BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/houston-tx/literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - houston-tx (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning Presents L’Dor V’Dor: The Role of Storytelli ng in your Family Legacy DTSTART:20260908T153000Z DTEND:20260908T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T123438Z UID:10000582-1788863400-1788868800@www.erjcchouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Dan Gordon\, a teacher\, storyteller and beloved rabbi o f Temple Beth Torah in Humble\, will demonstrate how to preserve your fami ly legacy through storytelling. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T123438Z LOCATION:Evelyn Rubenstein JCC\, 5601 S. Braeswood\, Houston\, TX\, 77096\ , United States URL:https://www.erjcchouston.org/event/lifelong-learning-presents-ldor-vdo r-the-role-of-storytelling-in-your-family-legacy/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.erjcchouston.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin DTSTART:20260911T170000Z DTEND:20260911T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T000451Z UID:10000867-1789128000-1789131600@camh.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin. Photo: Janice Rubin. \n \n \n Add to calendar \n \n\n \n Google Calendar \n\n\n \n iCale ndar \n\n\n \n Outlook 365 \n\n\n \n Outlook Live \n\n \n \n About\n \n Join artists Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin\, for a discussi on related to Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People.T hrough the lens of their own socially engaged practice\, Vaughan and Margo lin will speak about ‘heat-seeking’ as artistic practice in Carroll’ s work and the integration of process (correspondence\, preparation\, rese arch\, methodology) into a “finished” work. . . as much as a work is e ver “finished” . . .Light lunch will be provided on a first-come\, fir st-served basis after the gallery talk in the Cullen Education Resource Ro om on the lower level of the Museum. \nRSVP\n Location and Accessibility \nThis event will consist of a walkthrough of the exhibition in the Brown Foundation Gallery\, located on the upper level of the Museum. No seating is provided for this program. For questions or concerns regarding safety o r accessibility\, please contact YE Torres\, Learning and Public Programs Manager\, at ytorres@camh.org. \n About Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin\ n Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin are Houston-based collaborative interd isciplinary artists (and husbands).  Their work involves extensive origin al archival research and deep collaborations with local LGBTQIA+ communiti es.  They have have had solo exhibitions at McClain Gallery (Houston)\, T he Blaffer Art Museum (Houston) DiverseWorks (Houston)\, the Oklahoma Stat e University Museum of Art\, the Invisible Dog Art Center (NYC)\, Art Leag ue Houston\, Aurora Picture Show (Houston)\, Devin Borden Gallery (Houston ) and non-traditional community-facing venues including Pride Festivals in Tahlequah\, Oklahoma and Houston\, Houston Community College Campuses\, H ouston Public Library\, University of Houston MD Anderson Library\, and nu merous LGBTQ+ bars. \n  \nIn 2025 they co-founded Rendezvous Center for A rt\, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering public understanding of the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community by supporting the creation \, public presentation and social engagement programming of interdisciplin ary artwork that examines the rich diversity of queer experiences. \n About Art at Noon\n Art at Noon is a short gallery talk by a local cura tor\, artist\, musician\, or other creative who is invited to CAMH to shar e a new perspective on a specific exhibition. The gallery talk is followed by a light lunch.  \n Upcoming Programs\n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T000451Z LOCATION:CAMH URL:https://camh.org/event/nick-vaughan-and-jake-margolin/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NUESTROWORLD Closing Party DTSTART:20260911T230000Z DTEND:20260912T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T182147Z UID:25120-1789149600-1789156800@diverseworks.org CATEGORIES:arts,festival,literary,music DESCRIPTION:Closing Party: Friday\, September 11\, 2026 | 6 – 8 pmDivers eWorks @ 5601 B Navigation Blvd\nJoin DiverseWorks for an evening celebrat ion marking the closing of NuestroWorld on Friday\, September 11\, from 6 –8 pm at the NuestroWorld Visitor Center\, 5601 B Navigation Blvd. Enjo y readings with Nuestra Palabra and music by CTS Trio – Queen of Tejano & Latin Tribute Band\, plus a pop-up artist market\, refreshments\, and mo re! \n6 pm NuestroWorld x Nuestra Palabra: The Words are OursA Nuestra Pal abra production\, featuring writers unearthing our gente’s role in build ing the bricks\, mortar\, and heart of Htown. MC’d by Tony Díaz\, aut hor and activist\; with Stalina Villarreal\, poet\, translator\, essay ist\; Roberto Tejada\, translator\, essayist\, art historian\, and cultur al critic\; and Icess Fernández Rojas\, poet\, storyteller\, educator. \n7 pm CTS Trio – Queen of Tejano & Latin Tribute BandLive performances of the greatest Latin hits of all time. \nAll-night Pop-up Artist Market\, featuring local artists. \nNUESTROWORLD is a satirical solo installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jesus Benavente. Featuring newly commissioned wo rks\, NuestroWorld opens on Thursday\, August 13\, 2026\, transforming 5 601 B Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX 77011 into a fictional visitor center for NuestroWorld\, encouraging guests to explore Houston beyond the gall ery walls and experience the city as an amusement park. The installation w ill be on view through September 12\, 2026\, with a closing party on Septe mber 11. Gallery hours are Thursday – Saturday\, 12 – 6 pm. Admission is free. \nThrough satire and spectacle\, NuestroWorld examines how citi es construct identity through tourism\, branding\, memory\, and myth\, inv iting audiences to reconsider Houston’s past and present. The exhibition draws inspiration from pivotal moments in Houston and Texas history\, inc luding the opening of the Astrodome and Astroworld in the late 1960s\, Sel ena’s iconic Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo performances in the 1990s\, and the folklore surrounding Santa Anna’s capture following the Battle o f San Jacinto in 1836\, highlighting the city’s recurring cycles of ambi tion\, folly\, and heartbreak. The title plays on “Astroworld” and use s Spanglish to create the phrase “The World Is Ours\,” reframing Houst on’s cultural mythology through humor\, nostalgia\, and critical reflect ion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T182147Z LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, @ 5601 B Navigation Blvd & Various Locations\, 560 1 B Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77011\, United States URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/nuestroworld-closing-party/ X-SOURCE-NAME:DiverseWorks X-SOURCE-URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/book-event-the-city-we-make-to gether END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry/In-Person 2627-203 DTSTART:20260912T143000Z DTEND:20260912T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T181251Z UID:57003-1789205400-1789216200@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint Hous e. \n\n \nSix Poetic Modes \nA poem can behave in innumerable ways. Some p oems value incantatory repetition\, while others prefer implication and re straint. Some poems relish in lush textures of sound\, while others priori tize sharp associative turns. Rather than valorizing one ideal way of maki ng a poem\, this class will investigate how poets blend\, layer\, distort\ , or altogether reject various techniques. \nDuring the course we’ll exp lore six poetic modes: profusion\, defiance\, opacity\, association\, dire ctness\, and maximalism. Each week\, we’ll experiment with one mode thro ugh reading and writing\, paying attention to how poems build\, intensify\ , withhold\, fracture\, or cohere. Along the way\, we’ll develop a share d vocabulary for talking about poems and for recognizing our own habits an d instincts as writers. \nWe’ll look at writers like John Ashbery\, Eliz abeth Bishop\, Gwendolyn Brooks\, Alan Dugan\, Raúl Gómez Jattin\, Audre Lorde\, Edgar Lee Masters\, Chelsey Minnis\, Alice Notley\, Pedro Pietri\ , Walter Ralegh\, James Schuyler\, Fabián Severo\, Christopher Smart\, Da nika Stegeman\, and Zheng Xiaoqiong\, among others. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T181251Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/poetry-in-person-2627-203/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents Rex Ogle DTSTART:20260913T200000Z DTEND:20260913T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T001322Z UID:56343-1789311600-1789317000@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public\nFree copies of one of Rex Ogle’ s newest books for the first 100 families\nPresentation and Q&A by the a uthor\nMeet the author followed by a book sale and signing\nBus scholarshi ps available for student groups – full scholarships for public schools\, partial scholarships for private schools upon availability. For informati on\, email info@inprint.org\n\nDiscounted books available through Brazos Bookstore\n\n\nAnd more!\n\n\nThe 2026/2027 Inprint Cool Brains! Series p roudly presents award-winning author Rex Ogle\, sharing his new books Frui tcake\, a graphic novel about surviving middle school and finding the cour age to be yourself\, and Absent\, a middle grade novel about three boys wh o skip school\, told in verse\, prose\, and comics. \nRex Ogle is the aut hor of more than 100 books for kids\, including comics\, graphic novels\, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch (winner of the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction)\, Abuela\, Don’t Forget Me (ALA/YALSA award fo r Excellence in Nonfiction finalist)\, Road Home (a Micheal Printz Honor a nd Stonewall Honor book)\, and middle grade graphic novels Four Eyes and P izza Face. Under his pseudonym Rey Terciero\, he has also reimagined class ics as modern and diverse graphic novels\, including Meg\, Jo\, Beth\, & A my\, Northranger (nominated for both Harvey and GLAAD Media Awards)\, and Dan in Green Gables (nominated for a GLAAD Media Award). Born and raised i n Texas\, Rex now lives in Los Angeles where he writes every day—when he ’s not reading X-Men\, gaming with friends\, or chasing his dog\, Toby\, trying to score a hug. \nDescribed as “funny\, sad\, goofy and poignant \; a winner” (Kirkus starred review)\, Fruitcake is the third and final installment of Ogle’s highly popular Four Eyes graphic novel series\, wh ich tackles relatable middle school themes like bullying\, puberty\, build ing self-confidence\, and navigating friendships. Eighth grade isn’t off to a great start for Rex. Everyone seems to be coupling up\, and he’s s tarting to feel like an outsider—until he meets Charlotte. She’s fearl ess\, smart\, pretty\, and\, best of all\, she likes him back. But as wond erful as Charlotte is\, Rex can’t stop thinking about someone else: Drew \, Rex’s childhood best friend. Suddenly\, Rex is navigating feelings he never expected. With strong opinions swirling at home and church\, Rex be gins to question his own worth and what his feelings truly mean. Featuring Dave Valeza’s vibrant\, colorful\, and engaging illustrations\, Fruitca ke is a heartfelt story of laughter and fear\, crushes and coming out\, an d the courage it takes to embrace who you are. \nWith illustrations by LJ- Baptiste\, Absent explores school absenteeism in a compelling\, entertaini ng\, and utterly distinct middle grade novel. With a dad in jail and a lac k of teachers interested in helping him learn\, Manny doesn’t see the po int in anything besides skateboarding and writing lyrics. Calvin has so ma ny responsibilities to his father and little brothers that when his bike i s stolen\, he can’t make it to school on time. And while Liam is studiou s and wants to become a doctor\, he is tormented by bullies and hides out in an unused janitor’s closet instead of going to class. When the boys a re thrown together in detention\, they realize that they might still have a lot to learn—not just from their teachers\, but from each other. Absen t tells the boys’ stories in three distinct voices: Manny’s in verse\, Calvin’s as a comic\, and Liam’s as a prose journal. \n***Please note that the book signing will be conducted on a first-come\, first-served ba sis. Upon entering the theater\, people wishing to have books signed will be given a number\, and the book signing will take place in numerical orde r after the on-stage presentation.*** LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T001322Z LOCATION:Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School\, 10410 Manhat tan Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77096\, United States URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-cool-brains-series-presents-r ex-ogle/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:INPRINT BOOK CLUB DISCUSSES CORD SWELL DTSTART:20260913T210000Z DTEND:20260913T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:54730-1789315200-1789318800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This Inprint Book Club meeting will take place via Zoom. The Zoom link will be the same for every meeting and will be provided in your Eventbrite email receipt (scroll down to the Additional Information sectio n). \n \nOn September 13\, 2026 the Inprint Book Club will discuss the boo k Cord Swell by brittny ray crowell\, who will appear as part of the 2025/ 2026 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series on Monday\, May 4\, 2026. Visit brazosbookstore.com to order your copy of crowell’s debut poetry collection. \nInprint Book Club meetings are free and open to the public a nd are facilitated by experienced book club leader Torie Ludwin. The full schedule of Inprint Book Club meetings for 2025/2026 season appears on the main Inprint Book Club webpage\, which you can access by clicking here. \ nIf you have any further questions\, please email info@inprint.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-book-club-discusses-cord-swel l/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Claudia Rankine Reading DTSTART:20260915T003000Z DTEND:20260915T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T181518Z UID:56595-1789414200-1789419600@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Season tickets are on sale here. \nClaudia Rankine will read f rom her new hybrid-genre work Triage\, followed by an on-stage conversatio n led by poet and Rice University professor Phillip B. Williams. The eveni ng will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as p art of the 2026/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nWhet her writing about intimacy or alienation\, Claudia Rankine possesses a voi ce of unrelenting candor that “shimmers with wisdom and fury” (The Tel egraph). A MacArthur Fellow\, Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry\, including her bestselling Citizen: An American Lyric\, which exp lores what it means to be an American citizen in a “post-racial” socie ty. A defining text for our time\, Citizen won the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the NAACP Image Award\, the PEN Open Book Award\, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is also the author of three plays\, including Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue\, which is perfo rmed on a bus ride through the Bronx\; and is the editor of several anthol ogies\, including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. \nRankine returns to Inprint with her genre-defying new work Triage \, which collides the lyric with narrative\, memoir\, image\, and essay to offer her most personal and emotionally resonant writing yet. Triage foll ows the turbulent friendship between two characters\, the narrator and the theorist\, self-identified sisters struggling to define their wounded his tories and their shared but separate lives. According to Jamaica Kincaid\, “Claudia Rankine’s remarkable\, outstanding odyssey—an account of o ur present\, which is also our past\, which is always our future—is beau tifully rendered in a kaleidoscope of images and sensations. . . . Triage is exquisite.” \nPhillip B. Williams is the author of the poetry collec tions Thief in the Interior\, which was the winner of the Kate Tufts Disc overy Award and a Lambda Literary Award\, and Mutiny\, which was the winn er of a 2022 American Book Award. Williams also received a Whiting Award a nd fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts. His debut novel\, Our s\, won the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger from France and was a finalist for the James Tait Black Prize in the UK. His latest poetry collection is  Lift Every Voice. He is a professor of creative writing at Rice Universi ty. