Solana Writer’s Retreat, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico – May 2018
Collaborative retreat with Mexican and international writers.

61st International Belgrade Book Fair, Belgrade, Serbia – October 2017
Dialogue on multilingual writing with Swiss author Arno Camenisch.

Wetzlarer Kunst- und Kulturtage, Wetzlar, Germany – June 2017
Public reading from short story collection Mondstaub – Erzählungen.

German-American Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC – February 2017
Public reading and discussion. Offsite event of Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference.

Georgetown University, Washington, DC – February 2017
Reading and discussion with students and faculty of Department of German.

Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, California – Fall 2016
Taught high school class on Artificial Intelligence and Literature.

Wortreich Buchhandlung & Antiquariat, Glarus, Switzerland – June 2016
Public reading from short story collection Mondstaub – Erzählungen.

Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany – March 2016
Presentation of short story collection Mondstaub – Erzählungen, several public readings.

Kleintheater Schlösslekeller, Vaduz, Liechtenstein – March 2016
Public launch of short story collection Mondstaub – Erzählungen.

Sirenland Writers Conference, Positano, Italy – March 2015
Studied with Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr.

Zvona i Nari, Ližnjan, Croatia – June 2014
Literary residency, public reading with Croatian translation.

Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop, Portland, Oregon – July 2012 and July 2013
Novel Writing with Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding in July 2012, Short Fiction with Jim Shepard in July 2013.

Literaturhaus Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein – May 2013
Co-host of Literary Brunch open to the public, with discussion of works by Roberto Bolaño, José Saramago, Julian Barnes, Colin Cotterill, and Vea Kaiser.

Literatursalon, Vaduz, Liechtenstein – March 2013 and October 2015
Public reading of new work at the Literary Salon in the Liechtenstein National Library.