Events
Upcoming & Recent Appearances
2023
Lit Happens! Block Party
San Antonio, TX
April 14
“Literary Death Match” comedy and game show event, part of the neighborhood block party kicking off the San Antonio Book Festival. Outdoors at Legacy Park, 8pm.
Berry College
Rome, GA
March 23–24
Reading and discussion at Berry College, 7:30pm ET.
2022
Reading and discussion at SWTJC Library, 3pm. Free and open to the public.
Southwest Texas Junior College
Uvalde, TX
November 21
November 19
“Kimberly Garza and Xochitl Gonzalez: A Conversation.” 12pm ET. Miami Dade College, room 8202.
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL
November 15
Reading and roundtable with fellow San Antonio writers James R. Dennis, Lucy Griffith, Katie Gutierrez, and James Wade. 6pm.
The Twig Book Shop
San Antonio, TX
November 6
“Weathering It: Storms Real, Storms Personal,” discussion and signing with Xochitl Gonzalez. Capitol Extension Room E2.016, 12:15pm.
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
October 29
In conversation with Lori Feathers, reading and signing. 3pm.
Interabang Books
Dallas, TX
October 21
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Reading and discussion as part of English Reading Series. 12pm MT.
September 28
Reading, discussion, and signing with fellow alum and author Rebecca Bernard. Hosted by UNT Creative Writing Program. 6:30pm. University Union 382.
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
August 22
Writers’ League of Texas
Virtual
WLT Summer Book Club: The Last Karankawas. 8pm.
August 16
In conversation with Elizabeth McCracken, reading and signing. 7pm.
BookPeople
Austin, TX
August 11
Nowhere Bookshop
San Antonio, TX
Reading and Q&A, followed by panel discussion with Xochitl Gonzalez and Dr. Jennifer Nájera. University of California–Riverside.
Book launch reading, Q&A and signing. 6pm.
April 15
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio, TX
“Obsessed with Texas” panel with Lakiesha Carr and Bobby Finger. Texas Monthly Tent, 10–11am, followed by book signing at 11:15am. Free and open to the public.
Books on the Green
The Woodlands, TX
April 16
Reading and signing, as part of The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. Town Green Park, 2:30–3:30pm.
Tomás Rivera Conference
Riverside, CA
May 2
AWP Conference
Seattle, WA
March 11
“Drinking Down the Whole World: Research in Creative Writing,” with Virginia Wood, Clinton Crockett Peters, Catina Bacote, and A. Kendra Greene. Seattle Convention Center, 9–10:15am PT.
“Friends of the Library” event on behalf of Mammen Family Public Library.
Mammen Family Public Library
Bulverde, TX
September 16
Book signing
Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences
Denton, TX
August 5
Reading and Q&A about The Last Karankawas, the Book Club Pick of the Month for July.
July 31
Reading, Q&A, and book signing
Krum Public Library
Krum, TX
August 8
“The Family Saga: Writing the Multigenerational Novel” panel, with Justin Deabler and Rubén Degollado.
Writers’ League of Texas
Virtual
August 5
Keynote speech & workshop, NaNoWriMo event. Details TBD.
Collin College
Frisco, TX
November 1
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrate Night, reading & signing. 5:30–8:45pm.
Trident Booksellers & Café
Boulder, CO
September 30
“Obsessed with Texas” panel, with Stacey Swann, James Wade, and Becka Oliver. 9:30am.
Boerne Book Festival
Boerne, TX
October 7
Reading & signing. Details TBD.
South Texas Book Festival
McAllen, TX