Upcoming Events
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Interview w/ Carrie Moore: "Make Your Way Home"
August 17, 2025 @ Kindred Books (5:30pm)
An interview with Carrie Moore, author of “Make Your Way Home.”
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Freight Lines Reading Series
September 9 @ Lil Danny Speedo’s Kite Lounge (7:30pm)
Come check out the East End’s very own literary reading series, where some of Houston’s best literary talents gather. In English and Spanish!
More details soon!
Past Events
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Interview w/ Lucas Schaefer: "The Slip"
June 4, 2025 @ Murder by the Book
An interview with Lucas Schaefer, author of “The Slip.”
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"They Say" Launch and Celebration
May 1, 2025 @ MFA Houston
Young poets, including four of my students, celebrating their first publication with a public reading and reception. Thanks Iconoclast Artists!
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Place & Personality
September 7, 2024
In this generative two-day workshop, we’ll look at examples from short stories, novels, and craft books to discuss strategies for mining character development ideas from our settings. These strategies will be reinforced through generative practice.
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August 2024 Writespace Open Mic
Come read at Writspace’s monthly open mic w/ featured reader Juan Fernando Villagómez.
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The Illusion of Reality
When we talk about “realistic” dialogue, we are talking about dialogue that meaningfully deepens our characters, that builds tension, that pushes story forward. Drawing on craft essays, and contemporary examples of dialogue in fiction and non-fiction works, we will learn how to distill our characters' speech to its most essential components and maximize its effect.