Upcoming Appearances

August 12, 2005, noon
Four Seasons Author Series
Friends of the Library
University Club of Tampa
One Tampa Center, Suite 3800
Tampa, Florida, USA

Kraft will discuss his ongoing serial novel, the Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy, with emphasis on Passionate Spectator, the most recent installment.

Previous Appearances

33rd Annual Florida Suncoast Writers’ Conference
Sirata Beach Resort
St. Petersburg Beach
Florida
February 3 through 5, 2005

Workshops in . . .

Creating Your “Other” Self, the One Who Does the Writing
Getting It Written
Spicing the Narrative

St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading
Eckerd College Campus
4200 54th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
Florida, USA

November 6, 2004

Reading from Passionate Spectator

Sarasota News & Books
Sarasota
Florida, USA

August 6, 2004
Reading from Passionate Spectator

Sponsor: Sarasota News & Books
 

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The Library of Congress
National Conference
Rapid City
South Dakota, USA

May 3, 2004

Keynote Address: “Writing to Be Read and Writing to Be Read Aloud”

Sponsor: Stephen Prine, Network Services Section

Sarasota Herald Tribune Book Club 
Selby Public Library
Sarasota
Florida, USA

April 14, 2004
Reading from Inflating a Dog and discussion with Susan Rife

South Carolina Book Festival
Columbia
South Carolina, USA

February 28, 2004

St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading
Eckerd College Campus
St. Petersburg
Florida, USA

November 2, 2003

Meet the Writers Book Fair
Southampton College
Southampton, New York, USA

May 2, 2003

Sponsor: Southampton College, Long Island University: (631) 287-8347 

Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

From the Festival program:

Friday, March 21, 2003

Wiseguys: A Fiction Reading
Three humorous and poignant novelists share their work: Gerald Duff (Coasters), Eric Kraft (Inflating a Dog), and Brad Barkley (Alison's Automotive Repair Manual).

Saturday, March 22, 2003

Writers Aloud: Roundtable on Performance Reading
A discussion on performance reading led by poet Henry Taylor (The Flying Change), novelist Eric Kraft (Inflating a Dog) and playwright Teresa Dowell-Vest (Vinegar Hill).

Sponsor: Nancy Coble Damon, Program Director

Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Workshops
“Inside Tips on Making Your Way Through the Writing Process”

Sponsor: Tamyra Turner

Babylon Public Library
24 South Carll Avenue
Babylon, New York, USA

February 1, 2003 

• A Sampler of Readings from the Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
• Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work

Sponsor: Jennifer Chivvis

Oceanside Library
30 Davison Ave.
Oceanside, New York, USA

December 10, 2002 
Reading & Signing
Sponsor: Michelle Young, Program Director
Phone:  516-766-2360, x7

Bookhampton
East Hampton, New York, USA

August 23rd, 2002
Reading from Inflating a Dog.
Contact: Chris Avena
Phone:  631-324-4939

Jersey’s Talking
News 12 New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey, USA

August 1, 2002
Interview with Lee Leonard
Contact: David DeVita

The Leonard Lopate Show (Formerly New York and Company)
WNYC Radio
New York, New York, USA

July 31, 2002
Kraft’s interview with Tom Vitale is archived in streaming audio at the WNYC radio site.  Scroll to the end of the page.  You will need the RealAudio player to hear it. [CLICK HERE]

Borders Books & Music
5151 Sunrise Highway
Bohemia, New York, USA

July 25, 2002
Reading from Inflating a Dog
Contact: Vanessa Meza
Phone:  631-752-0339

The Book Nook
WSYO-FM
Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA

July 25, 2002
Interview with Nick Mickunas

KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street
New York, New York, USA

July 14, 2002
Reading from Inflating a Dog
Contact: Emily Chenoweth

Barnes & Noble
240 East 86th Street
New York, New York, USA

 
July 10, 2002
Reading from Inflating a Dog
Contact: Frances Kelly 
Phone:  212-794-2264

University of Zaragoza 
Zaragoza, Spain
Sponsor: Professor Francisco Collado

April 24, 2002 
Lecture: “The What, Where, Why, and How of the Imagination”
Kraft discussed the imagination as a human faculty, examining it in the light of current scientific knowledge of the working of the brain and the debate over the nature of human consciousness; from the perspective of artists in general, particularly painters; and finally from the perspective of fictionists, one in particular.

