Over the next three days (April 24th-26th), I’ll be appearing at the first Ithaca New Voices Festival at Ithaca College, along with a bunch of fine writers: Rebecca Makkai, Jane Roper, Eleanor Henderson, Nathaniel Rich, Sheba Karim, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Robin Ekiss. We’ll kick things off with “micro-readings” at Buffalo Street Books in downtown Ithaca at 5 p.m. on Wed. the 24th, and from there it’s a whirlwind of on-campus talks, visits to classes, and literary discussions, culminating in another reading Friday, April 26th at the Handwerker on campus. It’s free and open to the public, and the whole full-to-bursting schedule is here: http://ithacanewvoices.wordpress.com/schedule-of-events/. Lastly, here’s an article about the festival where co-founder Chris Holmes cites his inspiration as the film “Wonder Boys”–thanks to Chris, Michael Chabon and Toby Maguire.