All Past Appearances

2009

August 5th,2009
BELIEVER/MCSWEENEY’S EVENT
Authors on panel include:
Jessica Anthony, The Convalescent
Joe Hagan, Writer, The Believer, New York Magazine
Arthur Phillips, The Song is You
James Hannaham, God Says No
Brandon Stosuy, Senior Writer at Stereogum (appearing later that evening at Happy Ending!)
Bryant Park
12:30-1:45

August 19, 2009
Reading for the anthology
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
with Kate Christenson, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, D.E. Rasso
and Maud Newton
McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry
7pm

November 1, 2009
Reading for the anthology
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
with Said Sayrafiezadeh
Freebird
123 Columbia Street, Brooklyn
7pm

July 29, 2009
Launch Party for:
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
with Brock Clarke, Kate Christensen, Wendy McCLure
Said Sayrafiezadeh, and Maud Newton
Housing Works, 126 Crosby Street
7pm

2008

October 16, 2008
SPEIGELWORLD!
READING WITH:
Mike Edison, Jonathan Ames & Rachel Shukert
Music from John Spencer Blues Explosion
Pier 17. 8pm $15

November 21-22, 2008
CLMP Conference at the New School
Amanda Stern in conversation with Colson Whitehead

2007

November 11, 2007
PENultimate Lit — LAUNCH
A NIGHT OF FILM AND LITERATURE
Amanda Stern in conversation with filmmaker Noah Baumbach
and his father, the novelist, Jonathan Baumbach
Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn 7pm — $10
PEN American Center
Southpaw

November 10, 2007
CLMP Conference at the New School
Mark Doty in Conversation with Amanda Stern
12th Street between 5th and 6th
1-2:15pm

November 9, 2007
CLMP Conference at the New School
Myla Goldberg in Conversation with Amanda Stern
12th Street between 5th and 6th
1-2:15pm

August 31-September 3, 2007
Decatur Book Festival
Decatur, Atlanta
ALL WEEKEND LONG!

August 1, 2007
Author to Author Reading Series
Interviewing Liz Moore
Bryant Park 12:30-1:45pm

2006

November 13, 2006
The National Book Awards presents
“5 Under 35”
Invitation Only

July 27, 2006
The National Book Foundation presents
Madison Square Reads
Darin Strauss and Amanda Stern read excerpts
from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
Thursday, July 27, 6:30 p.m.
at Madison Square Park (on 23rd Street between Fifth and Madison).

May 15, 2006
LitPac Progressive Reading Series
Stephen Elliott hosts
with David Rakoff, Mary Gaitskill, Rick Moody and Jim Shepard
Galapagos
70 N. 6th, between Kent/Wythe
$10 — 8pm

March 19, 2006
Barbes
9th Street and 6th Ave in Park Slope
with Cheryl B and Elise Miller
6pm

February 19, 2006
Writers Working
@ the Drama Bookshop
250 W. 40th Street
7:30pm

2005

May 24, 2005
Junnos
64 Downing Street
with Hannah Tinti
NEW YORK
212-627-7995
@7:30pm

June 16, 2005
Bowery Poetry Club
as part of
ANDY FRIEDMAN and OTHER FAILURES
308 Bowery @ Bleecker
212-614-0505
8pm – 9:30pm

February 24, 2005
BEAD reading series
with Julius Sokenu
450 Deerfield Rd
Pomfret Center, CT

2004

September 28
Cheever About Writing
Television Appearance
Host: Ben Cheever

June 6
Sunny’s
253 Conover St
Between Beard and Reed
Red Hook, Brooklyn
718-625-8211

May 10 @7pm
One Story Reading Series
Arlene Grocery
95 Stanton Street
(between Orchard and Ludlow)
Drink of choice: a Whiskey Sour

April 13
Cupcake Reading Series
with Maggie Estep
@Lolita
266 Broome St
New York

April 7th – 8pm
Swink Magazine Launch Party
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street (at Stanton)
READERS:
Amanda Stern
Elizabeth Tippens
Chris Offutt
Daniel Alarcon
Elissa Schappell
Jonathan Ames
David Hollander & Nelly Reifler (reading from a “Damaged Darlings” collaboration)

March 25 @7pm
National Arts Club
with Susan Choi and Anthony Schneider
15 Gramercy Park South
NYC

March 18
Halcyon
with Daniel Nester and others
227 Smith Street
(b/w Butler and Douglass)

