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Meet two great writers, support vital programs, and have fun<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan and New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Claire Messud with a gift of $250 or more to the Inprint Annual Fund, which supports Inprint community writing programs for senior citizens, school teachers, veterans, and more.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE INPRINT ANNUAL FUND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You and a guest will be invited to enjoy cocktails, light bites, and the company of fellow book enthusiasts at one of the city\u2019s leading Museum District restaurants.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jennifer Egan is the author of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel\u00a0A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/em>. Her other major works include the bestseller\u00a0The Keep<\/em>, the National Book Award finalist\u00a0Look at Me<\/em>, and\u00a0The Invisible Circus<\/em>, made into a feature film starring Cameron Diaz. Egan\u2019s latest novel Manhattan Beach\u00a0<\/em>has been described by Booklist<\/em> as \u201ca propulsive, surprising, ravishing, and revelatory saga, a covertly profound page-turner that will transport and transform every reader.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Claire Messud\u2019s bestselling books include the New York Times<\/em> Notable Book\u00a0The Woman Upstairs<\/em> and The Emperor’s Children<\/em>, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize\u00a0and named a best book of the year by\u00a0The\u00a0New York Times,\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/em>, and\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>. About her latest\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestseller, the\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/em>\u00a0writes “[Messud] is an absolute master storyteller and bafflingly good writer…It is that combination of imagination and skill that makes\u00a0The Burning Girl<\/em>\u00a0exceptional.”<\/p>\n

Egan and Messud will appear as part of the 2017\/2018 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series later that evening. For more details click here<\/a>.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"happy-hour-with-jennifer-egan-claire-messud","image":{"url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour.jpg","id":"11861","extension":"jpg","width":597,"height":409,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"width":300,"height":206,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour-300x206.jpg"},"nav-thumbnail":{"width":75,"height":75,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour-75x75.jpg"},"event-thumbnail":{"width":597,"height":400,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour-597x400.jpg"},"flex-gallery":{"width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour-300x200.jpg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2017-11-06 17:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"11","day":"06","hour":"17","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2017-11-06 18:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"11","day":"06","hour":"18","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2017-11-06 23:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"11","day":"06","hour":"23","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2017-11-07 00:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"11","day":"07","hour":"00","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Chicago","timezone_abbr":"CST","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":11891,"author":"21","status":"publish","date":"2017-10-13 12:55:19","date_utc":"2017-10-13 17:55:19","modified":"2017-10-13 12:55:19","modified_utc":"2017-10-13 17:55:19","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/venue\/lucilles\/","venue":"Lucille’s","slug":"lucilles","address":"5512 La Branch","city":"Houston","country":"United States","state":"TX","zip":"77004","stateprovince":"TX","geo_lat":29.7238111,"geo_lng":-95.3850734,"json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Lucille’s","description":"","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/venue\/lucilles\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"5512 La Branch","addressLocality":"Houston","addressRegion":"TX","postalCode":"77004","addressCountry":"United States"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":29.7238111,"longitude":-95.3850734},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"inprinthouston.org?id=11891","global_id_lineage":["inprinthouston.org?id=11891"]},"organizer":[{"id":2432,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2015-02-03 22:16:05","date_utc":"2015-02-03 22:16:05","modified":"2015-02-03 22:16:05","modified_utc":"2015-02-03 22:16:05","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/organizer\/inprint-2\/","organizer":"Inprint","slug":"inprint-2","json_ld":{"@type":"Person","name":"Inprint","description":"","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/organizer\/inprint-2\/","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"global_id":"inprinthouston.org?id=2432","global_id_lineage":["inprinthouston.org?id=2432"]}],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Happy Hour with Jennifer Egan & Claire Messud","description":"<p>Meet two great writers, support vital programs, and have fun Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan and New York Times bestselling author Claire Messud with a gift of $250 or more to the Inprint Annual Fund, which supports Inprint community writing programs for senior citizens, school teachers, […]<\/p>\\n","image":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Hour.jpg","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/event\/happy-hour-with-jennifer-egan-claire-messud\/","startDate":"2017-11-06T17:30:00-06:00","endDate":"2017-11-06T18:30:00-06:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Lucille’s","description":"","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/venue\/lucilles\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"5512 La Branch","addressLocality":"Houston","addressRegion":"TX","postalCode":"77004","addressCountry":"United States"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":29.7238111,"longitude":-95.3850734},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"organizer":{"@type":"Person","name":"Inprint","description":"","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/organizer\/inprint-2\/","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"}}