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{"id":1619,"date":"2019-05-26T09:45:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:30:40","slug":"bookish-texas-week-05262019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1619&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 05.26.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish events in Texas, May 26-June2, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">Bookish Texas \u2022 Events Around the State<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\"><em>The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings,&nbsp;lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t see your book or literary event here? Email&nbsp;<u><a href=\"mailto:Events@lonestarliterary.com\">Events@lonestarliterary.com<\/a><\/u><u>&nbsp;<\/u>with&nbsp;your complete info two weeks in advance of the issue in which your event is scheduled, and we&#8217;ll include it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>Bookish goings-on in Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"color:#c0392b\">by<\/span>&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasbooklover.com\/\">Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>FOR THE WEEK OF 05.26.2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SPECIAL EVENTS:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writefesthouston.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writefest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Houston, May 27-June 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/297704694423259\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dallas Festival of Books &amp;amp; Ideas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, May 28-June 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2558097814203746\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Friends of the Dallas Public Library Book Sale (supporting summer reading programs)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, May 31-June 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FriendsFWLibrary\/photos\/a.293731957320956\/2709704552390339\/?type=3&amp;theater\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Fort Worth Public Library Book Sale<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, May 31-June 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agavemarfa.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Agave Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Marfa, June 1-9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/authors.deartexas.info\/index.php\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Authors in the Parks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, various locations, June 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tamu.edu\/book-history\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">18th Annual Book History Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, College Station, June 2-7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">EXHIBITS:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/reception-and-exhibit-opening-our-people-the-life-and-the-work-of-author-angela-shelf-medearis-tickets-54655868173?ref=enivtefor001&amp;invite=MTU3Nzg1NjAvYW5nZWxhbWVkZWFyaXNAZ21haWwuY29tLzA%3D&amp;utm_source=eb_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&amp;utm_term=eventpage\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, February 2-June 22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.smu.edu\/site\/perkins\/event\/the-word-embodied-scripture-as-creative-inspiration-in-twentieth-century-book-arts\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Dallas, March 1-June 15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SUNDAY, MAY 26:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books&nbsp;Mother&nbsp;Ship,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">MONDAY, MAY 27:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hall of State at Fair Park,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/dallas-historical-society-historic-city-tour-2019\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dallas Historical Society presents a Historic City Tour: &#8220;Running with Bonnie and Clyde,&#8221; with author John Neal Phillips<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 9AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dead Tree&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2304534679789595\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Memorial Day Poetry Readings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">TUESDAY, MAY 28:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/virginia-reeves-behavior-love\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">VIRGINIA REEVES&nbsp;speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>The Behavior of Love<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Spiderhouse&nbsp;Ballroom,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2229212677331321\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Poetry&nbsp;Slam presents the 2019 Southern Fried Scrimmage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:15PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam&nbsp;presents&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/414980325724570\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">DFW Unplugged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books Mother Ship,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/407444783409334\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Stay Sexy &amp;amp; Read interactive event celebrating the release of&nbsp;<em>Stay Sexy &amp;amp; Don\u2019t Get Murdered: The Definitive How to Guide<\/em>&nbsp;from the creators of the #1 podcast \u201cMy Favorite Murder,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/risky-undertaking-loretta-singletary\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Terry Shames reading and signing A RISKY UNDERTAKING FOR LORETTA SINGLETARY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Wild Detectives,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewilddetectives.com\/events\/stone-soup\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writer&#8217;s Garret present the Stone Soup Poetry Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Writer&#8217;s Garret,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/461050957995266\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Rail&nbsp;Writers Open House for new teaching artists who have an interest in facilitating workshops and chaperoning DART rides for youth ages 5-18<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Black Orchid&nbsp;Lounge,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/277504869824197\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Barbed Wire Open Mic Series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fort Worth<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Dock Bookshop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry and Open Mic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Black Labrador,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houstonwritershouse.net\/our-events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Houston Writers House meeting&nbsp;featuring Tex Thompson and &#8220;The Gift of Place: Making Space for Your Next Extraordinary Breakthrough,&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The&nbsp;Mix,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/puroslam\/events\/?ref=page_internal\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee<\/a>, 9:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/jo-watson-hackl-smack-dab-middle-maybe\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jo Watson Hackl reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">WEDNESDAY, MAY 29:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Central Presbyterian Church,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/admiral-william-mcraven-cpc-sea-stories\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">BookPeople presents ADMIRAL WILLIAM MCRAVEN speaking and signing&nbsp;<em>Sea Stories<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon&nbsp;Street Poets presents&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2360894340835774\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Aural Literature May Reading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/truth-worth-telling\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Scott Pelley discussing and signing TRUTH WORTH TELLING<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fountains at&nbsp;Farah,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062030132-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Author signing event with Jeff Snyder Constance Moore Ophelia Phillip Tasha Askew Lisa Capreilli Eli Greenbaum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Avant Garden,&nbsp;Write&nbsp;About Now&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1143400525858441\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry Open Mic featuring Meta-Four Houston<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/virginia-reeves-behavior-love\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Virginia Reeves reading and signing THE BEHAVIOR OF LOVE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the&nbsp;Book,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/terry-shames\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Terry Shames will sign and discuss&nbsp;<em>A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary<\/em>, and Carolyn Haines will sign and discuss&nbsp;<em>Game of Bones<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">THURSDAY, MAY 30:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/emma-berquist-missing-presumed-dead\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">EMMA BERQUIST&nbsp;speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>Missing, Presumed Dead<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Blue Willow&nbsp;Bookshop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/abbigail-n-rosewood\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Abbigail N. Rosewood will discuss and sign her novel IF I HAD TWO LIVES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brasil,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/aia-houston-historic-resources-concrete-steel\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">AIA Houston presents a talk comparing two cases of research, advocacy, and preservation of modern built heritage in U.S. cities, drawing on recent books,&nbsp;<em>Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/gulf-coast-panel-summer-2019\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">State of the Art: A Discussion on Art Criticism organized by&nbsp;<em>Gulf Coast<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Irving<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">South Irving Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofirving.org\/Calendar.aspx?EID=10599&amp;month=5&amp;year=2019&amp;day=23&amp;calType=0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Retired City of Irving police officer Doug Hutchison and his wife Carol discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Behind the Texas Badge&nbsp;<\/em>(proceeds to Texas chapters of Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) and Texas Game Warden Association&#8217;s Great Fall Huntventure, a program for the children of fallen officers)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Carmen De la&nbsp;Calle,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/geminiink.org\/event\/meditations-on-the-mind-and-mouth-jazz-and-poetry-with-a-purpose-featuring-andrea-vocab-sanderson\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Meditations on the Mind and Mouth: Jazz and Poetry with a Purpose featuring Andrea \u201cVOCAB\u201d Sanderson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">FRIDAY, MAY 31:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/lorene-cary-ladysitting\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">LORENE CARY&nbsp;speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>Ladysitting<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookWoman,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/book-talk-reading-misogyny-projective-identification-and-mentalization-karyne-messina\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Book Talk &amp;amp; Reading:&nbsp;<em>Misogyny, Projective Identification, and Mentalization<\/em>&nbsp;by Karyne Messina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">George Washington Carver Museum,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/867205413616080\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">KAZI Book Review 10th Anniversary: Hopeton Hay in conversation with Dr. Randal Jelks, author of FAITH AND STRUGGLE IN THE LIVES OF FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hearth &amp; Soul ATX,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/418087208981318\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">A Mile Above Texas<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Jay B. Sauceda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Heroes Grill,&nbsp;Dallas&nbsp;Poetry Slam p<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/592738597906486\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">resents: Glowetry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/literary-city\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">the Dallas Books &amp;amp; Ideas Festival presents &#8220;The Literary City&#8221; with keynote speaker Oscar C\u00e1sares and a panel discussion with Sarah Hepola, Sanderia Faye, Ben Fountain, and Dr. Jaina Sanga (moderated by Lauren Smart)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/writefest-keynote-phong-nguyen\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Writefest Keynote with Phong Nguyen<\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Paris<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Blind&nbsp;Pig,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/460178248059057\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Grand Opening Speakeasy Soiree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SATURDAY, JUNE 1:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/roger-dooley-friction\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">ROGER DOOLEY&nbsp;speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>Friction<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/s-craig-watkins-dont-knock-hustle\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">S. CRAIG WATKINS&nbsp;speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>Don&#8217;t Knock the Hustle<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Casa de Resistencia,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/400433190541924\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">A Poetry Reading: Carolina Hinojosa-Cisnero<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">s, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/the-lion-the-pirate-open-mic-2\/?instance_id=2936\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Lion &amp;amp; The Pirate Open Mic featuring Jeff Moyer and Cook &amp;amp; Rose<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Bachman Lake Public Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/oral-fixation-presents-freedmans-town-botham-jean\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Oral Fixation presents &#8220;Freedman&#8217;s Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing,&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Deep Vellum Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.com\/events\/2019\/nadia-arioli-presents-signs-taken-for-wonders\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Nadia Arioli presents SIGNS TAKEN FOR WONDERS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/typewriter-rodeo-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Typewriter Rodeo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">: get your own personalized poem on the spot, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso Public Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2345403402372483\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Other People&#8217;s Lives&#8221; with Kit Wren<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12:45PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Anya Tish Gallery,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.haatx.com\/#!