events
2026
Wednesday, 2/11/26. Russell House Readings, Wesleyan University, 350 High St., Middletown CT. Details TBA.
Saturday, 3/14/26, 11:30 a.m. (with Joy Williams & Lydia Millet) & Sunday 3/15/26, 1:00 p.m. (with Jade Chang & Shobha Rao), Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona Mall, Tucson, AZ.
Past Events for An Oral History of Atlantis
2025
Tuesday, 7/29/25. Book launch with Rachel Aviv! At McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton St., NYC, at 7 p.m. Register here.
Monday, 8/11/25, 6:45 p.m. Tables of Contents with Anelise Chen & Nicole Cuffy. Farm.One, 625 Bergen St., Brooklyn. Reserve here.
Tuesday, 8/12/25, 7 p.m. With Angie Kim! Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Thursday, 8/21/25, 7 p.m. With Kate Folk! Booksmith, 1727 Haight St., San Francisco, CA. Reserve here.
Friday, 8/22/25, 7 p.m. With Sandi Tan! Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Dr., Los Angeles, CA.Thursday, 9/4/25, 6:30 p.m. With Mira Jacob! Yu & Me Books at the Korea Society, 350 Madison Ave., 24th fl., NYC.
Thursday, 9/11/25, 7 p.m. With Mark Doten (Whites) and Adam Wilson. Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY.
Friday, 9/19/25, 7 p.m. “Radical Histories: A Roundtable of Korean/American Authors,” with Cathy Park Hong, Gina Chung, Alice Sola Kim, & Hannah Bae, moderated by Jane Yong Kim. Hyundai Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., Room 6E, New York, NY. Register here. More info here.
Sunday, 9/21/25, 4 p.m. “Portraits of the Everyday”: a panel with Lynne Tillman & Jared Remus, moderated by Sabir Sultan, at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Monday, 9/29/25, 5:30 p.m. Asian Studies Program Professor Donald R. Thurston Memorial Lecture Series, Nott Memorial, Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Monday, 10/6/25, 5 p.m. John Christophe Schlesinger Writing Series, 116 Harkness Hall Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Thursday, 10/9/25, 7 p.m. With Torrey Peters and Darren Strauss. The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House (NYU), 58 W. 10th St., NYC.
Monday, 10/20/25, 6:30 p.m. Deborah Pease Prize, The Century Association, 7 W. 43rd St., NYC.
Sunday, 11/23/25, 2:30 p.m. Miami Book Fair with Gary Shteyngart. Auditorium, Building 1, Room 1261, 2nd fl.), 300 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL.
Past Events for Same Bed Different Dreams
2023
Tuesday, 11/7/23, 7 p.m. Book launch with the great Hua Hsu! At The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
Thursday, 11/9/23, 7 p.m. A special Poured Over live podcast taping with the fabulous Miwa Messer at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd—Manhattan! (Here’s a profile on the Landmark West blog about my UWS bonafides.)
Saturday, 11/11/23, 1:15 p.m. Texas Book Festival, with Tania James (Loot), moderated by Lois Kim. Capitol Extension Room E2.030 (1100 Congress Avenue), Austin, TX.
Monday, 11/13/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with my brilliant Believer writer Natalie So. The Booksmith, 1727 Haight St., San Francisco, CA.
Tuesday, 11/14/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with Spencer Ruchti at Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way, NE, Lake Forest Park, WA.
Tuesday, 11/28/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with the mighty Hillary Chute. Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton, MA.
Sunday, 12/3/23, 2 p.m. Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY.
Monday, 12/4/23, 5 p.m. Plutzik Reading Series, University of Rochester. Rush-Rees Library, 755 Library Rd., Rochester, NY.
2024
Tuesday, 1/9/24, 7 p.m. House of Speakeasy, with Amy Chua, Jane Ferguson, and Noah Rothbaum. Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, 125 Lafayette, NYC.
Thursday, 1/18/24, 7:30 p.m. Pete’s Candy Store, with Francesca McDonnell Capossela and Cleo Qian. 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY.
Tuesday, 2/6/24, 7 p.m. BOMB Magazine winter issue party, with Naomi Jackson, Mike Lala, and Saretta Morgan. Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY.
Tuesday, 2/20/24, 12 p.m. Center for Critical Korean Studies, in conversation with Joseph Jeon. UCI Community Gateway 101, 611 Humanities Quad, University of California, Irvine.
Monday, 3/4/24, 5–6:30 p.m. Korea Institute, Harvard University, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. (Zoom registration here.)
Saturday, 4/20/24, 11 a.m. Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Hoffman Hall (Edison Auditorium), USC campus. Fiction panel with Vinson Cunningham, Ben Fountain, and Lydia Kiesling. Hoffman Hall.