March 8
@7:30pm Mt. Kisco
with Hal Sirowitz
Hudson Valley Flying Pig Farm Market Cafe
Mt. Kisco Train Station
2 Depot Plaza
Mt. Kisco, NY
tel: 914-MOO-PIG5 (666-7445)
from Grand Central, take the Harlem Line (Brewster North)
For more info:
www.nwconline.org

March 1 @ 7pm
The Half King
505 W 23rd St
New York

February 26 at 7:30pm
Makor/92nd St Y
Relationships Gone Bad
with Hal Sirowitz
$12 in advance, $15 at door
35 West 67th Street
(between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
New York

February 24
Barbes
with Ben Greenman and Chuck Klosterman
376 9th St (Corner of 6th ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn

February 8 at 7pm
KGB
with Jane Avrich
85 East 4th St
New York

January 22
at 7:30pm Pete’s Candy Store
with Matthew Sharpe
709 Lorimer Street
WIlliamsburg, Brooklyn

2003

December 20 at 6:30pm
The Knitting Factory
with Heidi Julavits, Paul Levinson and others
74 Leonard Street New York

December 14 at 7pm
Sunday Salon
Soundz Lounge
3155 Broadway (bet. LaSalle St / Tiemann Pl)
Take 1/9 to 125th.

December 8
Junno’s
with Hannah Tinti
64 Downing Street
New York
212-627-7995

December 4 at 7:30pm
Deep River Public Library
150 Main Street
Deep River, CT 06417
860-526-6039

November 21
T’aint No Sin Reading Series
With Danielle Pafunda
X-Ray Cafe
261 W. Washington St
Athens, GA 30605

November 20
Brenau College Library
625 Academy
Gainesville, Georgia

November 19
Watkins College of Art and Design
Sponsored by Davis-Kidd bookstore
Nashville, TN

RADIO INTERVIEW
November 17
Radio Left
4:00 pm central-4:50 pm central

November 15
Escapist Books
Book Punk
With Neal Pollack
Austin, Texas

November 13
BOOKSIGNING
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107

November 12
Las Vegas, Nevada
DROP INS

November 11
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA
415-362-8193

Monday, November 10
BOOK SIGNING
Berkeley Barnes & Noble
2352 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

November 9
Lodi Public Library
201 W. Locust St.
Lodi, CA
209-333-5566

November 8
Reading Frenzy
921 Southwest Oak Street
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 274-1449

November 7
Elliott Bay Bookstore
Seattle, Washington

November 3
MINNEAPOLIS
Drop ins:
Mayday Books
Barnes and Noble

November 2 at 12pm
Canterbury Booksellers
315 West Gorham Street
Madison, WI
608-663-4870

also in MADISON, WI
Drop-ins:
A Room of One’s Own
Barnes and Noble

November 1
OHIO
Drop-ins at:
B. Dalton
Barnes and Noble
Joseph-Beth Booksellers

October 31st
AMANDA GOES ON TOUR

October 28 at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble Park Slope
with Andrew Lewis Conn (author, P)
267 7th Ave. at 6th Street, Brookyn

RADIO INTERVIEW
October 27
WRCH “Good Morning Mark Wayne”
8:05 am EST-8:15 am EST

October 27
LONG HAUL LAUNCH Party
By Invitation Only

October 24th @ 9:40AM !!! (ouch)
The Nightingale Bamford School
Upper School Assembly (with Nelly Reifler)
20 East 92nd Street
New York City, NY

October 23
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
with Maggie Estep and Nelly Reifler
126 Crosby Street, New York City

October 21
Lenox Hill Bookstore
1018 Lexington Avenue
New York City
212-472-7170

October 10
215 Philly
With Neal Pollack, T. Cooper, Matthew Derby and others
TRITONE
1508 South St
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 545-0475

September 23 from 8-10pm
HEEB Storytelling Series
With Jonathan Ames, Hedda Lettuce
Lansky Lounge
104 Norfolk Street

September 21 from 1-2pm
New York is Book Country
Between 42nd and 43rd on 5th Ave
New York City

September 4-6
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
with Daniel Nester and Todd Colby
Mum’s Puppet Theater
Philadelphia

August 6 at 7 pm
Soft Skull Sneak Peek #3
with Matthew Sharpe and John S. Hall
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York City

June 25 at 7 pm
GET LIT!
with Jonathan Ames and Todd J. Colby
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn

May 16 at 7pm
McSweeney’s Reading
with Adam Gopnik, Ben Greenman
and Paul Collins
Galapagos
Brooklyn