news, events & features
Some Readings & Events - 2008
August 13-24: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
June 27: Anaheim, CA - ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference
April 26: Lansing, MI - Michigan Notable Books Night, Michigan Public Library
March 28: Grand Rapids, MI - Humanities Council of Grand Rapids, Cascade Library, 9:30 am
March 27: Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids Public Library, 7:00 pm
Februay 8: Coral Gables, FL - Books and Books, 8:00 pm
February 7: Houston, TX - Brazos Books, 6:00 pm
February 6: SeaTac, WA - Odyssey: The Essential School
February 6: Seattle, WA - Seattle Public Library, High Point, 6:30 pm
February 4: Portland, OR - Powell's Books, 7:30 pm
January 31 - Feb. 2: New York, NY - AWP Conference
News
Stealing Buddha's Dinner named a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book
Stealing Buddha's Dinner named a Michigan Notable Book
Chicago Tribune: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among Best Books of 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-071215-bestbooks,0,5883431,full.story
Christian Science Monitor: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among "The 2007 Books We Liked Best": http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1204/p15s01-bogn.html
Saveur Magazine: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among Top Ten Reads of 2007: http://www.saveur.com/techniques/cookbook-reviews/top-ten-reads-21017489.html
Stealing Buddha's Dinner was a Book Sense pick in 2007.
Radio/TV
"All Things Considered" on NPR
Essay, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Some Readings & Events - 2007
September 27: Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University
August 30: Reading for "All Freshman Read," Hope College
June 13: Ropewalk Writers Retreat
June 9-10: Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair
May 11: Vietnamese Library Association Launch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7 pm
April 29: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books , UCLA Schoenberg Halll, 11: 30 am. Memoir Panel with Mark Doty, Emily Rapp, Clancy Sigal, and Orli Low
April 19: Writers Center of Indiana "Gathering of Writers"
February 22: San Francisco - Book Passage, Corte Madera, 1 pm
February 21: Berkeley - Cody's Books, 7 pm
February 20: Los Angeles - Vroman's, 7 pm
February 19: Seattle - Elliott Bay, 7:30 pm
February 17: Ann Arbor - Shaman Drum, 7 pm
February 15: Grand Rapids, MI - Schuler Books, 7 pm
February 13: New York - Barnes & Noble, Chelsea, 7 pm
February 11: Washington, DC - Politics & Prose, 1 pm
February 6: Chicago - Border's, Michigan Avenue, 7 pm
January 30: Purdue University, 7:30 pm