Missionaries, zealots. Proselytists! Please leave me. I would be alone. Peddle your picture Bibles elsewhere. I am content to dance my heathen dances and sharpen my weapons on stones. –Everyone’s Pretty
May 2025
05.28 | Brooklyn Rail Broadcast
EVENT: A conversation
TIME: 1:00 PM EST, 10:00 AM PST
LOCATION: The Brookline Rail | Zoom broadcast
TICKETS: Register for free here
For their New Social Environment series, The Brooklyn Rail has invited Mandana Chaffa, founder and editor-in-chief of Nowruz Journal, to join Lydia for a talk about her new collection of short fiction, Atavists: Stories.
June 2025
06.15–21 | Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
EVENT: Workshop
LOCATION: Bread Loaf Campus of Middlebury College | 75 Franklin St, Middlebury, VT
DATES AND FEES: Registration website
Lydia will serve as guest faculty at the 12th annual Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, a week-long event focused on developing literary writing about the environment and the natural world. The conference is cosponsored by the Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program and the Franklin Environmental Center.
Interested in booking Lydia Millet?
For all speaking engagements (virtual and in person), please contact Dawn Stuart here.