This Thursday-Saturday, I will be participating in The Letters Festival in Atlanta. I am excited to be part of this event!
On Thursday, I will read at the Kickoff Event with Jericho Brown, Matt DeBenedicitis, and Jacob Scheier, at Mother at 8 p.m. There are readings Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. at The Goat Farm Arts Center, as well as lots of other literary events!
On Saturday, I will lead a fiction workshop at The Goat Farm Arts Center at 2 p.m.
Joey Pizzolato discusses The Kind of Girl in Curbside Splendor.
Had a great time!
Looking forward to reading at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA, at 5 p.m. this coming Sunday (November 10)!
In addition to getting to see my adorable niece and nephew in their Halloween costumes and see family and friends, I will be visiting a class at UNM and giving a couple of readings in my home state, New Mexico, this week!
I will be in Taos Wednesday, October 30, in the Salon at SOMOS, reading at 7:30 pm (free and open to the public)
SOMOS
233 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Taos, New Mexico
And I’ll be in Albuquerque Friday, November 1, reading with the amazing Ann Cummins, also a native New Mexican, at Bookworks at 7:00 pm (free and open to the public)
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Copies of The Kind of Girl will be available at each site. Hope to see you there!
Courtney Crowder, of the Chicago Tribune, discusses how The Kind of Girl came to be. Click here to read the article!
In November, I will be participating in The Letters Festival in Atlanta. It is a three-day independent literature festival with writing workshops, discussion panels, and live readings.
To support the event or purchase tickets, visit The Letters Festival Indiegogo page. This is its inaugural year–I am so excited to be a part of it!
Friday October 18, at 7 p.m., it is time to bust out your short-shorts.
Stories, that is. INK Book Gathering in Idyllwild, CA is hosting a short-short open mic. All are welcome to read stories of 500 words or less! I will be reading from The Kind of Girl, and some of my Idyllwild Arts Academy students will share their work, as well. Come join us for a night of short-shorts!
I will be reading this Saturday with several other writers at the Red Hen Poetry Prom–see below from their website.
Please join us! Red Hen Press is excited to host Pier Poetry Prom on Saturday, October 5th from 4pm to 6pm, at 1450 Ocean in Santa Monica.
Never mind that we’re half a year early: authors Brendan Constantine, Nicelle Davis, Kate Durbin, Katherine Factor, Kim Henderson, Charles Hood, Eric Morago and Justin Wallace Kibbe will perform. Plus, there will be beverages and light fare, live music and dancing, a photo booth, and a poetry-themed midway including a Zoltar poetry machine. You won’t want to miss this!
Pier Poetry Prom is free and open to the public. Reservations are encouraged but not required. To let 1450 Ocean know you’ll attend, please visit smgov.net/reserve, or to contact staff at Red Hen, email publicity@redhen.org.
Parking and Transport: Parking is $1 for first 2.5 hours in Parking Structure 7 (off Broadway west of 4th) or 8 (off 2nd St. north of Colorado) adjacent to the Santa Monica Place Mall. Every 30 min. thereafter is $1.50 to a maximum of $14. There are also meters on Ocean Avenue; $2/hr maximum 2 hours. After hours local lots offer flat rates. Buses that serve 1450 Ocean include Routes 1, 7 and Rapid 7, 10. Visit bigbluebus.com.
We hope to see you on October 5th–with sand lining the edges of your finest!
– See more at: http://redhen.org/events/rhp-poetry-prom/#sthash.GVK1iQyD.dpuf
Click to read a review of The Kind of Girl by Dymon Lewis in Redivider
