Podcast: Vignettes and Postcards from Paris
Click to listen to this recent podcast, Vignettes and Postcards from Paris, from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
News & Events
The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference: August 8-11, 2019
I will be presenting at The Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference in Corte Madera, CA, August 8-11th. Click here to register!
Travel Panel at Five Senses Festival, Washington, CT
Lavinia Spalding, Andrew McCarthy and I will be taking the amphitheater stage on July 29 at 4pm in Washington, CT at the Five Senses Festival.
And here we are.
Boston Book Festival, October 28, 2017
Join me, Stacey Resnikoff, Lauren Grodstein and moderator Kelly MacFarland at the French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA at 4 pm for our BBF event, Writing in Paris. Here is the link to the event: http://bit.ly/2ytRfoJ
The Soul of a Great Traveler Book Launch, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
Come celebrate Travelers’ Tales/Solas House new best-of anthology, The Soul of a Great Traveler, where I will be reading ‘Masha’, along with many writers – Erin Byrne, Keith Skinner, Michael Shapiro, Lisa Alpine, and Brad Newsham, reading their award-winning stories. Friday, November 11 at 7 pm, in Corte Madera.
Why There are Words, Sausalito, CA
Why There are Words presents: Adventure, and I will be reading about Morocco, with Erin Byrne, Kimberley Lovato, and others on November 9, 2017 at 7 pm.
Here is the link to the event: http://www.whytherearewords.com/2017/10/14/why-there-are-words-presents-adventure-in-sausalito-november-9/
NYT Modern Love, The Podcast
My essay for The New York Times Modern Love column performed by Oscar and Emmy nominated actress Angela Bassett, on the Modern Love Podcast.
Brian Rea
Frommer Radio Hour
This was quite a bit of fun, to have the chance to speak with Pauline and Arthur Frommer about 100 Places in France on ABC Radio – the same day as my friend and colleague Lavinia Spalding. My interview, April 9 hour 1, here.
Women’s Travel Fest March 3-5 in New Orleans
My friend and editor Lavinia Spalding and I will be speaking together at Women’s Travel Fest. Kelly Lewis has put together an amazing event in New Orleans. And here we are, on stage.
Creative Nonfiction Anthology
For a while, I worked as a French teacher, a permanent substitute filling in for stretches at a time. The experience changed my life, and I wrote about it. The essay is in this new anthology from Creative Nonfiction.