Stealing America Book Tour Dates


Linford D. Fisher, Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History (Liveright/Norton, 2026).

3.9.26 – (rescheduled!) Tomaquag Museum, Exeter, RI (virtual), 12 noon EST

3.11.26Slave Legacy History Coalition, Boston (virtual), 10:30 am EST

3.15.26 – Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (virtual)

3.27.26 – “First America: The Legacies of the Declaration of Independence for Native Nations” conference, Yale University (panel on Stolen Relations; book launch celebration at evening reception)

3.30.26University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2 pm EST, in conversation with Prof. Kathy Brown

4.2.26University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 5 pm EST

4.8.26Colonial Society of Massachusetts / Historic Bostons, Boston, MA, 7 pm EST

4.9.26Canisius University, Buffalo, NY

4.11.26 – British Association for American Studies conference (paper), Glasgow, Scotland

4.16.26 – New York University, New York City, NY

4.21.26McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4.24.26 – John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI **Academic Launch**; with Phil Deloria (Harvard) and Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag); 5 pm, with reception following; registration for both in person and Zoom attendance requested

4.27.26 – University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

4.27.26Print: A Bookstore, with SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME, in conversation with Zahir Janmohammad

4.28.26 – RiffRaff Bookstore, Providence, RI , in conversation with Prof. Mack Scott (Narragansett), Brown University **PUBLICATION DAY AND OFFICIAL PUBLIC LAUNCH**

4.29.26Charter Books and Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI

4.30.26Roslindale Library with Rozzie Bound, Roslindale, MA, in conversation with Kevin Murray

5.1.26Politics & Prose Bookstore, 7 pm, Washington, DC

5.6.26Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA, in conversation with Maria K. John

5.11.26City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA (virtual)

5.14.26Maury Loontjens Memorial Library and Wakefield Books, Narragansett, RI, in conversation with Vanessa Lillie

5.21.2619th Century Worlds Seminar, Université Paris Nanterre, Paris, France

5.22.26Experiencing Contact in Native North America conference (paper), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

5.28.26American Antiquarian Society, 7 pm, Worcester, MA

6.2.26 – Laurelmead Cooperative, Providence, RI

[postponed — date tbd] – The Yale Bookstore, New Haven, Connecticut

6.8.26Bermuda Archives and Bermuda National Library, Hamilton, Bermuda

6.17.26William Hall Library, Cranston, RI, in conversation with Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason

6.18.26Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, NY, in conversation with scholar Joseph M. Pierce (Cherokee Nation), and novelists Eliana Ramage (Cherokee Nation) and Greg Sarris (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)

6.20.26Symposium Books, Providence, RI, 4 pm, in conversation with TBD

6.22.26 – Durham University, England, UK (virtual)

6.28.26 – La France et la Révolution américaine conference (paper), La Rochelle, France

7.12.26 – Beijing, China

7.21.26NewSouth Bookstore, Montgomery, AL

7.30.26Queens Public Library, NYC, NY (virtual)

9.12.26 – Third House Nature Center, Montauk, NY, 1 pm

9.16.26Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 4 pm

9.22.26 – Lifelong Learning Collaborative, Cranston, RI, 10 am

9.29.26 – Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

9.30.26Gilcrease Museum / Helmerich Center, Tulsa, OK, 7 pm

10.13.26American Ancestors, Boston, MA, 6 pm (virtual)

10.19.26 – Tufts University, Medford, MA, 5pm

10.21.26 – Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 2:30 pm

10.25.26 – Christ Church, Pomfret, CT, 2 pm

10.26.26 – Columbia University, New York, NY, 6 pm

11.3.26 – American Indian Workshop (paper), University of Geneva, Switzerland (virtual)

11.5.26Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, 6 pm

11.19.26 – Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts, Union Club, Boston, MA, 12 noon

12.9.26University of Rhode Island, South Kingstown, RI, 5 pm

12.11.26 – University of the West Indies, Cross Campus Seminar — Jamaica and Barbados (virtual), 1 pm EST

1.19.27 – New York Library Association, author talk, Combating Racism series (virtual)

2.18.27 – Bergen County Historical Society, NJ, 7 pm (virtual)

Look for additional dates in spring 2027!