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{"id":1914,"date":"2020-01-19T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2020-01-21T01:47:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T01:47:40","slug":"bookish-texas-week-01192020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1914&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 01.19.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish goings-on in Texas<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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 class=\"rtecenter\"><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\/\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>FOR THE WEEK OF 01.19.2020<\/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.publicpoetry.net\/reelpoetry\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">REELpoetry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Houston, January 24-26<\/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:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/teenbookfestbythebay\/home\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Teen BookFest By the Bay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Corpus Christi, January 25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/2019\/stories-to-tell\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, August 31-February 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.nccil.org\/exhibitions\/yuyi-morales-so%C3%B1adora\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Yuyi Morales: So\u00f1adora<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Abilene, November 14-May 28<\/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.lib.utexas.edu\/events\/349\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Cuban Comics in the Castro Era<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, December 6-March 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY 19:<\/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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/lori-gottlieb-maybe-you-should-talk-someone\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lori Gottlieb discussing and signing <em>Maybe You Should Talk to Someone<\/em> (in conversation with Jenny Lawson)<\/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\">Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/wendy-barker-book-launch\/?instance_id=3103\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">the release of Wendy Barker\u2019s seventh full-length collection of poems, <em>Gloss<\/em>, with readings from Wendy, as well as special guests Van G. Garrett and Michael Anania<\/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 Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">mystery author Daniel Darrouzet signing <em>Stories from the Tin Box: Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes<\/em>, and Lawrence Hodges signing his memoir, <em>Raised From The Dead<\/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\"><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\">Leaves Books &amp; Tea, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/events\/778205606016683\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writing to Tell A Story: an afternoon with three local authors discussing the process of writing, followed by a short reading and Q&amp;A<\/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: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\">Archway Gallery, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2878500088897540\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">A Painter, A Poet, A Conversation About Cover Art: painter John Slaby and poet Carolyn Dahl discussing and signing <em>Art Preserves What Can\u2019t Be Saved<\/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: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\">Body, Mind &amp; Soul, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmshouston.com\/products\/reclaiming-lilith-reclaiming-ourselves-finding-your-feminine-power?start=2020-01-01T00:00&amp;select=2020-01-19T15:00\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">workshop with Monette Chilson, editor of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">the new anthology, <em>Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves<\/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:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/williams-willig-white\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White reading and signing <em>All the Ways We Say Goodbye<\/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\">Writespace, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: \u201cAction Scenes that Kick A**\u201d with Matthew Hefti<\/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\">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 Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Clint Townsend signing his science fiction novels, <em>X to the Nth<\/em> and <em>Folds<\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">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:#1d2129\">The Drawing Board, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writingworkshopsdallas.com\/query-clinic\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: Query Clinic with Amber Royer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/jeremy-jaramillo-origin-toothpaste\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jeremy Jaramillo signing <em>The Origin of Toothpaste<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">The Woodlands<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">B&amp;N, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/barnes-and-nobles-presents-ransom-riggs\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Bestselling author Ransom Riggs celebrating the fifth novel in his Miss Peregrine\u2019s Home for Peculiar Children series, <em>The Conference of the Birds<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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, JANUARY 20:<\/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, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/ransom-riggs-conference-birds\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Ransom Riggs reading and signing <em>The Conference of the Birds<\/em> (costumes encouraged)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM [ticketed event] #StayPeculiar <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Moody Performance Hall, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallasinstitute.org\/mlk-register\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">15<sup>th<\/sup> Annual MLK Symposium: \u201cThe Arc of the Moral Universe\u201d featuring keynote speaker Shaka Senghor, author of the <em>New York Times<\/em> best-selling memoir, <em>Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N \u2013 River Oaks, Jason Lee signing <\/span><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062118201-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">God Must Have Forgotten About Me<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY&nbsp;21:<\/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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/samuel-woolley-reality-game\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Samuel Woolley discussing and signing <em>The Reality Game<\/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\">Native Hostel, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3198586503492027\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Poetry Slam featuring Punch Out the Casket<\/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\">College Station<\/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\">Texas A&amp;M, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tamu.edu\/bushschool\/view\/event\/event_id\/153327\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">the