Reading: Williams College
Today I’m traveling to Massachusetts to do a reading at Williams College, again with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. Details here.
The event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there.
Today I’m traveling to Massachusetts to do a reading at Williams College, again with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. Details here.
The event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there.
I’m in New York, so posting will be very light this week. Tonight I’ll be reading with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. Here are the details:
Graduate Center at the City University of New York
6:30 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
If you’re free, come on by and say hi.
I’m off to New York and Massachusetts for a few readings, so blogging will likely be light for the next week or so. I’ll try to post notices here on the days I’m reading, or you can check out my events page.
Someone asked me my age the other day and I honestly had to stop and wonder, “Wait, how old am I?” The fact that I never think about my age is either a sign of healthy aging, or a sign that denial is a powerful tool. My birthday is this Friday, which means I will have to remember, even for a day.
Proud to be Liberal, which is published this month, is an anthology of essays about being a liberal in these conservative times. Contributors include Eric Alterman, Steve Almond, Margaret Cho, Al Franken, George Lakoff, Maud Newton, Tom Tomorrow, and a few others. My own essay, about the triple threat of being Arab, Immigrant, and Liberal, is also included. Check it out.
Helen Oyeyemi reviews my book, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, in the February 3rd issue of the Times Literary Supplement. (The article isn’t available online. For a snippet, go here.)