Events for June 8-15, 2023
Literary Happenings in The Coastal Bend
This Week
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Robin Alvarez, Author Signing
Free!
2-4 PM
Barnes & Noble
5129 Blanche Moore Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Local author, Robin Alvarez will be signing copies of her book, When Oceans Rise, at Barnes and Noble.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Poetry Night
Free!
6:30-8:30 PM
Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation
2882 Holly Rd
Corpus Christi, TX 78415
OPEN MIC with Silent Art Auction (Pride and Radical Body Love theme) Readings, also, from Switchgrass Review, Vol. 6 with keynote, Lizbette Ocasio-Russe, reading from her debut, Loverbar. All forms of artistic expression welcomed!
Please join us for a free Open Mic of poetry, prose, and art, celebrating LGBTQ+ family and friends! Book tables for authors to sell books. Silent Art Auction also! We invite a donation of your art, with proceeds from art and any amount of donations from book sales going to the Pride Center. If you have art, please let Robert Kymes, Assistant Director of the Pride Center at robertk@cbwellness.org In partnership with Pride Corpus Christi and the Pride Center of the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation. Inspired by our students and community, with Jayne-Marie Linguist, on the theme of Radical Body Love, we expect another beautiful night of poetry, prose, and art. Coffee and pastries served!
For more information, contact Dr. Carstensen and Co-host Crystal Garcia via email: robin.carstensen@tamucc.edu & crys8194@gmail.com
Monday, June 12, 2023
Writers’ Support Group and Book Club—Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done by Danelle Morton and Cary Tennis
Free!
7-8:30 PM
via Zoom
Working on a longer writing project but struggling to finish? Looking for motivation and accountability to get the words down? Join us! Starting Monday, June 12, 2023 at 7 PM Central we’ll meet once a week via Zoom for 10 weeks. In our meetings, we’ll commiserate and celebrate the writing life, discuss Finishing School by Cary Tennis and Danelle Morton, and meet one-on-one with our accountability partners.
For more information and/or to get the Zoom link and reading schedule, email Alyson Greene alysoncgreene@gmail.com.
Later This Month
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Book Launch Party and Reading for Sarah K. Lenz's What Will Outlast Me?
Free!
7-9 PM
All Saints' Episcopal Church
3026 S Staples St
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
Please join us in celebrating the publication of Sarah K. Lenz’s debut book, What Will Outlast Me? by Unsolicited Press.
This memoir-in-essays explores the question: How do you live knowing you're going to die? Lenz touches on moments when death brushed near, including a house fire, a car accident, and a police shooting, but in each case, the violent and tragic are interwoven with curiosity and insight. This book is a moving, heartfelt meditation on how to face mortality, how to grieve, but most importantly, how to awaken to the ephemeral beauty of the world. This book is a powerful reminder that what will outlast us is those we love.
Lenz will read an excerpt from What Will Outlast Me?, and books will be available for purchase with a book signing to follow. To preorder a copy, visit sarahklenz.com or Amazon. Cake and light refreshments will be provided by the Fairy Baker of Paloma Street Market.
For more information, contact Sarah K. Lenz, authorsarahklenz@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Neyland Library Banned Book Club
Free!
4-5 PM
Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library
1230 Carmel Pkwy
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Join us for reading classic books from our Adult collection that have been banned or challenged as reported to the American Library Association since they have been published. We meet in-person or virtually (contact the library for an invitation).
Come for a great discussion about books and the power of reading!
For more information, contact Michelle Balis, Managing Librarian. 361-826-2370 or michelleb@cctexas.com
Saturday, June 24, 2023
1st Annual Poetry Forum at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures
2 PM-5 PM
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures
1809 N. Chaparral Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
A unique opportunity for students to engage with poetry in a meaningful way, and to network with other writers. By participating in the forum, students will have the chance to expand their knowledge of poetry and gain confidence in their writing abilities as well as have their work displayed on the museum’s online database.
For more information, info@texasasianculturesmuseum.org
Later This Summer
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Sarah K. Lenz Reading and Signing
Free!
6:30 PM
Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library
1230 Carmel Pkwy
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Come listen to local author and Corpus Christi Literati founder, Sarah K. Lenz read from her new memoir-in-essays, What Will Outlast Me?
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
Third Thursday Reading with Sarah K. Lenz
6:30 PM
South Texas Art Museum
1902 Shorline Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
As part of the South Texas Art Museum’s Third Thursday series, Sarah K. Lenz will be reading from her new book, What Will Outlast Me?
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