Readings · Talks · Gatherings
Events
Public conversations, literary gatherings, and opportunities to meet in person.
Upcoming
Chigozie Obioma + Tope Folarin
Georgetown University · Copley Formal Lounge · 7:00 p.m. ET
A reading and conversation with the author of The Road to the Country.
Visiting Fellowship · Georgetown University in Qatar
Georgetown University in Qatar
I’m returning to Georgetown University in Qatar as a Visiting Fellow.
Black to the Future: How a Diaspora Can Bring Heritage into Their Writing
AWP Conference & Bookfair · McCormick Place Lakeside Center, Chicago
With Kadija George and Kianna Greene; moderated by Grace Amui. A conversation about bringing African diasporic heritage into writing. Listed in AWP’s tentative program; session date and time to be announced.
Human Creativity in the Age of Simulation
Georgetown University · Washington, DC
I’m directing the 2027 Lannan Symposium at Georgetown University, a three-evening exploration of artificial intelligence, authorship, and human creativity. Further program and attendance details will follow.
Past appearances
Richard J. Powell + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose (Union Market) · 6:00 p.m. ET
Colorstruck!: Painting, Pigment, Affect.
Robin Broad, John Cavanagh + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose
Miguel Ángel Hernández + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose
The Role of Art in Shifting Political Landscapes (AWP)
Baltimore Convention Center, Room 317
Split Lip Magazine Reading (AWP Offsite)
Baltimore Unity Hall
Karl Ove Knausgaard + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose
David Means + Tope Folarin
American University
Oyinkan Braithwaite + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose (Union Market)
Earlier events
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Tribute Evening
Georgetown University
Gbenga Adesina + Tope Folarin
Creative Grounds
Rabih Alameddine + Tope Folarin
Georgetown University
Rhodes Authors Panel
Politics and Prose
Rabih Alameddine + Tope Folarin
The Ivy Bookshop
Delaware Writers Retreat
Delaware
Anne Newman Weeks Poetry Series
Westminister College (Utah)
Nora Lange + Tope Folarin
Kramers
Shehan Karunatilaka + Tope Folarin
Georgetown University
AWP: How Book Reviewing is Changing and Why it Matters
Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3
Charlottesville Reading Series
New Dominion Bookshop
Art + Policy
Dumbarton Oaks
Anna Badkhen + Tope Folarin
Politics and Prose
Literary State of the Union
Williard Hotel
Through A Literary Lens: Workshop on Family and Autofiction
The Writer's Center