Upcoming Events for 2025
2025 BOOK TOUR FOR ART ABOVE EVERYTHING
Tuesday, June 10 — CHAPEL HILL, NC
Stephanie will launch her latest book, Art Above Everything, at FlyLeaf Bookshop at 5:30 pm.
Friday, June 13 — SOUTH BEND, IN
Stephanie will present on a panel called “It’s Me….Again: Writing a Second Memoir” at NonfictioNow 2025 from 2:30 – 3:45 pm.
Saturday, June 14 — AURORA, IL
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at Yellow Bird Books at 3:30 pm, with a reception to follow at the studio of artist Cheryl Holz.
Wednesday, June 25 — HOUSTON, TX
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at Tres Robles Finca at 7 pm, hosted by Nuestra Palabra.
Thursday, June 26 — SAN ANTONIO, TX
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at The Twig 5:30 – 7 pm.
Friday, June 27 — CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
Stephanie will give a keynote at K-Space Contemporary Art Gallery, followed by a reception and book signing, 6-9 pm.
Saturday, June 28 — CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at Barnes and Noble at 2 pm.
Tuesday, July 1 — AUSTIN, TX
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at BookWoman at 7 pm.
July 7-12 — WALLOWA LAKE, OR
Stephanie will teach a weeklong Creative Nonfiction Workshop at Summer Fishtrap.
Monday, July 14 — BEND, OR
Stephanie will present Art Above Everything at the Downtown Bend Library 6-7:30 pm.
Wednesday, July 16 — SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Stephanie will present Art Above Everything at the Internet Archive at 300 Funston Avenue at 6 pm. Click here for (free!) tickets.
Thursday, July 17 — CORTE MADERA, CA
Michael Shapiro will join Stephanie in a conversation about Art Above Everything at Book Passage at 6 pm.
Saturday, July 19 — SANTA FE, NM
Featured artist Myra Krien will join Stephanie in a conversation about Art Above Everything at Collected Works Bookstore at 6 pm.
Wednesday, July 23 — SAN ANTONIO, TX
Stephanie will participate in the Macondista Reading at Stieren Theater at Trinity University as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Macondo Writers Workshop at 7 pm.
Monday, August 25 — SOUTHERN PINES, NC
Stephanie will hold a conversation about Art Above Everything with Kimberly Daniels at Country Bookshop at 5 pm.
Monday, August 25 — ZOOM
Stephanie will discuss Art Above Everything as part of the August Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club. Register here!
Saturday, August 30 — ASHEVILLE, NC
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at Firestorm Books at 3 pm.
Thursday, September 4 — COLUMBUS, OH
Stephanie will present Art Above Everything at Stonewall Columbus from 4:30 – 6 pm.
Tuesday, September 9 — BOCA RATON, FL
Stephanie will hold a 12-2 pm workshop at the MFA program at Florida Atlantic University.
Wednesday, September 10 — MIAMI, FL
Featured artist Tiffany Hanan Madera will join Stephanie in a conversation about Art Above Everything at Books and Books in Coral Gables at 7 pm.
Saturday, September 13 — DURHAM, NC
Stephanie will read at Mettlesome Theater as part of the Bull City Press reading + improv comedy series.
Thursday, September 18 — SAN ANTONIO, TX
Journalist Cecilia Ballí will join Stephanie Elizondo Griest in a conversation at Gemini Ink’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at
Northwest Vista College’s Innovation Center at 6:30 pm.
Monday, September 22 — SAN MARCOS, TX
Stephanie will present her work for a Chicana/o/x Narrative and Social History class at Texas State University at 11 am, and then again at the Price Center at 6 pm.
Tuesday, September 23 — SAN MARCOS, TX
Stephanie will present her work at Texas State University from 12:30 – 2:00 pm in the Wittliff Collections | 7th floor, Alkek Library
Wednesday, September 24 — AUSTIN, TX
Stephanie will present her research on “art monks” at the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at UT Austin from 4:30 – 6 pm in BUR 231.
Thursday, September 25 — AUSTIN, TX
Stephanie will present her work at the Journalism School at UT Austin at 9:30 am and for a Women’s & Gender Studies class at 3:30 pm.
Sunday, September 28 — CHAPEL HILL, NC
Stephanie will teach a “Telling Your Story” workshop as part of the Jaipur Literary Festival at the Chapel Hill Public Library 10-12 pm.
Tuesday, September 30 — HARTFORD, CT
Stephanie will give a reading at Trinity College at 4:30pm, Reese Room, Smith House.
Thursday, October 2 — NYACK, NY
Stephanie will present Art Above Everything at Story Space Arts at 48 Burd Street, Studio 101, from 7-8 pm.
Friday, October 3 — NEW YORK, NY
Featured artists Ayana Evans and Analina Pilar Devora will join Stephanie for a discussion of Art Above Everything at Word Up Books at RECIRCULATION at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) at 7 pm.
Tuesday, October 7 — BOSTON, MA
Stephanie will read from Art Above Everything at Porter Square Books, hosted by Grub Street at 7 pm.
Thursday, October 9 — CANTON, NY
Stephanie will join the 25th anniversary celebration of the Viebranz Visiting Professorship at St. Lawrence University:
Writers Craft Talk, Carnegie 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. / Reading, Sykes Common Room, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15 — PHILADELPHIA, PA
Featured artist Sheryl Oring will join Stephanie in a conversation about Art Above Everything at Moore College’s Graham Auditorium 11:30-12:45 pm.
Sunday, October 19 — NASHVILLE, TN
Stephanie will present on a panel with Aiden Arata at the Southern Festival of Books from 11-12 in the Conasauga Room of the Library.
Tuesday, October 28 — CHAPEL HILL, NC
Stephanie will read with poet Gaby Calvocoressi at the New Faculty Books reading at Donovan Lounge at 3:30 pm at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Wednesday, November 5 — NASHVILLE, TN
Nashville artist Alexis Özden will join Stephanie in a conversation about Art Above Everything at The Bookshop, sponsored by The Porch, at 7 pm.
Friday, November 7 to Saturday, November 8 — FORT MYERS, FL
Stephanie will give the keynote on Friday at 6 pm, then teach a “Writing the Body” workshop on Saturday from 9-12 pm at the Sanibel Island Writer’s Conference at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Monday, November 17 to Friday, November 21 — SANTA MONICA, CA
Stephanie will teach a creative nonfiction workshop for Emerging Voices / PEN America.
Saturday, November 22 — MONTEBELLO, CA
Wild Bloom Bookshop will host an event for Art Above Everything at Goddess Mercado Bazaar. Details TBA.
Sunday, November 23 — LONG BEACH, CA
Bell Canto Books will host an event for Art Above Everything at 4 pm at KUBO LB.
PREVIEW OF EVENTS IN 2026
Wednesday, February 11 to Sunday, February 15, 2026 — SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO
Featured artist Sandra Cisneros will join Stephanie for a discussion about Art Above Everything at the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference and Festival on February 13 from 10:45 AM-12:15 PM at HRM Ballroom. Stephanie will also teach a workshop called Writing the Body on February 15 from 9 AM – 10:30 AM at HRM Tent.
Thursday, March 5 to Saturday, March 7 — BALTIMORE, MD
Stephanie will present on a panel about the borderlands at AWP. Details TBA.
Saturday, April 11 — SAN ANTONIO, TX
Stephanie will participate in the panel “Sandra Cisneros Presents: Writing Between Worlds” at the San Antonio Book Festival from 10 – 11 am.
Video Portfolio
This Video Portfolio features clips from two of Stephanie’s favorite performances:
“All the Agents and Saints,” held at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee on October 18, 2018. Based on her 2017 book of the same name, this keynote explores the ramifications of having an international borderline split an ancestral land in two, as experienced by the Tejanos of the Texas/Mexico borderlands and Mohawks of the Akwesasne Nation at the New York/Canada borderlands.
“Art Above Everything,” held at the 2018 NonfictioNow Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on November 3, 2018. This keynote follows her 12-nation journey to interview artists about the value of living an art-focused life—and her own reflections on the matter.
Here is what recent hosts have said about Stephanie’s visits:
“Stephanie Elizondo Griest is one of the most dynamic public speakers I know – full of vitality and urgency, passionate without being strident. She never fails to leave an audience mesmerized by her powerful words.”
– Robin Hemley, Author; Founder, NonfictioNow Conference
“Not just students and staff but many community members came together to hear her speak wisdom and hope when the world seemed to be coming apart. Women, in particular, left feeling empowered and on fire. Students felt inspired and motivated. And to me, she is not only a gifted writer and speaker, but a teaching artist sister friend lifting others up so that they too can find room to stand on their own.”
– Dr. Liza Ann Acosta, University Dean, North Park University
“My students were awestruck and one student asked how she could ‘be like her.’ It is a treat to have her visit and to hear this amazing and vibrant writer.”
– Oliver de la Paz, Poet and Associate Professor of Creative Writing, College of the Holy Cross
“Stephanie Elizondo Griest reminds us of art’s urgency and necessity, especially in moments of great personal and political pain. Her talk compels us to remember the essential role art-makers have in generating futures of hope during dangerous times.”
– Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, Author, Assistant Professor of English, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Yale-NUS College Singapore