Events (Archive)

A likely inaccurate attempt to keep track of every reading, panel, or presentation I’ve participated in:

3/23/2013. Reading. Indy Reads Books. With Michael Nye. Indianapolis.

3/7/2013. Reading. AWP Conference. With Jared Sexton and Eugene Cross. Boston.

1/26/2013. Reading. Morehead State University.

11/30/2012. Reading. New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.

11/12/2012: Reading. Ivy Tech. Columbus, IN.

7/14/2012: Reading. Indy Reads Books. With Victoria Barrett and Jared Yates Sexton. Indianapolis.

4/28/2012. Reading. Newburyport Literary Festival. Newburyport, MA. Old South Church, Social Hall.

3/5/2012. Classroom visit/talk. Columbia College Chicago.

3/3/2012. Book signing. Press 53 table. AWP Book Fair. Chicago, IL.

11/4/2012. Classroom visit/talk. Butler University MFA Program. Indianapolis.

6/26/2011: Perlow-Stevens Gallery. Co-sponsored by Get Lost Bookshop. Columbia, MO. 

6/13/2011: Carmichael’s Bookstore. (Frankfort Ave.) Louisville, KY.

6/5/2011: Book Launch for Naked Summer. Mesh on Mass. Indianapolis, IN

5/7/2011: Stories and Beer Reading Series. With Bryan Furuness, Roxane Gay, Aaron Burch, et. al. Indie Go Artists Co-Op (gallery). Champaign, IL. 

2/4/2011: “Politics in the Novel” panel discussion, with Steve Yarbrough and Chris Hebert. AWP Conference. Washington, D.C.

6/30/2010: Indy Underground, with Donald Ray Pollock. Irving Theater. Indianapolis

3/2010: “Introduction to Online Publishing” class lecture and discussion, with Victoria Barrett. Writers’ Studio. Butler University. Indianapolis.

11/2009: “Publishing Your Work Online” panel, with Bryan Furuness and Victoria Barrett. The Gathering of Writers. The Writers’ Center of Indiana. Indianapolis.

11/2009: “Literary Publishing” panel, with Patricia Henley, Alice Friman, Margaret McMullan, et. al. The Gathering of Writers. The Writers’ Center of Indiana. Indianapolis.

10/2009: Reading, with Mitchell Douglas, Nathan Graziano, and Micah Ling. Big Car Gallery. Indianapolis.

10/2009: Reading, with Tom Chiarella, Nathan Graziano, and Micah Ling. FARMBloomington. Bloomington, IN.

3/2009: Reading, with Kyle Minor and Kathleen Rooney. Marian College. Indianapolis.

2/2009: “Writing the Literary Young Adult Novel” panel, with R.A. Nelson, Margaret McMullan, and Barbara Shoup. AWP Conference. Chicago.

2/2008: “The State of the American Short Story” panel, with Dan Chaon, Cathy Day, Christopher Coake, and Cressida Leyshon. AWP Conference. New York.

11/2007: “First Impressions: The Power and Promise of Opening Lines.” The Winter Wheat Festival. Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, OH.

12/2006: Modern Love Launch Party. The Writers’ Center of Indiana. Indianapolis.

10/2006: Reading. Ball State University. Muncie, IN.

4/2005: Presentation on “Exile on Main Street: ‘The Little Suburban House’ in American Novels.” College English Association. Indianapolis.

4/2004: Hungry Bird Faculty Reading. Ball State University. Muncie, IN.

4/2001: Graduate Student Forum (prizewinner). New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.

3/2001: Marathon Reading Fundraiser, with Robert Boswell, Antonya Nelson, Kevin McIlvoy, et. al. New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.

2/2001: La Sociedad Para Las Artes Series, with Jean Thompson. New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM