PAST EVENTS
Fall 2024
September 18 - 21
Featured Poet at the Furious Flower Poetry Conference
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
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September 26 & 27: Lyric Research: Ross Gay & Sam Stephenson
September 26 at the Data House, Bridgton, ME (more information)
September 27 at the Oxford Hills School District, Paris, ME (more information)
September 28: Events for The Poet’s Corner
An Afternoon Craft Talk with Poet & Essayist Ross Gay (more information)
An Evening Reading with Poet & Essayist Ross Gay (more information)
Camden, ME
October 10 - 16: Paperback Release Tour! (tour graphic here!)
October 10
Reading for Golden Hour Books at The Speakeasy (5255 N Winthrop Ave)
Indianapolis, IN
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October 11
Reading at Anderson’s Bookshop
Naperville, IL
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October 12
Reading at Exile in Bookville
Chicago, IL
October 13
Reading at Schuler Books
Grand Rapids, MI
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October 15
Reading for Rainy Day Books at The Unity Temple on the Plaza
Kansas City, MO
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October 16
Reading for Left Bank Books at the High Lo Listening Room
St. Louis, MO
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October 18
Oneonta Literary Festival
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
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November 1
Reading with Hanif Abdurraqib
Bloomington Book Festival
Bloomington, IN
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November 21
Events for the Kelly Writers House
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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November 22
Reading with Brooke O’Harra
Philadelphia, PA
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November 13
Virtual: Reading for The Care Center
via Zoom, at 1pm, ET.
RSVP for link: Sara Rauch, Poetry Program Coordinator
srauch@carecenterholyoke.org
November 23
Kevin Quashie and Ross Gay in Conversation
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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December 13
Reading for NYU
New York, NY
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December 14
Brooklyn Poets Annual Awards Gala
Brooklyn, NY
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Spring 2024
January 8, 9, 11, & 12: Readings from Inciting Joy at the IFell Building in Bloomington
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January 16
VIRTUAL event:
Reading for the Toronto Public Library
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January 25
Off the Page Creative Writing Series
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
January 30
Reading for Bookshop Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
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January 31
Reading for Stanford University
Stanford, CA
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February 2
Reading at the Mill Valley Library
Mill Valley, CA
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February 17
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
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February 21
Reading for Yale University
New Haven, CT
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February 22
Reading for Ramapo
Mahwah, NJ
February 23
Reading for Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
February 29
Reading for UT Austin
Austin, TX
March 9
Inside Out Literary Arts’ Poetry Con
Detroit, MI
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March 12
Reading for Fishtrap
NEA Big Read Event
Enterprise, OR
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March 18
Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series
University of Portland
Portland, OR
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March 20
Reading for Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
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March 22
Reading at Busboys and Poets
Washington, D.C.
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March 23 & 24
Big Ears Festival
Knoxville, TN
April 5 & 6
The Porch
Nashville, TN
April 8
Reading for the Hotchkiss School
Lakeville, CT
April 10
O Body Book Launch by Dan “Sully” Sullivan
Bloomington, IN
Register here (registration is encouraged but not required)
April 11
Virtual Event with Hanif Abdurraqib
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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April 12
Reading for the Nevada County Library System
NEA Big Read
Nevada City, CA
April 18
Reading for Moses Brown School
Providence, RI
April 24
Conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
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Fall 2023
September 1
Notre Dame, MVP Friday
Notre Dame, IN
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September 6
Berea College
Berea, KY
September 7
NEA Big Read for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Pennyroyal Arts Council
Hopkinsville, KY
September 12
NEA Big Read for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
White Bear Center for the Arts
VIRTUAL event
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September 14
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
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September 16
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
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September 19
The Book of (More) Delights Release
Brooklyn Heights Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
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September 20
Reading at Prairie Lights
Iowa City, IA
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September 22
Farwell Distinguished Lecture: Inciting Joy: An Evening with Ross Gay
Luther College
Decorah, IA
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September 24
Keynote Presentation
South Dakota Festival of Books
Deadwood, SD
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September 26
Poetry Reading
Smith College Poetry Center
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September 28
Smith Reads Selection Reading
Smith College {first year students only}
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September 29
Brattle Theatre (presented by Harvard Bookstore)
Cambridge, MA
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October 1
Reading with Steve Scafidi
Virtual Event
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October 3
Family Action Network at Evanston Township High School (presented by the Book Stall)
Evanston, IL
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October 4
Boswell Books & Woodland Pattern
Milwaukee, WI
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October 5
Reading at Wichita Art Museum for Watermark Books
Wichita, KS
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October 6
Special Guest at the Hand Picked Music Series: John Raymond X S. Carey "Shadowlands"
Bloomington, IN
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October 8
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR
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October 9
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
October 10
Third Place Books
Lake Forest Park, WA
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October 17
The Big Read Featuring Ross Gay
McMahon Memorial Auditorium and Cameron University
Lawton, OK
October 19 – 21
Youngstown Literary Festival
Youngstown, OH
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October 24
Norwich Bookstore @ Norwich Congregational Church
Norwich, VT
October 26
Keynote Presentation
Rowland Foundation Annual Conference
Burlington, VT
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October 28
Life is a Verb Camp
Asheville, NC
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October 29
Reading at Citizen Vinyl
Asheville, NC
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November 1
Reading at Brown University
Providence, RI
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November 3
Brigham Young University Handley Poetry Series
Salt Lake City, UT
November 6
VIRTUAL event: Inciting & Delighting in Joy
InStill Mindfulness Fundraiser
