Kiese Laymon

Greenwood Cultural Center 322 N. Greenwood Ave., Tulsa, OK, United States

PART OF THE 2018 TULSA LITFEST Kiese Laymon is widely considered one of America's most exciting young essayists. Laymon is best-known for his essay collection “How to Slowly Kill Yourself...

Robert Polito

Magic City Books 221 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK, United States

Part of Tulsa LitFest Join us for an afternoon celebrating Oklahoma’s own Jim Thompson with acclaimed writer and biographer, Robert Polito. Jim Thompson was one of the greatest crime novelists...

David Friend

Tulsa Artist Fellowship Refinery 109 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tulsa, OK, United States

Part of Tulsa LitFest Longtime Vanity Fair editor David Friend explores a sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive...

Frances Mayes

Congregation B'nai Emunah 1719 S. Owasso Ave., Tulsa, United States

On the final day of the Tulsa LitFest: Enjoy an afternoon with bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun. Written with Frances Mayes’s trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of...

RJ Young

OSU-Tulsa Auditorium 700 N Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States

Join us for the official book launch event for RJ Young. Let it Bang chronicles the quest, funny and searing, of a young man black man learning to shoot—a fascinating...

SOLD OUT: Stacey Abrams at LitFest

Booker T. Washington High School 1514 E. Zion Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Registration is currently closed. We hope you will join us at other Tulsa Lit Fest events. For a full schedule, please visit: http://www.tulsaartistfellowship.org/tulsa-litfest/ Breakout star Stacey Abrams has written the guide to harnessing...

Terence Hawkins

Magic City Books 221 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK, United States

Magic City Books is proud to host the Tulsa launch event for Terence Hawkins and his new book, American Neolithic, the latest book from Tulsa publisher, The Calliope Group. It's...

Tulsa Lit Fest – Select Events Online

Magic City Books 221 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK, United States

2020 Tulsa LitFest will feature select events ONLINE Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our community, so we are canceling Tulsa LitFest. With all of...

Deep Greenwood: The Lingering Legacies of Urban Renewal

OSU-Tulsa Auditorium 700 N Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States

Local author and National Magazine Award nominee Victor Luckerson is partnering with Tulsa colleges, bookstores and community organizations on a series of free events aimed at expanding the understanding of...