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{"id":1952,"date":"2020-02-16T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2020-02-16T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T11:11:18","slug":"bookish-texas-week-02162020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1952&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 02.16.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish goings-on in Texas<\/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\/\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>FOR THE WEEK OF 02.16.2020<\/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:\/\/stageshouston.com\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=F10A7A27-D5CD-464E-8FE4-5AF7C55DD257&amp;menu_id=E8278111-3055-423C-AFC6-DF0E98ED14DF&amp;sToken=1%2C06b622fe%2C5e3e1424%2C04E6D163-C6AE-451A-9906-A1E9BCDDF562%2CFwSKBQnvxqS%2B813dtgnsUrnkBfo%3D\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Sin Muros Latinx Theatre Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Houston, February 13-16<\/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.hplitfest.com\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Highland Park Literary Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, February 20<\/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.wtamu.edu\/aspx\/calendar.aspx?m=2&amp;y=2020&amp;event=147342\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">2020 Southern Plains Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Canyon, February 20-21<\/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.thewritingbarn.com\/class\/complete-picture-book-intensive-feb-2020\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Complete Picture Book Intensive: A River of Words<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, February 20-23<\/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:\/\/lonestarcowboypoetry.com\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Alpine, February 21-22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/business.rgvpartnership.com\/events\/details\/versofrontera-a-one-day-literary-festival-comes-to-our-lady-of-the-lake-university-rgv-30455\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">VersoFrontera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, La Feria, February 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:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/606578520173758\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">South Texas Literacy Symposium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Brownsville, February 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:\/\/www.arts.texas.gov\/initiatives\/poetry-out-loud\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry Out Loud State Finals Competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, February 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:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1864575373840940\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Border Regional Library Association Annual Awards Banquet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Sunland Park (NM), February 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:\/\/www.utrgv.edu\/festiba\/index.htm\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Brownsville, February 22-29<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;<\/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.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><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/2020\/gabriel-garcia-marquez\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez: The Making of a Global Writer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, February 1-July 19<\/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.sacurrent.com\/ArtSlut\/archives\/2020\/02\/06\/this-spring-blue-star-contemporarys-exhibition-will-highlight-the-written-word\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Blue Star Contemporary&#8217;s Exhibitions Highlight the Written Word<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, San Antonio, February 7-May 3<\/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;FEBRUARY 16:<\/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\/george-vance-mcgee-nation-we-live\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">George Vance McGee discussing and signing <em>The Nation We Live In<\/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\">BookWoman, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/torch-wildfire-reading-series-kb-community-open-mic\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Amanda Johnstone hosting the TORCH: Wildfire Reading Series: KB + Community Open Mic<\/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\">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\">Fred Zuker signing <em>Standing Tall &amp; Looking Good: One Soldier\u2019s Life &amp; Lessons Learned from 1068-71<\/em>, and Frank Myer signing <em>Don\u2019t Put The Cart Before The Unicorn: How To Survive and Thrive in The Online Dating World<\/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\">The Wild Detectives, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewilddetectives.com\/events\/backyard-story-night-dallas-edition-5\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Backyard Story Night \u2013 Dallas edition<\/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\">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\/231628904502595\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">An Afternoon with Authors: Maz Maddox, Fabiana Martinez, Michele McCarthy, and C.A. Szarek discussing \u201cWriting Because You Have To,\u201d<\/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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/richard-bell-stolen-five-free-boys-kidnapped-slavery-and-their-astonishing-odyssey-home\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Richard Bell discussing and signing <em>Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home<\/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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/Feb-SinC\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">A panel of Houston Sisters in Crime published authors will share their secrets to success<\/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:#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\">Trinity University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.trinity.edu\/event\/role_of_cultural_heritage_preservation_in_gentrification#.XjrvUGhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Role of Cultural Heritage Preservation in Gentrification: a panel including Austin author and photographer John Langmore<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 4PM<\/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:#1d2129\">The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/dr-robb-kelly-daddy-daddy-please-stop-drinking\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dr. Robb Kelly signing <em>Daddy, Daddy Please Stop Drinking<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 12PM<\/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, FEBRUARY 17:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/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\">Austin<\/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\">BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/joseph-laycock-speak-devil\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Joseph Laycock discussing and signing <em>Speak of the Devil<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7PM<\/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\">Dallas<\/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\">SMU, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.smu.edu\/site\/centersinstitutes\/event\/gullivers-troubles-how-america-can-cope-in-a-broken-angry-dysfunctional-middle-east\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">author Aaron David Miller presents \u201cGulliver\u2019s Troubles: How America Can Cope in a Broken, Angry, Dysfunctional Middle East,\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\"> 12PM [free but reservations required]<\/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\">Denton<\/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\">UNT, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/english.unt.edu\/node\/1041\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">an evening with Sarah Broom, UNT alumna and National Book Award-winning author of <em>The Yellow House<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/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\">Fort Worth<\/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\">TCU, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tcu.edu\/event\/public_lecture_by_dr_emer_odwyer#.XkTET2hKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">public lecture by Dr. Emer O&#8217;Dwyer, author of <em>Significant Soil: Settler Colonialism and Japan\u2019s Urban Empire in Manchuria<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&lt;<span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4PM<\/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\">Houston<\/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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/scott-carson-aka-michael-koryta\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Scott Carson (AKA Michael Koryta) discussing and signing <em>The Chill<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><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><\/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\">Huntsville<\/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\">Sam Houston State, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.shsu.edu\/event\/lecture_book_signing_by_dr_richard_bell#.XkQvwmhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Dr. Richard Bell discussing and signing <em>Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4PM<\/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;FEBRUARY 18:<\/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\/tom-lutz-born-slippy\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Tom Lutz discussing and signing <em>Born Slippy<\/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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/readinggatheringdiscussion-what-can-i-do\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Reading\/Gathering\/Discussion: \u201cBut What Can I Do?\u201d with author Xan Joi<\/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\/2535182006727711\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Poetry Slam featuring Ageless Ambition<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Prohibition Creamery, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/843702962726673\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Texas Book Festival\u2019s Sweet Reads Book Swap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5:30PM<\/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\">Canyon<\/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\">WTAMU, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtamu.edu\/aspx\/calendar.aspx?m=2&amp;y=2020&amp;event=148158\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Distinguished Lecture Series: author Temple Grandin<\/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\">Dallas Museum of Art, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/tembi-locke\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Arts &amp; Letters Live presents Tembi Locke, author of <em>From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home<\/em> (in conversation with Krys Boyd)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<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\">SMU, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.smu.edu\/site\/centersinstitutes\/event\/global-transitsmedia-discourses-on-present-day-circulation-of-people-and-things\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">\u201cGlobal Transits: Media discourses on present-day migration\u201d with Dr. Caroline Brettell and author Marta Vilar Rosales<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM [free but reservations required]<\/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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/621613108635650\/\" 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><\/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;Black History Celebration <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Open Mic Poetry Night<\/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\/pam-houston-deep-creek-finding-hope-high-country\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Pam Houston discussing and signing <em>Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country<\/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\">Fix Coffeebar, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2588767641447121\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry FIX featuring Eric Blanchard and Dede Fox<\/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 at Oakwell Farms, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/172920990661567\/\" 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\"> poetry workshop and open mic featuring Charles Darnell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/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\">Trinity U,<\/span><\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/events.trinity.edu\/event\/stieren_guest_artist_series_kiese_laymon#.XkQ2ZGhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Stieren Arts Enrichment Series: a reading with commentary by author Kiese Laymon<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/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\">The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/mary-earle-did-you-sing-your-song\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Mary Earle discussing and signing <em>Did You Sing Your Song?