Feel free to contact Brad if you would like to schedule a reading, class visit, or book club visit.
UPCOMING & RECENT EVENTS
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - New York, NY
Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Host Amor Towles
November 14, 2024
Let’s Deconstruct a Story Podcast, with Kelly Fordon
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - New York, NY
2024 O. Henry Prize Reception
Pete’s Tavern, Gramercy
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - Toledo, OH
In the Arena Podcast with Host Brad Rieger
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA. 1:00 pm
Reading & Lecture at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA.
11:00 am. Reading & Lecture at Carlow University
7:00 pm. Book Launch at City of Asylum Bookstore. Reading & conversation with Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA
Drue Heinz Literature Prize Awards Reception
Friday, September 14, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA. 11:00 am
Reading & Lecture at University of Pittsburgh
Friday, September 21, 2018 - Toledo, OH. 6:00 pm
Reading & conversation with Lillian Li and Michael Ferro at Gathering Volumes Bookstore.
Monday, September 24, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA. 7:30 pm
Introducing Joyce Carol Oates for Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Series
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - Chicago, IL. time TBD
Reading & conversation with Martin Seay at City Lit Bookstore
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - Beloit, WI. 4:00 pm
Reading at Beloit College.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - Cincinnati. 7:00 pm
Reading & conversation with Sarah Rose Nordgren at Joseph-Beth Bookstore
Friday, November 2, 2018 - Bowling Green, OH. Winter Wheat Festival of Writing
Afternoon Workshop - "Big Gestures in Fiction" (time TBD)
6:00 pm Reading with Brad Aaron Modlin
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - Clarksville, TN. 4:00 pm
Reading at Austin Peay State University.
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - Ann Arbor, MI. 7:00 pm
Reading & conversation with F. Daniel Rzicznek at Literati Bookstore.
Saturday, December 29, 2018 - Celina, OH. 2:00 pm
Reading & Discussion at the Mercer County District Public Library
Thursday, February 28, 2019. - Mount Lebanon, PA. 7:00 pm.
Reading & Discussion at Mount Lebanon Public Library
Friday, March 1, 2019 - Pittsburgh, PA. 3:30 pm.
University of Pittsburgh, Writer’s Cafe Session “Finding the Beginning of Your Story”
March 27-30, 2019 - AWP in Portland, OR
Thursday, March 28, 11:00-11:30. Book signing at The University of Pittsburgh Press’s Booth in the bookfair.
Thursday, March 28, 5:30-7:00 pm. Reading and Discussion with Leslie Pietrzyk at Mother Foucault's Bookshop.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - Boston, MA
Reading and Discussion with Annie Hartnett at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. 7:00 pm.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - Middlebury, VT
Reading and Conversation with David Moats and Kylie Winger at Vermont Bookshop, sponsored by New England Review. 7:00 pm.
Saturday, April 27 , 2019 - Columbus, OH
Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library - 10:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Panelist on Contemporary Fiction, with Nick White, Stephen Markley, and Karina Bartow. 12:00 pm, Room 1A.
Wednesday, May 15., 2019 -Brooklyn, NY
One Story Debutante Reading at Greenlight Bookstore. 7:30 pm.
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - Brooklyn, NY
One Story Debutante Ball at Roulette.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - Ann Arbor, MI
In-conversation with Stephen Markley at Literati Bookstore, 7:00 pm.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 - Boston, MA
Lit Crawl Boston, Four Stories. Reading with Sari Boren, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, David Blair, and Melanie Pryor. 8:00 pm at Trident Bookstore.
Friday, July 26, 2019 - Cleveland, OH
Reading with Jennifer Wortman and Alex DiFrancesco at Mac’s Backs Books. 7:00 pm.
August 14-24, 2019 - Ripton, VT.
Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference.
Monday, September 16, 2019 - Dearborn, MI
Reading as part of Brain Candy: Monthly Live Readings, Art, & Music at Green Brain Comics. 7:00 pm.
Friday, January 17, 2019 - Ann Arbor, MI.
In-Conversation with Kate Wisel at Literati Bookstore.
Thursday, December 16, 2020 - Virtual Reading to Celebrate the release of Wendell Mayo’s "What Is Said About Elephants.” Reading with Dustin M. Hoffman, Matt Bell, Anne Valente, Misha Rai, and Bess Winter.