Live in person

Upcoming, hopefully
AWP 2022: So you can write. But can you write a book review? With Gabino Iglesias, Walton Muyumba, Adriana E. Ramírez,  Vidyan Ravinthiran and me.

Past
Authors and others I’ve interviewed on stage in front of live, delightful audiences:

Buzz Aldrin at the LA Times Festival of Books
Reagan Arthur, Bonnie Nadell and Ethan Nosowski at the LA Times Festival of Books
Kevin Costner, Jon Baird and Rick Ross for LiveTalks LA
Caitlin Doughty for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
James Ellroy for Rare Bird Lit at Cafe Largo
Steve Erickson, David Grand and Edan Lepucki at the LA Times Festival of Books
Tod Goldberg, Seth Greenland, Ben Greenman at the LA Times Festival of Books
Amelia Gray, Etgar Keret, Ben Loory and Sarah Levine at the LA Times Festival of Books (muddy audio)
Ami Greko, Ethan Nosowsky, Lisa Pearson and Tom Lutz at the LA Times Festival of Books
Mark Harris, Robert M. Dowling and Shelly Stamp at the LA Times Festival of Books
Carl Hiaasen for LiveTalks LA
Nick Hornby for Vroman’s
Jonathan Lethem for the LA Times Festival of Books
Lisa Lucas, Robin Coste Lewis and Rachel Kusher for Scripps College
Colum McCann for LiveTalks LA
Patton Oswalt at the LA Times Festival of Books
Tom Rachman for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
Molly Ringwald and Maria Semple at the LA Times Festival of Books
Richard Russo for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
George Saunders at the LA Times Festival of Books
John Scalzi at the LA Times Festival of Books
Rebecca Skloot for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
Dana Spiotta and Janet Fitch for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
Jerry Stahl, James Greer, Tod Goldberg and Paul Tremblay at the LA Times Festival of Books
Scott Turow for LiveTalks LA
Luis Alberto Urrea for ALOUD at the LA Public Library
John Waters for Word Books in Brooklyn
Claire Vaye Watkins and Arlie Russell Hochschild at the LA Times Festival of Books
Wil Wheaton, Dana Goodyear and Pablo Defendini at the LA Times Festival of Books

Other appearances:

AWP 2019: The Art of the Book Review – panelist with Siddhartha Deb and Mark Sarvas, moderated by Joe Salvatore

Host, 2018 LA Times Book Prizes