
Need some Radical Hope?
A new anthology I'm in, RADICAL HOPE: LETTERS OF LOVE & DISSENT IN DANGEROUS TIMES, launches today in response to the first 100 days....

Calling Women Writers of All Genres/Experience!
MAY 5-7 I'm teaching at VORTEXT, Hedgebrook’s weekend salon at the famed Whidbey Institute (Whidbey Island, WA). For 3 days, women from...

March Madness: 3 Events+International Women's Day+My Birthday!
Hot off the Associated Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair in DC and my stint as Clayton B Ofstad Visiting Writer in Missouri (which...
I'm like Neil deGrasse Tyson!
Or rather, I'm reading in a planetarium and get to project images (coolness, which more than makes up for spending V-Day in...

Off for a Viking Weekend in Minneapolis!
So excited to be teaching "Stories of Arrival" for writers of color over MLK Weekend as part of a partnership between VONA/Voices & The...

Oakland Magic of Memoir Conference + SF LitCrawl on same weekend!
I'll be speaking on the Why Write Memoir panel Saturday morning and reading with a group of travel writers organized by Travelers' Tales...

Time to Mix it Up at Mixed Remixed!
I'll be returning to the Mixed Remixed (formerly Mixed Roots) Festival in Los Angeles, which is the premier literary and film festival...

June is for brides & writers
After a week in Seattle with my mum, attending the Seattle International Film Fest (SIFF), which is wrapping up a 4-year commitment to...

Jungles in Paris, Off Assignment & Me
I'm performing - not my own but someone else's - work at this Evening of Travel Films & Stories tonight. Off Assignment is launching an...