MAY 2010
Heaven Descending (excerpt, novel-in-progress)
Bernal Literary Series, San Francisco
DECEMBER 2008
Untitled essay about Messiaen, atheism, and my ultraorthodox Jewish sister
With musical performances
InsideStoryTime: "Humbuggery"
Cafe Royale, San Francisco
2008 speaking tour with OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever
Berkeley, CA (Jan 25); Greenville, SC (Jan 28); Athens, GA (Jan 30); Columbia, SC (Jan 31); Beaufort, SC (Feb 1); Orangeburg, SC (Feb 3); Montgomery, AL (Feb. 4); Baton Rouge, LA (Feb 6); Lake Worth, FL (Feb 7); Mobile, AL (Feb 8); New York, NY (Feb 27); Taos, NM (Mar 14); San Francisco, CA (Apr 18 - with musical performance); Minneapolis, MN (June 26), Los Angeles, CA (Apr 26 - with musical performance); Dallas, TX (Sept 26), Chicago, IL (Oct 4 & 8), Sackville, NB, Canada (Oct 16), Austin, TX (Oct 20 - with musical performance), Concord, NH (Oct 24 - with musical performance), Washington, DC (Library of Congress, Oct 31 and Nov 1 - with musical performance)
MARCH 2007
Best Sex Writing 2008
The Center for Sex and Culture,
San Francisco
MARCH 2007
Best Sex Writing 2008
Writers with Drinks, San Francisco
AUG 2007
From novel-in-progress (3rd draft)
Jentel Presents, Sheridan Public Library, Sheridan, WY
DEC 2006
Complete novel-in-progress (2nd draft) 26-hour reading over three days
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
