I am so excited to read with Minna Dubin, Ella Mei Yon Harris, and Amanda Montei at Clio’s in Oakland. More details to come!
This event is at traditional storytime-time, but it is for the adult brains of the babies caregivers! I’m excited to be joined by Recess Collective, who work to reduce isolation in new parents, and the incredible Kaitlin Solimine, an author and the host of the podcast Postpartum Productions.
I’ll be in conversation with Helen Georgas for Brown Bag Lit, the wonderful virtual series by Chloe Yelena Miller and Shasta Grant.
I’m looking forward to reading in Queens with Aida Zilelian, Mary Lannon, Emily Hockaday, and Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons.
I am looking forward to presenting an adult storytime—a reading at traditional storytime hour but for the adult brains of babies’ caregivers—in my home borough! More details TK.
My friend Amy Shearn is publishing a witty, weird, and wild novel called DEAR EDNA SLOANE (Red Hen Press). We are going to read together with other small press writers LaToya Jordan (To the Woman in the Pink Hat, Aqueduct Press), Carley Moore (Panpocolypse, Feminist Press), and Megan Milks (Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body, Feminist Press).
A reading series in Chicago! Looking forward to reading with Allison Joseph, Ananda Lima, and Colin Pope.
I’m looking forward to visiting the museum education program at Teachers College, where I’ll be in conversation with professor and museum educator extraordinaire, EY Zipris.
I’m looking forward to this afternoon reading at the Katonah Reading Room with some of my favorite writers, Carolyn Ferrell, Jared Harél, and Iain Haley Pollock. More info to come!
I couldn’t be more excited to join my friend and fellow Vassar alum Alexis Neider at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College to discuss our collaborations and “careers in the arts” since we met in a painting class twenty-two years ago. This program is open to the public.
I look forward to reading at Mary Lannon’s series with the incredible Jenn Baker and Bruce Whitacre.
On the occasion of the publication of Senior Educator Nicole Haroutunian’s novel-in-stories, Choose This Now, she’ll be joined by current and former American Folk Art Museum educators Claudia Maturell, Natalie Beall, and Sally Paul to share the intersections between their artistic practices, their work at the museum, and the museum’s collection. ON ZOOM. Register by emailing education@folkartmuseum.org for the link!
I’m thrilled to be reading with three Nyack-area writers who helped shape and shepherd my book into the world: Bethany Ball, Jocelyn Cox, and Sara Weiss. More info to come!
I look forward to returning to Sarah Lawrence College for this program, where I’ll read with Vanessa Lawrence, author of Ellipses, and Carolyn Ferrell, author of Dear Miss Metropolitan. Open to the public.
Join me and the incredible Ananda Lima (Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil and Mother/land) at P&T Knitwear to celebrate the launch of Choose This Now! Reserve your tickets—$5 goes toward a purchase of the book or a drink!
So very excited to soft launch CHOOSE THIS NOW with a brief reading at this awesome small press extravaganza.
I am thrilled to take part in dear friend KC Trommer's project, Queensbound, in which writers will read their Queens-subway stop-specific work aboard the 7 train before exiting to a reception at the Queens Museum. Stay tuned for a website that will geolocate the poems and stories, as well as more about the event. See you in the first train car or the 7 train! More info here.
Excited to be reading for the wonderful series Pigeon Pages. More info to come!
PAST EVENTS
I'll be on a panel at the inaugural Queens Book Festival at the World's Borough Tent at 4pm. The other writers and moderator are Eugene Lim, Susan Breen and Brandi Megan Granett.
I'm thrilled to participate in the Affinia Hotel Group's National Book Month initiative, a month-long focus on reading, writers and books to benefit the NYPL. I'll be reading at their Fifty NYC property. It's the last reading I have scheduled, so come on out! There will be wine and books for sale. More info here.
The Halfway There inaugural reading will feature acclaimed local writers Matthew Thomas and Abby Sher, along with series co-founder, NJ-native Nicole Haroutunian.
Books will be available courtesy of Watchung Booksellers and coffee and treats from Red Eye Cafe.
Doors will open at 6pm, readings will start at 7pm. We can't wait to see you there!
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Nicole Haroutunian, named a "New Author You Need to Know" by Refinery29, is a New Jersey native currently living in Woodside, Queens. Her first short story collection, Speed Dreaming, was published earlier this year. Matthew Caprioli wrote in The Paris Review, "Haroutunian is smart about contemporary relationships, and her collection will certainly resonant with the Modern Love crowd. Her protagonists, all women, admit to melodrama, but they go one step further than the characters in Girls in that they question what’s behind their woe-is-me antics. Through their honesty, we get characters we actually like, who illuminate what it means to be a woman outside of Lena Dunham’s 'Brooklyn.'"