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T181518Z LOCATION:Brockman Hall for Opera\, Rice University\, Entrance #18 off Rice Boulevard\, Houston\, TX\, 77005 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-claudia-rankine-reading-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Monthly Lighthouse Book Club DTSTART:20260917T210000Z DTEND:20260917T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T182135Z UID:10008879-1789660800-1789664400@houstonlighthouse.org CATEGORIES:literary LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T182135Z LOCATION:The Lighthouse of Houston\, 3602 West Dallas\, Houston\, TX\, 770 19\, United States URL:https://houstonlighthouse.org/event/lighthouse_book_club/2026-09-17/ X-SOURCE-NAME:The Lighthouse of Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://houstonlighthouse.org/community-events-resources END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20260920T210000Z DTEND:20260920T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073057Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073057Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teachers As Writers/Online 2627-210 DTSTART:20260922T233000Z DTEND:20260923T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T181251Z UID:57041-1790101800-1790109000@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This is an online workshop that takes place via Zoom. \nEducat ors can earn up to 12 CPE credit hours \n \nIntro to Creative Writing \nW hat makes a poem sing and sigh? What makes fiction captivating? What gives creative nonfiction its power? And how does one get started? \nIf you’r e interested in writing but don’t know where to begin\, this six-week co urse is a great place to take your first steps. \nIn this holistic introdu ction to creative writing\, students will learn the fundamentals of poetry \, fiction\, and creative nonfiction through conversations about craft\, r eadings of contemporary and classic texts\, and in-class writing exercises designed to foster play\, curiosity\, and creativity. Participants will a lso have the opportunity to submit work for feedback from both their fello w writers and the instructor in a supportive workshop environment. \nBy th e end of the course\, participants will leave with a portfolio of work spa nning poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction\, a glossary of craft ter ms and concepts generated throughout the class\, and written feedback from the instructor on one to three pieces of their choosing. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T181251Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/teachers-as-writers-online-2627-210/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bhadra Purnima DTSTART:20260926T233000Z DTEND:20260927T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T120913Z UID:264517-1790447400-1790452800@iskconhouston.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Bhadra Purnima. \n\n“If on the full moon day of the month of BHADRA\, one places Srimad Bhagavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift\, he will attain the supreme transcendental destination.” (SB 12. 13.13) \n\nThis Srimad-Bhagavatam is the literary incarnation of God\, and it is compiled by Srila Vyasadeva\, the incarnation of God. It is meant f or the ultimate good of all people\, and it is all-successful\, all-blissf ul and all-perfect (SB 1.3.40) This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as th e sun\, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode\, accompanied by religion\, knowledge\, etc. Persons who have lo st their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali shall get light from this Purana (SB 1.3.43) \nPlease help us in this miss ion to spread the rays of transcendental light all across the world. We ne ed all hands on board in order to combat the gathering gloom of this dark age. Our goal with this campaign is to place a full set of Srimad Bhagavat am in every home. The Bhadra Purnima is on September 26\, 2026. The Bhadra campaign is a worldwide effort to popularize the Srimad Bhagavatam\, the cream of all Vedic literature. It has been predicted that this literature will provide the guiding light to those who have lost their way in the den se darkness of the age of Kali. We thank you for participating in this cam paign and being part of the effort to revolutionize the consciousness of o ur planet. This year we are going for a historical world wide goal of dist ributing 100\,008 sets of Srimad Bhagavatam. Please help us in this effort by buying\, or sponsoring a set today! \nYou can help by donating for a s et either for yourself or for friends/relatives/etc. If you already own a set\, then please sponsor further sets so that others can receive this pri celess gift also. Lastly\, please inquire from all who you know and convin ce them to accept this treasure into their homes. \nDonate books or Sponso r books: https://iskconhoustonbooks.square.site/ \nCampaign Video – Watc h here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T120913Z URL:https://iskconhouston.org/event/bhadrapurnima/ X-SOURCE-NAME:ISKCON of Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://iskconhouston.org/7-5-gauranga-hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Eureka Heights Books & Brew DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T060758Z UID:10410-1790708400-1790708400@www.eurekaheights.com CATEGORIES:drink,literary DESCRIPTION:Monthly Book CLub LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T060758Z LOCATION:Tap Room\, 941 W 18TH ST.\, Houston\, TX\, 77008\, United States URL:https://www.eurekaheights.com/event/eureka-heights-books-brew-2026-09- 02/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Eureka Heights Brewery X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.eurekaheights.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Ayad Akhtar Reading DTSTART:20261006T003000Z DTEND:20261006T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T001322Z UID:56604-1791228600-1791234000@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Tuesday\, Septemb er 15\, 2026 at 12 pm. \nSeason tickets are on sale here. \nAyad Akhtar wi ll read from his new novel The Radiance\, followed by an on-stage conversa tion led by a local author/journalist. The evening will conclude with a bo ok sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 Inpri nt Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nPulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akh tar’s new novel The Radiance is “simply put\, a work of genius. Throug h unforgettable characters Akhtar explores the nature of memory and of the soul\, while the unfolding tale builds tension and anticipation like a wh odunit” (Abraham Verghese). It has been named one of the New York Time ’s “Novels Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026.” A mysterious ac cident along a country road sparks an awakening and an investigation in Ak htar’s most daring work yet—a visionary novel of spiritual transformat ion in an age of fracture. \nAkhtar’s work as a novelist and playwright has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the wi nner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Disgraced\, which was al so nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. His other Broadway plays in clude McNeal\, Junk\, and The Who & The What. Akhtar is also the author of the novels American Dervish\, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year\, an d Homeland Elegies\, called “a tour de force” by The Washington Post. In 2021\, he was named the New York State Author by the New York State Wri ters Institute\, succeeding Colson Whitehead. