Save the date(s). I want to meet you!

Announcing book tour dates for MAN IN THE MIRROR

Writing a book is lonely until it isn’t. Now begins the part when it isn’t. Hooray!

I am a strange mix of excited, nervous, proud, terrified, and impatient to get MAN IN THE MIRROR into the world, on September 29. But I have much less complicated feelings about coming to meet all of you. About that, I am unreservedly thrilled.

Honestly, book tour is one of the best parts of my work. Not all writers like it. Some say they write to avoid such human contact! But for me, it’s the honor of this work.

I am ready to give the world this book and ready to meet you and talk with you and record funny videos with you for your spouse and sign your books and learn from you about the ways these ideas show up in your life. Something I’ve learned along the way is that every book acquires more ideas after it is published, because of the people you meet and what they share with you afterward.

So let’s meet! Here is what I dream of: Ink community members packing the rafters at every stop. Sure, we’re going to let in everyone. But for me, it all starts with you, because without you, the writing I do wouldn’t be possible. I mean that.

I will be in conversation with some truly remarkable people on this tour: Tina Brown! Terry Moran! Rebecca Solnit! Junot Díaz! And many others you will see below.

Before I share the dates and info below, a special note to my New York people. You may have seen my note the other day, in which I shared how Sarah McNally, one of America’s great booksellers, called MAN IN THE MIRROR “the best New York book since THE POWER BROKER.” Well, I want a loud and passionate Ink crowd on launch night in NYC — September 30. Get your tickets now before they sell out! (They also have virtual streaming tickets available if your city isn’t on the list below.)

Now on to the tour dates, with a bit of bonus content below them: some photos from old stops along the beautiful book tour trail.

NEW YORK
When: Wednesday, September 30 at 6 PM
Where: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
In conversation with Tina Brown
Tickets (for in-person and streaming)

WASHINGTON, DC
When: Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM
Where: Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
In conversation with Terry Moran
Info

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
When: Saturday, October 3 at 6 p.m.
Where: Godmothers, 2280 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, CA 93067
Tickets

CHICAGO, IL
When: Sunday, October 4 at 7 PM
Where: Chicago Humanities Fall Festival at Northwestern University, McCormick Auditorium
In conversation with Alex Kotlowitz
Tickets

SEATTLE
When: Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30 PM
Where: Town Hall Seattle, The Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA
In conversation with Steve Scher
Tickets

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
When: Thursday, October 8 at 7:30 PM
Where: City Arts & Lectures, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102
In conversation with Rebecca Solnit
Tickets

BOSTON
When: Tuesday, October 13 at 6 PM
Where: Harvard Book Store at the Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
In conversation with Junot Díaz
Tickets

CALGARY, AB
When: Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
Where: Calgary Wordfest
In conversation with Zain Velji
Tickets

When: Sunday, October 18 at 1 PM
Where: Calgary Wordfest
In Conversation with Kurt Andersen & Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Tickets

ST. LOUIS, MO
When: Tuesday, October 20 at 7 PM
Where: St. Louis Public Library, Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63131
In conversation with Ryan Krull
Info

KATONAH, NY
When: Saturday, November 7 at 10 AM
Where: Westchester Book Festival at Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
In conversation with Priya Parker
Tickets

MIAMI, FL
When: Saturday, November 21-Sunday, November 22 (details to come)
Where: Miami Book Fair
Info

JAIPUR, INDIA
When: Thursday, January 14-Monday, January 18, 2027 (details to come)
Where: Jaipur Literature Festival, Hotel Clarks Amer
Info

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I want to hear from you! What city will you be joining us in?

And will you send this to 3-5 friends and family who might like to come meet me? Or maybe you want to bring your book club….

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And now, back to the archives for some of my favorite past book tour photos:

Friends helping me launch with a group reading from the text.

Sometimes you meet your faves….

Sometimes you meet…other people.

The time I was elated because my book was pirated and sold on Mumbai’s streets.

The time I got a request I didn’t know how to deal with.

Sometimes you meet a double dipper — two books!

Sometimes you go to one place and hope that what you’ve written about another place resonates. This is me talking about India in…Nigeria

Sometimes you’re on fancy stages….

Sometimes you’re shooting TV in some guy’s living room

But the best part is meeting all of you.

So come hang out!