In 2009, he organized and executed a speaking tour of the mainland United States,
driving 13,934 miles in a hybrid car and doing 41 events in 39 cities. He was concerned
about polarization and hysteria – which seemed to be spiraling out of control – and
the theme of his talks was ‘Re-
The acclaim for his very entertaining ‘narrative performance’ was astonishing (see link below).
However, once his tour was underway, he received numerous e-
50-
50-
This was an amazing talk. Imran weaved Shakespeare, re-
McKell Moorhead – Florida
I’ve been to many talks by famous writers, but this was the most enjoyable one ever.
Audience
member – Atlanta April 3, 2009
Date |
|
State |
City |
April 15 |
Sun |
|
|
16 |
Mon |
NY |
New York City |
17 |
Tue |
NJ |
Toms River |
18 |
Wed |
NY |
New York City |
19 |
Thurs |
NY/NJ/CT/MA |
New York City |
20 |
Fri |
NY/NJ/CT/MA |
|
21 |
Sat |
NY |
New York City |
22 |
Sun |
|
|
23 |
Mon |
DC |
Washington |
24 |
Tue |
DC |
Washington |
25 |
Wed |
VA |
Richmond |
26 |
Thurs |
NC |
Charlotte |
27 |
Fri |
NC |
Raleigh |
28 |
Sat |
SC |
Charleston |
29 |
Sun |
FL |
Jacksonville |
30 |
Mon |
FL |
Orlando/St Pete |
May 1 |
Tue |
FL |
Tallahassee |
2 |
Wed |
GA |
Atlanta |
3 |
Thurs |
GA |
Atlanta |
4 |
Fri |
AL |
Birmingham |
5 |
Sat |
TN |
Nashville |
6 |
Sun |
TN |
Memphis |
7 |
Mon |
AR |
Little Rock |
7 |
Mon |
AR |
Little Rock |
8 |
Tue |
AR |
Little Rock |
9 |
Wed |
LA |
New Orleans |
10 |
Thurs |
LA |
Baton Rouge |
11 |
Fri |
TX |
Houston |
12 |
Sat |
TX |
Austin |
13 |
Sun |
TX |
Houston |
14 |
Mon |
TX |
Dallas |
15 |
Tue |
OK |
Oklahoma City |
16 |
Wed |
OK |
Tulsa |
17 |
Thurs |
NM |
Albuquerque |
18 |
Fri |
AZ |
Phoenix - |
19 |
Sat |
AZ |
Tucson |
20 |
Sun |
CA |
San Diego |
21 |
Mon |
CA |
Pasadena |
22 |
Tue |
CA |
LA |
23 |
Wed |
CA |
Mountain View |
24 |
Thurs |
CA |
San Francisco |
25 |
Fri |
|
gimmeabreak |
26 |
Sat |
OR |
Portland |
27 |
Sun |
WA |
Seattle |
28 |
Mon |
|
gimmeabreak |
29 |
Tue |
ID |
Boise |
30 |
Wed |
UT |
Salt Lake City |
31 |
Thurs |
CO |
Denver |
June 1 |
Fri |
NE |
Omaha |
2 |
Sat |
MO |
Kansas City |
3 |
Sun |
MO |
St Louis |
4 |
Mon |
IA |
Iowa City |
5 |
Tue |
MN |
Minn/StPaul |
6 |
Wed |
MN |
Minn/StPaul |
7 |
Thurs |
WI |
Madison |
8 |
Fri |
WI |
Milwaukee |
9 |
Sat |
IL |
Chicago |
10 |
Sun |
IL |
Chicago |
11 |
Mon |
IL |
Chicago |
12 |
Tue |
MI |
Kalamazoo |
13 |
Wed |
MI |
Dearborn |
14 |
Thurs |
OH |
Cincinnati |
15 |
Fri |
OH |
Columbus |
16 |
Sat |
PA |
Philadelphia |
17 |
Sun |
NY/NJ/CT/MA |
|
18 |
Mon |
|
|
19 |
Tue |
|
|
|
|
|
|