2021 EVENTS

January 21 Milwaukee, WI

Virtual conversation with author Jeff Porter, Boswell Books, video here

June 16 New York, Ny

Virtual conversation with author Lionel Shriver, Center For Fiction, info here

2020 EVENTS

January 16 Seaside, OR

Pacifica University MFA Residency, reading and conversation

March 26 Hastings-On-hudson, NY

Spoken Interludes, Riverview, 6pm, details and reservations here CANCELED

April 16 portland, OR

Live Wire Radio, Alberta Rose Theater, 7:30pm CANCELED

July 21 Brooklyn, NY

Virtual Conversation with author Daphne Merkin, Greenlight Books, video here

2019 EVENTS

October 22 Brooklyn, NY

The Problem With Everything launch event, Greenlight Books (Fort Greene location) 7:30 pm, reading followed by conversation with Bari Weiss. Details here.

October 24 New York, NY

Columbia University Bookstore, 6pm, reading followed by conversation with Nancy Rommelmann. Details here.

October 26 Austin, Texas

Texas Book Festival, 1:30pm, State Capitol Extension Room 2.014, Festival schedule here.

October 29 San Francicso, CA

Book Passage (Ferry Building) 6pm, reading followed by conversation with Laura Fraser. Details here

October 30 pasadena, CA

Vroman’s, 7pm, reading followed by conversation with Annabelle Gurwitch. Details here

November 1, seattle, WA

Elliott Bay Book Company, 7pm, reading followed by conversation with Katie Herzog. Details here.

November 5, New York, NY

The Strand Bookstore, reading followed by conversation with Judith Shulevitz, 7pm. Details here.

November 6, Washington, DC

Politics & Prose (Union Market) 7pm, eading followed by conversation with Kyra Phillips. Details here.

December 6, Saratoga Springs, NY

Northshire Bookstore 7pm. Details here.

Older Events

April 12, Philadephia, PA

Chelsea Handler’s Sit Down Tour, The Met, 8pm, details here

May 16, New York, NY

In Your Face New York, Merkin Concert Hall, with Nellie McKay, Roz Chast, Patricia Marx and others. 7:30pm. Tickets here.

June 1-5 Bloomington, IN

Indiana University Writers’ Conference, faculty in creative nonfiction, details here

June 5-11 New York, NY

The Writer’s Hotel Writing Conference, faculty in creative nonfiction, details here

June 16-21 Aspen, CO

Aspen Summer Words, faculty in creative nonfiction, details here

June 24-28 Charlottesville, VA

Virginia Quarterly Review Writers’ Conference, faculty in creative nonfiction, details here

October-November book tour dates for The Problem With Everything coming soon!

2018 EVENTS

February 6 Brooklyn, NY

Greenlight Books, Fort Greene, in conversation with Tim Kreider. Check back here for info

April 3 New York, NY

Barnes and Nobel, Union Square, in conversation with Sloane Crosley, details here.

APRIL 30 BROOKLYN, NY

Egg Restaurant, reading with Annabelle Gurwitch and Jack Livings. Check back here for details.

May 9 New York, NY

92nd Street Y, conversation with Karen Karbo, 7pm, details and ticket info here

June 7 New York, NY

The Writers Hotel Writing Conference, Genre Lab in Nonfiction

July 19 New York, NY

McNally Jackson Books, in conversation with Leslie Schwartz, 7pm, details here

July 23 Brooklyn, NY

Books Beneath the Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park, in conversation with Leslie Jamison, 7pm, details here

July 30 - August 3, Charlottesville, VA

Virginia Quarterly Review Writers Conference. Workshop in nonfiction, application deadline May 15

October 23 new York, NY

Book Culture at 112th/Broadway, conversation with Laura Esther Wolfson, 7pm, details here

2017 EVENTS

january 31 iowa city, IA

Reading at Prairie Lights Bookstore, 7pm, info here

April 6 Pittsburgh, PA

University of Pittsburgh, Alexandra L, Rowan Foundation reading, 8:30 pm, info here

April 23 Spokane, WA

Eastern Washington University, Get Lit Festival, Bing Crosby Theater, 11am, info here

July 3-5 Plainfield, VT

Goddard College, low residency MFA program, check back for details

July 10-14 Charlottesville, VA

Four day workshop in nonfiction, Virginia Quarterly Review Writers' Conference, learn more and apply here

July14-18 Mystic, CT

Fairfield University Summer Writers Conference, heck

July 24-August 4 New York, NY

New York Times School of Education Summer Academy, "Writing About Ourselves" course for pre-college students, info here

