past

This page serves as an archive of Tayari's previous appearances:

  • Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 2:00-- New York, New York
    LaGuardia Community College
    Reading and Signing
  • Thursday, April 15, 2010, 1:30 pm-- Staten Island, New York
    CUNY Staten Island
    Reading and Signing
  • Friday, April 9, 2010 4:30om-- Denver, Colorado
    Associated Writing Programs Conference
    Panel Presentation
  • Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 6:30pm-- Atlanta, Georgia
    Spelman College
    A Tribute To Pearl Cleage
  • Sunday, March, 29, 2010, 10:00am-- Brooklyn, New York
    National Black Writers Conference
    Talkshop on Fiction
  • Sunday, March 21, 2010, 1:30pm-- Brooklyn, New York
    Brooklyn Public Library
    Reading, Signing, and Discussion
  • Thursday, March 18,2010 6pm-- New York City, New York
    Poets & Writers Gala
    Table Hostess
  • Monday, March 8, 7pm-- Brooklyn, New York
    Greenlight Bookstore
    Q&A Featuring Tiphanie Yanique
  • Sunday, February 21, 2010 2pm-- West Orange, New Jersey
    West Orange Public Library
  • Thursday, February 11, 7pm--New York, New York
    Fordham University
  • December 10-16-- Johnson, Vermont
    Vermont Studio Center
  • Wednesday, December 2, 6:00pm-- Newark, NJ
    Newark Community Read, The Color Purple, Newark Public Library
  • Saturday, November 14, 2:00pm-- Brooklyn, NY
    TORCH New York
  • Monday, October 26, 7:00pm-- New York City
    "Let It Bee," Diane von Furstenberg Studio
  • Thursday, October 8, 7:00 pm-- Recife, Brazil
    Binational Center, Brazil American Association (ABA)
  • Tuesday, October 6, 3:00pm-- Recife, Brazil
    Pernambuco Book Festival
  • Tuesday, October 6, 9:00am,-- Recife, Brazil
    Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Monday, October 5, 7:30pm-- Recife, Brazil
    Catholic University
  • June 14-19-- Provincetown, Massachusetts
    Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop, "Tales From The Kidscape"
    Workshop
  • Thursday, April 16, Time TBA-- Athens, Georgia
    University of Georgia, African American Studies Department
  • Friday, March 13, 2009, 7:00pm-- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    UPWords-- Union Projects Multi-Community Reading Series
  • Wednesday, March 4 7pm, -- Macon, Georgia
    Macon State University,Warner Robbins Campus
  • Wednesday, March 4 11am, -- Macon, Georgia
    Macon State University, Main Campus
  • Wednesday, February 4, Time TBA --Deland, Florida
    Stetson University
  • Sunday, January 19,2009. 9pm-- Washington, DC
    "Dreams From My Father: American Scholars Innaugral Ball" Georgetown Ritz Carlson Hotel
  • Friday, January 16, 2009. 2pm-- Kampala, Uganda
    National Theater
  • Decemeber 5, 2008. Time TBA-- New York, NY
    Teachers and Writers Collective
  • Wednesday, November 19, 8:00 pm-- Amherst, Massachusetts
    Amherst College
  • Novemeber 2-8-- Accra, Ghana
    Pan African Writers Association's 16th Annual African Writers Day Celebrations
  • Wednesday, October 8, 6:30 pm--Brooklyn, NY
    Mosaic Magazine 10th Anniversary Celebration
  • August 18-20-- Milledgeville, Georgia
    Georgia College and State University
  • Thursday, October 23, 7:30 pm-- Lincoln, Nebraska
    Univeristy of Nebraska
  • July 18-- Kampala, Uganda (via videoconference)
  • FEMRITE: Annual Week of Activites
    Reading and Q&A
  • May 22-24-- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    24th Annual Celebration of Black Writing
  • Monday, March 17, 2:25-- Long Island, NY
    Adelphi University
  • Wednesday, March 19, 6:30pm-- New York City
    The New School Women Writers of The Diaspora Series
  • March 28-30-- Brooklyn, New York
    National Black Writers Conference, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 5:30, pm-- Newark, New Jersey
    Writers at Newark Reading Series
  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6:30 pm-- Staten Island, New York
    CUNY Reading Series
  • Monday, April 14, 2008, 6:30 pm-- Queens, New York.
    CUNY Reading Series
  • Monday, February 25th, 1pm-- Mahwah, New Jersey
    Ramapo College of New Jersey
  • Sunday, February 10, 7pm-- Brooklyn, NY
    Sunday Salon
  • January 17-21 -- Key West, Florida
    Key West Literary Seminar
  • January 8, -- Portland, Maine
    Stonecoast MFA Residency
  • Thursday, October 18, 2007, 7-9:30pm-- New York, New York
    Girls Write Now 10th Anniversary Party
  • Friday, October 19, 2007. 3:30 pm-- Chicago, Illinois
    Chicago State University, Gwendolyn Brooks Writers' Conference
  • Thursday, October 25, 2007. 3:30pm-- Baltimore, Maryland
    Callaloo 30th Anniversary Celebration
  • Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 8pm-- Washington, DC
    American University MFA Reading Series
    Reading and Signing
  • Tuesday, June 19,2007. 7pm-- Camden, New Jersey
    Rutgers-Camden Summer Writers Conference
    Workshop and Reading
