* FRI, OCT 27: Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace: The Lives of
Children and the Conscience of a Nation, will be at Southwestern University
campus in Georgetown for a lecture at the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Theatre. A 7pm
booksigning follows… Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin will read from
his works at Jessen Audtorium, UT campus, 8pm. His most recent book is
Travels.
* SAT, OCT 28: Jane Stott, who translated Claire Chevrillon’s Code Name
Christiane Clouet, will read at BookPeople, 2pm… Austin
American-Statesman columnist Billy Porterfield will be at BookStop Central
Park to sign the paperback release of his memoirs, Diddy Waw Diddy: Passage
of an American Son, 2-4pm… Barnes & Noble presents a booksigning with
Cactus Pryor for Playback, a collection of his best radio broadcasts
from his 50-year career, 4-6pm… Austin SF writer Bruce Lanier Wright will
celebrate the release of his timely, critical looks at horror films,
Nightwalkers: Gothic Horror Movies at Adventures in Crime and Space,
5-7pm. A costume contest with prizes will also occur at that time.
* SUN, OCT 29: Cactus Pryor will be at BookPeople to read from Playback,
2pm. Also, Pryor will be honored by the University of Texas Press at UT’s
Alumni Center on Mon, Oct 30 with a program that include cocktails, dinner and
show, and a silent auction but it ain’t cheap. For reservations, call 471-4032. — Margaret Moser “Post Scripts” is for author appearances and booksignings; the deadline is
two weeks before the issue date. Mail to: The Austin Chronicle, PO Box
49066, Austin,TX 78765; fax 458-6910.
This article appears in October 27 • 1995 and October 27 • 1995 (Cover).