Fall 2026: college & festival tour

FRI, 9/18 | New York, NY

New York Black and African Literature Festival, Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 6pm, Keynote.*

Sat, 9/26 | albany, NY

Albany Book Festival, Campus Center Assembly Hall, 1pm, with Janell Hobson.

sun, 9/27 | brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Book Festival, “Politics and the Responsibility of Writing,” 11am, with Merve Emre and Francine Prose.*

Brooklyn Book Festival, “The Many Facets of Toni Morrison,” 1.30pm, with Dana Williams and Tayari Jones.*

TUE, 9/29 | Providence, RI

Brown University, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library Room 224, 4pm, with Kevin Quashie.

THU, 10/15 | Washington D.C.

Howard University, 6pm, with Dana Williams and Eleanor Traylor.

thu, 10/22 | middlebury, CT

Wesleyan Shapiro Center, 116 Mt. Vernon St., 5pm, with Dana Williams and Autumn Womack.

SPRING 2026: PASSAGES TOUR

Sat, 1/31 | Dallas, TX

Dallas Museum of Art’s Black History & Culture Celebration, 4pm, Keynote.*

 

Mon, 2/16 | CAMBRIDGE, MA

Harvard Book Store at First Parish Church, 3 Church Street, 6pm, with Tracy K. Smith.*

 

Wed, 2/18 | Columbus, OH

Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, Columbus Foundation, Livestream, 5pm, with Hanif Abdurraqib.

 

Thu, 2/19 | Bexley, OH

Gramercy Books at Bexley Library, 2411 East Main Street, 7pm, with Dionne Custer Edwards.

 

Fri, 2/20 | Cleveland, OH

Literary Cleveland at City Club, 1317 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100, 11:30am, with Kortney Morrow.*

 

Wed, 2/25 | Philadelphia, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia at Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, 7pm, with Angela Flournoy.*

 

Thu, 2/26 | New York, NY

McNally Jackson at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, 7pm, with Vinson Cunningham.*

 

Sun, 3/1 | Pittsburgh, PA

City of Asylum at Alphabet City, 40 W North Ave, 3pm, with Anderson Tepper.  

 

Thu, 3/12 | Oakland, CA

Bay Area Book Festival at The Hive, 2335 Broadway, 7pm, with Cathy Park Hong.*

 

Thu, 6/4 | Brooklyn, NY

Liz’z Book Bar, 315 Smith Street, 7pm, with Saeed Jones.*