Upcoming Events
August 19, 2026: Turn the Page with Jenn Jordan, Interview.
Sept. 25, 9 am, 10th Annual Gowanus Dawn Reading: Proclaiming the Poetry of Poe from Canoes on the Gowanus Canal. Brad Vogel, Melody Bates, and the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event.
Nov. 5-6, 2026: Bethel College, Newton, KS. Details to be announced!
Past Events
May 15-17: 3rd Annual GOLD COAST BOOK FAIR, Long Island, NY.
May 16, 1-2:30 pm in the Anchor Tent
The Art of the Short Story
I’ll be on a panel with the wonderful writers Karen E. Bender and Nat Cassidy. Books will be on sale from Theodore’s Books.
Scholar on Campus, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York
Awards reception: May 11, 4-6 pm in the Academic Building, 185 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
AWP Off-Site event with 7.13 Books!
March 5, 2026: 7-10 pm
I’ll read from “A Slight Change in Tuesdays,” from What Mennonite Girls Are Good For. A truly spectacular lineup of readers including Amber Sparks, Farooq Ahmed, Cynthia Weiner, and others. Organized by publisher/editor Leland Cheuk and editor Kurt Baumeister.
Sunday, December 14, 5 pm. Sunday Salon Reading Series. Hosted by Nita Noveno. Von Bar, 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY.
The Creative Writing Minor Presents
Faculty Book Celebration
with Poet Michael Montlack
Thursday, December 11, 1 pm
Academic Building, Room 106
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Monday, December 8, 8 pm. Franklin Park Reading Series Reading hosted by Penina Roth. With Wah-Ming Chang and other writers) 766 Franklin Avenue/618 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238.
What Mennonite Girls Are Good For
Book Launch and Conversation with Mary Gaitskill
Friday, Nov. 21, 7 pm. Books Are Magic, Brooklyn Heights.
Sept. 19, 7:45-9 am: 9th Annual Gowanus Dawn Reading. (Brooklyn Book Festival Book End event). We’ll read poetry from Dredgers Captain Emeritus Brad Vogel’s new book Find Me in the Feral Pockets. With Brad Vogel and Melody Bates and other early risers in Brooklyn on the Gowanus Canal.
News
August 2025: WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR Book News and undercurrents of the writing process on Si Omnia Ficta
July 2025: WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR Exclusive Cover Reveal on Electric Literature
May 2025: WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR wins the 2025 CUNY Book Completion Award.
Jan.-Feb. 2025: WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR wins 2025 John Simmons Short Fiction Award.