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November 13
Reading at Crescent Hill Baptist Church
Carmichaels Books will be onsite selling books
Louisville, KY
November 14
Reading at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Cincinnati, OH
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November 15
Cuyahoga County Public Library – Beachwood Branch
Beachwood, OH
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November 17
Sam Stephenson in conversation with Ross Gay
Virtual Event
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November 18 – 19
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL
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November 21
ArtYard and Frenchtown Bookshop / One Book, One Frenchtown
Frenchtown, NJ
November 30
VIRTUAL: First Year Experience Author's Conversation "The Book of Delights"
Coppin State University
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December 1
*Virtual Event: Writing Hope at The End of A World
Workshop for Girls Write Now
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December 2
Community Fundraiser Reading
7pm, IFell Building (415 West 4th Street)
Cash Only (or I.O.U)
Bloomington, IN
December 4 – 8
Residency at the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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December 7
Virtual Event: Perennial Farm Gathering
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December 13
Reading at Morgernstern’s Books
Bloomington, IN
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Spring 2023
January 8
Benefit reading w poet John Smith
United Methodist Church
Frenchtown, NJ
January 11
Reading for Illinois Libraries
Virtual Event
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January 30
Youngstown Live/d Reading with Ross Gay & Rochelle Hurt
Virtual Event
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February 3
Behind the Book
Carmel Clay Library
Carmel, IN
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February 6
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle, WA
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February 8
Reading for The Care Center
Virtual Event
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February 9
Reading for Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
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February 16
Talk at the University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
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February 21
Reading at Trinity University
San Antonio, TX
February 22
Reading at the University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, TX
February 23
Reading at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center
Dallas, TX
March 4 – 5
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AZ
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March 8
The Hearth & Home Lecture
The Mercantile Library
Cincinnati, OH
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March 9
The Axton Visiting Writer Series
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
March 14
One Book Read
West Kentucky Community & Technical College
Paducah, KY
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March 17
Children’s Summit
Kids in Common
San Jose, CA
March 21
Bookshop Santa Cruz with Chris Mattingly
Santa Cruz, CA
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March 23
Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown, NJ
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March 25
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
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March 27
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden Sydney, Virginia
March 30
Big Read Miami
Miami, FL
April 2
Orange County Library Big Read
Orlando, FL
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April 4
Write Like Us!
Minnesota State Colleges
Brooklyn Park & Coon Rapids, MN
April 5
A Room of One’s Own
Madison, WI
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April 12
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI
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April 14 & 15
The McComb Conference
Miami University
Oxford, OH
April 19
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
April 21
Unbound Book Festival with Patrick Rosal
Columbia, MO
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April 27
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA
May 3
Central Washington University Big Read
Ellensburg, WA
June 20 – 25
Minnesota Northwoods
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN
Fall 2022
September 9
California Independent Booksellers Alliance
Author Breakfast - Indie Rock Stars in Conversation
Sacramento, CA
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September 14
St. Olaf College
The Common Read: The Book of Delights
Northfield, MN
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September 17
Barnes & Noble, Noblesville
Signing The Book of Delights
Indianapolis, IN
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September 20
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow
Authors Over-Easy Breakfast
Tacoma, WA
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September 22
*Daytime, Virtual: City College of New York
Community Read
Evening, in-person: INconversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Indiana Humanities
Bloomington, IN
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September 27
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA
September 28
Virtual: Pongo Poetry
Speaking Volumes
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September 29
Virtual: Orion & Person Place Thing Present "A Conversation with Ross Gay"
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September 30
*Virtual: Bookforum presents: Sports, Annotated
Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event
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October 4
*Virtual: Ama Codjoe at Loyalty Books featuring Ross Gay
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October 5
Virtual: Pueblo City Library
All Pueblo Reads Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
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October 14
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association
Heartland Tradeshow
St. Louis, MO
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October 18
Rutgers Camden University with Patrick Rosal
Camden, NJ
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October 19
SUNY Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY
October 23
Harrisburg Book Festival
Harrisburg, PA
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October 25
Center for Fiction
Brooklyn, NY
October 26
Loyalty Bookshop at the DC Public Library
Washington, D.C.
October 27
Philadelphia Free Library / Joint Event with Major Jackson
Philadelphia, PA
October 28
Brookline Booksmith
Boston, MA
October 29
Boston Book Festival
Boston, MA
November 1
American Writer’s Museum
Chicago, IL
November 2
Talking Volumes
Minneapolis, MN
November 3
Wisconsin Public Library
Madison, WI
November 5 - 6
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
November 7
St. Louis County Library / Offsite Event
St. Louis, MO
November 8
Parnassus Books
Nashville, TN
November 9
Georgia Center for the Book
Atlanta, GA
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November 10
City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, PA
November 13
Release Party with Busman’s Holiday
Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Bloomington, IN
November 15
Book Passage (Corte Madera)
San Francisco, CA
November 16
Powell’s Bookstore
Portland, OR
November 17
Live Wire Radio at Town Hall Seattle
Seattle, WA
November 19-20
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL
November 22
Frenchtown Bookshop
Frenchtown, NJ
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November 28
Carmichael’s Bookstore
Louisville, KY
November 29
Gramercy Books / In Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib
Columbus, OH
November 30
Virtual: The Rumpus Book Club
December 1
Morgenstern’s Books
Bloomington, IN
December 7
Virtual: Toronto Public Library
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Virtual: Reimagine Candlelight Vigil
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