UT Press at the 2020 Texas Book Festival

Starting Friday, November 6, the University of Texas Press and many of our authors will go virtual to celebrate the 25th annual Texas Book Festival. We are so sad to not be experiencing this vital literary event in person, but now more than ever, we must support our authors, booksellers, and book-loving organizations by showing up and buying books!
We have gathered our authors into the schedule below, but you can view and plan your full Texas Book Festival schedule here: https://www.texasbookfestival.org/2020-festival-schedule/

Unlike the in-person fest, you won’t need to wear out your soles dashing between concurrent sessions in the tents and Capitol building—none of the panels this year are simultaneous! Our authors will be featured during the adult sessions held November 6–15, so we encourage you to go ahead and signup for your Crowdcast account, RSVP to sessions, and mark your calendars to soak in all these discussions and demonstrations from the comfort of your home.

Saturday, November 7

2 PM - 2:45 PM
José Ralat
Tacos and Coffee: The Origins of—and Controversies Behind—Our Favorite Foods

Kick off your virtual Texas Book Fest experience by grabbing a taco and afternoon coffee from your favorite local spot, and then enjoy this conversation! In their new books, Texas Monthly taco editor José R. Ralat (American Tacos) and food-history researcher and journalist Augustine Sedgewick (Coffeeland) follow the histories of the taco and the coffee bean across time and space, revealing valuable insights about culture and power along the way. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/xu0be779/register

Sunday, November 8

11 AM - 11:45 AM
Kathy Valentine
Lit Crawl Brunch with Typewriter Tarot with Cecily Sailer

Ready for a mystic message or perhaps some cosmic rescue? Audience members at this session will be invited to submit a question on the creative process to ask the Tarot for this innovative town hall. Kathy Valentine will join Typewriter Tarot founder Cecily Sailer for a Tarot-led discussion of her memoir All I Ever Wanted. Thank you to partners Desert Door Sotol and Rambler Sparkling Water, supporting community through storytelling! The first 200 people who register for Literary Death Match or Typewriter Tarot will have the option to pick up a Desert Door Camp Mocha kit and other goodies on Saturday, November 7, from 12 PM to 5 PM. Location details will be shared with the first 200 registrants. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ytcb9txn/register

Wednesday, November 11

10 AM - 10:45 AM
Jam Sanitchat
Thai Fresh: A Cooking Demonstration

Jam Sanitchat has been cooking since age five, so it’s no surprise that her restaurant and learning center, Thai Fresh, is a South Austin staple. But flavor is only part of the equation. From her days cooking for friends at UT to the relationships she’s built with local growers and producers, Sanitchat knows cooking is all about connection. Experience the magic for yourself with a cooking demonstration from her new cookbook, Thai Fresh: Beloved Recipes from a South Austin Icon. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/zo2hwxz5/register

5:30 PM
Don Carleton and Cynthia Orozco
MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and Adela Sloss-Vento: The Civil Rights Movement in Photos

In their new biographies, Peniel E. Joseph (The Sword and the Shield) and Cynthia Orozco (Agent of Change) share illuminating portraits of leaders who altered the course of the Civil Rights Movement both in Texas and nationwide—a movement captured in part in photos collected by Don Carleton (Struggle for Justice: Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography), the executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ikh5791m/register

We highly recommend the podcast "Race and Democracy" from Dr. Peniel Joseph, the Founding Director of the UT Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and Professor of History. Dr. Joseph discusses issues of race, democracy, public policy, and social justice with expert guests and questions who is America? Where have we been, where do we want to go, and how can we get there? Tune in wherever you listen to podcast to learn about American history, race and democracy, and the outlook for the future.

Struggle for Justice celebrates the legacy of the photographers who helped galvanize public support for the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk. Don Carleton is executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History and J. R. Parten Chair in the Archives of American History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Agent of Change is the first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans. Cynthia Orozco is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso. She is the author of No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.

4 PM - 4:45 PMJessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson
Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back

Sports journalists Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson (Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back) discuss sports and sports fandom both on and off the fields, courts, and diamonds—from racism to drugs, domestic violence, and CTE. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jwl857ul/register

Thursday, November 12

1:15 PM - 2 PM
Kathy Valentine
Life in Music: New Memoirs from Musicians Chris Frantz and Kathy Valentine

In their poignant, candid new memoirs, Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine (All I Ever Wanted) and Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club (Remain in Love) share the stories behind the songs and discuss their journeys in life and music. Register here:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gl65ua6c/register

Sunday, November 15

11 AM - 11:45 AM
José Ralat and Texas Monthly editors and writers
A Texas Monthly Brunch (A Lit Crawl Event)

This roundtable of editors and writers from the National Magazine of Texas hosts a delectable wrap-up of the Festival. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/tstqvxq9

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Chat on the phone with Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine!

