Storytelling workshop and book giveaway at Waverly YMCA, sponsored by CHARM Literary Magazine and The Ivy Bookshop, featuring Sheri J. Booker and Baltimore City Teacher of the Year Kyair Butts

Sacred Heart School book giveaway, Washington, D.C. — 60 summer school students, ages 3-13 

Book giveaway at Salisbury University Summer Camps, Salisbury, MD — 75 student campers, middle to high school.

Afternoon book giveaway at Wicomico Public Library, Downtown Branch.

House of SpeakEasy evening event  for Cristina Cammarano’s Summer Philosophy Camp at the Charles H. Chipman Cultural Center, in partnership with Salisbury University, featuring Marc Aronson and AJ Verdelle.

Seriously Entertaining Presents: “No Place like Home,” with Mettlesome at Okay Alright, featuring Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Ivelisse Rodriguez, and Daniel Wallace. Hosted by Andrew Aghapour.

Book giveaway at Cocoa Cinnamon, Durham, NC

Morning: book giveaway to International Rescue Committee. Afternoon author visit and book giveaway at the Margaret Mitchell House , featuring Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, authors of I’m Not Dying With You Tonight.

Event in partnership with Hub City, featuring a performance from Scrappy Shakespeare and a giveaway of books from the book truck

Meet-and-greet with 1977books, Prevail Union Montgomery and MORE THAN TOURS 2.

House of SpeakEasy Summer Literary Salon & Poetry Reading with Caroline Crew and guests from Georgia State University.

Book truck book giveaway and reading with Narrative 4 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, featuring Ishmael Beah, Colum McCann, Alex PoeticSoul Johnson, and Faisal Mohyuddin.

4 P.M-7 P.M. Community-wide celebration of story, featuring Daniel Jose Older and Darrell Bourque, alongside teen poets

Reading at AcadianaCares, featuring Alex PoeticSoul Johnson, Darrell Bourque and Daniel José Older.

Boys and Girls Club of Jackson, with Kiese Laymon.

The event served 400 kids and a dozen teachers with giveaways of 1,500 books. Additional giveaway of 200+ books to Big House Books, prison writing program

Reading at The Porch, featuring TJ Jarrett and Meg Wade, followed by a conversation with Rob Spillman and Susannah Felts of The Porch. Book truck giveaway for 40 people & 80 books.

7 P.M. Lit Mag League, featuring Tin House’s 20th Anniversary Issue, alongside local teen and adult poets

More information here.

Floyd County High School

10 A.M. to 11 A.M. Workshops for grade-school and middle-school students

11 A.M. to 12 P.M. Workshops for high school students

12 P.M. Reading and potluck with Hannah Pittard alongside student writers

Two Dollar Radio Bookstore

Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib and Eloise Amezcua

1 PM -2:30 PM Reading featuring Hanif Abdurraqib and Eloise Emezcua

Pittsburgh Arts + Lectures and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Featuring Rickey Laurentiis and Jenny Johnson

1 P.M. Reading featuring teen poets alongside Rickey Laurentiis and Jenny Johnson

More information here: http://pittsburghlectures.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=0a09c8844ba8f0936c20bd791130d6b6.316&s=2c553513a4b096acb59cc799298acf14

Free Library of Philadelphia

Featuring Raquel Salas Rivera, Rayna Guy, and Emma Eisenberg.

2 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. Slam Poetry Workshop from

4 P.M. to 5 P.M. Reading featuring teen poets alongside Raquel Salas Rivera, Rayna Guy, and Emma Eisenberg.

More information here: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/89046

Launch event/packing party at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY