Maya is a warm, gifted speaker who loves connecting with audiences. She has extensive public speaking experience, from live TV and radio (CNN, NPR, BBC World) to international literary festivals, keynote speeches on campuses, book clubs, podcasts, libraries, and more. To check her availability, please email Maya at mayalang@gmail.com and her publicist, Maria Braeckel, at mbraeckel@penguinrandomhouse.com.
10/19/23. Visiting Author, The Loomis Chaffee School, CT.
09/21 – 9/23/23. WIT Festival, Lenox, MA. Joint event with Emma Straub. Fellow speakers include Jane Smiley, Michael Cunningham, Rita Dove, and more.
08/27/23. Hathaway Brown School. Keynote speaker.
08/20 – 08/25/23. StoryStudio Chicago Writers Conference, Faculty.
07/12 – 07/16/23. Southampton Writers Conference, Faculty.
06/09/23. Keynote Speaker, JFCS, Philadelphia.
04/12/23. Keynote Speaker, Bryn Mawr College.
01/10/23. Master Class, “Vulnerability and Presence in Memoir.” Young Arts Week, Miami.
10/15/22. Featured Speaker. Rocky Mountain Literary Festival.
09/17/22. Provincetown Literary Festival, in conversation with Ruth Ozeki.
09/01/22. Keynote Speaker. The Hathaway Brown School.
5/5/22. Author Talk with Julie Metz on mother/daughter memoirs, Literati Bookstore.
3/25/22. Panelist, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Philadelphia.
2/10/22. Keynote Speaker, Global Education Benchmark Group.
10/12/21. Pen Parentis October Salon.
10/7/21. Arlington Author Salon.
10/6/21. Book the Writer with Jean Hanff Korelitz.
10/5/21. PEN America Gala.
10/4/21. Zibby Books Launch + Zibby Awards, Center for Fiction, Brooklyn.
9/25. Bucks County Literary Festival. Featured author.
9/17 – 9/19. Provincetown Book Festival. Featured Author.
7/27. Elliott Bay Book Company. Seattle, WA. In conversation with author Marjan Kamali. Recording here.
4/26/21. Author event, Porter Square Books, with Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of My Salinger Year.
4/27/21. Author event, Book Movement. Recording here.
5/4/21. Book Revue Bookshop. Joint event with author Jennifer Dupee.
5/5/21. Penguin Random House Mother’s Day Event. Featured Speaker.
6/3/21. Book YaYa. Joint event with Christie Tate, author of Group.
6/9/21. Loomis Chaffee Alumni Author Event.
2/25/21. Panelist, PEN America.
3/6/21. AWP. Presenter at The Kenyon Review.
3/23/21. Speaker, 92nd Street Y.
4/12/21. Author Event. Northeast Harbor Library.
4/14/21. Children’s Burn Foundation Virtual Gala Benefit. With Julie Metz, author of Eve and Eva.
4/18/21. Author Event, Wild Geese Bookshop.
4/21/21. Author Event, Doylestown Bookshop.
4/23/21. Presenter, The Muse and the Marketplace Conference.
12/11/20. Jaipur Literary Festival. Fellow speakers include Neil Gaiman and Jhumpa Lahiri.
12/10/20. Pune International Literary Festival.
10/18/20. Brattleboro Literary Festival. Fellow presenters include Paul Krugman, Steve Almond, Julia Phillips.
10/9/20. Interview with Sonali Bendre on Instagram Live. Recording here.
9/10/20. Speaker, Swarthmore College. Video here.
8/29/20. Women Writers’ Festival, SheThePeopleTV, India’s largest platform for women.
8/19/20. The Boston Public Library and WGBH select What We Carry as their August Book of the Month.
6/1/20. Goodreads Virtual Author Tour. Video here.
5/19/20. Zibby Owens’ Book Club. Video here.
5/9/20. Texas Book Festival Author Interview.
5/7/20. Porter Square Books Virtual Event.
4/24/20. House of Beautiful/An Author A Day Virtual Event. Video here.
Past Events for The Sixteenth of June
LONG BEACH, CA. Literary Women Festival. Featured speaker.
BOSTON, MA. “The Muse and the Marketplace” Grub Street Literary Conference.
NYC. Hunter College. “Women in Fiction” panel.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY. POKLIT: Poughkeepsie Literary Artists: Live.
TULSA, OK. Guest speaker for Bloomsday. Author talk, University of Tulsa.
BOSTON, MA. “The Muse and the Marketplace” Conference.
SWARTHMORE, PA. Visiting speaker at Swarthmore College and judge for the William Plumer Potter Fiction Contest.
DOYLESTOWN, PA. Doylestown Bookshop. Joint event with Robin Black, Rachel Cantor, Pamela Erens, Nomi Eve, Elise Juska and Violet Kupersmith.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Free Library of Philadelphia. Joint event with Kevin Birmingham, author of The Most Dangerous Book.
NEW YORK, NY: Monday, June 16, 7 p.m. The Strand. NYC Book Launch and Bloomsday Party. In conversation with author David Gilbert, & Sons. Wine, treats, merriment.
MADISON, CT: Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m. RJ Julia Bookstore.
CHICAGO, IL: Saturday, June 7, 5 p.m. City Lit Books. In conversation with Rebecca Makkai, The Hundred-Year House.
CHICAGO, IL: Saturday, June 7, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. “Coming Into Adulthood” Panel with Charles Finch (The Last Enchantments) and Joshua Max Feldman (The Book of Jonah). Moderated by Tony Romano (When the World Was Young). Printers Row Lit Fest.
SEATTLE, WA: Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m. Third Place Ravenna. Reading and signing.
ORCAS ISLAND, WA: Tuesday, June 3, 6 p.m. Darvill’s Bookstore. Reading and signing.
SEATTLE, WA: Sunday, June 1, 3 p.m. Elliott Bay Bookstore. Book launch.