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Inprint Brown Reading Series: Mary Karr
Presented by Inprint at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
January 11, 2010
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Now 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.
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.
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.
2009-2010 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series Schedule:
Joseph O'Neill & Marilynne Robinson
September 21, 2009
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby
E.L. Doctorow
October 19, 2009
Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue
Mary Karr
January 11, 2010
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby
MARY KARR’s debut book, The Liars’ Club, hit the New York Times bestseller list in 1995 and stayed there for more than a year, almost singlehandedly launching a revival of the memoir. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called the book, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, “astonishing… one of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years.” The Liars’ Club, a recounting of her apocalyptic childhood in the small East Texas oilfield town of Leechfield, was followed in 2000 by the sequel, Cherry, a document of the high school years, which USA Today calls “funny, eloquent, profane. . . no one tells stories like Karr.”
She has also written three books of poetry and her soon-to-be-published third volume of recollections, Lit: A Memoir, from which she will read. Lit chronicles her life as an adult and mother, as well as her time in “The Mental Marriott”—a loony bin so famous one Harvard grad suggested putting it on her resume.
Karr is the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University and has won Pushcart Prizes for both her poetry and essays; her poems frequently appear in The New Yorker.
David Wroblewski
January 25, 2010
Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue
John Banville & Abraham Verghese
March 1, 2010
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby
Tracy Kidder
March 22, 2010
Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue
Dorianne Laux & Patricia Smith
April 12, 2010
Neuhaus Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue
Oscar Casares & Gwendolyn Zepeda
May 3, 2010
Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue
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800 Bagby Houston, TX 77002
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Tickets to each of the readings will be on sale for $5, three to four weeks prior to each reading, on the Inprint website. Free rush tickets for students and senior citizens (65+) will be available at the door on the evening of each reading.
Info Phone: 713.521.2026
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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.
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