Postscripts

*FRI, JAN 17: Kay Turner will promote her new work, Between Us: A Legacy of Lesbian Love Letters, a collection of love letters from the mid-19th century to the present, at Book People at 7pm.

* SAT, JAN 18: Dr. Ron Klinger, local family therapist, will promote his new Common Sense, No Frills, Plain English Guide to Being a Successful Dad at Book People at 2pm...

Houston author Joni Rodgers will read from and sign copies of her latest novel, Crazy for Trying, at Barnes & Noble, 3-4pm.

* TUE, JAN 21: Barry Sears, Ph.D. and former MIT researcher, will appear at Book People with his new book, Mastering the Zone,7pm.

* WED, JAN 22: Alan Chai, editor of Cyberstocks: An Investors Guide to Internet Companies, will lead a discussion and question-and-answer session on that topic at Barnes & Noble, 7:30-8:30pm.

* THU, JAN 23: Mexican author Elena Poniatowska and architectural photographer Richard Payne will present their collaboration, Guerrero Viejo, at Book People at 7pm. The work studies the submersion of the colonial city of Guerrero by the damming of the Rio Grande in the early 1950s...

Thom the World Poet will host a book release party for his new work, The Listening Poems!, at Joel T's Cafe & Deli at 7pm...

The third reading in the five-part Copyright Texas series at the Central Library in San Antonio (600 Soledad St.) will begin at 6:30pm with readings from Elizabeth Crook (of Austin, author of Promised Land), Lionel G. Garcia (Seabrook, Hardscrub), Mary Willis Walker (Austin, Under the Beetle's Cellar), Hermine Pinson (Beaumont, Ashe), and John Graves (Glen Rose, From a Limestone Ledge).

* ONGOING: Drawing and Crossing Boundaries: The Roots of Texas Music is the name of a free symposium at Southwestern University in Georgetown Jan. 30-Feb. 1. The conference will examine four musical traditions -- Tejano, Anglo, Euro-Ethnic, and African-American -- through lectures and performances. Featured participants include UNO professor of folklore Nick Spitzer, UT professor Manuel Peña (author of The Texas Mexican Conjunto), Tulane University professor and author of Country Music USA Bill Malone, SUNY professor Charles Keil (author of Music Grooves), and UH professor/poet/critic Lorenzo Thomas. Call 512/863-1902 for info...

The Austin Writers' League (AWL) is taking entries for two awards programs. The Young Texas Writers' Scholarship program is open to Texas high school students, awarding 12 scholarships in the areas of poetry, short story, essay, and journalism. The Teddy Book Award is a $1,000 prize for the best children's book written by an AWL member. Authors may join the AWL at the time of entry. Entries are due by Jan. 31. Call 499-8914...

Shelby Hearon: Now and Another Time is an exhibition celebrating the literary career of the novelist and UT alumna. Through Jan. 31 in the Wrenn Room on the seventh floor of the HRH Research Center, UT...

Shouting in the Evening: British Theater, 1956-96, is a major exhibition exploring the creative impulses and performances that shaped the last 40 years of British theatre. In the Leeds Gallery, fourth floor of the Flawn Academic Center at UT, through Jan. 31...

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