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I'm available for in-person and virtual events and workshops, including at schools, libraries, employee resource groups. Get in touch!

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COMING UP

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Sept. 21, 2024 @ 4pm CT

Story Circle Network Virtual Conference: "Carving Out Time and Space for Writing" with Irena Smith (Registration)

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PAST EVENTS

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Aug. 22, 2024 @ 7:00pm ET  

Raising Your Bright Child: From Birth Through College with Alina Adams and Irena Smith (Virtual)

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March 21, 2024 @ 6:30pm ET 
UJA Federation of New York, New York, NY, with Alina Adams

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Oct. 21, 2023

Lit Crawl, San Francisco, CA

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Jan. 26, 2023, 7:00pm  

Green Apple Books, San Francisco (in person, details here

With Alina Adams 

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Jan. 17, 2023, 7:30pm ET 

Greenlight Bookstore, New York (virtual, register here

With Alina Adams 

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Nov. 12, 2022 

One County, One Book by The Ventura County Library Foundation with Mayukh Sen

Camarillo, CA

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Oct. 22, 2022 

Lit Crawl San Francisco

With Maggie Levantovskaya, Tatyana Sundeyeva, Vlada Teper, Sasha Vasilyuk & Olga Zilberbourg

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Oct. 20, 2022 

Paperback book launch at Books Inc., Campbell CA

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July 21, 2022 @ 7:30pm ET

Ukraine Fundraiser and Book Talk at Edlavitch DCJCC, Washington, DC 

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July 20, 2022 @ 7:00pm ET

Alliance Française de Washington, DC, with Bonjour Books and Russia Online Bookstore

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July 18, 2022 @ 12pm ET

Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA

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July 16, 2022 @ 2:30pm ET 

Gathering Volumes, Perrysburg, OH

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Sat, May 14, 2022 @ 2pm PT 

The Avid Reader Bookstore, Sacramento

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Sun, May 8, 2022 @ 1pm PT

Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley 

"The Ruptures of Leaving: Women Writers on Migration" with Gabriela Garcia, Shugri Said Salh & Susie Meserve

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Wed, April 13, 2022 @ 6pm PT

Save Ukrainian Lives: Emergency Medical Relief Fundraiser for United Hatzalah (in person)
Menlo Park, CA 

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Thur, April 7, 2022 @ 4pm PT/7pm ET

Alliance Française Washington, DC (online)

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Sat, March 26, 2022 @ 1pm PT/4pm ET

"Soviet-American Authors Talk Russia-Ukraine War: How To Write History While You're Living It"

With Alina Adams, Olga Zilberbourg and Yelena Furman. Hosted by History Through Fiction (recording here)

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Jan. 25, 2022 @ 6pm PT

Alameda Free Library (online)

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Jan. 20, 2022 @ 7pm PT

Jewish Family & Children's Services, SF Bay Area (online, recording here)

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Dec. 15, 2021 @ 6pm ET

Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (online)

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Dec. 8, 2021 @ 7pm PM

Mountain View Public Library, Mountain View, CA (online)

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Dec. 4, 2021 @ 4pm PT 

Folio Books, San Francisco, CA. "Born in the USSR, Raised in California": 7 writers read their work (recording here)

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Nov. 18, 2021 @ 12pm ET

Mindful Return webinar, Washington, DC (online, recording here)

 

Nov. 15, 2021 @ 7pm ET

Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC with Lara Vapnyar (online, recording here)

 

Nov. 12, 2021 @ 6pm ET

The Writer's Center, Washington, DC (online, recording here)

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Nov. 11, 2021 @ 7pm PT 

Book Launch at Books Inc. Alameda, CA

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