Events for March 23-30, 2023
Literary Happenings in the Coastal Bend
This Week
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Nick Flynn Reading
Free!
11:00 AM
Del Mar College
Heritage Campus
Venters Building, Room 100
101 Baldwin Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78404
As a playwright, Flynn documented his years working in a homeless shelter where his father, an alcoholic, showed up as a client. His memoir about the experience, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, became a New York Times bestseller, along with the book winning the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir and becoming a finalist for France’s Prix Femina. Additionally, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City has been translated into 15 languages and was turned into a major film titled Being Flynn. The author’s other memoirs include The Ticking is the Bomb, The Reenactments and This is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire, along with his play, Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Local Poet Juan Manuel Perez
Free!
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Neyland Library
1230 Carmel Pkwy.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Join Local Poet Juan Manuel Perez reading from his poetry collections. Book signing to follow.
For more information, contact Michelle Balis at the Neyland Library, 361-826-2370
Friday, March 24, 2023
Scribbling by the Sea
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
The Starbucks on the Island
14002 SPID
Corpus Christi, TX 78418
Come meet other writers, and then get down to work!
10-10:30 AM We can chat, celebrate, and commiserate.
10:30-11:30 AM Time to write! We'll focus on our works-in-progress.
For more information, contact Alyson Greene alysoncgreene@gmail.com
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Fat, Funky, Fresh: Queer Feminists' Open Mic
Free!
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Texas A&M University-CC
6300 Ocean Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
University Center, Legacy Room 145
Open Mic for all students and the public to celebrate Radical Body Love and Acceptance, hosted by the Islander Creative Writing Graduate Students
For more information, contact Dr. Robin Carstensen | robin.carstensen@tamucc.edu
Later This Month
Friday, March 31, 2023
Submission Deadline for Corpus Christi Writers Anthology 2023
Corpus Christi Writers 2023 is open for submissions until March 31, 2023
Priority will be given to writers from the Corpus Christi metropolitan area, including outlying areas such as Beeville and Kingsville. We want submissions from established writers and from new writers. All styles, genres, and topics are welcome. Poetry and prose are welcome. Fiction and non-fiction are welcome.
Please include all your submissions in one Word document. Send your submission in an attached Word document to books@MaysPublishing.com with YOUR NAME and CCW2023 SUBMISSION in the subject line.
For more information, contact William Mays at williammays21@gmail.com
Next Month
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Local Poet Robin Carstensen
Free!
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Neyland Library
1230 Carmel Pkwy.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with the 2023-24 Corpus Christi Poet Laureate and TAMUCC Creative Writing Professor, Robin Carstensen, who will read from her collections. Book Signing to follow.
For more information, contact Michelle Balis at the Neyland Library, 361-826-2370
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