Tour / Readings

Boston, MA
Tuesday, June 7 (book release)
Brookline Booksmith
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Westborough, MA
Wednesday, June 8
Tatnuck Bookseller
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Martha's Vineyard, MA
Friday, June 10
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore
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Madison, CT
Monday, June 13
R.J. Julia Booksellers
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Vero Beach, FL
Wednesday, June 15
Vero Beach Book Center
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Coral Gables, FL
Thursday, June 16
Books & Books
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Brooklyn, NY with Nick Flynn
Monday, June 20
[ BookCourt ]

Orlando, FL
Tuesday, June 21
Barnes & Noble
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Philadelphia, PA
November 5
Musehouse: A Center for Literary Arts
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Miami, FL
Sunday, November 20, 3 PM
"The Art of Memoir: Bill Clegg, Jill Bialosky and Kelle Groom"
Miami Book Fair International 2011
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Washington, DC
Tues, December 20, 12 PM
Library of Congress
Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor Thomas Jefferson Building
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New Smyrna Beach, FL
Thurs, January 12, 4 PM
Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference
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Chicago, IL
March 1-3, 2012 (date/time TBA)
AWP Conference
Book Signing - I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl: A Memoir
Sierra Nevada College Low Residency MFA Booth
http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php

Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11 AM
AWP Conference
Book Signing - Five Kingdoms: Poems
Anhinga Press Table (F20 and 21)
http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php

Las Vegas, NV
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 4 PM
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Student Union Contact: Maritza White, 702.895.5542

Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, April 7, 2012, 2 PM
PAPERBACK RELEASE of I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl
Barnes & Noble Northwest
2191 N. Rainbow Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89108
Contact - Crystal Perkins, Community Relations Manager: 702.631.1775

Syracuse, NY
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 
(3:45-4:30 PM Q&A; 5:30 PM Reading)
Raymond Carver Reading Series
Syracuse University
Gifford Auditorium, HBC Building (Huntington Beard Crouse)
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Las Vegas, NV
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 5:30 PM
Black Mountain Institute Book Club
Contact: Jessica Lucero, jessica.lucero@univ.edu

Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 7 - 9 PM
Ploughshares Spring 2012 Issue Reading & Celebration
Nick Flynn hosts the event. Readings: Mary Morris, Maria Venegas, Eric Fair, Kelle Groom, Melissa Sandor, Danielle Blau, Patricia Caspers, Michael Dumanis, Monica Ferrell, Michael Klein, Eileen Myles, Gregory Pardlo, James Tolan, Suzanne Wise, and Ronnie Yates 
The Woods, 48 South 4th Street (between Kent and Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
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Incline Village, NV
Thursday, July 12, 2012, 7 PM
Reading (with Laura Wetherington)
Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe
Contact: Jessie Alhandy, jalhandy@sierranevada.edu 775.831.1314 ext 7424

Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Memoir Panel: Kelle Groom, Oksana Marafioti, & Cheryl Strayed
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Contact: http://www.vegasvalleybookfestival.org/

St Augustine, FL
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Reading (with Bob Shacochis)
Other Words Conference
Flagler College
Contact: Rick Campbell, rick@floridarts.org

Incline Village, NV
Friday, November 16, 2012
Reading
Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe
Contact: June Saraceno, jsaraceno@sierranevada.edu or 775.881.7514

Incline Village, NV
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Memoir Workshop
Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe
Contact: June Saraceno, jsaraceno@sierranevada.edu or 775.881.7514