Welcome to Malvern Books!
Malvern Books is now closed. Malvern Books was a bookstore and community space in Austin, Texas. We specialized in visionary literature and poetry from independent publishers, with a focus on lesser-known and emerging voices.
An Update from the Manager of Malvern Books
Dear Friends,
We’ve had a wonderful time sharing our favorite books with you over the past nine years, and it’s been an honor to celebrate the work of so many brilliant writers through our readings and events.
Malvern Books is the realization of Joe Bratcher’s vision—Joe dreamt of a bookstore that would carry the books he loved, mostly poetry and fiction from small, independent presses. He wanted to promote writers and translators of books from other countries, while also championing the work of local writers.
When Joe first talked to me about opening Malvern Books, I must admit I was skeptical. I didn’t think we’d find an audience. It was 2012 and everyone was saying that bookstores were dead, Kindle and online shopping were the future. I anticipated many quiet sales days, with Joe and I just sitting there, looking at each other. He told me if that’s how it ended up, well, at least we’d have a chance to chat—and since we always seemed to laugh a lot when we talked, it sounded like a good way to spend some time. And so from then on, whenever we’d have a really slow sales day, with just a few people coming in, we’d look at each other and say, “We’re living the dream!” and we’d laugh.
But back to opening… in early 2013, with the help of our amazing architect, contractor, and interior designer, we created the space that Joe had in mind. We started posting on social media thanks to Tracey, our wonderful digital media manager and first Malvern hire. And we were so grateful to the many enthusiastic writers and readers who expressed their excitement at the imminent arrival of Malvern Books. From the very beginning it felt like we were building a community.
We opened our doors in October 2013, and we were shocked by how many people came by. You showed up and you loved what we had to offer! You constantly surprised and humbled us with your kind words and helpful suggestions. People from out of town would visit the store because a local friend had told them they had to come by, and we received much appreciated shout-outs from the Austin Chronicle and numerous other newspapers and journals.
And then 2020 hit—but even with the pandemic, we had loyal customers who came by for curbside pick ups, signed up for individual shopping appointments, and participated in our Zoom book clubs and events. If we didn’t say it enough, THANK YOU!
All along the way, we were lucky enough to have truly wonderful staff members who loved the books we carried and who helped us build the store we have now. Their work has been invaluable and we could not have done this without them.
On July 28th of this year, we lost Joe. I can’t tell you how hard it has been to try and carry on in this space without him. Our little Malvern world has not been the same since, and, as much as we love this store and our amazing customers, Malvern Books simply cannot continue without our Joe.
Malvern Books will be closing on December 31st, 2022. It has been a wonderful nine years and we thank each and every one of our cherished customers, friends, staff, and suppliers for helping us along the way.
As we move forward, we’ll be sharing our plans with you for sales and specials. For now, we just wanted to let you know this was coming. We hope you all continue to seek out works in translation and books published by small presses—there is so much great stuff out there—and that you continue to support our local independent bookstores, like our dear friends at BookWoman, among others. But, most importantly, we hope to see you in the store sometime soon, to say goodbye and to thank you, both for being the readers that you are and because you have come with us on this incredibly fulfilling journey in Joe’s world.
With heartfelt thanks and wishing you all the best,
Becky Garcia,
Manager, Malvern Books
The Lion & the Pirate set off on their next online adventure, hope you’ll be aboard!
We’ll start with two featured readers (TBA), and then it will be your time to shine. As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: we’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so we’ll screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e (and let us know if you have questions).
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event.
Ready for the Lion & Pirate in 2021? We are! Start the new year off with your inclusive open mic pals (and tell Laura happy birthday)!
We’ll start with two featured readers, and then it will be your time to shine. As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: we’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so we’ll screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e (and let us know if you have questions).
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85323118334
Meeting ID: 853 2311 8334
Password: 146923
Join the Lion & Pirate inclusive open mic in February for our SIXTH birthday (what??? It’s true)! BYOCake!
Our featured performer this month is Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson! The San Antonio, TX 2020-2023 Poet Laureate, Andrea teaches poetry workshops, mentors, builds up and encourages artists to pursue their art, and gives them platforms to showcase their talent. Her debut book, entitled She Lives in Music, published on Flower Song Press, was released on Valentine’s Day 2020. Her album She Tastes Like Music is available on all music streaming platforms.
