UPCOMING SHOWS

11/13/14 Northeastern University

PAST EVENTS

11/06/14 Bard College

09/13/14 HAIKU (The Humanities and the Arts in the Integrated Knowledge University) Conference, University of Pennsylvania

05/20/14 Vica Miller Literary Salon, Reading with Lara Vapnyar, Boris Fishman and Vica Miller.  7 – 9 PM. Mimi Ferzt Gallery. 81 Greene Street.

12/9/13 The Guernica Rumpus Holiday Spectacular! (singing), The Bell House, Brooklyn, 7-11 PM with readings by Geoff Dyer and Saeed Jones

12/4/13 A Literary Evening at Little Red Schoolhouse (reading), NY, NY, 7-9 PM, w/Arthur Phillips and Eisa Davis

10/24/13, Pete’s Candy Store Reading Series, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 7:30 PM,  w/ Adelle Waldman

9/24/13, Fiction Addiction, 25 Avenue A ,Manhattan, 8 pm, w/Amy Brill, Helen Oyeyemi and Caitlin Campbell

9/17/13, Mixer Reading Series, Cake Shop w/ Lucy Corin, 7pm

8/5/13, Books Beneath the Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park w/ Colson Whitehead and others, 7 PM

7/31/13 The Greatest 3-minute Internet Stories, hosted by Vol. 1 Brooklyn at Housing Works, Manhattan, 7 pm

7/31/13, BRYANT PARK READING ROOM/Word for Word Author Series, Bryant Park, Manhattan 12:30 PM7/8/13, The Half King Reading Series, NYC, 7 PM

6/17/13, Brookline BookSmith, Brookline, MA 6:30 PM

6/12/13, Largehearted Lit, WORD, Brooklyn, 7 PM

5/18/13, LitCrawl reading hosted by PEN, Book Court, Brooklyn, 6 PM

5/9/13, Literary Death Match, Union Hall, Brooklyn, 8:30 PM

5/8/13, Mixer Reading and Music Series, Cake Shop, NYC, 7 PM

4/10/13, Le Poisson Rouge, a public conversation about alternative youth culture with cult author/filmmaker Vladimir Kozlov presented by Read Russia. 7 pm.

1/29/13, Half King, pre-book release party for The Love Song of Johnny Valentine by Teddy Wayne, 8 pm (singing), with readings by Charles Bock, Susan Cheever and more, NYC, NY

11/12/12, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY. Video interviewer at the National Book Awards’ 5 Under 35, hosted by Neko Case.

11/04/12, Hotel Cafe, 6pm (singing and reading) Los Angeles, CA

9/8/2012, Arts on Brighton Festival, (singing) New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, NY

7/26/12, Housing Works Cafe, Manhattan, 7 pm. (reading) The Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories.

7/21/12, Union Hall, Brooklyn, 8 pm, (singing) EP release party for Flying Pace w/Unsacred Hearts and Magnetic Island.

6/28/12, PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, 7-9 PM, book release party for The McSweeney’s Book of Politics and Musicals

6/23/12 The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, 6:30 PM, benefit for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot

2/27/12, Stories Books and Cafe, Echo Park, Los Angeles, 7 pm.

2/22/12, The Rumpus Presents: Letters in the Mail at Housing Works Bookstore, Manhattan, 7 pm, with Jonathan Ames, Stephen Elliott, Tao Lin, Emily Gould and more.

2/6/12, The I ? BOMB Reading Event & Party, PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, 7 pm, (singing and reading) with Brooklyn Poet Laureate, Tina Chang, best-selling author of Bee Season, Myla Goldberg, and more.

1/26/12, LargeHeartedLit 10 year anniversary party at WORD Books, with Emma Straub and Jen Gilmore (reviewed here)

10/21/2011, CMJ, Littlefield, Brooklyn with The Shondes.

10/19/2011, Abe’s Penny (reading), Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn

10/01/2011, The Satellite Lounge, Wilmington, NC

9/30/2011, The Mill, Charlotte, NC

9/29/2011, Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC. 7:30 pm.

8/18/2011, Bar Matchless, 3 Minute Story: Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, presented by Vol. 1 and Nerve.com, Brooklyn, NY

8/16/2011, Literary Brooklyn Book Release Party (singing) w/ Evan Hughes, Toure, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn

7/14/2011, Brooklyn Winery, Girls Who Write benefit, Brooklyn, NY w/Deb Olin Unferth, Jami Attenberg, Maud Newton, and Kio Stark

6/21/2011, Space Gallery, Portland, ME

6/20/2011, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA

6/16/2011, Los Angeles Public Library ALOUD series, In conversation with Eric J. Lawrence, KCRW DJ and Music Librarian, 7 pm

6/15/2011, The Record Room, Portland, Oregon

6/14/2011, Alexander Book Company, 12:30 pm

6/13/2011, The Make Out Room, The Rumpus Monthly Reading/Music Series, San Francisco, CA, 7:30 PM

6/9/2011, Joe’s Pub, NY, NY, CD and Book-Release Party, 7 PM

6/8/2011, WORD, Brooklyn, NY Largehearted Lit w/John Wesley Harding (and traditional Doukhobor treats prepared by the Brooklyn Baker) 7:30 PM

6/4/2011, End of the Century, party to celebrate the May issue of Abe’s Penny w/ Spencer Tunick.

5/29/2011, Green-Wood Cemetery, Civil War Sesquicentennial (singing as part of a small choir, in Civil War-era garb!)

2/8/2011 McSweeney’s book release party for ‘Donald’, by Stephen Elliott and Eric Martin @ Pianos, NYC, 9 pm.

1/13/2011 Benefit for Ugly Ducking Presse, Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY, 8:30 pm

10/14/2010 Benefit for Guernica Magazine, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY 7 pm

7/6/2010 Madame Claude / Fourtrack on Stage Berlin, Germany

7/7/2010: Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany

5/16/2010: Silent Barn, Queens, NY

4/10/2010: Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY cd release party for The Shondes

4/6/2010: Highline Ballroom, NY, NY.  Night of Mayhem w/Sam Lipsyte, Colson Whitehead, Michael Showalter, “This American Life’s” Starlee Kine, Jeffrey Lewis, and more.

3/24/2010: WORD bookstore in Brooklyn, NY.  “Russian Night” with Museyon Guides and Jauntsetter with the amazing Moscow-based band Gulag Tunes

3/20/2010: SXSW Large Hearted Lit at Bookpeople

3/17/2010: SXSW Official Showcase at The Ale House on Wednesday, March 17 at 11:00 p.m.

1/22/10 @ Book Court, Brooklyn, NY for Nick Flynn’s book release party (The Ticking is the Bomb)

1/21/10 @ Crash Mansion, NY, NY for The Rumpus Anniversary Party with readings by Rivka Galchen, Stephen Elliott, Tao Lin and more…

1/07/10 @ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY w/ The Duchess and the Duke, 8:30 PM