The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State<\/p>\n

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Special Events:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4th Annual World Languages and Literatures International Film Festival<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Dallas, January 29-February 26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Festival of International Books & Arts (FESTIBA)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Edinburg, February 25-March 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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10th biennial Texas Medal of Arts Awards<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Austin, February 26-27<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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People’s Poetry Festival<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Corpus Christi, February 28-March 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis with WITS Youth Poets<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Houston, February 28-March 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gemini Ink presents UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH TERRANCE HAYES<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, San Antonio, February 28\u2013March 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ongoing Exhibits:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, San Antonio, December 3-April 25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Women of Flatbed: A Retrospective<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Austin, January 17-April 28<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Austin, February 1-March 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites Features Seven Beloved Children\u2019s Books<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Midland, February 2-April 18<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Austin, February 2-June 22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Worlds of W O N D E R: David Ezra Stein<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Abilene, February 14-May 18<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Words\/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, Austin, February 17-May 26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday, February 25:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>LEILA SLIMANI speaking & signing Ad\u00e8le<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas Museum of Art, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Arts & Letters Live presents Reyna Grande reading and discussing A Dream Called Home<\/em>, and Valeria Luiselli reading and discussing Lost Children Archive<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:30PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Bookshop, <\/span><\/span><\/span> Jennifer Robson reading and signing THE GOWN, and Elise Hooper reading and signing LEARNING TO SEE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>a themed happy hour followed by Chloe Aridjis reading and signing SEA MONSTERS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forest Hills Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Monica Mu\u00f1oz Martinez discussing and signing The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Marcos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas State – The Wittliff Collections, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Deborah Paredez reading and signing Year of the Dog: Poetry as Feminist Lament<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, February 26:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>JILL GRIFFIN speaking & signing Follow These Leaders: Wisdom and Mentorship from the Voices of Success<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span> Austin edition of Why There Are Words reading series: The theme of this month\u2019s reading is \u201cWalk on the Wild Side,\u201d and the readers are Tom\u00e1s Q. Mor\u00edn, Carrie Fountain, Sarah Bird, and Eliza Gilkyson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prohibition Creamery, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Book Festival’s first Book Tips and Sips with authors Juli Berwald and ire\u2019ne lara silva, along with Texas Book Festival Literary Director Julie Wernersbach<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spiderhouse Ballroom, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Austin Poetry Slam featuring Jason Bayani<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:15PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Writing Barn, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Workshop: “The Importance of Backstory: Crafting Deeper Characters” with Janet Fox<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam: <\/span><\/span><\/span>DFW Unplugged featuring NOVA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Morning News Auditorium, <\/span><\/span><\/span>PEN America presents “Boundaries and Borders: Storytelling and Journalism” with investigative journalist Anna Badkhen in conversation with the Dallas Morning News<\/em>\u2019s assistant managing editor for Features and Community Engagement, Thomas Huang<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ann Weisgarber reading and signing THE GLOVEMAKER<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Moody Performance Hall, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Storytelling: Oral Fixation presents “Monkey Business,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SMU, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tate Lecture Series presents Lisa Randall, author of Warped Passages, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs and Knocking on Heaven\u2019s Door<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

VA Clinic, Tumblewords Project workshop series for veterans and their families<\/span><\/a>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fort Worth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dock Bookshop, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Poetry and Open Mic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bohemeo’s, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Glass Mountain<\/span> reading<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/em>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>James Glassman presents THE HOUSTORIAN CALENDAR<\/span><\/a>,<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Katy Budget Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dawn Adams Cole signs Drops of Cerulean<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rice U, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Valeria Luiselli (Lost Children Archive<\/em>) and Tommy Orange (There There<\/em>)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee<\/span><\/a>, 9:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Twig Book Shop, poet <\/span><\/span><\/span>Clarence Wolfshohl, reading from and signing Chupacabra<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, February 27:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>KATHRYN ORMSBEE speaking & signing The Great Unknowable End<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Terrazas Branch Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Aural Literature February Reading<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Collectors Covey, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Becky Crouch Patterson will give a talk and sign her new book, Luckenbach Texas – The Center of The Universe<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Deep Vellum Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mary Adkins reading and signing When You Read This<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SMU – Fondren Library, Friends of the SMU Libraries hosts <\/span><\/span><\/span>Thomas Mallon reading and signing LANDFALL<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

