Join Sangamithra Iyer for a series readings and conversations celebrating her latest book, Governing Bodies.
Thursday February 19, 2026 7 pm Books that Changed my life Festival , New York, NY More info here. Panel: Lilly Dancinger, Samantha Mann, and Sangamithra Iyer, moderated by Aly Tadros.
Sunday March 29, 2026 3 pm EST VINE Book Club (Virtual) Register here.
Wednesday April 1, 2026 12:30 PM-1:30 PM SUNY Stony Brook AAPI Celebration Keynote: On Confluences and Connections. More info here:
PEN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL-– Details TBD New York City. (Animal themed panel with Kate Zambrino, Maria Ospina and me!)
Saturday May 2, 2026 2:30 PM Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia Open Secrets Magazine Live Summit, New York City TICKETS Panelists: Sari Botton, Athena Dixon, Sangamithra Iyer, Joseph Lee, Sarah Hartshorne Moderator: Blaise Allyson Kearsley
May 14-16, London, More Than Human (MOTH) Festival of Ideas, Details TBD NYU London
PAST EVENTS
Monday February 16, 2026 3:15pm-4:15 pm (Virtual) Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture (Virtual) Register for Free Tickets Panel: Literary Mutations and Generative Partnerships with Valerie Witte, Jhani Randhawa, Maw Shein Win, and me! Zoom Link.
Wednesday January 7, 2026 Carlow University, Talk with MFA Program
Monday January 12, 2026 7 pm Green Apple Books, San Francisco with Shuti Swamy, More info here:
Watch Video.
Sunday January 18, 2026 3 pm Point Reyes, California with Vijaya Nagarajan at Dance Palace More info here:
SEATTLE
Friday January 16, 2026 7 pm Elliot Bay, Seattle with Joyce Chen RSVP
PORTLAND
Tuesday January 20,2026 6:30 PM Literary Arts, Portland with David Naimon. More info here
2025
October 2, 2025 Virtual reading with at Unicorn Authors Club 5 year anniversary. 8 PM EST RSVP
November 4, 2025 – Kew and Willow Books 81-63 Lefferts Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 7:00 PM EST Join me for a reading and discussion of Governing Bodies at my beloved Queens bookstore with the wonderful Minal Hajratwala, author of Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents. RSVP
November 13, 2025 – Astoria Bookshop 36-19 30th Street
Astoria, NY 7:00 PM EST An evening of reading and conversation with the fabulous Rahna Reiko Rizzuto co- sponsored by AAWW. RSVP
November 17, 2025 – Bol-Coop 1822 N Capitol St NW, Washington D.C. 7:00 PM EST A conversation around the philosophies and process of writing Governing Bodies with my dear writing partner Leslie Tucker. RSVP
Buy Leslie’s Book: We Sort of People.
November 18, 2025 – Lost City Books 2467 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 7:00 PM EST In conversation with Sunu Chandy. A lively evening of literature and dialogue. RSVP
Buy Sunu’s book: My Dear Comrades
November 19, 2025 – Porter Square Books 50 Liberty Drive, Boston, MA 02210 7:00 PM EST In conversation with E.B. Bartels. Exploring grief, animals and writing nonfiction. RSVP
Order Paperback of E.B.’s book Good Grief: On Loving Pets in the Here and Hereafter.
November 21, 2025 – New York Public Library – Vartan Gregorian Center Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Room 216 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018 2:00 PM EST A special reading and discussion hosted by the NYPL’s Center for Research in the Humanities. Register Here:Read my essay on my research at the NYPL: “On Catena, Confluences and Tethers“
December 3, 2025 Between the Lines Literary Salon in Gloria Steinem’s Living Room with Madhur Anand, hosted by Defne Egbo and Gloria’s Foundation.