Bush School presents Shawn Powers, co-author of the award- winning book <em>The Real Cyber War: A Political Economy of Internet Freedom<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12:20PM<\/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\">Dallas Public Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1401277346699029\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Racial Healing and the Economy: a book talk and conversation with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, author of <em>The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8:30AM<\/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<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/755512431634208\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">, #1 <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Ransom Riggs reading and signing <em>The Conference of the Birds<\/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\">Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/word-mouth-poetry-open-mic\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Word of Mouth Poetry open mic<\/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\">Black Orchid Lounge, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/528952097716712\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; 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><br \/>\n<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;New Year, New You <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">poetry 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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/william-dylan-powell-secret-houston\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">William Dylan Powell discussing and signing <em>Secret Houston<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston Pubic Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/houston-public-library-foundation-mo-rocca\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Houston Public Library Foundation presents Mo Rocca discussing <em>Mobituaries: Lives Worth&nbsp;Retelling<\/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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/stevens\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Taylor Stevens reading and signing <em>Liars&#8217; Legacy<\/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\">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 Mix, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/puroslam\/events\/?ref=page_internal\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">PuroSlam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Tobin Library<\/span><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/479950286285540\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Voices de la Luna<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"> literary workshop and open mic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY&nbsp;22:<\/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\">The North Door, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/bedpost-confessions-presents-second-skin-20\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents \u201cSecond Skin,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"> 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Bryan <\/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\">Arbor Oaks, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Tim Gregg discussing and signing <em>RELLIS Recollections: 75 Years of Learning, Leadership, and Discovery<\/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: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\">Moody Performance Hall, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/mo-rocca\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Arts &amp; Letters Live: Mo Rocca discussing <em>Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Retelling<\/em> (in conversation with Krys Boyd)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM [ticketed event \u2013 SOLD OUT]<\/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\">Avant Garden,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1009387219427429\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring Paulie Lipman and Valin Paige<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM<\/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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/ls-berthelsen-voyage-templar-guardians\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">L. S. Berthelsen reading and signing <em>Voyage of the Templar Guardians<\/em><\/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: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\">Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/event\/inprint-senior-memoir-writing-workshop-2\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Inprint Senior Memoir Writing Workshop<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 10AM<\/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\">Improv Houston, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2505786259690542\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">performance by poet Kayenne Nebula<\/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: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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/chad-dundas\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Chad Dundas reading and signing <em>The Blaze<\/em><\/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:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/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\">Berry to Beans, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2095723074057798\/?event_time_id=2095723097391129\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Sun Poet\u2019s Society open mic poetry readings<\/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>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANURY 23:<\/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\">Abilene<\/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\">Abilene Public Library \u2013 South, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abilene.evanced.info\/signup\/EventDetails?EventId=25179&amp;lib=ALL&amp;backTo=Calendar&amp;startDate=2020\/01\/16\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Open Mic Night<\/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\">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\">B&amp;N \u2013 Arboretum, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108475-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Taylor Stevens signing <em>Liars&#8217; Legacy<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Design Within Reach, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/769367766873692\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Poetry Slam &amp; Austin Outpost Lqbtqia+<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hogg Memorial Auditorium, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/kut-905-austins-npr-station-atxplained-live-2020\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Storytelling: KUT 90.5, Austin&#8217;s NPR station, presents \u201cATXplained LIVE,\u201d<\/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\">Huston-Tillotson University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/544822559407047\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Diverse Literary Voices of Texas: Confronting White Nationalism in Literature with Hopeton Haye and John Vercher, author of <em>Three-Fifths<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The North Door, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/bedpost-confessions-presents-second-skin-20\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents \u201cSecond