An update of author appearances during the upcoming reading season<\/p>\n

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Dallas Museum of Art – Arts & Letters Live<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Arts & Letters Live is a literary and performing arts series for all ages that features award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. The series is recognized for its creative multidisciplinary programming\u2014combining literature with visual arts, music, and film\u2014and for commissioning new work from musicians, dancers, and poets, inspired by works of art in the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions. The series is celebrating its 28th season in 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 5: <\/span><\/span>Salman Rushdie<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Quichotte<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

September 17: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Tracy Chevalier<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, A Single Thread<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

September 20: <\/span><\/span><\/span>General Jim Mattis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Call Sign Chaos<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

September 21<\/span><\/span>: <\/span>Ben Folds<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

September 23: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Margaret Atwood<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, The Testaments<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

September 30: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Kristin Hannah<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, The Great Alone<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 1: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Casey Gerald<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, There Will Be No Miracles Here<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 6: <\/span><\/span>Ann Patchett<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, The Dutch House<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 12: <\/span><\/span>Kate Dicamillo<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Beverly, Right Here<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 14: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Benjamin Moser<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Sontag: Her Life and Work<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 16: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Pico Iyer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 22: <\/span><\/span>Ruta Sepetys<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, The Fountains of Silence<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 24: <\/span><\/span>John Grisham<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, The Guardians<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November 4: <\/span><\/span>Lori Gottlieb<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November 11: <\/span><\/span>Tim O’Brien<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Dad\u2019s Maybe Book<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November 18: <\/span><\/span>Samantha Power<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, The Education of an Idealist<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

December 5: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Peggy Wallace Kennedy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, The Broken Road<\/em>; <\/span><\/span><\/span>Donna Wilhelm<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>,<\/span> A Life of My Own<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All talks take place in the Joynes Reading Room at UT Austin; all are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. <\/span><\/span> For more information, call (512) 471-5787.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 26:<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Dwayne Betts<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>and <\/span><\/span>Natalie Diaz<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>reception<\/span><\/span>
\nOctober 17:<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Brian Van Reet<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>reading<\/span><\/span>
\nNovember 6:<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Ada Lim\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>reading<\/span><\/span>
\nNovember 12:<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>David Wallace-Wells<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>reception<\/span><\/span>
\nFebruary 10:<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Evie Shockley<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>reading<\/span><\/span>
\nMarch 5: Historian<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Sam Lebovic<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>lecture<\/span><\/span>
\nMarch (date TBD):<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Andre Naffis-Sahely<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nOther spring 2020 speakers (dates TBD):<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Michael Lesy<\/span><\/a>, <\/span><\/span>Guy Gunaratne<\/span><\/a>, <\/span><\/span>Tom\u00e1s Mor\u00edn<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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St. Edward\u2019s University\u2019s <\/span><\/a><\/span>Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the School of Arts and Humanities, the Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series brings award-winning writers to campus to read from their work, talk about their writing, and interact with our students. Both the St. Edward’s and larger Austin community benefit from the novelists, poets, and playwrights who come to campus. These working artists inspire students and add dimension to professors’ curriculum. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 16: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jennifer duBois<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

November 7: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ada Lim\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

February 13: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Karen Russell<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

March 9: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jes\u00fas I. Valles <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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University of Houston-Victoria\/American Book Review Reading  Series<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The American Book Review<\/span><\/span><\/em> and the University of Houston-Victoria School of Arts & Sciences have joined to create the UHV\/ABR Reading Series. The series features nationally recognized writers on extended visits to the Victoria campus. Scheduled events include a public reading and discussion of their recent work; purchase of signed editions of the author’s works; author roundtable discussion with UHV faculty and students; week-long residency and individual class consulting for graduate and undergraduate students; podcasts of Reading Series lectures, as well as access to transcripts of Q&A with the ABR editors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 12: <\/span><\/span>Ladan Osman<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 3: <\/span><\/span>Christine Hume<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

October 24: <\/span><\/span>A. Van Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November 14: <\/span><\/span>Amaranth Borsuk<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

December 15: <\/span><\/span>Nick Montfort<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Margot Rosenberg Pulitzer Dallas Jewish Bookfest<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The mission of the bookfest is to celebrate the written word brought from Jewish authors and books with Jewish content. Events are held at varied congregations around the Metroplex. Events are ticketed. These are additions to the previously announced readers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 28: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Jillian Cantor<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, In Another Time,<\/em> Tycher Library Community Read (free event)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November 19: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Adeena Sussman<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Sababa: Fresh Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

January 9: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Kirsten Fermaglich<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, A Rosenberg By Any Other Name<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

February 6: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Ashley Feinstein Gerstley<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, The 30-Day Money Cleanse<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

February 11: <\/span>Pamela S. Nadell<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, America\u2019s Jewish Women: A History From Colonial Times to Today <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

March 5: <\/span>Mary Morris<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Gateway to the Moon<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

March 12: <\/span>Rebecca Erbelding<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America\u2019s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

March 17: <\/span><\/span>Jessica Yellin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Savage News<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

April 2: <\/span><\/span>Sarah Blake<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, The Guest Book<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

April 27: <\/span>Ariel Burger<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel\u2019s Classroom<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

May 11: <\/span>S. Perry Brickman<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Extracted: Unmasking Rampant Antisemitism in America\u2019s Higher Education <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Friends of the SMU Libraries\u2019 Authors LIVE!, Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Friends of the SMU Libraries, originally founded in 1970 as Colophon, is an organization dedicated to promoting and enriching the resources, services and operations of the seven SMU Libraries. Events are usually held at Highland Park United Methodist Church. Lectures are free and open to the public; receptions are ticketed. This is an addition to the announced readers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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November 7: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>S.C. Gwynne<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Hymns of the Republic<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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