Abby Sher is a writer, performer, and mother of three cool beans. She wrote and performed for The Second City, ImprovOlympic, HBO and NPR. Her memoir, Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl who Couldn’t Stop Praying got lots of awards and a nod from Oprah. Abby writes regularly for The New York Times and has an advice column called Dear Gefilte. She means well, but is usually five minutes late.
Matthew Thomas was born and raised in New York City; he lives in Montclair, NJ. He has a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. His New York Times-bestselling novel We Are Not Ourselves was shortlisted for both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the James Tait Black Prize, longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, nominated for the Folio Prize, and named a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. It was named a Notable Book of the year by the New York Times, one of the fifty best fiction books of the year by the Washington Post, one of the ten best fiction books of the year by Entertainment Weekly, one of the five most important books of the year by Esquire, one of the best fiction books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple, and one of Janet Maslin’s ten favorite books of the year in the New York Times.
On Sept. 12th, on Governor's Island, three UNY poets, Hossannah Asuncion, Morgan Parker and Katy Lederer will read new work based on the visual art of Melissa Murray, Erica Stoller and Maxine Henryson, respectively.
There will also be a historical presentation by Betsy Bradley, the UNY Project Room featuring waterfront-based work by seven AIR Gallery artists, and the annual AIR Gallery group show, as well as refreshments!
Location: St. Francis College, 182 Remsen St.,
The Power of Short Stories
In our age of constant distraction, there is still always time to read a story. In fact, a story is often the best form of distraction. So it isn’t surprising that outlets for short stories are thriving, and they are publishing some of the most powerful and pioneering fiction today. A group of writers discuss the art of short fiction, their creative processes, and the evolving literary landscape (both in print and online).
Panelists: Nicole Haroutunian, Author, Speed Dreaming; Lincoln Michel, Author, Upright Beasts; Justin Taylor, Author, Flings; Daniel Torday, Author, The Last Flight of Poxl West
Moderator: Mark Krotov, Editor, Melville House
I'll be reading some new fiction about NJ at the WORD bookstore in Jersey City for Vol. 1 Brooklyn as part of the Chilltown Literary Festival. I love Vol. 1 Brooklyn!
http://www.wordbookstores.com/sites/wordbookstores.com/files/CLF_eventschedule.pdf
I'll be reading at the excellent Aunties bookstore in Spokane, WA with Shawn Vestal, the 2014 Pen/Robert. W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction award-winning author of Godforsaken Idaho!
I'll be reading at Mother Foucault's Bookshop in Portland, OR, with Caitlin Delohery. More details to come!
I'll be reading at Mia Lipman's wonderful reading series Lit Fix in Seattle, WA. Other writers include: Sonya Lea, Dan Gemeinhart, and David K. Wheeler. The band Man with Gun will also perform! Here's the Facebook invite. The reading series will be held at The Rendezvous Seattle, 2322 2nd Ave.
I'll be reading with the excellent Lucy Corin in San Francisco at the bookstore Green Apple Books on the Park. Here's the Facebook invite and here's more about the store!
I'll be reading at HOUSING WORKS with Lucy Ives (nineties), Shelly Oria (New York 1, Tel Aviv 0), and Lynne Tillman (What Would Lynne Tillman Do?) on the subject of folly. The event will be moderated with Christine Smallwood (Harper's).
Julia Fierro's writing workshops were a formative experience for me so I'm thrilled to be reading at her series!
Catherine LaSota's new reading series at the LIC Bar! The line-up is 100% Queens-centric: Matthew Thomas, Joshua Gaylord, and me. The Astoria Bookshop will be selling books. Go Queens!
Join me at my hometown library for a reading, short Q&A and book signing! Books will be available for sale.
The Montvale Public Library is located at 12 Mercedes Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645.
Lark Cafe, 1007 Church Avenue, Brooklyn
Amy Shearn's excellent reading series. With Bradley Spinelli and Jaime Joyce.
I'll be reading at Michael Geffner's event, The Inspired Word, at The Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street (between Stanton and Clinton Streets). $5 tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-heart-nyc-writers-night-open-mic-poetry-prose-tickets-15813131502.
I will be representing Underwater New York as a speaker at the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center's annual conference.
