On November 13 and 14, I’ll be giving two author readings from my recent narrative travel work, in a pair of Zoom-based literary events for local organizations.

This summer, I served as the 2020 Writer-in-Residence at Arrowhead, the historic home of Herman Melville in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. For two months, I had the opportunity to work, undisturbed in Melville’s study (the same one where he created his best-known work, Moby-Dick), on my writing—a rarity for writers in general, but especially travel writers. I’ll be reading from work created during the residency on November 13 at 5:00 p.m., along with Arrowhead’s fall Writer-in Residence, Kevin O’Hara. Join the Zoom meeting here.

The next day, I’ll be the featured writer in Becket Athenaeum’s excellent ongoing Author Readings series. Founded in 1888, the Athenaeum is a small library in a small town, with the outsize mission to cultivate lifelong learning and engagement within the community and beyond. Their programs are carefully chosen, and offered for free to the public. The November reading through the Becket Athenaeum will run from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on November 14. Sign up here.