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2007. 10am-12pm-- Washington, DC
    State Education Agency, UDC
    Group Session, Reading, Signing
  • Thursday, March 29-- Washington DC
    Pen/Faulkner Writers in Schools
  • Thursday, March 22, 2007-- Johnson City, Tennessee
    East Tennessee State University
    Reading and Signing
  • Saturday, March 3, 2007, 8:30 pm-- Atlanta, Georgia
    AWP Conference
  • Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 7pm-- Atlanta, Georgia
    Margaret Mitchell House
  • Wednesday, February 7, 7:00pm-- Hartford, Connecticutt
    Mark Twain House
  • Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 5:30 pm-- Oakland, California
    Mills College
  • Friday, January 26, 2007-- Itta Bena, Mississippi
    Keynote Address, Mississippi Philiogical Society Annual Conference
  • Thursday, November 16, 2006--Portland, Oregon
    Reed College
  • October 25-30, 2006-- Marshall, California
    Tomales Bay Workshops
  • Tuesday, October 17,2006, 8pm-- Washington, DC
    George Washington University
  • Tuesday, October 3, time 6:30-- Decatur, GA
    Emory University
  • Sunday, September 24, 2006, 2pm-- Bethesda, MD *new date!
    Bethesda Writer's Center
  • Thursday, September 21, 2006, 8pm-- Rome, GA
    Berry College
    Conson Wilson Lecture
  • Saturday, August 5, 2006, 7:30pm-- Washington D.C.
    Flanked: Women's Writers Conference
  • Thursday, May 4, 2006 -- Bridgeport, CT
    Mercy Learning Center
  • Sunday, April 30, 2006, 1pm-- Durham, NC
    North Carolina Book Festival
  • Thursday, April 27, 2006--Salisbury, MD
    University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
  • Monday, March 20, 2006, 6-8 pm-- Washington, DC
    PAPERBACK RELEASE PARTY!
    Busboys and Poets (14th & V Streets, NW)
  • March 8-11, 2006-- Austin, TX
    AWP Conference
  • Thursday, March 9, 2006, 7pm-- Austin, TX
    University of Texas
  • Thursday, February 23, 2006-- Madison, NJ
    Drew College
  • Saturday, February 18,2006, 4pm-- Atlanta, GA
     Spelman College
    Public Conversation with Pearl Cleage
  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 7pm-- Fredericks, MD
    Hood College
  • Thursday, February 2,2006, 8pm-- Washington, DC
    George Washington University
  • Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 5:30 pm,-- Newark, NJ
    Rutgers University, Newark Campus
  • Thursday, December 8, 2005 -- Poughkeepsie, NY
    Vassar University
  • Tuesday, November 8, 2005-- Raleigh, NC
    Quail Ridge Books
  • Monday, November 7, 2005— Raleigh , NC
    Peace College
  • Thursday & Friday, November 3-4, 2005— Milledgeville , GA
    Georgia State College and University
  • October 27-29, 2005-- Carbondale, IL
    Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival, Southern Illinois University
  • Monday, October 24, 2005-- Greenfield, MA
    Greenfield Community College
  • Sunday, October 23, 3:00pm, 2005-- West Concord, MA
    "New Literary Voices", Concord Festival of Authors
  • Monday, October 17, 7:30pm, 2005-- St, Louis, MO
    River Styx Reading Series at Duff's
  • Monday, September 26, 2005— Washington , DC
    Pen/Faulkner Gala
  • September 7-9 2005— Crawfordsville , IN
    Wabash College
  • Sunday, August 21, 2005, 3:00 pm - Oak Park, IL
    Afri-Ware Bookstore
  • Friday, August 5, 2005 , 11:55am — Atlanta , GA
    National Book Club Conference
  • Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12, 2005 - Chicago, IL
    Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2005, 5:30pm- Chicago, IL
    Harold Washington Public Library
  • May 23, 2005, 7:00 pm- Los Angeles, CA
    Eso Wan Books (3655 South LaBrea)
    Reading and Signing
  • May 23, 2005, 12:30 pm - San Francisco, CA
    Alexander Book Company
  • May 22, 2005, 4:00 pm - San Francisco, CA
    A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books
  • Saturday, May 21, 2005, 6:30 pm - Oakland, CA
    Marcus Books
  • Thursday, May 19, 2005, 7:00 pm - Phoenix, AZ
    Burton Barr Central Library
  • Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 7:00 pm - Tempe, AZ
    Changing Hands Bookstore
  • Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 7:00 pm - Glendale, AZ
    Glendale Public Library
  • Sunday, May 15, 2005, 4:30 pm - Atlanta, GA
    Sign & Dine, Copeland's Restaurant
  • Thursday, May 12, 2005, 7:00 pm - Decatur, GA
    Dekalb County Public Library
  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 7:30 pm - Atlanta, GA
    Charis Books
  • Thursday, May 5, 2005 - Richmond, VA
    Junior League Annual Book & Author Dinner
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 5:30 pm-- Richmond, VA
    Richmond Public Library
  • April 28, 2005, 5:00 pm - Champaign, IL
    University of Illinois Bookstore
  • Saturday, April 23, 2005, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - New York, NY
    Chocolat Restaurant Lounge
  • April 22, 2005, 7:00 pm - NYC
    Bluestockings Book Store

