Appearances
I'm reading Thursday, March 20, down in the Peninsula with my esteemed friend and fellow memoirist and fiction writer Lindsey Crittenden. Here's the information from the Notre Dame de Namur University website:
Creative Writers' Series Poetry and Prose Reading, Lindsey Crittenden & Rachel Howard March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Wiegand Gallery
Two well-known local authors, Lindsey Crittenden and Rachel Howard, will read from their published work, discuss work in progress, and share their experiences on the literary scene. A reception will follow the reading.
Lindsey Crittenden is the author of The Water Will Hold You: A Skeptic Learns to Pray and The View From Below, a collection of short stories. Her personal essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Real Simple, Bon Appetit, Health, and Best American Spiritual Writing.
Rachel Howard is the author of "The Lost Night," a memoir about the emotional aftermath of her father's unsolved murder, acclaimed as "enthralling" by The New York Times. She serves as the freelance dance correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Magazine, and many other publications.
The reading is free and open to the community. For more information, call NDNU's English Deaprtment at (650) 508-3730.
The university's address is 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002.
Selected Past Appearances
Litquake Festival 2007
Off the Richter Scale: Gritty City
Saturday, Oct. 6th, 2007, 2 p.m.
I read alongside Eddie Muller, Lisa Grey-Garcia, Michelle Richmond, Justin Chin, Kim Addonizio, and Kate Braverman at the opening day marathon of this incredibly fun weeklong festival. For more about Litquake, click here.
ZYZZYVA Spring Issue Reading
May 2007
I joined other writers published in the spring issue of the literary magazine ZYZZYVA to read my short story, "Bolero."
Litquake Festival
"Crimes and Consequences"
October 2006
I read alongside Margo Perin, Robert Mailer Anderson, and Joe Loya as part of Litquake, the jam-packed and very, very fun festival that takes over San Francisco every fall. Definitely check out their other events (more than 350 authors over 9 days!), including the annual Literary Pub Crawl through the Mission.
For more about Litquake, click here.
Parents of Murdered Children National Conference
Arizona Biltmore Resort, Phoenix
August 2006
I led a workshop on "Writing to Overcome Trauma and Grief" at this life-changing conference for people who have lost a loved one to murder. The way the attendees bravely shared their stories was so inspiring that I hope to lead this workshop again someday.
Grotto Works Celebration
July 2006
I joined fellow SF Writers Grotto members Christopher Cook (Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis), David Ewing Duncan (Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and Quest to Rewrite Life), Kaui Hart Hemmings (House of Thieves), Melanie Gideon (Pucker), Peter Orner (The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo) Caroline Paul (East Wind, Rain), and Jason Roberts (A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler)--phew!--to mark the release of their books, as well as "The Lost Night's" paperback edition. San Francisco Chronicle Book Review editor Oscar Villalon emceed a sweltering evening (oops, no air conditioning) at which everyone seemed to have a great time.
826 Valencia Adult Seminar:
Writing and Publishing Your Memoir
January 2006
I joined Michelle Tea, Joe Loya, Julia Scheeres, and agent Katie Boyle on a terrific panel moderated by Dave Eggers and benefiting 826's tutoring programs. Click here to learn more about 826 Valencia.
Litquake night at Porchlight
October 2005
I dug up a colorful chapter from my Drum and Bugle Corps days for the Litquake festival edition of this live storytelling series. One of the scariest things I've done in my life, and one of the funnest. Porchlight holds monthly themed shows, and they're always fabulous. Click here to learn more.
Radar Reading Series
April 2006
Radar Reading Series
San Francisco Public Library
I read on Michelle Tea's fantastic Radar Series along with Nicole Georges, Chana Morgenstern, and Chris Carlsson.
