+ Plus more events to come in 2026!

+ January 15, 2026: Reading/conversation with Robert Sullivan at the New York Public Library (the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library event center) at 6:30 p.m., 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (Register here)

+ November 3, 2025: Reading/conversation with Jim Schutze at Interabang Books at 6 p.m., 5600 W Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX (Preorder here)

+ October 31, 2025: Reading with Mary Jo Bang at 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA (Preorder here)

+ October 27, 2025: Reading/conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld at 7 p.m., Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN (Register here)

+ October 21, 2025: Book launch for Look Out! Reading/conversation with Tobeya Ibitayo at 6 p.m. at Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO (RSVP here)

+ October 10, 2025: In conversation with novelist E.Y. Zhao at 6 p.m. at Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO

+ May 22, 2024: In conversation with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) at 7 p.m., 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO (presented by Left Bank Books)

+ April 11, 2023: In conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld at 7 p.m., 1 Mark Twain Circle, St. Louis, MO (presented by Left Bank Books)

+ October 26-28, 2022: Reading, Master Class, & Craft Talk, Furman University, Greenville, SC

+ October 16, 2020: Reading, Furman University, Greenville, SC (virtual)

+ March 11, 2019: Talk/reading at 7 p.m., St. Louis University Library Associates Evenings at Home, St. Louis, MO

+ March 4, 2019: Opening session, All Write Festival, Webster Groves, MO

+ October 26, 2018: Reading at 7 p.m., Argenta Reading Series, 317 Main St., North Little Rock, AR

+ March 29, 2018: Reading at 6 p.m., Gettysburg Review and Department of English Reading Series, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

+ February 22, 2018: Reading at 4:30 p.m., Allan K. Smith Reading Series, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

+ November 28, 2017: Faculty Book Talk at 4:30 p.m., Olin Library, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

+ November 4-5, 2017: Appearances at the Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX. Panel: "New Approaches to Nonfiction," November 5 at 1:15 p.m. Signing: Main Book Signing Tent.

+ October 12, 2017: Reading at 8 p.m., Creative Writing Program Reading Series, Hurst Lounge, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

+ October 3, 2017: Reading with Mary Jo Bang at 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

+ June 24, 2017: Reading and Conversation with Rebecca Traister at 7 p.m., A Public Space, 323 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY

+ May 27, 2017: Reading at 2 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas, TX (Sponsored by Interabang Books and presented in partnership with the Friends of the Dallas Public Library)

+ May 25, 2017: "To The Best of Our Knowledge" (live radio show) at 7 p.m., Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, MO 

+ May 3, 2017: Reading at 7 p.m., Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN

+ May 1, 2017: Book launch/reading at 8 p.m., Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO