October 2010
First Year Author (St. Mary’s College of California)
Event: Reading and Q&A

PAST

Wednesday    October 28, 2009
The Writer’s Forum (SUNY Brockport)
Event: Reading and Q&A

Thursday    April 23, 2009    8pm
Piano’s, 158 Ludlow Street, NY, NY (212)505-3733
Event: Literary Death Match NYC. Short reading and literary battle. Cheryl reps self and Five Dials

Heidi Julavits (The Uses of Enchantment) Cheryl Wagner (Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around), Amy Lawless (Noctis Licentia), B.C. Edwards (Evitative), all to be judged by Scott Adsit (30 Rock), Richard Lawson (Gawker) and Anna deVries (Scribner)!

Tuesday    April 28, 2009    5:30pm
Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania Street, NOLA
Event: Book Release Party and Signing and Reading. Doberge Cake! Deviled Eggs! Tomfoolery!  Musical Stylings of   Los Po-Boy-Citos!

Wednesday    April 29, 2009    1pm
Tulane University– Vorhoff Library, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, NOLA
Event: Reading, Q&A, and “Anatomy of a Female Book Cover: Idle and Not-So-Idle Thoughts on Literary Memoir, Chick Lit, Disaster Stink, and Whether Female Author Photos Are Hot or Not”

Sunday    May 3, 2009 1pm
Book Tent at N.O. Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fair Grounds Race Course, NOLA
Event: Book Signing. Wondering Whether Neil Young Will Stop By. Asking Strangers to Do Aaron Neville Impersonations. Admiring the Pine Needle Basket Lady. Postulating About Boomer Versus Gen X Versus Gen Y Reading Habits. Complaining About Why JazzFest Doesn’t Book the Hammond State School Strawberry Jammers Anymore. Seeing Who Will Buy Me a Strawberry Abita. Listening to Wax Cylinder Early Jazz Afficionados Not Shut Up. Counting Straw Porkpie Hats and Crazy Horse T-Shirts. Trying Not to Sneak Out to See Brass Bands. Not Twittering Anything.

Saturday    May 16, 2009    7pm
Quimby’s Bookstore, 18854 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL
Event: Reading and Q&A and Signing

Thursday      June 11, 2009       7pm
Diesel Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, CA
Event: Reading and Q&A and Signing