2017
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JANUARY
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Jan 14, 2017
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Second Saturdays Reading Series
New York City, NY
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FEBRUARY
Feb 8-11, 2017
AWP Conference
Washington, DC
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Feb 15, 2017
Brown University Literary Festival
Providence, Rhode Island
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Feb 17, 2017
Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing Reading Series
Princeton, NJ
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Feb 23-26, 2017
Perth International Arts Festival, Australia
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MARCH
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March 6, 2017
Dwight-Englewood School Visit
Englewood, NJ
March 15-16, 2017
Lecture, Wellesley College's African Students Association
Wellesley, MA
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March 22, 2017
Math, Science & Technology High School (via Lambda Literary)
Bronx, NY
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APRIL
April 4-5, 2017
University of North Caroilina-Ashville, NC
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April 27, 2017
Granta's Best of Young American Novelists Celebration
McGraw Rotunda, The New York Public Library
New York, NY
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April 28, 2017
Granta's Best of Young American Novelists Reading
Center for Fiction
New York, NY
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MAY
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May 4, 2017
PEN World Voices
Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen
Center for Fiction
New York, NY
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May 5, 2017
The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens (via Lambda Literary)
Jamaica, NY
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May 5, 2017
#OneBookNY, Panel and Party
Housing Works Bookstore
New York, NY
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May 6, 2017
Apogee Workshop
Writing Resistance: Investigating/Subverting Form & Narrative
New York Writers Coalition
Brooklyn, NY
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May 9-12, 2017
Universty of Oregon, Eugene, OR
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May 12-June 18, 2017
Lannan Foundation Residency, Marfa, Texas
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JUNE
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June 18-23, 2017
ASW, CO
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OCTOBER
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October 12, 2017
LitMag Launch & Party
McNally Jackson Bookstore
New York, NY
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October 14, 2017
Morristown Festival of Books
Morristown, NJ
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2016
JANUARY
January 2-10, 2016
SNHU Winter Residency, Manchester, NH
January 19, 2016, 7pm
Dear Reader, Year 2 Announcement Ceremony, ACE Hotel, New York, NY
FEBRUARY
February 4, 2016
Gay's The Word Bookstore, UK Book Launch Event #1, London, England
February 5, 2016
The Commonwealth Foundation, UK Book Launch Event #2, London, England
February 7-10, 2016
University of Missouri at Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
MARCH
March 9, 2016, 7pm
A. Igoni Barrett Book Launch, Blackass, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, New York
March 30, 2016, 12:30pm
New York Times Book Club, New York Times Building, New York, NY
APRIL
April 12, 2016, 7-9pm
First Person Plural, Season finale, Shrine, Harlem, NY
April 21, 2016, 7pm
Purple Triangle Awards, The New School, University Center, New York, NY
MAY
May 3, 2016, 6pm
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Guest
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
May 4, 2016, 6pm
Lambda Awards Finalist Reading, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York, NY
May 12-15, 2016
Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, South Africa
May 16-19 2016
Events/Launch at Book Lounge, Capetown, South Africa
JUNE
June 6, 2016, 6:30pm
Lambda Literary Awards, NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts, New York, NY
June 11-19, 2016
SNHU Winter Residency, Manchester, NH
June 22-27, 2016
Marathon des Mots, Toulouse, France
JULY
July 2-4, 2016
Astra Arts Festival, Independence, KS
July 5, 2016
Rutgers University, Camden Summer Writers' Conference,
Camden, NJ
July 10-16, 2016
Tin House Summer Workshop, Portland, OR
July 23-30, 2016
Water~Stone Review Summer Workshop, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
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AUGUST
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August 8, 2016
"Shameless" Reading Series at Housing Works Bookstore, New York, NY, 6:30pm
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SEPTEMBER
September 9-11, 2016
Hobart Festival of Women Writers, Hobart, NY
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September 15, 2016
Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event
Under the Udala Trees Reading at Revolution Books, Harlem, NY, 7:00pm
September 27, 2016
Bucknell University Reading Series, Lewisburg, PA
OCTOBER
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October 6, 2016
Greenlight Bookstore Reading with Emmanuel Iduma, New York, NY, 7:30pm
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October 18, 2016
Rutgers University, Newark W&N Reading Series, Newark, NJ
October 20, 2016
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Nominee Readings, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC, 6:30pm
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October 21, 2016
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, 6:30pm
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NOVEMBER
November 3-4, 2016
Writers' Week, Buckner Keynote Address, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
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November 10-11, 2016
University of Chicago New Voices in Fiction Series, Chicago, IL
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November 15-20, 2016
AKE Arts & Book Festival, Channels Book Club Television Interview, Smooth FM Radio Interview,
Abeokuta & Lagos, Nigeria
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DECEMBER
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November 30- December 4, 2016
German Caine Prize Project, Stimmen Afrikas
MIGRApolis in Bonn, Stimmen Afrikas in Cologne & University of Dusseldorf in Dusseldorf, Germany
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Dec 8, 2016
Book Club/Author Series, Mckinsey & Company
New York, NY
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Dec 10, 2016
What the Dickens, Christmas Carol Reading, Housing Works, New York, NY
2015
JANUARY
January 2-9, 2015
SNHU Winter Residency, Manchester, NH
FEBRUARY
February 3, 2015
Conversations with African Poets & Writers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
MARCH
March 1-5, 2015
African Writers Trust / Uganda International Conference, Kampala, Uganda
March 6, 2015
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
March 8-15, 2015
Etisalat Prize for Literature, Lagos, Nigeria
APRIL - MAY
April 11, 2015
​StoryQuarterly's 40th Anniversary Reading, AWP, Minneapolis, MN
April 13-14, 2015
​Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
April 15, 2015
​PEN Awards Showcase & Party, New York, NY
April 26 - May 1, 2015
​Geneva Book Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
MAY - JUNE
May 2, 2015
Expressions of Pride Multicultural Literary and Art Festival, San Diego, CA
May 5 - June 10, 2015
​Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbria, Italy
JUNE - JULY
June 13 - June 21, 2015
​SNHU Summer Residency, Manchester, NH
June 29 - July 12, 2015
Hermitage Foundation Residency, Sarasota County, FL
JULY - AUGUST
July 18 - July 25, 2015
​Hurston/Wright Foundation Summer Writing Workshop, Washington, DC
July 19th, 2015, 6:30pm
Hurston/Wright Writers Week Reading with Breena Clarke, Terrance Hayes & Wil Haygood
Busboy & Poets, Washington, DC
July 27, 2015, 6:30pm
Author panel FEATURING DEBUT NOVELIST NAOMI JACKSON
Busboy & Poets, Washington, DC
July 28 - Aug 27, 2015
​Hedgebrook Residency, Whidbey Island, WA
SEPTEMBER
September 19, 2015, 2-4pm
Public Reading, Silent Barn, Bushwick, NY
September 20, 2015
Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY
September 23, 2015, 7-8:30pm
Book Launch, Housing Works Bookstore, New York, NY
OCTOBER
October 2, 2015, 5:00-8:30pm
NYU Emerging Writers Series, KGB Bar, New York, NY
October 8, 2015, 6-8:00pm
Public Reading, Chinua Achebe Legacy Series, City College of New York, NY
October 9, 2015, 7:30pm
Public Reading, Elliot Bay Bookstore, Seattle, WA
October 10, 2015
Litquake Festival, San Francisco, CA
October 14-15, 2015
Chinua Achebe Symposium, Amherst, MA
October 17-18, 2015
Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
October 24, 2015
Boston Book Festival, Boston, MA
NOVEMBER
November 7, 2015
​Wordstock: Portland Book Festival, Portland, OR
November 14, 2015
Essence Magazine/Afripop Brunch, #AfricanWomenCreate, Minton's in Harlem, NY
November 25-30, 2015
Visit with Abuja Literary Society, Public Reading, Abuja, Nigeria
DECEMBER
December 14, 2015, 8pm
Franklin Park Reading Series , St. John's Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY
NEWS & EVENTS