Free Author Talk at the University of Portland–5:30 p.m., Monday, October 27

On Monday, October 27, I’ll be visiting the University of Portland as one of the featured authors in its 2025-26 Readings and Lecture Series.

My first stop at the school will be an American Literature class, where I’ll do my best to answer student questions about my writing and literature in general. One thing we’ll surely talk about is my biography subject Robert Lax’s relationship with Jack Kerouac, whose writing they will have read.

At 5:30, then, I’ll move to the UP Bookstore and read from the two books I published earlier this year–The Last Grand Tour and An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life–before talking about “writing about the human spirit across genres and divisions” and taking audience questions.

The bookstore is located near the campus entrance at 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

If you live in Portland, I hope to see you there!