Join us in celebrating the launch of The Beatest State in the Union, a new anthology of Texas Beat writers.

The Beatest State in the Union is a 325-page large format seminal anthology of Texas writing that includes many of the iconic beat writers writing and being in Texas and traces their influence on other writers up to the present time. This event will be a celebration of writers in the anthology from Austin, San Antonio, and College Station. We will read selections from iconic beats in the anthology and other works by the writers in the anthology. The anthology includes fiction, memoir, poetry, and some journalism.

Readers include Joe Hoppe, PW Covington, Lorraine Caputo, Lyman Grant, Mick White, Janet McCann, Manuel Martinez, Thom the World Poet, Chris Carmona, and Ricardo Acevedo.