<\/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\">WEDNESDAY,&nbsp;FEBRUARY 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:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/acc-creative-writing-departments-balcones-prize-winners-3\/?instance_id=3158\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Austin Community College\u2019s Creative Writing Department presents the winners of their 2018 Balcones Prizes<\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">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\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2571610636496187\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Kathleen West discussing and signing <em>Minor Dramas &amp; Other Catastrophes<\/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\">Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/american-sherlock\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Kate Winkler Dawson discussing and signing <em>American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 6PM<\/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\">Pershing Inn, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/803595210152989\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">El Velvet Elvis Open Mic Night<\/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\">Fort Worth<\/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\">TCU, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tcu.edu\/event\/premier_green_honors_chair_lecture_featuring_dr_khalil_gibran_muhammad#.XkTFgGhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Premier Honors Chair lecture featuring Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of <em>The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">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\/184609089439636\/\" 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 Open Mic featuring UT Spitshine<\/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\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/erica-spindler-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Erica Spindler discussing and signing <em>The Look-Alike<\/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\">St. Luke&#8217;s United Methodist Church, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.haatx.com\/#!\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">2020 Nancy Stallworth Thompson Horticulture Lecture with Victoria Johnson, author <em>American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic<\/em><\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Huntsville<\/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\">Sam Houston State, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1510406082445419\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">a reading by fiction writer and essayist Michael Martone<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/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\">Laredo<\/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\">Golondrina Food Park, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1908715565930066\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Laredo BorderSlam Winner Takes All Slam<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/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\">Plano<\/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\">B&amp;N \u2013 Legacy West, <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062042608-8\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Open Mic Night<\/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\"><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=2095723184057787\" 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;FEBRUARY 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\">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-South, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abilene.evanced.info\/signup\/EventDetails?EventId=25180&amp;lib=ALL&amp;backTo=Calendar&amp;startDate=2020\/02\/12\" 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\">Austin Book Arts Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/912373335826233\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Carbonera Book Publishing 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\">BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/writers-league-texas-building-career-writer\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas presents \u201cBuilding a Career as a Writer\u201d with Gabino Iglesias, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Don Tate<\/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\">BookPeople, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/paul-yoon-run-me-earth\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Paul Yoon discussing and signing <em>Run Me to Earth<\/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\">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\">Deep Vellum Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2474498842771702\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">REvolution Cafe &amp; Bookstore presents a Queer AF 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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/608186546627347\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Mark Greaney discussing and signing the next installment of his Gray Man series, <em>One Minute Out<\/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\">Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/tidal-flatsdeep-creek\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Cynthia Newberry Martin discussing and signing <em>Tidal Flats<\/em>, and Pam Houston discussing and signing <em>Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country<\/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\">Dripping 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\">Pioneer Bank, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2444071819181986\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">reading of <em>Through Layered Limestone<\/em> at the Thirsty Thursdays poetry group<\/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\">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\">TCU, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tcu.edu\/event\/addran_distinguished_faculty_lecture_kara_dixon_vuic#.XkTG4GhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">AddRan Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Kara Dixon Vuic, author of <em>The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines<\/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\">TCU, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tcu.edu\/event\/the_live_oak_reading_series_tina_chang#.XkTHlGhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Live Oak Reading Series featuring poet Tina Chang<\/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\">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 Bookshop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/kathleen-west\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Kathleen West discussing and signing <em>Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes<\/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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/candacy-taylor-overground-railroad\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Candace Taylor discussing and signing <em>Overground Railroad<\/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\">Katy