My debut novel, HEMLOCK, is forthcoming in 2026 from Little, Brown! Stay tuned for more details, including release date and upcoming events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Nonfictionow conference University of Notre Dame, June 11-13, 2025 In search of coherence: Shaping a Memoir-in-Essays with Jessica Nelson, Jill Christman, Robin Hemley, & Margot Singer weds, 6/11 10:45am DeBartolo 136
Strange Bedfellows: Marrying Research & Imagination in Speculative Nonfiction With Rachel Yoder, Jami Nakamura Lin, & Lucy Bryan Malenke Thurs 6/12 9:00am DeBartolo 141
Wells college Reading & Conversation, AURORA NY Friday, march 29, 5:30pm
AWP 2024, Kansas city, MO Rock ‘n roll reading THE BRICK, 1727 McGee Street, KCMO Wednesday, february 7, 6:00pm
Lit up at the bird offsite reading w/ kenyon review, pleiades, Adroit journal & Am. poetry review THE BIRD, 103 w. 19th street, KCMO Thursday, february 8, 7:00pm
Panel: exhausted & overwhelmed—attempting queer joy in 2024 Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2504AB Friday, February 9, 12:10–1:25 pm
Panel: Everything is awful—sustaining through shitstorms & systemic obstacles Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2504AB Friday, February 9, 1:45–3:00pm
IN Other Words reading series arcana, 331 W. main street, durham NC Tuesday, january 16, 7:30 PM / In-person
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH OSU Visiting Writers SERIES Tomboyland READING & CONVERSATION Friday, NoVember 3, 2023, 4:00pm
Ohio UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OH TOMBOYLAND READING & CONVERSATION Quarter After EIGHT READING SERIES Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, 6:30pm
Chippewa valley book festival, Eau Claire, WI TOMBOYLAND Reading & Conversation—on writing our own lives & others Saturday, OcTOber 14, 2023, 1:00pm
Letters Bookshop, Durham NC In conversation with Sara Johnson Allen, author of Down Here We Come Up Tuesday, Aug 8, 2023, 6:30PM EDT
Writers’ League of Texas On the craft of writing personal essays with Krys Malcolm Belc tHURSDAY, July 20, 2023, 7:00pm CDT
Ridges & Rivers Book festival, viroqua WI Featured reading, SIGNING, and writing workshop April 28–30, 2023
AWP conference, seattle Wa 10th annual Rock & Roll Reading Weds, Mar 8, 7:00pm at CENTRAL SALOON
Forging our Own Path: On being first-generation in academia panel with Dantiel moniz, natalie lima, danielle geller, & MarÍa álvarez Thurs, Mar 9, 10:00AM at Seattle convention center
DEnison university, granville OH Beck SERIES Featured reading & Conversation WEDS, Nov 9, 2022 7:30pm, denison museum, eisner center for the performing arts
The Writer’s Center Conversation with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, author of halfway to home Thurs, dec 1, 2022 7:00pm EST / virtual
Two Dollar Radio, Columbus OH sex and the single woman Tour EVENT with Elissa Washuta, Eliza Smith, & Negesti Kaudo Thursday, sept 1, 2022, 7:00PM in-person
A room of One’s Own, madison, WI Sex and the single woman Tour EVENT Friday, Aug 12, 2022, 6:00pm In-person
Northwoods Book Festival Boulder Junction Public Library, BOULDER JCT, WI Tomboyland reading & Talk Thursday, Aug 11, 2022, 6:00PM In-PERSON
VCFA mfa residency Vermont College of fine arts, Montpellier, VT June 21–30, 2022
Two Dollar Radio, Columbus OH Reading with raechel anne jolie & eleanor whitney WedNesday, mar 30, 2022 7pm In-Person
AWP Conference, Philadelphia PA Sex and the single woman LAUNCH With Melissa Febos, NATALIE LIMA, Seema Reza, & MINDA HONEY friday, mar 25, 2022 foundation
Rest as an Act of Activism Friday, Mar 25, 2022 10:35–11:50am
When Form Meets Content: Structuring a Nonfiction Book Saturday, Mar 26, 2022 3:20–4:35pm
Millay Literary League, MIllay ARTS Reading & CONVERSATION With Melissa Febos Thursday, Nov 11, 7:30PM ET / VIA Zoom
MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE, ASHEVILLE NC CONVERSATION WITH JAMES TATE HILL, AUTHOR OF BLIND MAN’S BLUFF THURSDAY, SEPT 30, 7:00PM ET / VIA ZOOM
VErona public library, verona WI TOMBOYLAND discussion, Books & Booze Book club ThursDAY, Sept 23, 6:00PM CT / VIA ZOOM
Seek no further cidery, Granville OH READING & FUNDRAISER FOR JOSHUA JENKINS, NEWARK CITY COUNCIL With MAggie Smith, Ira SukRungruang, elliott holt, nicole terez dutton, & MORE Monday, Sept 20, 6:30PM ET / In-Person
YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA York Visiting Writer READING & Conversation Friday, SEPT 17, 5:00PM ET / In-PERSON & LIVE-STREAMED
Printers Row Literary Fest, Chicago IL With Precious Brady-Davis, Michele Morano, & Michele Weldon Saturday, Sept 11, 3:00PM CT / GRACE PLACE / IN-PERSON!
