Brazos Bookstore

Join us to discuss Geraldine Brooks's The People of the Book. The book club is free and open to all.

You're invited to share an evening with the authors who have contributed to the anthology Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence. Please note the change of date.

In partnership with the Energy Tribune, the World Affairs Council of Houston will host Robert Bryce, who will give the lecture, "Energy Independence: the way forward or a dangerous delusion?" His latest book, Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Dependence", will be available ... (more)for sale courtesy of Brazos Bookstore. Robert Bryce, a fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, has been writing about energy for nearly two decades. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to The Guardian, and The Nation to The American Conservative. He is the author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, and Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate. He is also the managing editor of Energy Tribune and a contributing writer for The Texas Observer.

Jan Egeland, former UN UnderSecretary for Humanitarian Affairs and one of Time Magazine's 100 that Shape Our World, has spent nearly 30 years working to protect humanity and raise awareness of its needs through his example and leadership in a host of diplomatic and non-governmental positions. Brazos ... (more)Bookstore and the United Nations Association-Houston's Dialog with Diplomats Series present Egeland for a presentation (6:00 pm) and reception (7:30 pm), both of which are free to the public.

Reading and signing.

Readings by UH Creative Writing students. Sponsored by Gulf Coast Magazine.

Join us for a reading and signing of Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright's book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq.

Alice McDermott, “a genius of quiet observation . . . one of our finest novelists at work today” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), is the author of six novels, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist That Night, the bestselling Child of My Heart, and the National Book Award winner Charming ... (more)Billy. She reads from her latest novel, After This, which, like her other works, explores Irish Catholic American life. Columbian writer Laura Restrepo, a life-long peace activist, is a leading figure in the Latin American literary scene. The Washington Post says of her latest novel, Delirium, the sixth to be translated into English, “Laura Restrepo’s Delirium is a book-and-a-half: stunning, dense, complex, mind-blowing. The novel goes far above politics, right up into high art.”

Reading and Signing.

Reading and signing.

Readings by UH Creative Writing students. Sponsored by Gulf Coast Magazine.

Sponsored by the Cherry Reading Series and the Rice English Department.

Inprint provides annual fellowships and prizes for graduate students at the UH Creative Writing Program—close to $2 million dollars have been awarded since 1983—and has also established at UH an endowed chair in creative writing. Join us for a night of reading by the winners of Inprint prizes.

Reading and signing.

Reading and signing.

Marjane Satrapi, internationally celebrated Iranian graphic novelist/memoirist, is the author of the critically acclaimed Persepolis and Persepolis 2. The books, often compared to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, tell the story of growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the ... (more)war with Iraq, then fleeing Iran to end up in Paris. Sandra Cisneros describes Persepolis as “part history book, part Scheherazade, astonishing . . . it gave me hope for humanity in these unkind times.” Gloria Steinem says, “You’ve never seen anything like Persepolis-—Marjane Satrapi may have given us a new genre.” The New York Times Book Review calls it “delectable ... dances with drama and insouciant wit.” An animated film adaptation of Persepolis premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, at which applause for the film lasted for more than 15 minutes; the film is slated to open in the U.S. in January 2008. Satrapi’s other works include Embroideries, Chicken and Plums, and several children’s books, including Monsters are Afraid of the Moon. (Please note—her presentation will be a talk about her work, not a reading, followed by a booksale and signing.) Tickets: $10 all seats, on sale at www.inprinthouston.org starting January 3rd.

Reading and signing.

Reading and signing.

Reading and signing.

Reading and signing.

Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, is a champion of the literacy and environmental movements. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, Hass is the author of five collections of poetry, including Field Guide, Praise, Human Values, ... (more)Sun Under Wood, and his much-anticipated new collection, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. The Atlantic Monthly writes, “No practicing poet has more talent than Robert Hass.” Time and Materials recently won the National Book Award for Poetry.

Reading and signing.

This event is sponsored by the Progressive Forum. Bill McKibben is one of the most important writers on business and the environment. He’s author of the environmental classic, End of Nature. He created a national movement called Step it Up 2007, resulting in a day of hundreds of rallies in all fifty ... (more)states for climate stability on Nov. 3. His most recent book is Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2007). For tickets and more information, visit progressiveforumhouston.org.

The HoustonPBS Red, White, and Blue Book Club will meet to discuss Kevin Phillips's Bad Money.

Reading and signing.