraft
    For details, click here. 
  • Wed
    23
    Oct
    2019

    Brooklyn, NY

    7 pm-9 pmReading & Conversation w/ Authors Sarah Broom and Imani Perry
    Weeksville Heritage Center
    158 Buffalo Avenue