LAMBDA LITERARY, NOEMI PRESS, ROOM OF ONE’S OWN A READING CELEBRATING QUEER VOICES WITH Melissa Febos, Khalisa Rae, Emilia Phillips, Raquel Gutiérrez, Sofia Fey, and Ashley Elizabeth MONDAy, may 10, 7:30pm ET / VIA crowdcast
215 Festival Writing queer lives panel with Christopher gonzalez and krys malcolm bec Thursday, May 13, 7:00pm ET / Via Zoom
QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS, RALEIGH NC Reading with Khalisa Rae, author of ghost in a black girl’s throat sunday, april 18, 3:00PM eT / VIA ZOOM
UNC Kenan Visiting Writer REading, CHAPEL HILL NC University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Wednesday, March 17, 5:30pm ET / Via Zoom
Bandwidth Reading Series Friday, March 26, 8:00pm ET / Via Zoom With Marianne Chen, Eleanor Boudreau, and Robert Yune
Women & ChiLdren First Bookstore, Chicago IL With Gabriel Bump, author of everywhere you don’t belong Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7:00pm CT / VIA Crowdcast
Cary Memorial Library, LEXINGTON MA Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:00pm ET / VIA ZOOM TOMBOYLAND reading & discussion
Guerrilla Lit Reading Series Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:30PM ET / VIA Dixon Place & Zoom With Morgan Jerkins and Mark Barr
House of Speakeasy Seriously Entertaining Series Tuesday, Oct. 20, 7pm ET / via Crowdcast With Helen MAcDonald, Lilliam Rivera, & Roger RosenBlatt
The Antibody Reading Series Thursday, Oct. 22, 8pm ET / via LitHub & Zoom With Angela Chen & Athena Dixon WATCH HERE!
Pace University LGBTQA CENTER TOMBOYLAND Reading & Conversation Wednesday, Oct 14, 5pm ET / VIA Zoom
Brooklyn book festival Of Mystic Women, Witches and Tomboys with Lucile Scott, moderated by brian vines Monday, Sept. 28, 8PM et / via crowdcast
Pigeon Pages Reading Series Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8:30pm ET / McNally Jackson / via Zoom With Nate Marshall & Kukuwa Ashun
Memoir Monday Reading Series Monday, Sept. 21, 8pm ET / PowerHouse Arena / via Zoom with Athena Dixon, Sarah Kasbeer, & Angela Chen Watch Here!
Downtown Writers Jam Happy Hour Friday, Sept. 18, 7pm ET / via Zoom
TOMBOYLAND Midwest Launch A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, Madison, WI Reading & Conversation with Melissa Febos Wednesday, August 12, 7pm CT / via Zoom
TOMBOYLAND New York Launch WORD Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY Reading & Conversation with Elena Passarello Tuesday, August 4, 7pm ET / via Zoom Watch here!
Miss Manhattan Reading Series Monday, August 3, 7:30pm ET / via IGTV Instagram @missmanhattanny)
