This weekend, the University of Texas Press and many of our authors will enjoy the 22nd annual Texas Book Festival on the Capitol grounds in downtown Austin and environs.
We'll have a booth on Colorado Street with tons of titles for sale at a great discount, so please stop by. There are a lot of wonderful authors in attendance this year, so we’ve distilled our authors' appearances into a single UT Press schedule (browse the full schedule here):
Saturday
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Texas Institute Of Letters Award Winners
Author: Stephen Harrigan
Moderator: Steve Davis
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Enjoy seeing some of the top writers in Texas at this lively panel discussion featuring winners of the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2017 Literary Awards. The TIL was founded in 1936 and has been a leading force in Texas literature for more than 80 years.
Where to find the author online: @stephenharrigan | Website
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Enjoy seeing some of the top writers in Texas at this lively panel discussion featuring winners of the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2017 Literary Awards. The TIL was founded in 1936 and has been a leading force in Texas literature for more than 80 years.
Where to find the author online: @stephenharrigan | Website
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Author: Michael Hurd
Location: C-SPAN2/ Book TV Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Michael Hurd, sportswriter and director of Prairie View A&M University's Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture, and journalist Bobby Hawthorne discuss the inspiring, largely unknown story of African American high school football in Texas, showing how football offered a potent source of pride and ambition in the black community. While "Friday night lights" shone on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Thursday Night Lights is their story.
Authors: Eddie Wilson and Jesse Sublett
Moderator: Cari Clark
Location: Texas Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
How did a sleepy college town and state capital become known as the Live Music Capital of the World? In 1964, James White was searching for the best place for a big country western dance hall where his hero Bob Wills could play. In the summer of 1970, Eddie O. Wilson searched for a music hall where hippies could go to dig psychedelic art, culture and music. The results of their search: The Broken Spoke and Armadillo World Headquarters. Legendary musician and author Jesse Sublett and co-author Eddie Wilson (Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir) sit down with James White, owner of the Broken Spoke, and author Donna Marie Miller (The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk) to talk about the history and evolution of Austin’s live music scene.
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Authors: John Hoberman
Moderator: Jolie McCullough
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.012
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
John Hoberman, author and UT historian, addresses a largely unspoken aspect of our national debate about excessive violence in American policing: the use of anabolic steroids by police officers. Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing. Join him for an in-depth conversation about an issue sure to move into the spotlight of our national conversation.
John Hoberman, author and UT historian, addresses a largely unspoken aspect of our national debate about excessive violence in American policing: the use of anabolic steroids by police officers. Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing. Join him for an in-depth conversation about an issue sure to move into the spotlight of our national conversation.
1:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Authors: Kathleen Shafer
Location: The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Marfa’s transformation from a small desert ranching town into a mecca of mystery lights, modern art, festivals and tourism has been met with celebration, wonder and mixed receptions by local residents. Writer and artist Kathleen Shafer explores Marfa’s transformation in a broad conversation about what Marfa was, what it is now, and how its shifting cultural landscape may yet unfurl.
Author: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Moderator: Ricardo Ainslie
Location: C-SPAN2/ Book TV Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes. Award-winning investigative journalist Melissa del Bosque (Bloodlines), professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera (Los Zetas), and U. S. Special Agent Hipólito Acosta (Deep in the Shadows) discuss the rise and ravaging of cartels that move drugs, people, money, and more across borders, devastating hundreds of thousands of lives in the process.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Author: Chuck Holley
Location: The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Between them, photographers Chuck Holley (A Perfectly Good Guitar) and Watt Casey (My Guitar is a Camera) have captured hundreds of indelible moments with musicians. What is it like to train the camera lens on another artist? Join them for stories of some of their most memorable subjects, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Bruce Springsteen, Muddy Waters and more.
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Author: Randolph Lewis
Location: Cap E1.012
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
In today’s environment of 24-hour news networks, social media, targeted advertising, and the escalating problem of “fake news,” it seems as though history is being written by those who shout the loudest. University Press publishers stand at the forefront of the fight against fake news—believing in the value of accurate, peer-reviewed knowledge and publishing approximately 14,000 books each year from the world’s leading thinkers, writers, and scholars. Join authors Randolph Lewis (Under Surveillance) and Geneive Abdo (The New Sectarianism) as they discuss the critical vitality of facts, research, and contextualization of issues. This conversation is in conjunction with the Association of American University Presses and University Press Week (November 6–11, 2017).
Sunday
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Authors: Chad Conine
Moderator: Daron K. Roberts
Location: Texas Tent
Location: Texas Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
The Lone Star State has produced championship teams and legendary athletes not only in football, baseball, and basketball, but in dozens of other sports as well. Chad Conine (Texas Sports: Unforgettable Stories for Every Day of the Year) and Daron Roberts, former football coach and founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation at the University of Texas, celebrate stories from a century of achievements that have made Texas a powerhouse in the world of sports.
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Authors: Alyssa Adams
Moderator: Don Carleton
Location: The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Best-known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Saigon Execution, Eddie Adams was a renowned American photojournalist who won more than five hundred awards. His widow, Alyssa Adams, and photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker share his award-winning images, provide a retrospective look at his influential, enduring photojournalism.
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Authors: David Courtney
Location: Texas Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
With an inimitable style and an unassailable wholesomeness, columnist David Courtney has counseled many a well-intentioned Texan on how to properly conduct him- or herself in Texas Monthly’s popular column, The Texanist. Today, he offers us his advice in person. Mosey up to the Texas Tent with your conundrums large and small. There’s no quandary The Texanist hasn’t heard before, y’all.
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Author: Randolph Lewis
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.028
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
The NSA intercepts millions of images every day to build a facial recognition database. Facebook algorithms can identify you from just the back of your head. New smart phones can pick up ultrasonic audio signals hidden in TV commercials. A smart TV records any voices it hears in your home. Are you being watched? The answer is yes. American studies professor Randolph Lewis (Under Surveillance: Being Watched in Modern America) explores the growth of surveillance in surprising places and the hidden costs of living under scrutiny.
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