A Glimpse of the Spring Agenda

I have a few photos of my recent trip to the Low Countries, but I'll have to post them later. In the meantime, upcoming events on the horizon in New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco means fun yet challenging work for me and lots of stimulating cultural fabulousness for you!

FRIDAY APRIL 22, 7PM in NYC: In this special event, entitled "Southern Girls Do It Better!", Georgia native Tayari Jones - winner of the Hurston/Wright Award for Debut Fiction for Leaving Atlanta - reads from her new novel, The Untelling (Warner Books, April 2005), with Texas-born, Florida-raised New Yorker Maud Newton, who reads from her novel-in-progress about fundamentalist Christians in 1980's Miami and how extremism can pass from one generation to the next. At Bluestockings. FREE.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 4-7PM in NYC: Tayari Jones reads from The Untelling at the chic and intriguing Chocolat Literary Series (do click the link and leave the sound enabled for an ultragroovy moment or two). FREE.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 8:30PM in NYC: Katherine Lanpher, co-host of Air America's "Al Franken Show," tapes a pilot of "Liberal Arts," a new arts and culture program for the network, at Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe.
Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Earle discusses his plays and story collection, Doghouse Roses, and musician Allison Moorer performs her work, which has been described by Rolling Stone as "...like a Southern accent: eight miles an hour, deliberate and very dangerous to underestimate." Admission is FREE, but donated books are welcome and encouraged.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, in NYC: The Civilians 2005 Benefit.

SUNDAY, MAY 1, 8:30PM in NYC: Katherine Lanpher hosts another episode of "Liberal Arts," taping live at Housing Works and featuring guests Jonathan Lethem, Eric Bogosian, and musician Willie Nile. FREE.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 6:30PM in DC: In this special event, North Carolina-based writer Quinn Dalton, author of the novel High Strung, and the award-winning, forthcoming story collection Bulletproof Girl (Washington Square Press, April 2005) reads from and signs copies of her new book in her only DC metro area appearance, at Barnes & Noble, 555 12th Street NW. FREE.

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 4:00PM in SF: Tayari Jones reads at the West Coast book party for The Untelling, at a Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books, with a signing and reception to follow. FREE.