CURRENT


WINTER 2020

January 13 - February 7
24PearlStreet.org
"Liftoff: Beginning That Story Draft"
4-week workshop, online


RECENT


WINTER 2019

January 21 - February 15
24PearlStreet.org
"Revision Is the Writing"
4-week workshop, online

FALL 2016 - SPRING 2018

Academic years 2016 - 2018
University of Southern Mississippi
Center for Writers

Visiting Assistant Professor

WINTER 2017

Thursday, February 9, 9 a.m.
AWP Conference panel: "Writing in a Time of
Terror and Environmental Collapse"
with Jacqueline Kolosov, Gail Folkins,
Imad Rahman, Jacob Shores-Aguello, and
William Wenthe
Washington, DC

WINTER - SPRING 2016

Spring semester 2016
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Visiting Writer

February 8 - March 4
24PearlStreet.org
"Liftoff: Finishing that Story Draft"
4-week fiction workshop, online

Thursday, March 31, 9 a.m.
AWP Conference panel: "Crashing Through:
Confronting Writing Barriers and Rebooting
Your Work" with Dylan Landis, Robin Black,
Natalie Baszile, and Steven Schwartz
Los Angeles, CA

FALL 2015

September 21 - December 13
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Writing the Short Story: Intermediate Workshop
10-week course, online

SUMMER 2015

June 29 - July 17
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Summer Writing & Film Program
Fiction Workshop
Natick, MA

WINTER - SPRING 2015

In residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
Taos, NM

FALL 2014

October 1 - December 17
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Creative Writing: Short Story
12-week course, online

WINTER 2014

January 15 - March 19
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Writing the Short Story: Intermediate Workshop
10-week course, online

Saturday, March 1, 1:30pm
AWP Conference panel: "Rethinking Linking:
Stories and Novels, Structure and Beyond"
with Dylan Landis, Cliff Garstang, Imad Rahman,
and Mary Akers
Seattle, WA

SPRING 2013

May 24 - 26
Champlain College Young Writers' Conference
Fiction Workshop
Burlington, VT

WINTER 2013

February 4 - March 1
24PearlStreet.org
"Taking Charge: The World of Your Story"
4-week intermediate-level fiction workshop, online

FALL 2012

November 1, 7:30pm
Texas Tech University
reading with poet William Wenthe
ENGL 001 Auditorium
Lubbock, TX 79409

2012 - 2013
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

SUMMER 2012

July 13 - 21
Washington University in St. Louis Summer Writers Institute
Fiction Workshop
St. Louis, MO

July 6
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Summer Writing Program
Master Class
Natick, MA

June 7, 8pm
Literary Death Match
with Meredith Goldstein, Chip Creek, and
Timothy Gager
judges: Sean Sullivan, Jen Hill, and DJ Hazard
The Comedy Studio, 1238 Mass Ave.
Cambridge, MA

SPRING 2012

March 5 - March 28
Distinguished Visiting Writer
Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA

April 4 - June 20
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Creative Writing: Short Story
12-week course, online

May 25 - 27
Champlain College Young Writers' Conference
Fiction Workshop
Burlington, VT

WINTER TEACHING 2012

Friday, January 6
Carlow University Low-Residency MFA Program

January 18 - March 21
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Writing the Short Story: Intermediate Workshop
10-week course, online

FALL TEACHING 2011

September 21 - December 7
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Creative Writing: Short Story
12-week course, online

November 7 - December 2
24PearlStreet.org
"Taking Charge: The World of Your Story" workshop
4-week intermediate-level fiction course, online

Sunday, October 23, 3pm
Concord Festival of Authors
New Literary Voices 2011
with William Giraldi and Alma Katsu
Fowler Library
1322 Main Street
West Concord, MA 01742-2939

SUMMER TEACHING

August 15 - 19
Cape Cod Writers Conference
"Fearless Characterization" workshop
Panel on the Short Story with Sallie Bingham (8/15)
Centerville, MA

July 23 - 24
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program
"Recycle, Regenerate: A Weekend of New
Story Ideas" workshop

24 Pearl Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

July 6 - September 7
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
"Introduction to Fiction" workshop
10-week course, online

June 16 - 20
Wesleyan Writers Conference
Teaching Fellow
Middletown, CT

May 20 - 22
Champlain College Young Writers' Conference
Workshop Leader
Burlington, VT

Saturday, May 14
"Tomorrow's Writers Today" tuition-free youth
workshop
taught with Heidi Jon Schmidt
Barnstable Intermediate School
Hyannis, MA

SPRING 2011

Thursday, April 14, 7pm
Cornell College
reading with nonfiction writer Wendy Call
600 First Street SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

Wednesday, April 13, 6pm
Emerson College
reading with L. L. Winship/PEN New England poetry winner Meg Kearney
Bright Family Screening Room of the Paramount Center

559 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

Wednesday, April 6, 6:30pm
Truro Public Library
7 Standish Way
North Truro, MA 02652

Thursday, March 3, 2pm
Brewster Ladies' Library
1822 Main Street
Brewster, MA 02631

WINTER 2011

Thursday, February 3, 2 - 2:30pm
book signing at University of Pittsburgh Press booth
AWP Conference
Washington, D.C.

Saturday, February 5, 3pm
AWP Conference
"Linking It Up" fiction panel discussion
with Cathy Day, Clifford Garstang, and Dylan Landis
Washington, D.C.

FALL 2010

Friday, November 5, 7pm
reading with L. L. Winship/PEN New England winners
Elyssa East (nonfiction) and Meg Kearney (poetry)
Manchester by the Book
27 Union Street
Manchester, MA 01944

Thursday, September 30, 7pm
reading with poet Todd Hearon
Porter Square Books
Porter Square Shopping Center
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140

SUMMER 2010

Sunday, June 13, 12 noon
Printers Row Lit Fest
"Short and Sweet" fiction panel discussion
with Jabari Asim, Belle Boggs, Adam Schuitema, and Megan Stielstra
Chicago, IL

SPRING 2010

Saturday, May 22, 7pm
reading with poet Todd Hearon
Water Street Bookstore
125 Water Street
Exeter, NH 03833

Wednesday, April 28, 6pm
Massachusetts Book Awards Reception
The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis
35 Scudder Avenue
Hyannis, MA 02601

Friday, April 9, 3:30pm
Book signing at University of Pittsburgh Press booth
AWP Conference
Denver, CO

Monday, April 5, 8pm
reading with poet Todd Hearon
Blacksmith House Reading Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Sunday, March 28, 3pm
PEN New England Award Ceremony
JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Boston, MA 02125

Thursday, March 18, 5:30pm
reading with poet Rebecca Lindenberg
Edgartown Public Library
58 North Water Street
Edgartown, MA 02539

WINTER 2010

Friday, January 8, 1pm
Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

FALL 2009

Saturday, November 21, 8pm
reading with poet Nancy K. Pearson
Fine Arts Work Center
24 Pearl Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

Thursday, October 15, 6:30pm
"The Writer's Life" talk
University of Pittsburgh
516 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Wednesday, October 14, 7:30pm
Drue Heinz Literature Prize Reading and
Award Ceremony

reading with Ann Patchett
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
650 Schenley Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Friday, October 9, 6pm
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093

Thursday, October 8, 7pm
Book Cellar Booksellers
Nelson Algren Award ceremony and reading
4736-38 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625