  • Saturday, April 16, 2005, 12:30 pm - Baltimore, MD
    Enoch Pratt Free Library

  • Friday, April 15, 2005, 6:30 pm - Hyattsville, MD
    Karibu Books

  • Thursday, April 14, 2005, 7:00 pm - College Park, MD
    University of Maryland

  • Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 4:30 pm - Washington, DC
    Howard University Bookstore

  • April 8-10, 2005 - Oxford, MS
    Oxford Conference on the Book

  • April 7, 2005 - Birmingham, AL
    Red Mountain Reading Series

  • February 28, 2005 - Raleigh, NC
    Peace College

  • February 17, 2005 - Atlanta GA
    Clayton State College and University

  • February 6, 2005 - Champaign, IL
    St. Luke’s CME Church. African-American Read-IN

  • December 13, 2004 - Chicago, IL
    Pen/Faulkner Writers in Schools

  • November 4, 2004 - Tempe, AZ
    Arizona State University

  • October 12, 2004 - Washington, DC
    George Washington University

  • September 9, 2004 - Morgantown, WV
    University of West Virginia

  • August 12, 2004 - Middlebury, VT
    Bread Loaf Writers Conference

  • July 31, 2004 - Atlanta, GA
    Atlanta Public Library, Downtown Branch

  • July 22, 2004 - Sewannee, TN
    Sewannee Writer’s Conference