Presented in association with Rice University Multicultural Community Relations in the Office of Public Affairs and Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance LIVE STREAM: Inprint and Houston Public Media will present a live stream of the reading online. Click here for details. TRACY K. SMITH’s memoir Ordinary Light, “one of the most anticipated books of 2015” (Time Out New York), is according to Booklist “a gracefully nuanced yet strikingly candid memoir about family, faith, race, and literature.” The Minneapolis Star Tribune writes, “Ordinary Light shines bright because of…

Due to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey the venue and time for this reading have changed to Stude Concert Hall, Rice University, at 8 pm. For a map and parking instructions at Stude Concert Hall click here. “NATHAN ENGLANDER’S elegant, inquisitive, and hilarious fictions are a working definition of what the modern short story can do,” according to Jonathan Lethem, and Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes, “Englander’s voice is distinctly his own—daring, funny and exuberant.” His story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About…

Due to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey the location of this reading has changed to Stude Concert Hall, Rice University. This reading is presented in association with the Department of English at Rice University. For a map and parking instructions at Stude Concert Hall click here.  JENNIFER EGAN’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad was hailed as “a new classic of American fiction” by Time magazine. Also a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and named as one of…

Presented in association with Rice University President’s Lecture Series and Vietnam: The Houston Connection The on-stage interview will be conducted by William Broyles. Houston native William Broyles is the founding editor of Texas Monthly, an Academy-Award nominated screenwriter, and the author of Brothers In Arms, an account of his return to Vietnam to meet the men and women he fought against during the war.  A live stream of this reading, in partnership with Houston Public Media, will be available on Inprint’s website…

For a Stude Concert Hall map and parking instructions click here.  Presentation to recipient of the Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing at Rice University preceding the reading.  Following the reading, Aminatta Forna and Samanta Schweblin will be interviewed on-stage by Daniel Peña, a Pushcart Prize winning writer and Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston-Downtown, whose debut novel BANG was just published by Arte Público Press. Download a flier about the reading here. AMINATTA FORNA “is a born…

Presented in association with Rice University Multicultural Community Relations in the Office of Public Affairs Click here to download a flier for the reading and click here for a map of Stude Concert Hall.  Free rush tickets for students and senior citizens 65+ will be available at the door starting at 6:45 pm.  RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. About Unpeopled Eden—his most recent poetry collection, which won the Lambda Literary…

For a map and parking info click here. Claudia Rankine will read from her work and actors from The Ensemble Theatre will perform an excerpt of her play, The White Card. Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by Houston-based artist and community organizer/MacArthur Fellow/Project Row Houses founder Rick Lowe – plus a book sale and signing. While in Houston, Claudia Rankine will also give a daytime talk and Q&A with students, free and open to the public, for…

For a map and parking info click here. Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by novelist/critic/UH-Downtown faculty member Daniel Peña – plus a book sale and signing. To order books by Valeria Luiselli & Tommy Orange at a discount click here. To submit questions for Valeria Luiselli & Tommy Orange click here. To learn more about the 2018/2019 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Series click here. VALERIA LUISELLI, recipient of the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” award and two-time winner of a Los…

For a map and parking location, click here. Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by memoirist/performance poet/actress/educator Jasminne Mendez – plus a book sale and signing. To order books by Carmen Giménez Smith & Fady Joudah  at a discount click here. To submit questions for Carmen Giménez Smith & Fady Joudah click here. To learn more about the 2018/2019 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Series click here. This reading is presented in collaboration with Tintero Projects.  CARMEN GIMÉNEZ SMITH is the author of six…

For a map and parking location, click here. Tayari Jones wins a 2019 NAACP Image Award and Richard Powers wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize! Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by novelist/poet/activist/UH Creative Writing Program faculty member Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – plus a book sale and signing. To order books by Tayari Jones & Richard Powers  at a discount click here. To submit questions for Tayari Jones & Richard Powers click here. To learn more about the 2018/2019 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Series click…