Saturday, 4/27, 9:30 a.m. Newburyport Literary Festival, Jabberwocky Books at the Tannery, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA. With Ryan H. Walsh.
Thursday, 5/16/24, 7:00 p.m. Literary Thursdays at the Queens Public Library (virtual event). Join here.
Saturday, 5/18/24, 4 p.m. With Sandra Newman. Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station.
Saturday, 6/22/24 12:30 p.m. Keynote speech for Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas
Wednesday, July 10, 7 p.m. Reading a new short story for Tod Lippy’s photo book Private at Public Records, 233 Butler St., Brooklyn, NY. With music by Noah and Rosie K and an original video featuring Hampton Fancher (screenwriter of Blade Runner).
Monday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. Book launch for Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, at St. Joseph’s University, 245 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY. (Tickets required.)
Thursday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. Book Club at Westsider Books, 2246 Broadway, NYC
Sunday, 9/29/24, 3:30 p.m. “Alternate Realities”: A panel with Marie-Helene Bertino and Mateo Askaripour, moderated by Lisa Lucas. At the Brooklyn Book Festival, St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague St., Brooklyn.
Wednesday, 4/23/25, 6:30 p.m. I’ll be talking to Ilyon Woo about her Pulitzer-winning book Master Slave Husband Wife. A hybrid event at The Korea Society, 350 Madison Ave., 24th floor, NYC.
Thursday, 8/7/25, 6:30 p.m. Burchfield-Penney Art Center, virtual book club for Same Bed Different Dreams.
Past Events
2023
Tuesday, 11/7/23, 7 p.m. Book launch with the great Hua Hsu! At The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
Thursday, 11/9/23, 7 p.m. A special Poured Over live podcast taping with the fabulous Miwa Messer at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd—Manhattan! (Here’s a profile on the Landmark West blog about my UWS bonafides.)
Saturday, 11/11/23, 1:15 p.m. Texas Book Festival, with Tania James (Loot), moderated by Lois Kim. Capitol Extension Room E2.030 (1100 Congress Avenue), Austin, TX.
Monday, 11/13/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with my brilliant Believer writer Natalie So. The Booksmith, 1727 Haight St., San Francisco, CA.
Tuesday, 11/14/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with Spencer Ruchti at Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way, NE, Lake Forest Park, WA.
Tuesday, 11/28/23, 7 p.m. In conversation with the mighty Hillary Chute. Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton, MA.
Sunday, 12/3/23, 2 p.m. Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY.
Monday, 12/4/23, 5 p.m. Plutzik Reading Series, University of Rochester. Rush-Rees Library, 755 Library Rd., Rochester, NY.
Tuesday, 1/9/24, 7 p.m. House of Speakeasy, with Amy Chua, Jane Ferguson, and Noah Rothbaum. Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, 125 Lafayette, NYC.
2024
Thursday, 1/18/24, 7:30 p.m. Pete’s Candy Store, with Francesca McDonnell Capossela and Cleo Qian. 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY.
Tuesday, 2/6/24, 7 p.m. BOMB Magazine winter issue party, with Naomi Jackson, Mike Lala, and Saretta Morgan. Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY.
Tuesday, 2/20/24, 12 p.m. Center for Critical Korean Studies, in conversation with Joseph Jeon. UCI Community Gateway 101, 611 Humanities Quad, University of California, Irvine.
Monday, 3/4/24, 5–6:30 p.m. Korea Institute, Harvard University, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. (Zoom registration here.)
Saturday, 4/20/24, 11 a.m. Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Hoffman Hall (Edison Auditorium), USC campus. Fiction panel with Vinson Cunningham, Ben Fountain, and Lydia Kiesling. Hoffman Hall.
Saturday, 4/27, 9:30 a.m. Newburyport Literary Festival, Jabberwocky Books at the Tannery, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA. With Ryan H. Walsh.
Thursday, 5/16/24, 7:00 p.m. Literary Thursdays at the Queens Public Library (virtual event). Join here.
Saturday, 5/18/24, 4 p.m. With Sandra Newman. Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station.
Saturday, 6/22/24 12:30 p.m. Keynote speech for Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas
Wednesday, July 10, 7 p.m. Reading a new short story for Tod Lippy’s photo book Private at Public Records, 233 Butler St., Brooklyn, NY. With music by Noah and Rosie K and an original video featuring Hampton Fancher (screenwriter of Blade Runner).
Monday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. Book launch for Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, at St. Joseph’s University, 245 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY. (Tickets required.)
Thursday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. Book Club at Westsider Books, 2246 Broadway, NYC
Sunday, 9/29/24, 3:30 p.m. “Alternate Realities”: A panel with Marie-Helene Bertino and Mateo Askaripour, moderated by Lisa Lucas. At the Brooklyn Book Festival, St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague St., Brooklyn.