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Congregation Emanu El

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1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

October 2023

Oct
15

Inprint Jhumpa Lahiri Reading

7:30 pm
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

TICKETS: $30 general admission tickets, which include a signed hardcover copy of Jhumpa Lahiri’s new collection Roman Stories, available for pickup at the theatre the night of the event. Jhumpa Lahiri will read from her new collection Roman Stories, followed by an on-stage conversation with Italian novelist Andrea Bajani. All ticket buyers will receive signed books, additional books will also be available for sale in the lobby. The event is presented as part of the 2023/2024 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  JHUMPA…

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Oct
30

Inprint Viet Thanh Nguyen Reading

7:30 pm
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

TICKETS: $5 general admission tickets on sale on this webpage starting on Monday, October 2 at 12 pm noon. Viet Thanh Nguyen will read from his new memoir A Man of Two Faces, followed by an on-stage conversation with Houston writer Bao Long Chu. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2023/2024 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  VIET THANH NGUYEN, a MacArthur “genius” fellow, has “a voice that…

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November 2023

Nov
13

Inprint Zadie Smith Reading

7:30 pm
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

TICKETS: $5 general admission tickets on sale on this webpage starting on Tuesday, October 31 at 12 pm noon. Zadie Smith will read from her new novel The Fraud, followed by an on-stage conversation with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2023/2024 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  ZADIE SMITH rose to literary stardom more than two decades ago when her first novel White Teeth…

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February 2024

Feb
12

Inprint CLINT SMITH & PATRICIA SMITH Reading

7:30 pm
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

TICKETS: $5 general admission tickets on sale on this webpage starting on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 12 pm noon. Clint Smith and Patricia Smith will read from her their recent poetry collections Above Ground and Unshuttered, followed by an on-stage conversation with a local poet. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2023/2024 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  CLINT SMITH’s 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award winning How…

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March 2024

Mar
25

Inprint Tommy Orange Reading

7:30 pm
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005

TICKETS: $5 general admission tickets on sale on this webpage starting on Tuesday, February 13 at 12 pm noon. Tommy Orange will read from his new novel Wandering Stars, followed by an on-stage conversation with with a local writer. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2023/2024 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  TOMMY ORANGE’s first novel There There was “an astonishing literary debut” (Margaret Atwood) that “places Native…

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