Budget Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katybooks.com\/event\/luncheon-erica-spindler\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Luncheon with Erica Spindler, author of <em>The Look-Alike<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/simone-st-james\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Simone St. James discussing and signing <em>The Sun Down Motel<\/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\">Museum of Fine Art, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfah.org\/calendar\/meet-the-books-modernist-myths-aesthetics-of-identity-in-latin-american-graphics\/202002200100PM\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Meet the Books: \u201cModernist Myths: Aesthetics of Identity in Latin American Graphics,\u201d<\/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\">Rice University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.rice.edu\/#!view\/event\/event_id\/57601\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality public lecture with Dr. Bianca C. Williams, author of <em>The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism<\/em><\/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\">Rice University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.rice.edu\/#!view\/event\/event_id\/75576\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Latin American Writer-in-Residency Series\u2019 Lecture: Diversidad ling\u00fc\u00edstica y tradiciones po\u00e9ticas with Y\u00e0snaya Elena Aguilar Gil, Mexican writer &amp; linguistic rights activist<\/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\">River Oaks Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/568428280376304\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Gary Scharrer discussing and signing <em>Connecting Texas: True Tales of the People Who Built Our Highways and Bridges<\/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><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\">McAllen Public Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/180963123223528\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">the Storybook Garden presents <em>NYT<\/em> best-selling author Gordon Korman<\/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 Angelo<\/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\">Old Town Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2571262876311420\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">a Music in Literature presentation by Ellen Myer from the San Angelo Symphony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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 Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/jack-clark-robinson-franciscan-friars-coast-coast\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jack Clark Robinson discussing and signing <em>Franciscan Friars Coast to Coast<\/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><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Victoria<\/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\">UH, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/americanbookreview.org\/upcomingReading.asp?id=137\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">American Book Review<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"> Reading Series presents Sarah Etter<\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Waco<\/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\">Fabled Bookshop &amp; Caf\u00e9, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/807117896381656\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Susan Peters signing <em>Unbound <\/em>+ a conversation about human trafficking with Detective Scaramucci of the McLennan County sheriff&#8217;s office and Sergeant Lundquist of the Waco Police<\/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\">Mayborn Museum, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/lib\/index.php?id=966332\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Mike Cox discussing and signing <em>Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America&#8217;s Deadliest Publicity Stunt<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/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;FEBRUARY 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\/daina-r-berry-black-womens-history-united-states\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Daina Ramey Berry discussing and signing <em>A Black Women&#8217;s History of the United States<\/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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/twin-bill-readingsigning-addie-tsai-and-leanna-petronella\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Addie Tsai discussing and signing <em>Dear Twin<\/em>, and poet Leanna Petronella discussing and signing <em>The Imaginary Age<\/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\">Paramount Theatre, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/paramount-theatre-presents-ronan-farrow\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow, author of <em>Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators<\/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\">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\">Bush Presidential Library and Museum<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">, author and historian H. W. Brands discussing \u201cFrom George Washington to Donald Trump: A Headlong History of the Presidency,\u201d<\/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\">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\">Heroes Lounge, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/618507065649034\/\" 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 WOWPS\u2019s Rep: C.R.U.S.H.<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Rosewood Mansion, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfwworld.org\/Events?calendar=true&amp;cgid=1&amp;ceid=185389&amp;cerid=0&amp;cdt=2%2f21%2f2020\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">World Affairs Council-DFW presents \u201c2020 IPS: Education and U.S. Foreign Policy: How Are They Related?\u201d with author David P. Baker<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 12PM<\/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\">Deer Park<\/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\">Deer Park Public Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deerparktx.gov\/DocumentCenter\/View\/8297\/Featured-Friday---The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Lora-Marie Bernard discussing <em>The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Song, the Legend and Emily D. West<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 11AM <\/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\/609055406552120\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Barbed Wire Series Open Mic Night<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 8:30PM<\/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\">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\">Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/sarah-rose-etter-book-x\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Sarah Rose Etter discussing and signing <em>The