Literary conversations are one of the great joys of a writing life. Beyond the page, they create spaces where writers and readers gather to think aloud about craft, storytelling, and the ways literature helps us understand the world. I value moments when writers speak about process and persistence, and when readers remind us why stories matter in the first place.

Over the years, I have had the privilege of sharing panels and public conversations with remarkable writers, including Tayari Jones, Kei Miller, Roxane Gay, Edwidge Danticat, Jane Delury, Melissa Scholes Young, Leslie Pietrzyk, Danielle Legros Georges, Tiphanie Yanique, Bernice L. McFadden, Merle Collins, Marita Golden, Krystal Sital, Fabienne Josaphat, Lauren Francis-Sharma, Carol Mitchell, Michele Jessica Fievre, Ibi Zoboi, among other wonderful authors.

These discussions have taken place at literary festivals, universities, libraries, and cultural institutions across the United States and the Caribbean, including the Bocas Lit Fest, the CityLit Festival, the Virginia Festival of the Book, the Miami Book Fair, the Brooklyn Book Festival, the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, the AWP Conference & Bookfair, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, among others.

I welcome opportunities to join literary festivals, universities, libraries, and community programs in conversations about fiction, craft, teaching, and the ways storytelling travels across cultures and generations. Whether speaking with students, writers, or general audiences, I’m always grateful for the chance to continue the dialogue that literature makes possible.