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SUMMARY:Inprint Brown Reading Series: Oscar Casares & Gwendolyn Zepeda
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Inprint Brown Reading Series: Oscar Casares & Gwendolyn Zepeda=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/27723=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2010-05-03=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2010-05-03=0D=0A=0D=0ANow in its 29th year, Inprint is proud to present the 2009/2010 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, one of the finest reading series in the country, giving Houstonians a chance to hear from and meet some of the world's leading writers. From September through May, 12 renowned authors will come to Houston, many for the first time, sharing their work and insights.=0D=0A=Since the readings series began, Inprint has hosted more than 300 of the world's great writers, including winners of 4 Nobel Prizes, 44 Pulitzer Prizes, and 43 National Book Awards. The Series ranks among the nation's leading literary showcases and continues to be accessible to all.=0D=0A=All readings take place on Mondays at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:45). Each reading features an on-stage interview, followed by a book sale and signing, run by Brazos Bookstore.=0D=0A=2009-2010 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series Schedule:=0D=0A=Joseph O'Neill & Marilynne Robinson=0D=0A=September 21, 2009=0D=0A=Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby=0D=0A=E.L. Doctorow=0D=0A=October 19, 2009=0D=0A=Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue=0D=0A=Mary Karr=0D=0A=January 11, 2010=0D=0A=Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby=0D=0A=David Wroblewski=0D=0A=January 25, 2010=0D=0A=Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue=0D=0A=John Banville & Abraham Verghese=0D=0A=March 1, 2010=0D=0A=Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby=0D=0A=Tracy Kidder=0D=0A=March 22, 2010=0D=0A=Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue=0D=0A=Dorianne Laux & Patricia Smith=0D=0A=April 12, 2010=0D=0A=Neuhaus Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue=0D=0A=Oscar Casares & Gwendolyn Zepeda=0D=0A=May 3, 2010=0D=0A=Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue=0D=0A=OSCAR CASARES (pictured) was raised in Brownsville and is a life-long resident of Texas, where his collection of short stories, Brownsville: Stories and now his first novel, Amigoland, are set. Marilynne Robinson describes Casares' fiction as “clear-eyed and fresh, full of sweet gravity and pensive humor.” Publishers Weekly says that Casares' stories, “probing underneath the surface of Tex-Mex culture, with their wisecracking, temperamental, obsessive middle-aged men and their dramas straight from neighborhood gossip, are in the direct line of descent from Mark Twain and Ring Lardner.”=0D=0A=Casares is the recipient of a 2006 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and now teaches creative writing at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives with his wife and young son.=0D=0A=GWENDOLYN ZEPEDA, a native Houstonian, is the author of the story collection, To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him, and the debut novel, Houston, We Have a Problema, as well as the popular blog, gwenworld.com. The San Antonio Current says of Zepeda's story collection that it is a “brutally candid, laugh-out-loud, feminist, barrio manifesto that sometimes reads like suggestive science fiction cross-pollinated with Tess of the d'Urbervilles.” Booklist says of her most recent work, “the vibrant Houston setting and the novel's emphasis on Tex-Mex culture, art, and folklore add unusual and alluring touches to this debut novel.”=0D=0A=Zepeda will read from her new novel, Lone Star Legend, also set in Texas, which follows aspiring journalist Sandy Saavedra in her efforts to combat Latino stereotypes. Zepeda also writes children's books for Arte Público Press.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:All readings take place on Mondays at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:45). Each reading features an on-stage interview, followed by a book sale and signing, run by Brazos Bookstore.=0D=0A= 
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