April 25 and 26, 2002
Seminars on fiction and the imagination

Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Thursday, March 21, 2002
Reading of fiction at the Culbreth Theater, at the University of Virginia: Elizabeth Benedict, Bernice McFadden, and Eric Kraft
Friday, March 22, 2002
Reading of fiction : Fred Viebahn and Eric Kraft
Sponsor: Nancy Coble Damon, Program Director

Boston Center for Adult Education
Seventh Annual Writing Festival

Thursday, October 25, 2001
5 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Workshop with Eric Kraft
Creating the “Other” Self, the One Who Does the Writing
Sponsor: Joe Chapple, Director of Education

Ursinus College
On Campus Speaker Series

Thursday, October 11, 2001
Collegeville, Pennsylvania USA
Peter Leroy and Me: the Author and His Other (or the Other Way Around)
a sampler of readings from the Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsor: Jon Volkmer

The Elaine Benson Gallery 
Bridgehampton, New York, U. S. A. 

Friday, May 5, 2000 
Annual Meet-the-Writers Book Fair 
Sponsor: Office of Development, Southampton College, Long Island University, (516) 287-8347 

The Temple Bar 
New York, New York, U. S. A. 

Sunday, March 26, 2000 
Reading from Inflating a Dog
Sponsor: Lynn Schwartz 

Longwood College 
Farmville, Virginia

October 26, 1999 
Presentation of the 1998 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature
Reading: preface to Inflating a Dog
Sponsor: The John Dos Passos Prize Selection Committee

Border’s Books & Music 
Newark, Delaware, U. S. A. 

Thursday, October 14, 1999 
Reading/Discussion of Leaving Small’s Hotel (Contemporary Fiction Group) 
302.366.8144 
Sponsor: Kim Tull 

Bennetton’s Literary Salon 
New York, New York, U. S. A. 

Thursday, August 26, 1999 
Benetton and Picador USA celebrated the launch of the paperback edition of Leaving Small’s Hotel at Benetton’s Café Linda, in the company’s flagship store in the old Scribner building. 
Benetton, 597 Fifth Avenue (at 48th Street) 
Sponsor: Sara Leopold, Publicity Department, Picador USA 

Rogers Memorial Library 
Southampton, New York, U. S. A. 

Friday, July 16, 1999 
Lecture: “When Memory Lies with Imagination: How Writers Use Memory” 
Cooper Hall, 81 Windmill Lane 
Sponsor: Penny Wright 
For information: (516) 287-1931 

University of Zaragoza 
Zaragoza, Spain 

April 28 and 29, 1999 
Lecture: “Memory and Fiction and Memories of Fictions: How Fictionists Use Memory” 
Seminar: “Chance as Subject, Chance as Method” 
Seminar: “Deconstructing Larry: Diving Beneath the Surface of ‘Call Me Larry’ ” 
Reading: the preface from LITTLE Folliesand chapter 1 from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Professor Francisco Collado

National Arts Club 
New York, New York, U. S. A. 

November 20, 1998 
Reading episodes of Dead Air from Leaving Small’s Hotel Sponsor: Daniel Handler (212) 683-8022 

Oceanside Library 
Oceanside, New York, U. S. A. 

November 17, 1998 
Book Talk, “The Making of Leaving Small’s Hotel” 
Sponsor: Judy Feldman (516) 766-2360 

New York Is Book Country 
New York Public Library, Riverside Branch 
New York, New York, U. S. A. 

September 26, 1998
“The Books That Made Me Want to Write” 
Kraft has referred to the exchange of stories and ideas through books, across time and space, as “the grand conversation.” In this talk, he explored a highly idiosyncratic selection of books that provoked him to join that conversation. He included readings from the books and readings of passages in his own work that might be considered conversational responses to them. 
Sponsor: Lina Podles, (212) 870-1811 

Barnes & Noble 
New York, New York, U. S. A.

Wednesday, July 22, 1998 
Reading episodes of Dead Air from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor, Barnes & Noble: (212) 727-1227 

Writers at Guild Hall 

June 28, 1998 
Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, U. S. A. 
Frederic Tuten Reading from Van Gogh’s Bad Café
Eric Kraft Reading episodes of Dead Air from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Robert Long, Guild Hall, (516) 324-0806 

Encore Books 
Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A. 

Friday, June 26, 1998 
Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison 
Sponsor: Faith Bahadurian (609) 252-0608 

Book Hampton 
20 Main Street Street 
East Hampton, New York, U. S. A. 

Saturday, June 13, 1998 
Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Book Hampton, 516-324-4939 

Books, Etc. 
38 Exchange Street 
Portland, Maine, U. S. A. 

Friday, June 5, 1998 
Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Sandy Vogels, 207-774-0626 

Jabberwocky Bookshop & Cafe 
12 Federal Street 
Newburyport, Massachusetts, U. S. A. 

