Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR May 30-June 5

Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 30-June 5, 2016: 

Special Events:
The People, the Presidency and the Press, Dallas, June 2-3

Fan Expo Dallas, June 3-5

Ongoing Exhibits:

Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30

Monday, May 30:

Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 31:

Austin

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

Dallas City Performance Hall, Arts & Letters Live presents Dacher Keltner, author of The Power Paradox, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston
Murder By the Book, John Hart will sign and discuss Redemption Road, 6:30PM

Johnson City
Johnson City Public Library, Joe Owen will present a program on his book Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade, 7PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, June 1:

Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Terry Thompson-Anderson discusses her new cookbook Texas on the Table, 12PM

Dallas 

The Wild Detectives, Charissa Terranova reading and signing Art as Organism, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Hank Moore discusses and signs POP ICONS AND BUSINESS LEGENDS, 7PM

Thursday, June 2:

Austin

BookPeople, Acclaimed Author MANUEL GONZALES In Conversation with Owen Egerton aboutThe Regional Office Is Under Attack, 7PM

BookWoman, Genny Gilder reading and signing Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX, 7PM

Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents First Hearings with poet Ren�e Rossi reading from Triage and Jeffrey Davis reading from Coat Thief, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Brian McTaggart discusses and signs 100 THINGS ASTROS FANS SHOULD KNOW & DO BEFORE THEY DIE, 7PM

Cactus Music, Brian T. Atkinson and Jenni Finlay sign Kent Finlay, Dreamer + music by James McMurtry and Matt Harlan, 5PM

Friday, June 3:

Allen
Allen Public Library, Cheryl Rogers, daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, will discuss Cowboy Princess Rides Again and screen a family documentary, 7:30PM 

Austin
BookPeople, NPR Music's BOB BOILEN speaking & signing Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It, 7PM

El Paso

Caf� Mayapan, La Mujer Obrera presents Ana Castillo reading and signing Black Dove + dinner and music, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Debra Winegarten discusses and signs OVETA CULP HOBBY, 7PM

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series featuring Terry Jude Miller, 8:30PM

University of Houston - Cullen Performance Hall, Let�s Talk About Love Tour with a poetry reading by Byrant Linda, 6PM

Irving
Irving Public Library, Matthew Quick will discuss Every Exquisite Thing, 7PM

Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! book signing with Manuel Gonzales, 7PM

Saturday, June 4:

Amarillo
B&N, Heaven Is a Breath Away book signing with Valerie Paters and Cheryl Schuelke, 10AM

Austin

BookPeople, Noteable Writer and Photographer DAVID OLIMPIO speaking & signing This Is Not a Confession, 3PM

Cedar Hill

Zula B Wylie Library, Zane signs Vengeance, 2PM

Dallas

B&N - Prestonwood, Chef Evandro Caregnato will discuss and sign Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way, 2PM

Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Sherman Alexie and his new picture book, Thunder Boy Jr., 11:30AM

SMU Bookstore, Virginia Prodan will discuss and sign Saving My Assassin at a launch party, 2PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Robin Scofield: "Boiling Up: Writing About Heat," 12:45PM

Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Meet Author of West Texas Crude, Rick Marcum, 4PM

The Dock Bookshop, Zane signs Vengeance, 6PM

LaMancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp workshop: The Quick, Down, and Dirty Guide to Writing a Guide with Melinda Massie, 1PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Melanie Chrismer will discuss and sign her new book for kids, LONE STAR LEGACY: THE TEXAS RANGERS THEN AND NOW, 1PM

Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, , 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Book Club Recommendations Tea - Summer Edition, 4PM

Murder By the Book, Kathryn Lane will sign and discuss Waking Up in Medellin, 4:30PM

Writespace, Women in theVisual and Literary Arts workshop, 1PM

Hurst
B&N - North East Mall, Rick Marcum signing West Texas Crude, 1PM

Lewisville

B&N - Vista Ridge, Countdown to Atomgeddon book signing with James Howell, 1PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Romance Author Camille di Maio signing The Memory of Us, 2PM

B&N - San Pedro, Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf book signing with Kevin Robbins, 1PM

Southlake

B&N - Town Square, Jack Minter signing Saul of Tarsus: The First Terrorist, 2PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Carolyn Gray signing 365 Days of Gratitude, 2PM

Sunday, June 5:

Austin
Austin Public Library - Central, Meet Gudjon Bergmann, author of The Meditating Psychiatrist Who Tried to Kill Himself, 3PM

B&N - Arboretum, Meet & Greet Signing With Kevin Robbins, author of Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf, 2PM

BookWoman, official launch of Allyson Whipple�s second chapbook, Come Into the World Like That, 3:30PM

Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM

Houston
Writespace, Technical Writing as a Career Path for Creative Writers Workshop with Andreana Binder, 3PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Wings Press launches Far Out: Poems of the '60s with editors Wendy Barker and Dave Parsons, 3PM

The Twig Book Shop, Tyra Manning discussing and signing Where the Water Meets the Sand, 2PM