Want to chat on the phone with a member of The Go-Go’s? Kathy Valentine will be making phone calls to readers who purchase a copy of her book All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir!

Here’s how to get a call:

• Order a copy of All I Ever Wanted by Kathy Valentine from your local bookseller.
• Post proof of purchase on social media, tagging @UTexasPress with the hashtag #ChatWithKathy.
• Submit your information on bit.ly/AllIEverWantedTour. 

Share your book and submit your phone number through Monday, April 6!

Our Most-Read Blog Posts of 2016

Despite everything that happened in 2016, it was a great year for University of Texas Press authors on our blog. Here are the 10 most-read posts, spanning topics from Mexican cuisine to Moche power structures, from author-curated music playlists to fascinating conversations among scholars.

We look forward to another year of great reading in 2017!

[ Music ]

Announcing new memoir by former Go-Go Kathy Valentine

Earlier this year, UT Press was excited to announce that musician, songwriter, and former Go-Go Kathy Valentine has signed an agreement to write her first book – a memoir. Read the post. →

[ Latin American Studies : Anthropology ]

'Amazonia in the Anthropocene' Q&A with Nicholas Kawa

2016 was the year that scientists declared the dawn of a human-influenced age. One of our most popular author Q&A featured Nicholas Kawa talking about his new book Amazonia in the Anthropocene: People, Soils, Plants, Forests. We asked him about his work, what we can learn from contemporary rural Amazonians, and the complicated identity politics of indigenous rights. Read the post. →

[ Film, Media and Popular Culture : Comics ]

Reading Comics Like a Grownup

The graphic novel is commonly thought to have matured from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. However, comic writers remain burdened by the stigma of literary illegitimacy. In his new book Arresting Development: Comics at the Boundaries of Literature, Christopher Pizzino questions this idea that comics have "grown up" in the literary community's perception, arguing that the medium’s history of censorship and marginalization endures in the minds of its present-day readers and, crucially, its authors. We asked him to talk about why he wrote the book in this passionate and funny Q&A. Read the post. →

[ American Studies ]

J.P. Morgan, The Pujo Committee, and the “Money Trust”

In this blog post, historian Charles Molesworth expands on his book The Capitalist and the Critic: J. P. Morgan, Roger Fry, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to reflect on issues that reverberate today: buying influence in a presidential race, breaking up too-powerful bank trusts, pushing Progressive Era initiatives to eliminate obscure and unfair trading practices, and the problem of "large sums of money resting in the hands of a few men." Read the post. →

[ Food ]

Diana Kennedy's 19 Culinary Pet Peeves

We couldn't resist excerpting Diana Kennedy's brilliant bêtes noires to celebrate her 93rd year and the new edition of her classic part memoir, part cookbook, Nothing Fancy: Recipes and Recollections of Soul-Satisfying Food. In addition to chapters about her life and recipes for her favorite foods, she also covers her culinary addictions and the equipment she simply cannot do without. Enjoy Diana's unfiltered opinions on the proper way to enjoy and promote sustainable food. Read the post. →

Announcing new memoir by former Go-Go Kathy Valentine

UT Press is excited to announce that musician, songwriter, and former Go-Go Kathy Valentine has signed an agreement to write her first book – a memoir.

Beauty and the Beat
(The Go-Go's)

Formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, the Go-Go's made music history as the first all-female group to perform, write and release a number one album in the U.S. Valentine joined the band in 1980, switching from her Texas guitar roots to play bass for the band. She was also one of the group's three primary composers, and co-wrote three of the band's hit singles from 1980-1985. Hugely influential and popular, the Go-Go's released four albums while together, and remained a popular touring entity for decades.

Valentine’s memoir will be a coming-of-age story about a girl finding her way in the world through music. Valentine did more than find her way, however, she became part of one of the most successful all-female bands in history and experienced all of the thrills and dangerous temptations of a rock star.

Kathy Valentine
Photo by Arnold Niemanis

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Kathy Valentine’s book will join recent UT Press music books written by or about female musicians including: Kristin Hersh’s Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt, her memoir about the late singer songwriter, named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR; Real Love, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige, the first serious look at Blige’s entire musical career by Danny Alexander; and Madonnaland: And Other Detours into Fame and Fandom, a light-hearted exploration of celebrity and fandom, by Alina Simone.

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