#eventArea\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">A Rosy Afternoon with sculptor William Cannings and Catherine Anspon, author of&nbsp;<em>Texas Artists Today<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; River Oaks,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/pr-book-presents-dave-ward-book-signing\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Newsman Dave Ward signing his memoir,&nbsp;<em>Good Evening, Friends: A Broadcaster Shares His Life<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/walt-whitmans-birthday-party\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Walt Whitman\u2019s Birthday Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;reception, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the&nbsp;Book,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/denizens-dark-signing\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Denizens of the Dark<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;signing with Laura Elvebak, Cash Anthony, C.J. Sweet, Leif Carl Behmer, and L. Stewart Hearl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">River Oaks Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/desert-candles-book-launch-with-elina-petrova-tickets-62060141554?aff=odeieiconstantcontact&amp;ctct_id=0e3ea1e4-89e6-497b-b849-c2eaeebb01f4_p2&amp;ctct_c=OopbDVAy-rZ4eNuZWvD8SUFIjxBUDZjV4feX5Cy5QnBtUi8OOVZA8g==\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">launch of Elina Petrova&#8217;s newest poetry collection,&nbsp;<em>Desert Candles<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Marcos<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dr. Michael Nelson Miller will sign&nbsp;<em>Red, White, and Green: The Maturing of Mexicanidad<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211;&nbsp;Northwoods,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062020512-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">JD Broyhill signing&nbsp;<em>Alexis Snipperdoom: Power Plays<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/irma-mathis-father-takes-all-four-generations-growing-single-mother-homes-grace-abounds\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Irma Mathis signing&nbsp;<em>A Father Takes All: Four Generations of Growing Up in Single Mother Homes &#8211; Grace Abounds<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Larder at Hotel Emma,&nbsp;Paula Disbrowe signing <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotelemma.com\/culinary\/larder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0033ff\">Thank You for Smoking: Fun and Fearless Recipes Cooked with a Whiff of Wood Fire on Your Grill or Smoker,<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"color:black\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>10AM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Tyler<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Keri Baskin will sign her books&nbsp;<em>The Movement<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Pursuit<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Restoration<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Watauga<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Christian fiction author Fred Dickerson will sign copies of his series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SUNDAY, JUNE 2:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/cassy-joy-garcia-cook-once-eat-all-week\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">CASSY JOY GARCIA speaking &amp;amp; signing&nbsp;<em>Cook Once, Eat All Week<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookWoman,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/reading-signing-born-bed-you-were-made-brooklyn-james\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Reading &amp;amp; Signing:&nbsp;<em>Born in the Bed You Were Made<\/em>&nbsp;by Brooklyn James<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books &#8211; N. Lamar,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/half-price-books-fishkin-book-signing\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Gwen and Janna Lusk reading and signing their children&#8217;s book,&nbsp;<em>Fishkin<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/skye-jackson-book-launch\/?instance_id=2999\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">release of Skye Jackson\u2019s new chapbook,&nbsp;<em>A Faster Grave<\/em>, with readings by Jackson, Benjamin Aleshire, and Josh Denslow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/readings-from-donna-m-johnsons-personal-narrative-workshop-3\/?instance_id=2974\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Readings from Donna M. Johnson\u2019s Personal Narrative Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books&nbsp;Mother&nbsp;Ship,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Christopher Rector will sign his memoir,&nbsp;<em>The Cook: Memoirs of an Army Cook in Cold War Germany<\/em>, and inspirational author Adrienne Mullins will sign her memoir,&nbsp;<em>Just Being Honest: Revealing the Truth. Releasing the Shame<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/smack-dab-middle-maybe\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jo Watson Hackl reading and signing SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYBE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Denton<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062020594-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Treason&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">book signing with Mike Blackwell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Spring Forest Middle School,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/admiral-william-h-mcraven\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Blue Willow Bookshop presents Admiral William H. McRaven will discuss his new book, SEA STORIES: MY LIFE IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Lubbock<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Buddy Holly Center,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Watt M. Casey Jr. discussing his book&nbsp;<em>My Guitar is a Camera<\/em>, in conjunction with an exhibition of his photography<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Mansfield<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Richardson<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Drawing Board,&nbsp;Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writingworkshopsdallas.com\/break-into-ghostwriting\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">How to Break into Ghostwriting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&#8221; with&nbsp; Blake Atwood, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Watauga<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">children&#8217;s author Charles B. 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