Skin,\u201d<\/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\">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 Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/294027991523929\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Meredith Atwood discussing and signing <em>The Year of No Nonsense<\/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\">Winspear Opera House, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/att-performing-arts-center-hearhere-captain-scott\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">AT&amp;T Performing Arts Center presents #HearHere: Captain Scott Kelly, author of <em>Year in Space<\/em><\/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\">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\">Museum of Fine Art, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/481402025853588\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Artist\u2019s Talk: Cherise Smith discussing and signing <em>Michael Ray Charles<\/em><\/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\">Laredo<\/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\">Gallery 201, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/555234905075500\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Laredo BorderSlam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 9PM<\/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\">Trinity University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.trinity.edu\/event\/martin_luther_king_jr_commemorative_lecture_featuring_robert_bullard_phd#.XiC5jchKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture featuring author Robert Bullard, Ph.D.<\/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 Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/d-ellis-phelps-and-friends-through-layered-limestone-texas-hill-country-anthology-place\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">D. Ellis Phelps and friends reading and signing <em>Through Layered Limestone: Texas Hill Country: An Anthology of Place<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY 24:<\/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\">Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/i-scream-social-reading-open-mic-22\/?instance_id=3147\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">I Scream Social Reading &amp; Open Mic featuring Maritza De La Pe\u00f1a, Alisha Jilly Roff, and Dorienne Elston<\/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 North Door, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/bedpost-confessions-presents-second-skin-20\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents \u201cSecond Skin,\u201d<\/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\">Dallas<\/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\">Deep Vellum Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/567263767445469\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Pegasus Reading Series featuring Dorothy Chan, Brian Clifton, Vince Granata, and Amanda Yanowski<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/457926528253291\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Sarah Hepola discussing and signing her memoir, <em>Blackout<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">Heroes Lounge, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/464629901090015\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Dallas Poetry Slam presents Chibbi Orduna<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">El Paso<\/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\">Fahrenheit 180, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2501137390146394\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Barbed Wire Open Mic Series<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">Lawndale Art Center,<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2412951528971081\/?notif_t=event_friend_going&amp;notif_id=1578505670498697\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">book launch for Roberto Tejada\u2019s <em>Still Nowhere in an Empty Vastness<\/em><\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">McAllen<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N \u2013 Palms Crossing,<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062030737-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Karen Gerhardt Fort signing <em>Mission, Texas (Images of America)<\/em><\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Rockport<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Bella la Brew,<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/430046151000729\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Aransas County Poetry Society presents national slam poet Michael Guinn + open mic<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fulton Mansion State Historic Site,<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/751111702055424\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><em>New York Times<\/em> best-selling author Stephen Harrigan discussing and signing <em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/em> (in conversation with Justice Ken Wise)<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY 25:<\/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:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">B&amp;N \u2013 Arboretum,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062118416-0\">Pamela Taylor signing <em>Second Son<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">BookPeople, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/emily-arrow-kids-guide-learning-ukelele\">Emily Arrow discussing and signing <em>Kids&#8217; Guide to Learning the Ukulele<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">BookPeople, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/william-gibson-agency-0\">William Gibson reading and signing <em>Agency<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">5PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Half Price Books \u2013 N. Lamar,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\">sci-fi author Keith Rees signing <em>One Night in Bangkok<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Half Price Books \u2013 Southpark Meadows, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\">children\u2019s author Laura Hudgens signing <em>A Day at the Berns Family Farm<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Malvern Books,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/sarah-rose-etter-book-launch\/?instance_id=3190\">the Austin launch of Sarah Rose Etter\u2019s debut novel, <em>The Book of X<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Boerne<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Patrick Heath Public Library,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2985063548245688\/\">The Art of Writing workshop with D. Ellis Phelps<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24pt\"><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:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Dallas Museum of Art, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/roz-chast-patricia-marx\"><span style=\"color:#2980b9\">Arts &amp; Letters Live: <em>New Yorker<\/em> cartoonist Roz Chast and <em>New Yorker<\/em> writer Patricia Marx discussing <em>You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000\">, 7:30PM [ticketed event]<\/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 &#8211; Armijo Branch,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2184701368498169\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Tumblewords Project workshop: \u201cphonambular\u201d with Giber E. Fonseca<\/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\">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\">B&amp;N \u2013 Hulen Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062119050-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Mary Bridget Bradley Gorman signing <em>You