Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 11/21-27

Bookish events in Texas for the week of November 21-27, 2016: 

Ongoing Exhibits:

The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Monday, November 21:

Austin
BookPeople, MAX KROCHMAL speaking & signing Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalitionin the Civil Rights Era, 7PM

Houston
Alley Theatre, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Rabih Alameddine and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, 7:30PM

Obsidian Theater, Celebrate The Shout's second anniversary with poetry, music, and dance, 7PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Katharine McGee reads and signs The Thousandth Floor, 6PM

Tuesday, November 22:

Austin

Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse Reading Series with Andrea Eames & W.K. Stratton, hosted by Francois Pointeau, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Soup's On: Stone Soup Showcase with Jolee Davis, 7PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston
Avant Garden, An Evening With author and spoken word artist Buddy Wakefield, 7:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Texas Artist Claire Cusack (with Sharon Kopriva) discusses and signs The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, 5PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, November 23:

Go home. Prepare. Your relatives are en route. Right now.

Thursday, November 24:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 25:

Do not shop today. Not today. Maybe tomorrow. But not today.

Saturday, November 26:

Abilene

Texas Star Trading Company,
Larue, The Whole Enchilada: Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern

Cuisine, 11-1. Ti)any Harelik, The Terlingua Chili Cookbook: Chili’s Last

Texas Star Trading Company, Angeline LaRue signs The Whole Enchilada: Fresh & Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine, 11AM

Texas Star Trading Company, Angelina LaRue signs The Whole Enchilada: Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine, 11AM

Texas Star Trading Company, Tiffany Harelik signs The Terlingua Chili Cookbook: Chili's Last Frontier, 12PM

Amarillo
B&N, Fight or Flight: Negotiating Crisis on the Front Line book signing with Dr. Andrew T. Young, 11AM

Austin

BookWoman, Indies First-Shop Small Saturday: LOCAL AUTHOR LOVE FEST, 1PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Angela West signs The Eve Effect, 1PM

Deep Vellum Books, local translator Frank Garrett will discuss and sign Witness: Inside Jehovah Witness Inside Catholic Poland Inside a Gay Life, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse Poetry Reading, 6PM

Houston

B&N - Westheimer, Joan Early signs The Other Two-Fifths, 12PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Small Business Saturday: giveaways, author booksellers, and more, 9:30AM

Katy Budget Books, Quarterly Book Talk: focus on gift books, 4:30PM

Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press's November Shindig, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Small Business Saturday: local authors signing their books, 4:30PM

Plano

B&N - Preston/Park, Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Phil West will discuss and sign The United States of Soccer: MLS and the Rise of American Soccer Fandom, 11AM

Waco
B&N, Jayme Blaschke signs Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch, 2PM

Sunday, November 27:

Austin
Paramount Theatre, Moontower Comedy presents Tig Notaro, author of the new memoir I'm Just a Person, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Karrie Baysinger signs The Roadmap to Successful Investing, 1PM

Half Price Books Mothership, Jeff P. Jones reads, discusses, and signs Love Give Us One Death: Bonnie and Clyde in the Last Days, 1PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, W.W. McNeal will read and sign Plum Creek, 11AM