June 19-23. Faculty, Borderlands Writers Conference, Tenants Harbor, Maine. (See www.borderlandsconference.com for details.)
July 16-23, 2005. Fiction writer in residence, The Writers Center at the Chautauqua Institution.
June 20-25, 2005. Faculty, Borderlands Writers Conference, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
September 8-November 20, 2004, Distinguished Writer in Residence, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, teaching creative writing workshops.
June 13-18, 2004, Borderlands Writers' Conference, Tenants Harbor, ME. Teaching fiction workshops, readings, lectures. (For information, see http://www.borderlandsconference.com)
October 22-25, in residence at Knox College, Galesburg, ILL. Fiction reading/lecture on "Telling Truth through Fiction," guest lecturer in journalism classes.
June 28-July 5, 2003, Reading/Lecture/ Fiction Workshop, The Writers' Center at Chautauqua, Chautauqua Institution (for information write PO Box 408, Chautauqua, NY 14722). Workshop Topic: “Making Your Short Story Ring True: How Fact Enriches Fiction” This workshop will focus on using daily newspapers, historic sources and the Internet to develop and research stories, and even broaden them beyond personal experience. We will look at student work—one completed story per participant—as well as in-class exercises aimed at showing the rewards of research in creating authentic characters, setting and dialogue. We’ll also learn from established writers like Richard Ford, Alice Munro and Tim O’Brien.
June 9-14, 2003. Reading/ Fiction Workshop, Borderlands Writers' Conference, Tenants Harbor, Maine. (For information, http://www.borderlandsconference.com)
June 7, 2003. Reading/workshop with Mark Ciabattari, Shinnecock Museum Book Fair, Southampton,NY, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
May 3, 2003, 6 p.m. Reading,with Larry Osgood, Canio's Books,290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY (631-725-4926 or caniosbooks@hamptons.com).
November 16, 2002,3 p.m. Reading, John Germain Library, Sag Harbor, NY
September 26, 2002. “Cambridge Conversations,” Reading/discussion on "Telling Truth Through Fiction" hosted by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, director of Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass.
September 24, 2002,6 p.m. Third Avenue between 31st and 32nd Streets. Reading with Marnie Mueller, Kips Bay Library, New York, NY.
August 8, 2002. Reading with Jervey Tervalon, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Olympic Valley, CA.
(Plus fiction workshops, panels on “Literary Magazines,” (with Alan Cheuse and Andrew Tonkovich) and “The Short Story” (with Michael Chabon, Janet Fitch, Susan Segal).
August 1, 2002. Reading with Adrianne Marcus, Oliver’s Books, San Anselmo, CA
July 31, 2002. Reading, Readers’ Books, Sonoma, CA
June 8, 2002. Book signing,Maine Coast Books, Damariscotta, ME
June 7, 2002. Reading/lecture, Borderlands Writers’ Conference, Tenants’ Harbor, ME.
May 18, 2002. Reading with Marnie Mueller, Paradise Books. Sag Harbor, NY
May 15, 2002. Reading with Marnie Mueller, Bluestockings Bookstore, New York, NY
May 10, 2002, Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, NY. “Author's Brown Bag Lunch.”
May 10, 2002. Elaine Benson "Meet the Writers" Book Fair, Bridgehampton, NY
May 1, 2002.Reading, Southampton College “Writers Talk” series
April 13, 2002. Reading,Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor, NY
April 1, 2002. Reading, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
March 8, 2002. New Orleans, Associate Writing Programs panel, “The X Chromosome Advantage”