B&N – Fountains at Farah, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Roma Calatayud-Stocks signing A Symphony of Rivals<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Avant Garden, <\/span><\/span><\/span>5 Year Wanniversary Poetry + Pizza Party<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dawn Adams Cole reading and signing DROPS OF CERULEAN<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jeff Beck, city planner, urban designer, and author of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places<\/em>, in conversation with Kinder Institute Director Bill Fulton (followed by a book signing)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pflugerville<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pflugerville Public Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Senior Lunch and Learn with author Judith Austin Mills<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trinity U – Coates Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>join Trinity University Press for the launch of Trinity University: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong>February 28<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Central Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI speaking & signing The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>THOMAS MALLON speaking & signing Landfall<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Frank Irwin Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Becoming<\/span>: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/em>, 8PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Harry Ransom Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span> Collated & Perfect: panel discussing the changing standards that collectors\u2014and institutions\u2014have used to describe and evaluate early printed books<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 4:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>ACC\u2019s Creative Writing Department introduces the Balcones Prize winners: Alessandra Lynch will read from her poetry collection, Daylily Called it a Dangerous Moment<\/em>, and Brian Van Reet will read from his novel, Spoils<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spiderhouse Ballroom, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Storytelling: Testify presents “Matched<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>,” 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Vortex, <\/span><\/span><\/span>the Austin debut of international touring poet and author Jason Bayani with his critically-acclaimed “Locus of Control,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Canyon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Burrowing Owl Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Poetry Circle with the High Plains Poetry Project<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas Holocaust Museum\/Center for Education and Tolerance, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Upstander Speaker Series: Loung Ung, Cambodian Genocide Survivor and author of First They Killed My Father<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Half Price Books Mothership, <\/span><\/span><\/span>John Wiley will sell and sign his novel, An Inconvenient Herd<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SMU, <\/span><\/span><\/span>William J. O\u2019Neil Lecture in Business Journalism: David A. Kaplan, author of The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court’s Assault on the Constitution<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 3:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SMU, <\/span><\/span><\/span>SMU Gilbert Lecture Series: Tilling the Wings: Poems from Tractors and Sandhill Cranes with poet Abraham Smith<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Wild Detectives, <\/span><\/span><\/span>The hit podcast, Dr. Death, tells a true Dallas story reported and hosted by Laura Beil, who will be in conversation with NY Times<\/em> best-selling author, Michael J. Mooney<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Denton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNT, <\/span><\/span><\/span>reading and Q&A with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, author of Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dripping Springs<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, <\/span><\/span><\/span>David K. Langford discussing and signing Seasons at Selah: The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Edinburg<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UTRGV, <\/span><\/span><\/span>poet Juan Morales will be reading from his latest book, The Handyman’s Guide to the End of Times<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 12:15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Barbed Wire Open Mic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Fernando Brave discussing and signing ARCHITECTURE FOR THE ARTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Poison Girl, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Malachi Black, Brittny Crowell, and Chris Cander<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Writespace, Workshop: <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Self-Publishing 101: How to Create, Market, and Sell Your Book” with D.L. Young<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lubbock<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Tech, <\/span><\/span><\/span>TTU Creative Writing Reading Series featuring Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Michael Nye discussing and signing My Heart is Not Blind<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Marcos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas State – The Wittliff Collections, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Joe Nick Patoski discussing and signing Austin to ATX<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Friday, March 1:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alpine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Front Street Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>W.K. Stratton discussing and signing The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>CARLY POLLACK speaking & signing Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>a reading from poets Abraham Smith and Greg Brownderville<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Vortex, <\/span><\/span><\/span>the Austin debut of international touring poet and author Jason Bayani with his critically-acclaimed “Locus of Control,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Last Chance Slam<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Literarity Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jos\u00e9 de Pi\u00e9rola reading and signing his story collection, Fabulations <\/em>(in conversation with Tim Z. Hernandez)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Randall Watson reading and signing NO EVIL IS WIDE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Discovery Green, WITS: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Youth Performance Poetry Sessions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Inprint House, <\/span><\/span><\/span>First Friday Reading Series with Elina Petrova<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 8:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kaboom Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bucky Miller pop-up show and release of his chapbook, Long-Term Monitoring Plan<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trinity U – Holt Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Madrid Lecture & Symposium’s “Chicana Teatristas: Past and Present” with Cherr\u00ede Moraga and Denise Ch\u00e1vez<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 9AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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UTSA, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Boris Fishman, author of A Replacement Life<\/em> and Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday, March 2:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN WILD speaking & signing The Amazing Idea of You<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>JAMES HALEY speaking & signing The Handy Texas Answer Book<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emma S. Barrientos MACC, <\/span><\/span><\/span>discussion and reception for Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era<\/em>, featuring a panel discussion with co-editors and contributors Maylei Blackwell, Mar\u00eda Eugenia Cotera, Martha P. Cotera, Dionne Espinoza, and Brenda Sendejo<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Harry Ransom Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Open House<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>an evening with author Allison Cobb and poet m\u00f3nica teresa ortiz<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Museum of Human Achievement, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wires: A Choose Your Own Audio Adventure<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Vortex, <\/span><\/span><\/span>the Austin debut of international touring poet and author Jason Bayani with his critically-acclaimed “Locus of Control,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