Thursday, June 4, 1998 
Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Sue Little, 978-465-9359 

Canio’s Books 
290 Main Street 
Sag Harbor, New York, U. S. A. 

Saturday, May 30, 1998 
“Eric Kraft Day at Canio’s” 
Continuous Showing of Videotaped Readings of All Fifty Episodes of Dead Air from Leaving Small's Hotel
Followed by Live Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
Sponsor: Canio Pavone, 516-725-4926 

Madison Avenue Bookshop 
833 Madison Avenue 
New York, New York, U. S. A. 

Thursday, May 28, 1998
Leaving Small's Hotel
Publication Celebration and Signing 
Sponsor: Perry Haberman, 212-535-6130 

The Elaine Benson Gallery 
Bridgehampton, New York, U. S. A. 

Friday, May 8, 1998 
Twenty-First Annual Meet-the-Writers Book Fair 
Sponsor: Office of Development, Southampton College, Long Island University, (516) 287-8347 

New York Public Library 

Saturday, April 18, 1998 
New York, U. S. A.
“When Memory Lies with Imagination: How What Was and What Was Not Become What Might Have Been” 
Series: “How We Remember Our Lives: Writers on Memory” 
Sponsor: Marsha Spyros, Office of Adult Services, New York Public Library, 212-340-0948 

University of Maryland 

April 1, 1998 
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U. S. A. 
Reading from Leaving Small’s Hotel
April 1, 1998
Discussion of Where Do You Stop? with Literature Class 
Sponsor: Mark Forrester, English Department 

Babylon Rotary Club 

March 18, 1998 
Babylon, New York, U. S. A. 
“Chicken or Clams: The Preface to ‘Take the Long Way Home’” 
Sponsor: Paul Steinberg

LTV Cable Television Channel 27 
East Hampton, New York, U. S. A. 

Readings: All Fifty Episodes of Dead Air from Leaving Small's Hotel
Interview: Anthony Brandt interviewed Kraft on the Development of the Gesamtkunstwerk Known as The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsor: Genie Chipps Henderson, LTV, phone: (516) 537-2777 

 

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, U. S. A. October 30, 1997  Reading: From Leaving Small's Hotel (formerly entitled Immortal Hilarity)  Open to the Public  Sponsor: Jonathan Baumbach, Director of the Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program

Eric Kraft and Jonathan Baumbach

Food and Wine Writers’Festival, Adelaide, Australia 

October 9 through 12, 1997 

1. Author Profile: Eric Kraft interviewed by Louise Adler 
2. Panel Discussion: "The Fictional Diet: How Novelists Decide What Their Characters Will Eat and Drink" chaired by Carole Whitelock, with Julie Capaldo, Joan Smith, and Eric Kraft 
3. Panel Discussion: "Hair of the Dog: Writing About Drinking, Drinking About Writing" chaired by Samela Harris, with Matt Condon, Linda Jaivin, and Eric Kraft 

Sponsors: Penelope Curtin, Arts SA, and Adam Wynn, Mountadam Winery

Borders Books and Music, Commack, New York, U. S. A. 

September 16, 1997 
Reading: "The Art of Self-Deception," a selection from Leaving Small's Hotel (formerly Immortal Hilarity)
Sponsor: Barbara Stone, Editor, Hampton Shorts Magazine, phone: (516) 726-7565 or 537-2862

Book Hampton, East Hampton, New York, U. S. A. 

July 27, 1997 
Reading: "The Art of Self-Deception," a selection from Immortal Hilarity
Sponsor: Barbara Stone, Editor, Hampton Shorts Magazine, phone: (516) 726-7565 or 537-2862

Elderhostel, Water Mill, New York, U. S. A. 

May 22, 1997 
Reading: Selections from Herb 'n' Lorna
Sponsor: Canio Pavone, Canio's Books, phone: (516) 725-4926 

Connecticut Library Association Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, U. S. A. 

April 1, 1997
Panel Discussion 
Sponsor: Sheila Wartel, phone: 203-288-5757. 

Writer's Harvest, Encore Books & Music, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A. 

November 14, 1996 
Reading: "Chicken or Clams" (The Preface to "Take the Long Way Home" from LITTLE Follies) 
Sponsor: Faith Bahadurian, phone: 609-275-0819. 

University of Illinois, University Bookstore, Urbana, Illinois, U. S. A. 

October 3, 1996 
Reading 
The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsor: Philip Graham, Department of English
Seminar 
"Driven to Hypermedia" 
Sponsor: Richard Powers, Department of English, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Evanston, Illinois, U. S. A. 
October 2, 1996 
Reading 
The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsor: Mary Ann Diehl, (847) 328-0883. 

The Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York, U. S. A. 
September 26, 1996 
Interview, Conversation, and Reading 
The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsors: Linda Locke, (516) 621-2240; Gene Cohen, (516) 374-2665 

Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, New York, U. S. A. 
September 24, 1996 
Interview, Conversation, and Reading 
The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Sponsors: Judy Feldman, (516) 766-2360; Gene Cohen, (516) 374-2665 

Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Union Square, New York, New York, U. S. A. 
September 20, 1996 
Discussion: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Reading: At Home with the Glynns
Sponsor: Kevin Coogan, (212) 633-3449 

Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, New York, U. S. A., August 17, 1996 
Reading: new work, including selections from The Passionate Spectator and Immortal Hilarity
Sponsor: Canio Pavone, (516) 725-4926 

Southampton College, Southampton, New York, U. S. A., July 27 and 29, 1996 
Reading: Selections from Little Follies, At Home with the Glynns, and Where Do You Stop?
Workshop: "Drafting as Discovery: How Do I Know What I Think Till I See What I Say?" 
Sponsor: Southampton College Summer Programs
Michael Z. Jody, Writers' Workshops Coordinator

Elderhostel, Water Mill, New York, U. S. A., June 13, 1996 
Reading: Selections from Herb 'n' Lorna
Sponsor: Canio Pavone, Canio's Books, (516) 725-4926 

Departure Lounge at the Clocktower Gallery, New York City, U. S. A., June 13, 1996 
Anti-Symposium: The Death of the Author, Take 2 

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, April 30, 1996 
Lecture: The Complete Peter Leroy (so far): The Development of a Hyperfiction 
Sponsor: Professor Angels Carabi 

University Roviri i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, April 29, 1996 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 
Sponsor: Professor Jordi Lamarca 

University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, April 25 and 26, 1996 
Lecture: "So Many Selves: The Author and His Characters" 
Seminar: "The Complete Peter Leroy (so far): The Development of a Hyperfiction" 
Seminar: "Peter Leroy and Science" 
Seminar: "The Perils and Pleasures of a Continuing Work" 
Sponsor: Professor Francisco Collado

Borders Books and Music, Bohemia, Long Island, New York, November 30, 1995 
Readings: Little Follies, Herb 'n' Lorna, Reservations Recommended, What a Piece of Work I Am, Where Do You Stop? and At Home with the Glynns

Southampton College of Long Island University, Southampton, New York, November 16, 1995 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 
Sponsor: Michael Z. Jody, Writers' Workshops Coordinator

Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway, New York, NY, July 20, 1995 
Reading: At Home with the Glynns

Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, New York, July 8, 1995 
Reading: At Home with the Glynns

Book Revue, Huntington, New York, June 9, 1995 
Reading: At Home with the Glynns

Book Hampton, East Hampton, New York, June 3, 1995
Reading: At Home with the Glynns

96th Street Regional Library, Manhattan, April 29, 1995 
Reading: At Home with the Glynns

Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, April 10, 1995
Reading: At Home with the Glynns
Lecture: "The Making of a Hyperfiction"
Sponsor: Professor Michael Lund, English Department

Elderhostel, Water Mill, New York, April 5, 1995 
Reading: "The Static of the Spheres" 

Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, New York, November 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am

96th Street Regional Library, Manhattan, October 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am

Borders Books and Music, Bohemia, New York, July 1994 
Reading: from Little Follies, Herb 'n' Lorna, What a Piece of Work I Am

Guild Hall Writers Series, East Hampton, New York, June 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am

Cleveland Park Book Shop, Washington, D. C., June 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am

Rizzoli Book Store, New York, May 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am
Sponsor: Bob Lemstrom-Sheedy, Rizzoli Book Stores 

Governor Dummer Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts, April 1994 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 
Reading: "The Static of the Spheres" 
Sponsor: Pierre Baratelli, Foreign Language Department 

Harvard University, April 1994 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am
Sponsor: Richard Marius, Department of Expository Writing 

Charlesbank Books (Boston University Bookstore), April 1994 
Reading: What a Piece of Work I Am

University of Madrid, Spain, December 1993 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 

University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, November 1993 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work" 
Sponsor: Professor Francisco Collado

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November 1993 
Lecture: "Peter Leroy and Me: The Origin and Development of My Work"
Sponsor: Professor Angels Carabi 

Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain, November 1993
Lecture and Reading: Herb 'n' Lorna

New Orleans Writers' Conference, 1992 
Reading: from Little Follies
Workshop: The Zen of Writing 
Workshop: Exploding Writer's Block 
Workshop: The Author as Protagonist