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T001322Z LOCATION:Alley Theatre\, 615 Texas Avenue\, Houston\, TX\, 77002 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-ayad-akhtar-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fiction/Online 2627-205 DTSTART:20261007T233000Z DTEND:20261008T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T181251Z UID:57012-1791397800-1791405000@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:This is an online workshop that takes place via Zoom. \n \nSpe culative Fiction: Channeling the Dead\, the Cosmos\, and Everything In-bet ween \nWhat if someone invented a machine that let them speak to the dead? What if a person’s dreams revealed a political plot to erase an entire neighborhood? What if Texas had never joined the United States? What if ch ildren could vote? \n“What if?” is the deceptively simple question at the heart of all speculative fiction. The answers\, however\, can be endle ssly complex\, inviting writers to blend genres\, histories\, futures\, an d literary traditions—science fiction\, fantasy\, magical realism\, sati re\, historical fiction\, horror\, and beyond. \nSome of the most celebrat ed writers in American literature have turned to speculative fiction to as k profound questions about our place in history\, society\, and the univer se. Through readings by authors such as Ray Bradbury\, Mark Twain\, Kurt V onnegut\, Octavia E. Butler\, Robert A. Heinlein\, Colson Whitehead\, Ursu la K. Le Guin\, Carmen Maria Machado\, Nnedi Okorafor\, R. F. Kuang\, and Cormac McCarthy\, we’ll examine the many forms the speculative can take. Through generative writing exercises that experiment with genre\, form\, and language\, we’ll push our own fiction into unexpected territory. Fin ally\, through workshop\, discussion\, and thoughtful feedback\, we’ll h elp one another develop our work into stranger\, richer\, and more ambitio us stories. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T181251Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/fiction-online-2627-205/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Hernan Diaz Reading DTSTART:20261013T003000Z DTEND:20261013T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T001322Z UID:56628-1791833400-1791838800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Monday\, Septembe r 21\, 2026 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nHernan Diaz will read from his new novel Ply\, followed by an on-stage conversation led by author and former Houston Chronicle Book Editor Maggie Galehouse. The eve ning will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nDe scribed by Lauren Groff as a “narrative genius\,” Hernan Diaz is the P ulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of the novel Trust\, named o ne of the New York Times’s Best 100 Books of the 21st Century and curren tly being developed as a limited series for HBO. His literary work is cele brated for its genre-bending reinvention of American mythology and its com plex exploration of wealth\, capitalism\, and isolation. His first novel\,  In the Distance\, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faul kner Award. His work has been translated into 37 languages. \nAfter rewrit ing America’s past in his two previous novels\, from 1920s Wall Street t o the 19th century western frontier\, Diaz turns to the future with his ne w novel Ply. A combination of Dickensian odyssey\, family drama\, and scie ntific thriller\, Ply examines the place of technology in the American ima gination. Centuries from now\, the state has been dismantled\, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss\, survival\, and found family\, an orphan grows up to become a “pincher\,” someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. “Diaz brilliantly envisio ns how love\, trust\, and loyalty can remain when freedom and justice have collapsed and makes every page exhilarating and meaningful” (Library Jo urnal\, starred review). \nMaggie Galehouse is an award-winning local wri ter\, editor\, and researcher. She was the former book editor at the Hous ton Chronicle\, and she has reported on education\, crime\, and business for a variety of newspapers. She currently works as a Program Director in the Communications Department at MD Anderson Cancer Center. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T001322Z LOCATION:Stude Concert Hall\, Rice University\, Entrance #18 & #20\, 6100 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77005\, United States URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-hernan-diaz-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club discusses The People's Hospital DTSTART:20261013T233000Z DTEND:20261014T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:55712-1791916200-1791919800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club meeting will take place via Zo om. The Zoom link will be the same for every meeting and will be provided in your Eventbrite email receipt (scroll down to the Additional Informatio n section). \n  \n \nOn October 13\, 2026 the Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club will discuss The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila. \nInprint BCM HEAL Book Club meetings are free and desig ned for those involved in the healthcare community. Meetings are facilitat ed by Stacy Nigliazzo. The full schedule of Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club mee tings for 2026 appears on the main Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club webpage\, wh ich you can access by\, clicking here. \nIf you have any further questions \, please email info@inprint.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-bcm-heal-book-club-discusses- the-peoples-hospital/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry/In-Person 2627-206 DTSTART:20261014T230000Z DTEND:20261015T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T001226Z UID:57018-1792000800-1792011600@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint Hous e. \n \nLanguage as Material: A Generative Workshop \nThe painter Edgar De gas once lived for weeks as a vexed poet. Despite his best attempts\, he c ould not shake the flatness in his verse. And so\, desperately inspired\, he sought the advice of a friend: the famed writer Stéphane Mallarmé. “Dear Stéphane\,” Degas began\, “I cannot understand how I can have such great ideas—and yet I write such horrid poems!” \nMallarmé quip ped\, “Dear Degas\, poems are made of words\, not ideas.” \nIn this ge nerative workshop\, we will take Mallarmé’s quip seriously as we consid er language as poetic material. We will begin by looking at experimental p oems by writers such as Harryette Mullen\, Reginald Dwayne Betts\, Charles Olson\, Douglas Kearny\, Robert Smithson\, Ted Berrigan\, and others\, al ongside some paintings\, drawings\, and collages by visual artists such as Hans Hofmann\, Ray Johnson\, and Josef and Anni Albers. \nAfter discussin g the effects of collage\, erasure\, and intertextuality\, we will apply t hese crosspollinated-techniques to our own in-class writing. Students can expect to leave with a foundational understanding of experimental poetics and numerous poems of their own. Oh\, and students will learn some formatt ing tricks on Microsoft Word\, too. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T001226Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/poetry-in-person-2627-206/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ESCRITORES EN LA CASA: Ezequiel Zaidenwerg DTSTART:20261016T000000Z DTEND:20261016T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260817T181414Z UID:56915-1792090800-1792096200@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Inprint recibe al autor argentino Ezequiel Zaidenwerg para pre sentar su nueva novela en verso\, Fantasma escritor. Tras la presentación \, Zaidenwerg conversará sobre su obra con un escritor local. Esta presen tación forma parte de la serie de Inprint Escritores en la casa. \nTodas las presentaciones de Escritores en la casa son gratis y están abiertas al público.  \nEzequiel Zaidenwerg nació en Buenos Aires en 1981. Es a utor de varios libros incluyendo los poemarios Doxa (2007) y La lírica e stá muerta (2011\, 2017). Además\, es traductor de Mark Strand\, Ben Ler ner\, Anne Carson\, Weldon Kees\, Robin Myers\, Joseph Brodsky\, Mary Ruef le\, João Cabral de Melo Neto\,  Brenda Hillman\, Kay Ryan y Emily Dicki nson\, entre otros y otras. Es miembro fundador del colectivo de acción p oética Como Un Lugar y envía diariamente por mail poemas traducidos a tr avés de su newsletter El poema de hoy. Su primera novela\, Fantasma Escr itor\, fue elogiada por Fernanda Trías\, quien escribió: “Ezequiel Zai denwerg dirige su inteligencia inquieta hacia los fantasmas que nos consti tuyen: la familia\, la lengua\, el duelo\, el deseo\, la herencia. Zaidenw erg\, que con su newsletter El poema de hoy ha hecho de la poesía y la tr aducción una forma de encuentro colectivo\, entrega ahora una primera nov ela íntima y luminosa\, vulnerable y formalmente viva. Este es un libro s obre la traducción como una manera de estar en el mundo: el arte de escuc har aquello que nos rodea y de encontrar las palabras que acaso nos permit an decir yo.” \nEsta serie de lecturas es posible gracias a la Rita Mall ett Blasser Foundation LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T181414Z LOCATION:Inprint House\, 1520 W Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United St ates URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/escritores-en-la-casa-ezequiel-zaiden werg/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents Elizabeth Acevedo DTSTART:20261018T190000Z DTEND:20261018T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T181139Z UID:56468-1792332000-1792337400@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public\nFree copies of Anger Is Only a Sh adow for the first 100 families\nPresentation and Q&A by the author\nMeet the author followed by a book sale and signing\nAppearance by celebrated Houston writer Jasminne Mendez\nBus scholarships available for student gro ups – full scholarships for public schools\, partial scholarships for pr ivate schools upon availability. For information\, email info@inprint.org \n\nBooks available through Kindred Stories\n\n\nAnd more!\n\n\nThe 2026/2 027 Inprint Cool Brains! Series proudly presents National Book Award winne r and renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo\, sharing her new YA novel Anger Is Only a Shadow. \nKnown for YA novels filled with poetry\, humor\, and hea rt\, Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X\, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature \, the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpré Award\, the Carnegie med al\, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award\, and the Walter Award. She is als o the author of With the Fire on High\, which was named a best book of th e year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, Publishers Weekly\, and Sc hool Library Journal\; and Clap When You Land\, which was a Boston Globe –Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. Acevedo is a National Poet ry Slam Champion and served as the 2022 Young People’s Poet Laureate. \ n“An irresistible story of family connection\, resilience\, and loyalty ” (Kirkus starred review)\, Anger Is Only a Shadow is Acevedo’s powerf ul new YA novel in prose and poetry. Lil is anything but small. She’s re bellious\, she’s loyal\; she’s figuring out what kind of good person s he wants to be\, or if she wants to be a good person at all. But more than anything? Lil wants to be free. When her instinct for freedom leads to an other stay in D.C. juvenile detention\, Lil knows she’s lucky to just be on probation. But judgment\, guilt\, and an ankle monitor weigh heavily o n her\, and she can’t shake that pinned-down feeling. The only person wh o might understand is her big brother\, Aldwin. Except he’s more distant now than just the hundred miles from his college. As her court hearing ti cks closer\, a question looms over Lil as the missed phone calls and stran ge texts from her brother pile up: will she stay put\, or put her future f reedom on the line? “A striking and nuanced portrait of the realities of juvenile detention and mental illness” (Publisher’s Weekly starred re view) and “intensely genuine” (The Bulletin of the Center for Children ’s Books starred review)\, Anger Is Only a Shadow is a white-knuckle jou rnal to self-understanding and doing the right thing\, no matter the cost. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T181139Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-cool-brains-series-presents-e lizabeth-acevedo/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20261018T210000Z DTEND:20261018T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073057Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073057Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Monthly Lighthouse Book Club DTSTART:20261022T210000Z DTEND:20261022T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T001839Z UID:10008880-1792684800-1792688400@houstonlighthouse.org CATEGORIES:literary LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T001839Z LOCATION:The Lighthouse of Houston\, 3602 West Dallas\, Houston\, TX\, 770 19\, United States URL:https://houstonlighthouse.org/event/lighthouse_book_club/2026-10-22/ X-SOURCE-NAME:The Lighthouse of Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://houstonlighthouse.org/community-events-resources END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:11th Annual Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation’s "Power of Literacy" Luncheon DTSTART:20261023T160000Z DTEND:20261023T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260805T000804Z UID:10006365-1792753200-1792762200@thesocialbook.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Luncheon featuring a conversation with entertainer Harry Conni ck\, Jr.\, who will discuss his new book. Also features a silent auction\, raffle and special “Giving Tree” opportunity. LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T000804Z LOCATION:The Post Oak at Uptown\, 1600 West Loop South\, Houston\, TX\, 77 027\, United States URL:https://thesocialbook.com/event/11th-annual-barbara-bush-houston-liter acy-foundations-power-of-literacy-luncheon/ X-SOURCE-NAME:The Social Book - Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://thesocialbook.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Colson Whitehead Reading DTSTART:20261113T013000Z DTEND:20261113T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:56632-1794511800-1794517200@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets for $35\, which will include a copy of Colson Whitehead’s Cool Machine\, and will go on sale on Tuesday\, Oc tober 13\, 2026 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nColson Whiteh ead will read from his new novel Cool Machine\, followed by an on-stage co nversation with a local author/journalist. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 I nprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nTwo-time Pulitzer Prize an d National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Cols on Whitehead comes to Houston with his new novel Cool Machine\, the magnif icent and highly anticipated final volume of his Harlem Trilogy that bring s to life 1980s New York. In a starred review\, Publishers Weekly writes\, “Whitehead concludes his Harlem Trilogy with a transcendent and wildly entertaining novel in which his recurring characters grapple with the ways their lives are defined by crime and the city they call home. . . . The h eists\, stakeouts\, and showdowns are rendered with grit and precision\, b ut the real wallops come in breathtaking riffs on the city’s magnetic fo rce. . . . It’s the greatest New York novel in years.” \nWhitehead is the first writer to win the Pulitzer for consecutive books: the histori cal novels The Underground Railroad (2016) and The Nickel Boys (2019). The Underground Railroad also won the National Book Award and was named o ne of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. K nown for innovative novels that explore social themes\, while often incorp orating fantastical elements\, he is also the author of The Intuitionist\, John Henry Days\, and Sag Harbor\, as well as The Colossus of New York\, a book of essays about the city\, and The Noble Hustle\, a nonfiction acco unt about the 2011 World Series of Poker. Among his honors\, Whitehead has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships\, a Whiting Writers Award\, the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, and the National Hum anities Medal. From 2018-2020\, he served as the New York State Author. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Congregation Emanu El\, 1500 Sunset Boulevard\, Houston\, TX\, 77 005 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-colson-whitehead-reading-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multi-Genre/In-Person 2627-208 DTSTART:20261114T193000Z DTEND:20261114T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T181251Z UID:57034-1794663000-1794677400@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint Hous e \n \nWriting Through the Eye: Turning Images into Language \nSome of lit erature’s most powerful writing begins with an image—a painting\, a ph otograph\, a sculpture\, a still frame—that a writer refuses to simply d escribe. Instead\, they step inside it\, argue with it\, rewrite its endin g\, or use it as a doorway into something entirely their own. From the anc ient Greeks to contemporary poets and essayists\, writers have long turned visual art into literary invention. \nAcross three genres—poetry\, flas h fiction\, and the short essay—we’ll explore how contemporary writers transform a single image into elegy\, argument\, memoir\, and story. Most importantly\, we’ll spend time looking closely at works of art that spe ak to us and using them as prompts for original writing. Rather than treat ing images as subjects to describe\, we’ll approach them as collaborator s: something to question\, inhabit\, resist\, and reimagine. By the end of the workshop\, each participant will leave with working drafts in at leas t two genres and a richer understanding of what becomes possible when imag e meets language. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T181251Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/poetry-in-person-2627-208/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20261115T210000Z DTEND:20261115T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073057Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073057Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry/In-Person 2627-209 DTSTART:20261205T193000Z DTEND:20261205T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T181251Z UID:57036-1796477400-1796491800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint Hous e. \n \nMapping Your Poems \n“The frontiers of a book are never clear-cu t: beyond the title\, the first lines\, and the last full stop…it is cau ght up in a system of references to other books\, other texts\, other sent ences: it is a node within a network.” \n—Michel Foucault \nIn this ge nerative writing intensive\, we’ll begin with a word\, phrase\, or line from a book of poetry we’ve brought with us. We’ll read poems that ope nly—or subtly—respond to other poems. Then\, we’ll use a mapping exe rcise to capture the colors\, feelings\, temperatures\, tastes\, plants\, animals\, and images our chosen lines evoke. From there\, we’ll begin ou r own poems. \nThroughout the weekend\, we’ll alternate writing with sho rt meditations\, walks\, and audiovisual prompts that participants can inc orporate into their own writing practice. The borrowed lines may remain vi sible in the finished poem or disappear entirely\, serving only as the see d or scaffold that got it started. On the second day\, participants will w orkshop the poems they’ve developed. \nBy the end of the intensive\, stu dents will leave with a new poem and a generative process they can return to whenever they need a way into the next one. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T181251Z LOCATION:TX URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/poetry-in-person-2627-209/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Robert Pruitt and Ryan N. Dennis DTSTART:20261212T200000Z DTEND:20261212T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T002046Z UID:10000865-1797084000-1797087600@camh.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:(L to R): Robert Pruitt. Photo: Brandon Luckain. / Ryan N. Den nis. Photo: Charles A. Smith. \n \n \n Add to calendar \n \n\n \n Google Calendar \n\n\n \n iCalendar \n\n\n \n Outlook 365 \n\n\ n \n Outlook Live \n\n \n \n About\n \n Join artist Robert Pruitt and CAMH Co-Director and Chief Curator Ryan N. Dennis for a lively discussion related to themes explored in the exhibition Robert Pruitt: Inf inite and the development of his practice over the last 10 years since lea ving Houston in 2016.This program will be held in the Brown Foundation Gal lery and is free to attend.  Seating is limited and available on a first- come basis. RSVP is recommended and will open leading up to the program. W e recommend arriving early. Members’ First Access on Monday\, November 2 \, 2026.RSVPs will open to the public on Tuesday\, November 10\, 2026. \ n \n RSVP\n \n About Robert Pruitt\n Robert Pruitt was b orn in 1975 in Houston\, Texas. He received his BA from Texas Southern Uni versity (2000) and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin (2003). P ruitt works in a variety of materials\, with the focus of his practice cen tered on rendering large scale figurative portraits. He projects onto his images a juxtaposing series of experiences and material references\, denot ing a diverse and radical Black past\, present and future. Pruitt often ut ilizes religion\, spirituality\, signs and symbolic objects throughout his work as a means of exploring a Black American conception of transcendence and mythology. \nPruitt’s work is in numerous public collections\, incl uding Dallas Museum of Art\, Texas\; Institute of Contemporary Art\, Bosto n\, Massachusetts\; Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York\; Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Texas\; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University\, Durham \, North Carolina\; Portland Museum of Art\, Maine\; Studio Museum in Harl em\, New York\; Blanton Museum of Art\, Austin\, Texas\; and Virginia Muse um of Fine Arts\, Richmond\, among others. \n Upcoming Programs\n \n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T002046Z LOCATION:Brown Foundation Gallery\, Houston\, TX\, United States URL:https://camh.org/event/robert-pruitt-and-ryan-n-dennis/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club discusses Grace Notes DTSTART:20261216T003000Z DTEND:20261216T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:55720-1797359400-1797364800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club meeting will take place via Zo om. The Zoom link will be the same for every meeting and will be provided in your Eventbrite email receipt (scroll down to the Additional Informatio n section). \n  \n \nOn December 15\, 2026 the Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club will discuss Grace Notes: Poems About Families by Naomi Shihab Nye. \nInp rint BCM HEAL Book Club meetings are free and designed for those involved in the healthcare community. Meetings are facilitated by Stacy Nigliazzo. The full schedule of Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club meetings for 2026 appears on the main Inprint BCM HEAL Book Club webpage\, which you can access by\, clicking here. \nIf you have any further questions\, please email info@i nprint.