Then it will be your time to shine! Sign up to PERFORM by noon, Feb. 6th: https://forms.gle/ztjmnhAHRfZCe3Wt5
As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… Anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: we’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so we’ll screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e (and let us know if you have questions).
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Join the Lion & Pirate for their next inclusive open mic! This month, they’re pleased to present featured readings by winners from the 2020 Pen2Paper creative writing contest.
Then it will be your time to shine! As always, they’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
This month, we’re pleased to present featured readings by winners from the 2020 Pen2Paper creative writing contest, Edie Bakker and Lucia Gagliese!
Edie Bakker (3rd Place in Poetry for “Grappling with Dissociative Identity Disorder”) was raised in Papua New Guinea, the daughter of anthropologist/missionaries. Edie led two expeditions to save a rainforest and wrote about them for National Geographic magazine. She has a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and has the equivalent of an FMA. Edie has written seven books, short stories, and poems.
Lucia Gagliese (2nd Place in Fiction for “The Caregiver”) is a clinical psychologist and professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her work focuses on pain, aging, and end of life care. She studied creative writing at the Humber School for Writers and her fiction has appeared in The Healing Muse and is forthcoming in The Leaf. “The Caregiver” is a health narrative that integrates her clinical and research interests with her personal experience of losing a friend to ALS.
After Edie and Lucia, it will be your time to shine! Sign up to PERFORM by noon Apr. 30: https://forms.gle/ryoqXSaLbuEi7jQR6. As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic!
This month, we’re pleased to present featured readings by winners from the 2020 Pen 2 Paper creative writing contest: Jasmine Ledesma (1st Place in Non-fiction for “How Sad, How Lovely”) and Pat Hulsebosch (2nd Place in Non-fiction for “Watch Closely”)!
Then it will be your time to shine! Sign up to PERFORM by noon, June 5th at https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSdK9xgG9ftI22…/viewform. As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! This month, we’re pleased to present featured performances by Pen 2 Paper alum, writer, and performer Maria Palacios!
After Maria, it will be your time to shine! As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
Sign up by noon, July 2nd, at: https://forms.gle/CL22HgqutgtoNrDu8.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
Sign up to perform here by noon, July 31st.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
Sign up to perform here by noon, September 3rd.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
ZOOM link to be posted closer to the event; please check the Facebook event for the link.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick.
This month’s featured reader is Eva Shelton, winner of The Insider Prize for Incarcerated Writers in Texas awarded by American Short Fiction.
Eva Shelton is 43 years old and was born and raised in Graham, Texas. In the third grade she started writing stories and poems for school and for fun. At the age of 25 she found herself headed to prison. She would spend the next eighteen years of her life surrounded by razor wire and amputated from societal norms. To pass the time she worked and she wrote. Her writing was her emotional release. She created worlds she could live in and her friends existed in ink on lines. She was released from prison on March 9th of this year and she finally took a deep, gasping breath of relief. She has had to learn to live in a world of technology and overwhelming choices as if she were Rip Van Winkle rising from slumber. The Insider Prize by American Short Fiction is her first monetary award for her writing.
Zoom Info:
https://austincc.zoom.us/j/91931157006?pwd=N3FTbDFROEpSZTNEaDQxTXJyalNGQT09
Passcode: 504435
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick.
This month’s featured reader is Stephanie Macias.
Stephanie Macias is a writer, artist, and musician living in Austin, TX. She is currently an MFA candidate in the New Writers Project at the The University of Texas at Austin. She is at work on a novel and a collection of short stories.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86887318364?pwd=M2hreGFQRTlsR0c3VkpDL2VkbjRrZz09
Meeting ID: 868 8731 8364
Passcode: 914142
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted soon on Facebook.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick.
This month’s featured reader is Kendra Christel.
Kendra Christel is a writer, actress, and singer from Austin, Texas. She considers herself a Jill of all trades. She began performing at the age of 3 as part of the Joyce Willett Dance Company. She began writing at age 8, winning a college scholarship in an essay contest, and began singing in her church’s adult choir at age 11. An alumna of Texas State University with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Journalism, Kendra served as an E-Board member of the only Black theater group on campus, Ebony Players. Kendra is also an alumna of the University of Georgia, having earned her M.F.A. in Screenwriting. As a Screenwriter, Kendra has placed as a semi-finalist in the Final Draft Big Break screenwriting competition 2020, the Oscar’s Nicholl Fellowship 2021, and the 2nd round of the 2021 Austin Film Festival. Her novel, Abela, was a featured reading at the Diverse Literary Voices of Austin 2019 conference. As an actress and singer, she was also named Broadway World Austin’s Performer of the Decade and Vocalist of the Decade for her role as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act. The newest member of the St. Stone family, she enjoys performing drag as a friend of the Royal Court of Austin to help raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness. She currently resides in the Atlanta area.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82680032230?pwd=bk8ySVZtbkxCTUljZ0thMlZJUFgxQT09
Meeting ID: 826 8003 2230
Passcode: 171138
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted soon on Facebook.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick.
