by Lee Nichols & Margaret Moser
*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 Pe�a (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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Austin, TX 78765; fax 458-6910.
This article appears in January 17 • 1997 and January 17 • 1997 (Cover).