B&N – Prestonwood, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Maria Bower signing Faith VS. Weight<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas Central Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Our Voices: Storytelling and Poetry Open-Mic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Emily Summers discussing and signing DISTINCTLY MODERN INTERIORS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lakewood Branch Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lakewood Library Friends presents historian and humorist Rose-Mary Rumbley commemorating 183 years of Texas with 183 Texas facts in 83 minutes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Margo Jones Theatre, <\/span><\/span><\/span>the longest running all-female poetry show of its kind: “In The Words Of A Sistah: Becoming,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “History for Poets” with David Romo<\/span><\/a>, 12:45PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Harper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Harper Public Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Workshop: Writers’ League of Texas presents “Texas Writes” with Natalia Sylvester and Marshall Ryan Maresca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BakerRipley Gulfton Sharpstown Campus, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Space City Slam Preliminary #4<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>: Compete for your chance to join the internationally-renowned Meta-Four Houston youth slam team, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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B&N – River Oaks, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Erin Nelsen Parekh launches The Wild Waves Whist<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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B&N – Vanderbilt, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Failure is Not an Option<\/span> booking signing with Zeljko Pavlovic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/em>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Blue Willow Bookshop, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Peter Reynolds will discuss and sign his new picture book SAY SOMETHING<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>A Special Story Time with Varsha Bajaj<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazos Bookstore, poet <\/span><\/span><\/span>Laura-Eve Engel reading from and signing THINGS THAT GO<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Carnegie Branch Library, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Public Poetry Reading Series presents Sean Johnson, Marie Brown, D.F. Brown, and Jose Ramon Ruisanchez<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Half Price Books – North Oaks, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Toyota Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Becoming<\/span>: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/em>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gemini Ink, <\/span><\/span><\/span>“How is the Personal the Political?: An Epistolary Workshop” with Michelle Whitaker<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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South Padre Island<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paragraphs on Padre, <\/span><\/span><\/span>David Leija reading and signing TK’s First Lesson<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, March 3:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span>DANIEL HAMERMESH speaking & signing Spending Time: The Most Valuable Resource<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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BookWoman, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Linda Hanna Lloyd reading and signing The Syrian Peddler<\/em>, and Greg Buford reading and signing Making Ghosts Dance<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged with Special Guest Elizabeth L. Sammons<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Museum of Human Achievement, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wires: A Choose Your Own Audio Adventure<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Vortex, <\/span><\/span><\/span>the Austin debut of international touring poet and author Jason Bayani with his critically-acclaimed “Locus of Control,”<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u> 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nHalf Price Books Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Wild Detectives, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jeff Tweedy will sign his memoir, Let\u2019s Go (So We Can Get Back)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 12:30PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

B&N – Fountains at Farah, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ned Wolf signing his Nandia Trilogy and his latest book, Awaken Your Power to Heal<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Marcus Emerson reading and signing BEN BRAVER AND THE INCREDIBLE EXPLODING KID<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mansfield<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Half Price Books, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Karen Oakes signing Drewsilla the Shelter Puppy<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u>, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Twig Book Shop, Lonn Taylor signing Turning the Pages of Texas<\/em><\/span><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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South Padre Island<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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