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Inprint House\, 1520 W Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United St ates URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-bcm-heal-book-club-discusses- grace-notes/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20261220T210000Z DTEND:20261220T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073057Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073057Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Poetics of Release with Fred Moten DTSTART:20270109T200000Z DTEND:20270109T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260822T000458Z UID:10000868-1799503200-1799508600@camh.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Fred Moten. Photo: Pat Cray. \n \n \n Add to calenda r \n \n\n \n Google Calendar \n\n\n \n iCalendar \n\n\n \n Outloo k 365 \n\n\n \n Outlook Live \n\n \n \n About\n \n Beverly Buchanan and Dionne Lee have much to say\, in much more than a philosophic al way\, about the economic and epistemological implications of prediction \, predication\, and the practice of beauty. In A Poetics of Release\, wri ter Fred Moten discusses a little bit of what Buchanan and Lee teach us ab out knowing and not knowing\, owning and not owning\, and the aesthetics o f translucency.This event is FREE to attend. RSVP is recommended. Member First Access begins November 9\, 2026RSVP is open to the public November 1 6\, 2026 \nRSVP\n Location and Accessibility\nThis program will take pla ce in the Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery\, located on the lower level of the Museum. For questions or concerns regarding safety or accessibility\, please contact YE Torres\, Learning and Public Programs Manager\, at ytorr es@camh.org. \n About Fred Moten\n Fred Moten teaches in the Departm ent of Performance Studies at New York University. His latest book is pré fume\, a collaboration with Nan Collymore. He is also co-author with Stefa no Harney of The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study and All I ncomplete and with Wu Tsang of Who Touched Me? In addition\, Moten frequen tly accompanies musicians Gerald Cleaver and Brandon López. Their latest recordings are the blacksmiths\, the flowers and revision. \n Upcoming Pro grams\n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260822T000458Z LOCATION:CAMH URL:https://camh.org/event/a-poetics-of-release-with-fred-moten/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20270117T210000Z DTEND:20270117T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073057Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073057Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud DTSTART:20270122T180000Z DTEND:20270122T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073058Z UID:10000860-1800619200-1800622800@camh.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Headshot of Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud. Photo courtesy Ayanna. \ n \n \n Add to calendar \n \n\n \n Google Calendar \n\n\n \ n iCalendar \n\n\n \n Outlook 365 \n\n\n \n Outlook Live \n\n \ n \n About\n \n Join Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud\, artist and Bayou City Waterkeeper Co-Executive Director\, for a discussion related to Divination : Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee.Light lunch will be provided on a first-co me\, first-served basis after the gallery talk in the Cullen Education Res ource Room on the lower level of the Museum. \n \n RSVP\n \n Location and Accessibility\nThis event will consist of a walkthrough of t he exhibition in the Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery\, located on the lowe r level of the Museum. No seating is provided for this program. For questi ons or concerns regarding safety or accessibility\, please contact YE Torr es\, Learning and Public Programs Manager\, at ytorres@camh.org. \n Abo ut Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud\n Born and raised in Houston\, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud studied Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Inst itute of Chicago and Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts. Throughout her nearly twenty-year career\, Mccloud has created art across discipline s about geography\, mapping\, the environment\, and the African diaspora. Her work brings attention to the sensory\, the unseen\, and interrogates t he environment\, and mapping as neutral spaces. She has participated in ex hibitions and residencies throughout the Caribbean\, Latin America\, and t he U.S. Mccloud also leads environmental advocacy\, education\, and cultur al strategy\, and currently serves as co-executive director of Bayou City Waterkeeper\, where she works on collaborative efforts on water quality\, wetland protection\, and flood resiliency. Recent awards include the Texas Women in Conservation – Terry Hershey 2025 award through the Texas Audu bon\; Rachel’s Network 2024 Catalyst awardee for mid-career environmenta l leaders of color\; the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund in 2023-24\; and an A rtadia finalist award. \n About Art at Noon\n Art at Noon is a short gallery talk by a local curator\, artist\, musician\, or other creative w ho is invited to CAMH to share a new perspective on a specific exhibition. The gallery talk is followed by a light lunch. \n Upcoming Programs\n \n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073058Z LOCATION:Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery URL:https://camh.org/event/ayanna-jolivet-mccloud/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Emily St. John Mandel Reading DTSTART:20270126T013000Z DTEND:20270126T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:56639-1800905400-1800910800@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Monday\, November 16\, 2026 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nEmily St. John Man del will read from her new novel Exit Party\, followed by an on-stage conv ersation led by a local author/journalist. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 I nprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nAward-winning author of th e bestseller Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel comes to Houston to sh are her new breathtaking novel Exit Party\, which unfurls a story that tak es us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort\, and from the d omed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. Library Journal notes in a sta rred review\, “Mandel always writes with clarity and precision. Her perc eptive new dystopian novel explores what is lost in a rush to safety\; it ’s a hymn to what falls when the center doesn’t hold.” Kirkus Review s calls it Mandel’s “best novel since Station Eleven . . . Both a th rilling read and a virtuoso demonstration of the moral and philosophical p ossibilities of speculative fiction.” \nMandel is the author of seven no vels\, including Sea of Tranquility\, which has been translated into 25 la nguages and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2022. Station Eleven was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award\, won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award\, and aired as a limited series on HBO Max. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Alley Theatre\, 615 Texas Avenue\, Houston\, TX\, 77002 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-emily-st-john-mandel-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Victoria Chang & Adrian Matejka Reading DTSTART:20270209T013000Z DTEND:20270209T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T181139Z UID:56645-1802115000-1802120400@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Tuesday\, January 26\, 2027 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nVictoria Chang and Adrian Matejka will read from their new poetry collections Tree of Knowle dge and Be Easy: New & Selected Poems\, respectively\, followed by an on-s tage conversation led by a local author/journalist. The evening will concl ude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 20 26/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. \nVictoria Chang is the author of several volumes of poetry\, including With My Back to the World\, The Trees Witness Everything\, and OBIT\, and the nonfiction book  Dear Memory: Letters on Writing\, Silence\, and Grief. OBIT was named a  New York Times Notable Book\; received the Los Angeles Times Book Pri ze\; was longlisted for the National Book Award\; and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Griffin International Poetry Prize. Chang joins Inprint with her new collection Tree of Knowle dge. Sparked by the image of a eucalyptus tree being cut down\, the poems explore art\, memory\, history\, and loss. At the core of the collection\, the long poem “Eureka” examines the violent 1885 expulsion of Chinese Americans from the eponymous California town. In a starred review\, Publ isher’s Weekly says\, “Readers will revel in the exquisite balance ac hieved by each poem. This is a work of rapture and hard-won revelation.” \nPulitzer Prize finalist and editor-in-chief of Poetry magazine\, Adrian Matejka has been a mainstay of contemporary American poetry for over two decades\, admired for his “patient\, clever\, controlled\, [and] visiona ry” poems (Hanif Abdurraqib) and “his agile\, musical voice\, vivid im agery\, and talent for cultural critique” (Publishers Weekly). Matejka  is the author of six poetry collections—including The Big Smoke\, nomina ted for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize\, and the graphic n ovel Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century\, one o f The New York Public Library’s 10 Best Books of 2023 and a finalist for the prestigious 2024 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Matejka j oins us with his new collection Be Easy: New & Selected Poems\, showcasing fresh\, dynamic poems that lyrically complicate place\, race\, and identi ty in present-day America. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T181139Z LOCATION:Congregation Emanu El\, 1500 Sunset Boulevard\, Houston\, TX\, 77 005 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-victoria-chang-adrian-matejka -reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Philosophy Cafe: Great Books DTSTART:20270221T210000Z DTEND:20270221T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T003429Z UID:2ddadgk4cec2j3bbqeuu83k551@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The original Philosophy Cafe meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month\, 4-6 pm\, at the Town & Country Barnes and Noble. The second subgro up meets on the first Sunday of each month\, 3-5 pm\, also at the same Bar nes and Noble. Both groups discuss primary works of philosophy (works by t he philosophers themselves). https://www.meetup.com/philosophy-cafe-great -books/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T003429Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ethicscenteruh@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://uh.edu/hobby/edr-center/events/community-calendar/ind ex.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Lily King Reading DTSTART:20270316T003000Z DTEND:20270316T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:56652-1805139000-1805144400@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Tuesday\, Februar y 9\, 2027 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nLily King will rea d from her new novel Heart the Lover\, followed by an on-stage conversatio n with a local author/journalist. The evening will conclude with a book sa le and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 Inprint Ma rgarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nNew York Times bestselling author L ily King has written six novels\, including Writers & Lovers\, which wa s chosen as a top-ten best book of 2020 by The Washington Post\, NPR\, Peo ple Magazine\, and The Los Angeles Times and which has been optioned by th e BBC as a limited series. She is also the author of the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards\, inc luding the Kirkus Prize\, the New England Book Award\, the Maine Book Awar d\, and a Whiting Award. \nKing comes to Houston with her newest novel Hea rt the Lover\, an intimate and magnificent story of desire\, friendship\, and the lasting impact of first love. A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Awar d and longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, Heart the Lo ver was called by The Boston Globe’s Priscilla Gilman “one of the most emotionally devastating and soulfully wise novels I have ever read . . . heartrending\, swoonily romantic\, rigorously clear sighted.” The Washin gton Post’s Ron Charles praised\, “Remarkable . . . Only Lily King cou ld tell a story so steeped in sorrow and so filled with hope.” Written w ith superb wit\, emotional sensitivity\, and a delightful connective threa d to Writers & Lovers\, this is King at her very best\, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest noveli sts at work today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Alley Theatre\, 615 Texas Avenue\, Houston\, TX\, 77002 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-lily-king-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inprint Marlon James Reading DTSTART:20270413T003000Z DTEND:20270413T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T073102Z UID:56828-1807558200-1807558200@inprinthouston.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:General admission tickets will go on sale on Tuesday\, March 1 6\, 2027 at 12 pm. Season tickets are on sale here. \nMarlon James will re ad from his new novel The Disappearers\, followed by an on-stage conversat ion led by a local author/journalist. The evening will conclude with a boo k sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 Inprin t Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nMarlon James is the Booker Priz e–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Se ven Killings\; the bestselling and National Book Award finalist Black Leop ard\, Red Wolf\; as well as the bestselling Moon Witch\, Spider King\; The Book of Night Women\; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize\, his novels have won the American Book Award\, the Anisfield-Wolf B ook Award\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, the OCM Bocas Prize for Cari bbean Literature\, and the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Scienc e Fiction\, and have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle A ward and the NAACP Image Award. In 2019\, Time magazine named him one of t he 100 most influential people in the world. \nJames joins Inprint with hi s new novel The Disappearers\, an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s. “Captivating and epic . . . James r enders his characters’ tumultuous inner lives with striking imagery and energy\; their dialogue is rapid\, keen\, and hard-hitting. In all\, a gri tty\, powerful\, and gripping read” (Booklist). In 1988\, eight men in K ingston\, Jamaica\, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another\, but they all share one inescapable truth: all of them are ga y. One night a mob savagely attacks them\, killing one of the men. For the survivors\, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical. As the ir bodies heal\, each man grapples with the violence\, the hatred\, and th e rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack has unearthed\, while others double down on retribution. In The Disappearers\, James has written a riveting and deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073102Z LOCATION:Alley Theatre\, 615 Texas Avenue\, Houston\, TX\, 77002 URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-marlon-james-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Inprint X-SOURCE-URL:https://inprinthouston.org/first-fridays END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR