2009-10
Monday, October 26th, 2009September 22 / New York 7 pm, KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St, with Laurie Sandell, author of The Imposter’s Daughter
September 23 / New York Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century Political Authors Series. 8 pm. Elmo Lounge. 154 7th Avenue, between 19th and 20th Streets. Free for members and book purchasers; $5 for everyone else.
October 4 / Pasadena, CA Rector’s Forum Speakers Series. 11 am. All Saints Church. 132 N Euclid Ave.
October 26 / W. Palm Beach, FL 7:30 p.m. Kravis Center Cohen Pavilion, 701 Okeechobee Blvd.
October 29 / Brooklyn “Whose God?: The Religious Right, Politics, and Democracy,” a conversation with Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West. Donation: $10.00 Cash bar
November 3 / Kansas City MainStream Coalition. 7 pm. Congregation Beth Torah, 6100 W. 127th Street, Overland Park, KS. $30.
November 14 / New Haven, CT Yale Divinity School. 12:45 pm. 409 Prospect St.
November 17 / Washington, D.C. National Press Club Book Fair
November 24 / National Public Radio “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross; check for local broadcast schedule
December 10 / New York City I’ll be introducing my friend and collaborator Peter Manseau as he accepts Hadassah’s Ribalow Prize for Jewish Fiction for his novel Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter! Afterwards, we’ll celebrate with readings and an open Hannukah party sponsored by KillingTheBuddha.com. Location TBA.
January 7 / New York City Lapham’s Quarterly Religion Issue Launch Party with readings by Lewis Lapham, Honor Moore, Andy Borowitz, and Jeff Sharlet. 6:30 at St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway
January 28 / Brooklyn KillingTheBuddha.com and Lapham’s Quarterly present the eponymous Lapham and the Reverend Billy and Savitri D of the Church of Life After Shopping at Book Court, 163 Court St., Brooklyn. I can’t make this event, but it’s being brought to you by my Killing the Buddha comrades, so I’m giving it my strongest recommendation.
February 3 / Newport, RI Naval War College
February 11 / Cleveland, OH Case Western Reserve University, Ford Auditorium, 4:30
March 16 / San Francisco Westin St. Francis Hotel
March 18 / Cambridge, MA Fayreweather Street School
March 24 / Ewing, NJ The College oF New Jersey
March 25-26 / New York City “Digital Religion: Transforming Knowledge and Practice,” at New York University’s Center for Religion and Media
April 2 / Newark, NJ “Nightmare on C Street: (Beyond) the Scandal of Religion in American Politics,” Liberty Renaissance Hotel