2024
FALL TOUR 2024
All events are in local time. Please view the links for information and registration.
November 19 — VIRTUAL
Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm
w/ DeMar DeRozan
7pm CST, Family Action Network (FAN) — VIEW
November 25 — NEW ORLEANS, LA
There’s Always This Year
6pm, Baldwin & Co. Bookshop - VIEW
—PAST EVENTS—
September 5 — MADISON, WI
There’s Always This Year
6pm, A Room of One’s Own Bookstore + Goodman Community Center — VIEW
September 9 — MINNEAPOLIS, MN
There’s Always This Year
6:30pm, Birchbark Books + Central Public Library — VIEW
September 12 — HAMILTON, NY
Living Writers Series — Colgate University
4:30pm, Persson Auditorium — VIEW
September 17 — VIRTUAL
Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm
w/ DeMar DeRozan
7pm, Family Action Network (FAN) — VIEW
September 17 - 20 — NEW HAVEN, CT
Windham Campbell Prizes Festival
Multiple Events, Yale University — VIEW
September 26 — TORONTO, ON
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Another Story Bookshop + Lula Lounge — VIEW (SOLD OUT)
September 27 — KITCHENER, ON
Black Talk w/ Antonio Michael Downing
7pm, TEXTILE at CIGI - VIEW (WAITLIST)
October 2 — MISSOULA, MT
There’s Always This Year
6:30pm, Fact & Fiction Books at the downtown Missoula Public Library - VIEW
October 3 — HAMILTON, MT
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Chapter One Bookstore w/ Chris La Tray - VIEW
October 4 — PORTLAND, OR
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Alano Club of Portland - VIEW (WALK-UP ONLY)
October 10 — VIRTUAL
There’s Always This Year
7pm, DC Writer’s Center — VIEW
October 15 — CHICAGO, IL
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Call & Response Books at the Logan Center - VIEW
October 17 — INDIANAPOLIS, IN
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Loudmouth Books - VIEW (WAITLIST)
October 23 —PORTLAND, ME
There’s Always This Year
SPACE Gallery - VIEW (SOLD OUT)
October 24 —AMHERST, MA
There’s Always This Year
6pm, University of Massachusetts - Amherst — VIEW
October 28 — TEMPE, AZ
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Changing Hands Bookstore - VIEW
October 30 — CHATTANOOGA, TN
There’s Always This Year
7pm, The Book & Cover - VIEW
November 1 — BLOOMINGTON, IN
Bloomington Book Festival w/ Ross Gay
7pm - VIEW
November 4 - 9 — BROOKLYN, NY
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Next Wave Poetry Series & Residency - VIEW
November 12— DALLAS, TX
There’s Always This Year
7pm, Deep Vellum Books- VIEW
November 16 - 17 — AUSTIN, TX
Texas Book Festival w, Miwa Messer
2:45pm, State Theater - VIEW
SPRING 2024
February 19th — Springfield, OH
Wittenberg University Allen J. Koppenhaver Lecture
7pm, Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center
February 22nd— Memphis, TN
Rhodes College Jack D. Farris Visiting Writers Series
5:30pm, McCallum Ballroom, Bryan Campus Life Center
February 27th— St. Joseph, MN
College of Saint Benedict, Reading and Conversation
7pm, Gorecki Center, College of Saint Benedict
March 21st— Chicago, IL
The Newberry Writers on Writing Series W/Eve Ewing
6pm, The Newberry Library — REGISTER
March 25th— Columbus, OH
There’s Always This Year Tour
7pm, King Arts Complex — REGISTER
March 26th— Brooklyn, NY
There’s Always This Year Tour
7:30pm, The Bell House — SOLD OUT
NEW SHOW: 9:30pm, The Bell House — REGISTER
March 27th— Philadelphia, PA
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/ Airea Dee Matthews
7:30pm, The Free Library Of Philadelphia — REGISTER
March 28th— Washington, DC
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/Jason Reynolds
7pm, Oxon Hill Branch Library — SOLD OUT
March 29th— Miami, FL
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/P. Scott Cunningham
7pm, Books & Books — REGISTER
April 1st— Cuyahoga, OH
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/Danny Caine
7pm, Cuyahoga County Public Library at The Sari Feldman Auditorium — REGISTER
April 2nd— Los Angeles, CA
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/Traci Thomas
7pm, Zipper Concert Hall — REGISTER
April 3rd— San Francisco, CA
There’s Always This Year Tour
City Arts & Lectures Series, W/Shereen Marisol Meraji
7:30pm, The Sydney Goldstein Theater — REGISTER
April 4th— Iowa City, IA
There’s Always This Year Tour, Mission Creek Festival
April 6th— Flint, MI
There’s Always This Year Tour
4pm, Comma Bookstore — SOLD OUT
April 8th— Detroit, MI
There’s Always This Year Tour
7pm, Source Booksellers — REGISTER
April 10th— Princeton, NJ
There’s Always This Year Tour
5pm, Princeton Public Lectures — REGISTER
April 11th— VIRTUAL
There’s Always This Year Tour
Conversation W/ Ross Gay
7pm, Family Action Network — REGISTER
April 13th— San Antonio, TX
There’s Always This Year Tour
San Antonio Book Festival, W/ Naomi Shihab Nye
3:15pm, Russell Hill Rogers Tent — VIEW
April 16th— Lawrence, KS
There’s Always This Year Tour
7pm, Liberty Hall — REGISTER
April 24th— Seattle, WA
There’s Always This Year Tour
7:30pm, Town Hall Seattle — REGISTER
April 25th— Portland, OR
There’s Always This Year Tour
Conversation W/ Kasey Anderson
7pm, Bodecker Foundation — SOLD OUT
April 26th— Corvalis, OR
There’s Always This Year Tour
PRAx + Livewire w/ Naomi Fitter & Jon the Robot, Brittany Davis, Y La Bamba
7pm, PRAx — REGISTER
April 29th— Athens, GA
There’s Always This Year Tour, W/ Xinyue Huang
7pm, 40 Watt Club — REGISTER
April 30th— Baltimore, MD
There’s Always This Year Tour
Greedy Reeds @ The Garage at R. House
Conversation w/ Teri Henderson
7pm, Greedy Reads — REGISTER
May 1st— Baltimore, MD
There’s Always This Year Tour
Hidden Palace Reading Series w/Madelaine Lucas, Joyelle McSweeney, Chin-Sun Lee
7pm, Faddensonnen — VIEW