Book of X<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 6:30PM<\/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\">Conversations from a Page, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfapage.net\/upcoming-events\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Literary Salon with Simone St. James, author of <em>The Sun Down Motel<\/em>, and Kathleen West, author of <em>Minor Dramas &amp; Other Catastrophes<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 8:45AM [location is a personal home-see the website for further info]<\/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\">Katy Budget Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katybooks.com\/event\/educators-cocktail-party-roxanna-elden\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">cocktail party with Roxanna Elden, author of <em>Adequate Yearly Progress<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 5:30PM<\/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\">Lawndale Art Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uh.edu\/class\/english\/programs\/graduate\/creative-writing\/Events\/upcoming%20events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Gulf Coast<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Reading Series featuring Kazim Ali, Daniel Tompkins, Laura Biagi, and Chris Flakus<\/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\">Rice University, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.rice.edu\/#!view\/event\/event_id\/59311\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Camden Lecture by Geraldine Heng, author of <em>The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">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 Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/dr-dorian-williams-sr-strategic-planning-black-folk\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dr. Dorian Williams, Sr. discussing and signing <em>Strategic Planning for Black Folk<\/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><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Sugar Land<\/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\/9780062118797-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dr. Sheila D. Williams signing <em>My Mother&#8217;s Keeper: A Memoir<\/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\">&nbsp;<\/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,&nbsp;FEBRUARY 22:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Austin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Abiding Love Lutheran Church,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/eremos-center-contemplative-life-presents-day-poet\/\">A Day with Poet Naomi Shihab Nye, includes a three-hour workshop, lunch, and 90-minute conversation and Q&amp;A<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">ACC-Riverside, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/210290916790655\/\">Diverse Literary Voices of Texas: Journalism, Love, Justice with Hopeton Hay<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">12:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Austin Book Arts Center,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/atxbookarts.org\/workshops\/?ee=383\">children\u2019s board books workshop<\/a>, 1<span style=\"color:#000000\">PM<\/span><\/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\/9780062132100-0\">Marvin Allen signing <em>The Conscious Road Home: A Revolutionary Approach to Healing Yourself and Your Love Relationship<\/em><\/a>, 2P<span style=\"color:#000000\">M<\/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\/bryce-gilmore-odd-duck-almanac\">Bryce Gilmore and Veronica Meewes discussing and signing <em>The Odd Duck Almanac<\/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\/meg-gardiner-dark-corners-night\">Meg Gardiner discussing and signing <em>The Dark Corners of the Night<\/em> (in conversation with Amy Gentry)<\/a>, 5<span style=\"color:#000000\">PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Casa de Resistencia,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/227948794886765\/\">Lenguas Locxs Writers Collective workshop<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">12:30PM<\/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\/kallisto-gaia-press-presents-the-ocotillo-review-volume-4-1\/?instance_id=3195\">Kallisto Gaia Press presents <em>The Ocotillo Review Volume 4.1<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">St. Edwards U, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/14799-Strengthen%20Your%20Narrative%20Punch%20Class%20Package\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Finding the Shift: Crafting Your Story&#8217;s Turning Point&#8221; with Sindya Bhanoo<\/a>, 1<span style=\"color:#000000\">0AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Twin Oaks Branch Library,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/library.austintexas.gov\/event\/meet-author\/meet-author-alex-kiester-725754\">local author Alex Kiester discussing her audiobook, <em>In Her Skin<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">1PM<\/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\">Boerne<\/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\">Patrick Heath Public Library, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2985063548245688\/?event_time_id=2985063564912353\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The Art of Writing workshop with D. Ellis Phelps<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Dallas<\/span><\/strong><\/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 Preston\/Royal, Deanna King signing <\/span><em>Gracie&#8217;s Stories and Twist of Fate<\/em>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Interabang Books,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/perini-ranch-steakhouse-stories-and-recipes-real-texas-food\">Tom and Lisa Perini discussing and signing their new cookbook, <em>Perini Ranch Steakhouse<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Decatur<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Decatur Public Library,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/TexasWritesDecatur\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas workshop: \u201cTexas Writes\u201d with Tex Thompson and John Pipkin<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Denton<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">The Bearded Monk,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/352966132327365\/\"><em>American Literary Review<\/em> Graduate Reading Series<\/a>, <span style=\"color:#000000\">4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><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><\/h1>\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 Sunland Park, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062129989-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Robert Bettes reading and signing <em>Dear Bubble Bath, Give Back My Dad!