August 9, Brooklyn, NY

Books Are Magic, in conversation with Carina Chocano, 7:30pm, details here

September 8, New York, NY

McNally Jackson, in conversation with Vanessa Grigoriadis, 7pm, details here

September 15, Seattle, WA

Hugo House, reading with Solmaz Sharif, Sonora Jha and Joy Mills, Fred Wildlife Refuge, 7:30pm, details here

October 20 Purchase, NY

Manhattanville College, Meet The Writers series, reading 7pm, details here

October 24, North Andover, MA

Merrimack College, The Writers House, reading 4pm, details here

2016 EVENTS

November 28-30 Indianapolis, IN

Butler University, reading and master classes, info here

JULY 13-17, Charlottesville, VA

Four day workshop in nonfiction, Virginia Quarterly Review Writers' Conference, learn more and apply here

JUNE 2-6, NEW YORK, NY

Four day workshop in nonfiction, The Writers Hotel. Learn more and apply

APRIL 25, BROOKLYN, NY

Book Court, conversation with Kate Bolick, 163 Court St, 7pm, details here

MARCH 28, BROOKLYN, NY

Book Court, conversation with Sallie Tisdale, 163 Court St, 7pm, details here

MARCH 14, CONWAY, SC

Coastal Carolina University, check back for details

MARCH 11-12 ROANOKE, VA

Hollins University, Lex Allen Literary Festival, details here

FEBRUARY 16, NEW YORK, NY

Housing Works Bookstore, conversation with Paul Lisicky, 7pm, details here

FEBRUARY 10, CAMDEN, NJ

Rutgers University, Writers in Camden, reading with Paul Lisicky, 7pm, details here

FEBRUARY 2, BROOKLYN, NY

Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main St. Reading/launch for Why We Write About Ourselves, 7pm, details here

JANUARY 30-31 COLUMBUS, OH

Ohio State University, Visiting Writers Series, reading for the public Jan 31 11:30am, details here

2015 EVENTS

February 12, Brooklyn, NY

Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg 7:30pm, free and open to public

March 3, New York, NY

Conversations on Practice with Glenn Kurtz, McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street 7:00pm, free and open to public

March 28, New York, NY

Columbia University, Stalking the Essay check website for details, free and open to public

March 31, New York, NY

Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed, launch event and discussion with Meghan and contributors Anna Holmes and Laura Kipnis. Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby Street, free and open to public, check website for details

April 15, Los Angeles, CA

Downtown Independent Theater, Zocalo Public Square panel discussion for Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed, with Meghan and contributors Kate Christensen and M.G. Lord. , 251 S. Main Street, Los Angeles. Free and open to public but reservations recommended. More info here.

April 19, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, University of Southern California campus. Panel discussion with Joy Press, Maggie Nelson, and Rebecca Solnit. Norris Theater, 1:30pm.

April 25, Washington, DC

Politics and Prose Bookstore, Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed conversation with Meghan and contributor Elliott Holt. Moderated by Sandra Beasley. 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, 6:00pm. Free and open to public, more details here.

June 14-19, Denver, CO

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest, see website for details

June 23, Camden, NJ

Rutgers University-Camden, Writers in Camden series, check website for details

JULY 16, LOS ANGELES, CA

Chevalier's Books, Meghan reads from and talks about The Unspeakable, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd, 7:00pm

July 23, Los Angeles, CA

L.A. Public Library, ALOUD series, reading and conversation with Leslie Jamison, 630 West 5th Street, free and open to public but reservations required, check website for details.

September 11-12, Lexington, KY

Kentucky Women Writers Conference, check website for details.

SEPTEMBER 20, Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Book Festival, panel discussion on The Lost Middle Class, with Anna Holmes, Margo Jefferson and Stanley Aronowitz. 1pm, Brooklyn Law School, see details here

SEPTEMBER 24, Lenox, MA

Touchstones at The Mount, Meghan in conversation with author Kate Bolick, check website for details

October 10, Cleveland, OH

The Not Mom Summit, luncheon keynote speaker

OCTOBER 17, Austin, TX

Texas Book Festival, Meghan in conversation with Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed contributors Geoff Dyer and Courtney Hodell, check website for details

November 3, New York, NY

Reading and conversation for BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY NONFICTION, with Dinah Lenney, Lynn Sharon Schwartz, Jonathan Wilson and James Richardson. Adelphi University, check back for details

November 7, Chicago, IL

Chicago Humanities Festival, check website for details

NOVEMBER 9, Saint Louis, MO

Washington University Assembly Series, check website for details

NOVEMBER 21-22 Miami, FL

Miami Book Fair, check back for details

NOVEMBER 27-28 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Interrobang at The Wheeler Centre, check back for details

December 5 Portland, OR

Live Wire Radio Show, check website for details