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Kenner, Holly Castillo, and LM Gonzalez, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-59\">Monday, November 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u325062-61\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-64\">\n<li id=\"u325062-63\">BookPeople, AMIR HUSAIN speaking &#038; signing The Sentient Machine, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u325062-67\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-70\">\n<li id=\"u325062-69\">Interabang Books, Mary Lindsey reads and signs HAVEN, and Victoria Scott reads and signs VIOLET GRENADE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u325062-73\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-76\">\n<li id=\"u325062-75\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Almost Gone: Twenty-Five Days and One Chance to Save Our Daughter book signing with John Baldwin, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u325062-79\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-82\">\n<li id=\"u325062-81\">Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: &#8220;Artistry in Citizenship: Building, Growing, and Sustaining Literary Community&#8221; with Joe Milazzo, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-85\">Tuesday, November 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u325062-87\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-92\">\n<li id=\"u325062-89\">BookPeople, Jesse Sublett speaking &#038; signing Esther&#8217;s Follies, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u325062-91\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Ayokunle Falomo (hosted by Jomar Valentin), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u325062-95\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-102\">\n<li id=\"u325062-97\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, New York Times best-selling author Shea Serrano signing his latest book, Basketball (And Other Things), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u325062-101\">The Twig Book Shop, Andrea Eames reads and signs The White Shadow and The Cry of the Go-Away Bird, 5PM<br \/><span id=\"u325063\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/andrea-eames-white-shadow-and-cry-go-away-bird\"  id=\"u325064\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20112117.jpg\"  id=\"u325064_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-105\">Wednesday, November 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u325062-111\">No public events; go home and read a cookbook (see our <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/ad%c3%a1n-medrano-111917.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u325062-107\">interview today with Ad\u00e1n Medrano<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-114\">Thursday, November 23\u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving, y&#8217;all!<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-117\">Friday, November 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u325062-119\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-122\">\n<li id=\"u325062-121\">Cherrywood Coffeehouse, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED 3: Thanksgiving Special Hosted by TPB + open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u325062-125\">Saturday, November 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u325062-127\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u325062-132\">\n<li id=\"u325062-129\">BookPeople, Special guest story time with Seth Fishman, author of A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u325062-131\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, local author J.M. 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