<\/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\">UTEP Centennial Museum,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/592683911586546\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Tumblewords Project workshop: \u201cSpeaking In Tongues: The Poetry of Invented Languages\u201d with David Romo<\/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\">UNT Health Science Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/875102576277444\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">SCBWI-North Texas area meet-up<\/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\/john-allman-audra\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">John Allman discussing and signing <em>A Is for Audra<\/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\">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\">Vox Culture, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/vox-culture-storytellers-voices-immigration-2020\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Vox Storytellers: \u201cVoices on Immigration,\u201d<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Emerging Writer Fellowship Reading &amp; Reception<\/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\">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\/9780062118420-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Andrew Brandt signing <em>In the Fog<\/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\">Garden Arts Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodithomas.com\/so\/53N0mPCSZ?cid=aa7e7326-56db-4c95-b1ce-255a3c246c5a#\/main\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Caprock Writers &amp; Illustrators Alliance launch party featuring Jodi Thomas<\/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\/2724602060948996\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">meet local author Dr. Deirdre Williams<\/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\/217235212781686\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">local author&nbsp; Joanne R. Easley discussing and signing <em>Sweet Jane<\/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\">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 Pig, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2638376436257647\/\" 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\">, 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\">Pflugerville<\/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\">West Pecan Coffee + Beer, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/402558280570053\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Family Friendly Poetry Reading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2:30PM<\/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:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">B&amp;N \u2013 La Cantera, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062125433-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Ken D. Berry signing <em>Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, 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\">Esperanza Peace &amp; Justice Center, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/180320783188403\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dignidad Literaria: Latinx Authors &amp; the Publishing Industry<\/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\/sarah-keeling-psalm-prayers-kids\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Sarah Keeling signing <em>Psalm Prayers for Kids<\/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\"><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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lewis Ben Smith signing <em>The Gnostic Library<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3PM<\/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;FEBRUARY 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\">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\/debbie-trominski-rich-slow-my-homeboy\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Debbie Trominski discussing and signing <em>Rich Slow is My Homeboy<\/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\">Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/patti-renaldo-writing-workshop-with-shannon-perri\/?instance_id=3163\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">a public reading with the South Austin Writers 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\">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\">Clay Wonnell signing his humorous golf book, <em>Sandbaggery<\/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 Books, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/audra-broadways-leading-ladies-z\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">John Allman discussing and signing <em>A Is for Audra<\/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\">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\">Mona Bar of Modern Art, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/196179044925833\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The 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\">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\/c%C3%A9sar-cuauht%C3%A9moc-garc%C3%ADa-hern%C3%A1ndez-migrating-prison\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">C\u00e9sar Cuauht\u00e9moc Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez discussing and signing <em>Migrating to Prison<\/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\">Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/inprint-cool-brains-presents-alan-gratz\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents Alan Gratz discussing and signing <em>Allies<\/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\">Visionary Heights, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1064563300570269\/\" 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\">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, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writingworkshopsdallas.com\/how-to-write-magical-realism\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: \u201cHow to Write Magical Realism\u201d with Alex Temblador<\/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\">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:#1d2129\">The Twig Book <span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Shop, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/wild-detectives-reading-quirks-weird-things-bookish-nerds-do\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Andr\u00e9s de la Casa Huertas and Javier Garc\u00eda del Moral (founders of Dallas\u2019s The Wild Detectives bookstore) signing <em>Reading Quirks-Weird Things That Bookish Nerds Do!<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><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\">Sugar Land<\/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=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062131519-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Rachael Tamayo signing <em>Break My Bones<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:#1d2129\">, 2PM<\/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":[1081,858,847,926,813,830,900,953],"class_list":["post-1952","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-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\/1952","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=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}