This month’s featured reader is Maurice Chammah.
Maurice Chammah is a writer and journalist, and the author of Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, which was published earlier this year. He works for The Marshall Project, a non-profit news outlet that covers the U.S. criminal justice system, where he was on a team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He helps organize The Insider Prize, a contest for incarcerated writers, sponsored by the magazine American Short Fiction. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82105197585?pwd=V0x0RHN4UXJuWURIK1JadWc2QzZCQT09
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
For our featured performance to kick off the year, we’re welcoming back Oli Steck, a musician, actor, and entertainer. He plays various instruments, with various styles of music, with many different groups. He honed his timing, sense of music, entertainment, and theater, by playing in the streets, clubs, theaters, homes and spaces of the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. Since 2002, he has lived and performed mainly in Austin, Tx. Some of the performers he works with locally are Bob Schneider, Slaid Cleaves, Guy Forsyth, Rey Arteaga, and the Moon Tower Brass Band. Catch Oli working as a solo performer streaming 2 live shows from his homepage on Facebook: “The Squirrel Show” (Thursdays at 7:30pm CST), and “The Kids’ Show” (Saturdays at 10am).
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted soon on Facebook.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick. This month’s featured reader is Dalia Azim.
Dalia Azim was born in Canada and raised in the United States. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction, Aperture, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Glimmer Train (where she received their Short Story Award for New Writers), Other Voices, and The Washington Post, among other places. Her first book, Country of Origin, will be published by A Strange Object/Deep Vellum in March 2022. Dalia is the manager of special projects at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas; she previously worked as a researcher at the Dedalus Foundation and as a curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York City. She graduated with a dual degree in art and literature from Stanford University and grew up in Colorado.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88095180404?pwd=bTRLVGNpOXdqREdiQWJCNEVMUlJmQT09
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted soon on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance/
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick. This month’s featured reader is Adam Soto.
Adam Soto is the author of the novel This Weightless World. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently lives with his wife in Austin, Texas, where he is a teacher and the web editor of American Short Fiction. His second book, a collection of ghost stories entitled Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep, will be released this fall.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87969885873?pwd=K2FtK2JzNUdNR3JOVmRMSDYzQzl4Zz09
Meeting ID: 879 6988 5873
Passcode: 648283
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted soon on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick. This month’s featured reader is Scott Semegran.
Scott Semegran is an award-winning writer of eight books. BlueInk Review described him best as “a gifted writer, with a wry sense of humor.” His latest novel, The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island, is about four middle school friends who sneak away to an abandoned lake house to evade the wrath of high school bullies, only to become stranded on the lake’s desolate island. It won First Place in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards for Middle-Grade/Young Adult Fiction. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, four kids, two cats, and a dog. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86910316763?pwd=dFBlS1NhYXNPNjA5ZHZWc0dTNUpIUT09
Meeting ID: 869 1031 6763
Passcode: 360355
This month’s open mic takes place on May 1, or May Day, a celebration of the season of spring! We can’t think of a better featured artist to commemorate this occasion than our dear friend, nature lover, and poet, Birdman 313!
After Birdman, it’s your turn on the mic! As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted this month by Ursula Pike.
This month’s featured reader is Crisosto Apache.
Crisosto Apache is originally from Mescalero, New Mexico (US), on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, and currently lives in the Denver metro area in Colorado, with their spouse. They are Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné (Navajo) of the Salt Clan born for the Towering House Clan, and is Assistant Professor of English at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. They hold an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Crisosto’s debut collection is GENESIS (Lost Alphabet, 2018). Crisosto’s second forthcoming collection is Ghostword, out by Gnashing Teeth Publication mid-2022. Some of the poems in this collection have appeared in The Rumpus, Loch Raven Review, Poetry Foundation’s POETRY Magazine, ANMLY Magazine, Digging Through The Fat, and McGraw Hill Publishing.
