To schedule an event, email me at -- j.walter@comcast.net

Upcoming Events

MARCH 20 -- HOUSTON, Rice University and Brazos Bookstore, 7 p.m.

MARCH 21 -- VICTORIA, TX, University of Houston-Victoria

APRIL 1 -- NEW YORK, Half King Tavern

APRIL 2 -- BOSTON, Harvard Bookstore

APRIL 3 -- CONNECTICUT, RJ Julias

APRIL 4 -- CONNECTICUT, Barrett Bookstore

APRIL 5 -- BROOKLYN, BookCourt

APRIL 8 -- VIRGINIA -- Woodbury School

APRIL 13 -- SPOKANE -- Get Lit w/​Shawn Vestal and Sam Ligon

APRIL 17 -- SEATTLE -- Third Place Books

APRIL 18 -- ORINDA -- Orinda Books

APRIL 18 -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Mrs. Dalloway's

APRIL 19 -- SANTA CRUZ -- Bookshop

APRIL 20-21 -- LOS ANGELES -- L.A. Times Festival

APRIL 22 -- SAN DIEGO

MAY 5 -- CHICAGO -- Wilmette One Book

MAY 6 -- MILWAUKEE

MAY 7 -- MINNEAPOLIS

MAY 8 -- NASHVILLE

JUNE 14-15 -- SEATTLE, Book-It Production, Financial Lives of the Poets

JULY 14-21 -- PORTLAND, Tin House Writer's Workshop

OCTOBER 4 -- STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO., Literary Sojourn

OCTOBER 7 -- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE, with Warren Frazier

OCTOBER 20 -- SPOKANE, Library Fundraiser

OCTOBER 26 -- SAN FRANCISCO, National Kidney Foundation Fundraiser

FEBRUARY -- University of Montana

Books

Fiction
"A high-wire feat of bravura storytelling." NYT Book Review
"Brilliant--and brilliantly funny." -- ESQUIRE
"A brilliant tour de force." KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Immensely entertaining." CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Funny, philosophical and original." THE LONDON TIMES
"Riveting ... outstanding ... tremendous emotional impact." WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Nonfiction
"A stunning job of reporting." -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW