2013

December 6: Bloomington, Indiana. SRS to speak on "What Is Wealth?" as part of the Community Commons Colloquium Series. 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. in the Tocqueville Room of the Ostrom Workshop at 513 N. Park Ave., Bloomington. For information: communitycommonsproject@gmail.com.

2014

January 20-March 7: Beloit, Wisconsin. SRS to hold Mackey Chair in Creative Writing at Beloit College, during which time he will present several public programs. Details to follow. He will also be available during this period for programs in the Upper Midwest.

January 30, February 6, February 13: Rockford, Illinois. SRS to lead discussion series on Hunting for Hope and the search for authentic sources of hope in an era of unraveling natural systems. Severson Dells Nature Center. Details to come. For information: Don Miller at 815-335-2915 or rivermiller@hotmail.com.

February 21: Beloit, Wisconsin. SRS to give reading on campus of Beloit College. Details to come.

February 26: Oshkosh, Wisconsin. SRS to give reading and visit classes at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Details to come. For information: David Barnhill at barnhill@uwosh.edu.

March 22: Rockford, Illinois. SRS (stories) and Carrie Newcomer (songs) in performance at Severson Dells Nature Center. Details to come. For information: Don Miller at 815-335-2915 or rivermiller@hotmail.com.

March 26: Austin, Texas. SRS reading and booksigning. Details to come.

March 27: Victoria, Texas. SRS to give reading and visit classes at the University of Houston-Victoria. Details to come. For information: Jeffrey Di Leo at DiLeoJ@uhv.edu.

June 13-19: Homer, Alaska. SRS to teach workshops and give readings at Kechemak Bay Writers Conference. For information: http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu/.

August 13-23: Bread Loaf, Vermont. SRS to teach workshop in nonfiction and give public lecture and reading at the annual Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. For information: http://www.middlebury.edu/blwc/admissions.