Zoom Info:
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by A.R. Rogers.
This month’s featured reader is Bianca Alyssa Pérez.
Bianca Alyssa Pérez was born and raised in Mission, Texas, a small southern town bordering Mexico. She holds her MFA in Poetry from Texas State University, where she also teaches. She is the 2022-2023 Clark House Writer-In-Residence. Her chapbook, Gemini Gospel, is forthcoming March 2023 from Host Publications.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82503058833?pwd=QUowNXNXVU1NTzEyd2UwVjl6bnlIZz09
Meeting ID: 825 0305 8833
Passcode: 706497
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by A.R. Rogers.
This month’s featured reader is Chaitali Sen.
Chaitali Sen is the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions 2015) and the short story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven, which won the Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction and will be published by Sarabande Books in January 2023. Her stories and essays have appeared in Boulevard, Ecotone (receiving a special mention in the 2019 Best American Short Stories Anthology), Shenandoah, New England Review, New Ohio Review, Colorado Review, Electric Literature, LitHub, Los Angeles Review of Books, Catapult, and many other publications. Kirkus Reviews called The Pathless Sky “a searingly vivid portrayal of the depths of human emotions-from the first glow of young love to the deeper strength of middle-aged commitment. A poignant and sophisticated work couched in lyrical, effervescent prose.” It was a finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best First Fiction, and included on Idra Novey’s Buzzfeed list “10 Books That Challenge Our Political Landscape by Inventing New Ones,” Library Journal’s “Top Fall Indie Fiction,” and Mic.com’s “25 Essential Reads to Make Women’s History Last Longer than a Month.”
A graduate of the Hunter College MFA in Fiction, she is the founder of the interview series Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice. She has been a frequent panelist, presenter, and instructor for Writers League of Texas, Grub Street’s Muse & Marketplace Conference, Texas Book Festival, and The Asian American Writers Workshop, and was a featured writer at the New Voices Festival at Ithaca College in 2017 and the first annual Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival in Seattle in 2019.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88074697794?pwd=K2RmU3VCS2tnc0VZZGduTElHcTZZdz09
Meeting ID: 880 7469 7794
Passcode: 526776
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by A.R. Rogers.
This month’s featured reader is Raul Garza.
Raul Garza is a Latinx playwright who has drawn acclaim for telling stories that resound with authenticity and sense of place. He boldly explores the intersection of popular culture and cultural identity, and incorporates music, spirituality, and the power of nostalgia into works that span time and location. When not writing, Raul vibes on kundalini yoga, devours pop culture, and travels beyond his means.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83090059893?pwd=ek5JYjh5UEkyZjhWS0x5SllFa0NaQT09
Meeting ID: 830 9005 9893
Passcode: 853283
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next inclusive open mic! As always, after our featured performer, it’s your time to shine! We’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems, or prose… anything you can perform!
The sign up form and Zoom link will be posted on Facebook.
Are you performing with an instrument or accompanying music? Optimize your sound: https://pfs.org/zoomperformance.
Accessibility adventure note: they’ll be using Rev for closed captions during the event. Rev isn’t great for music, so they will screen-share the lyrics of anything musical. You can still see the performer during songs, just follow these instructions for side-by-side screen sharing: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-Side-Mode-for-Screen-Sharing#h_7ebd355a-bdc4-489c-8193-63c4b063774e.
Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom for the Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by A.R. Rogers.
This month’s featured reader is Natalie Lima.
Natalie Lima is a Cuban-Puerto Rican writer from Las Vegas, NV and Hialeah, FL. Her essays and fiction have been published in Longreads, Guernica, Brevity, The Offing, Catapult, Sex and the Single Woman (Harper Perennial, 2022), Body Language (Catapult, 2022), and elsewhere. Her writing has been honored in Best Small Fictions (2020), and noted twice in Best American Essays (2019 and 2020). She has received fellowships from PEN America Emerging Voices, Letras Boricus/the Mellon Foundation, Bread Loaf, Tin House, the VONA/Voices Workshop, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, and a residency from Hedgebrook. Natalie teaches creative writing at Butler University as Assistant Professor in the Department of English. She is currently working on a memoir and an essay collection.
Zoom Info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87692384191?pwd=Z3BUU0JBVGEwK0pOVFVPeGx0NGhwdz09
Meeting ID: 876 9238 4191
Passcode: 324161