Hadn&#8217;t Told Them Enough<\/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\"><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\">B&amp;N \u2013 River Oaks, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062118705-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jackie Anders signing <em>Arion Rising<\/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\">Half Price Books \u2013 Clear Lake, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Saturdays: 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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">River Oaks Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/744102476079393\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Courtney Guest Kim discussing and signing <em>How Sweet the Sound<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Writespace, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">\u201cMags to Riches II: The Art of the Article\u201d with Jody Townsley Morse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 9:30AM<\/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\">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\">B&amp;N, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108262-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Michael Hagetoh signing <em>Live from Cupertino: How Apple Used Words, Music and Performance to Build the World&#8217;s Best Sales Machine<\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Medina<\/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\">Medina Community Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/TexasWritesMedina\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas presents a \u201cTexas Writes\u201d workshop featuring Nan Cuba and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">New Braunfels<\/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 Book Haus, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/events\/593271021488282\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Visit: Charlotte Canion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 10AM<\/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 Book Haus, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/events\/3162277497119796\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Visit: Dawnie Dahir<\/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\">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 \u2013 Northwoods, Teresa Herbic signing <\/span><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062118445-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Through the Fire: Healing from Cancer, Tumors and Other Nuisances<\/span><\/a><\/em><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\">Dead Tree Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/472910980033340\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Alex Salinas signing his debut poetry collection <em>Warbles<\/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\">Tobin Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/meet-n-greet-and-book-signing-event-tickets-88931990979\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Meet-and-Greet and Book Signing Event: join local Texas authors for an afternoon of excerpt readings, Q&amp;As, and book signings<\/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\">Stephenville<\/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\">Grumps Burgers, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/619776305426110\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3366cc\">Book Launch Event for&nbsp;<em>A Firm Place to Stand&nbsp;<\/em>by Lori Altebaumer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:black\">, 11:30AM<\/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\">Sulphur Springs<\/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 Bookworm Box, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1479760485524675\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Live Author Takeover with Kim Holden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;JANUARY 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\">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\">Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/borderlands-issue-51-launch-party\/?instance_id=3105\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><em>Borderlands: Issue 51<\/em> Launch Party<\/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 Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">co-authors Reginald Harvey Joy Strickland signing Reginald\u2019s medical memoir, <em>Anatomy of a Patient: A Patient\u2019s Memoir &#8211; Looking Back to Move Forward<\/em>, and Jenny Luke signing <em>Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth Century South<\/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\"><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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/antonette-m-danna-if-these-scissors-could-talk\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Antonette M. Danna discussing and signing <em>If These Scissors Could Talk<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Cannon, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/texas\/events\/book-talk-author-shuja-nawaz-battle-pakistan-bitter-us-friendship-and-tough\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Asia Society Texas presents Shuja Nawaz discussing and signing <em>The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter U.S. Friendship and a Tough Neighborhood<\/em> (followed by lunch)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 11:30AM [RSVP required]<\/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\">Katy Budget Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katybooks.com\/event\/author-event-maria-v-snyder\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Maria V. Snyder reading and signing the second book in her YA series, <em>Chasing the Shadows<\/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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/jan-sinc\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Houston Chapter of Sisters in Crime meeting featuring Chief Brian Harris, a retired Houston homicide detective, speaking on crime scene investigations<\/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\">Visionary Heights, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2505525593102239\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry Around Houston workshop<\/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\">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 Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">children\u2019s author Mary Payton signing books from her series, Taylor\u2019s STEM Adventures<\/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\">McAllen<\/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 \u2013 Palms Crossing, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062118519-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Nely Gonzalez signing <em>Una Carta y Cien Poemas Para Ti<\/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:#1d2129\">Richardson<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">The Drawing Board, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writingworkshopsdallas.com\/practical-guide-to-author-promotion\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: \u201cThe Practical Guide to Author Promotion\u201d with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish goings-on in Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1081,858,847,926,813,830,954,900,953],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-authorevents","tag-calendar","tag-festival","tag-go","tag-lone-star-literary-life","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-openmic","tag-poetryevents","tag-workshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}