Theo will be offering a tribute for the late Dan Pearlman at a special event at this year's Ocean State Summer Writer's Conference at the University of Rhode Island. The program honors URI Creative Writing Faculty in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and cross-genre prose, Paul Petrie, Nancy Potter, Dan Pearlman, and Robert Leuci. It is titled "Inspired Pedagogy, Literary Influence, and the Writing Life" and features authors Mary Cappello, Christina Pugh, and Mike Lennon, in addition to Theo. The event takes place on Thursday, June 23, at 4:30 pm at Green Hall, and is free and open to the public.