Stories and Poetry of Witness, Recounting, and Resistance A Generative Workshop with Odilia Galván Rodríguez

The public is invited to the 15th Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival on Apr. 28—May 1, 2021 Saturday, April 30 @ 11 a.m. ~ Decolonizing Our Writing ~ Stories and Poetry of Witness, Recounting, and Resistance A Generative Workshop with Odilia Galván Rodríguez - a VIPF Virtual Event In working towards decolonizing our …

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A reading and Q & A with Ariana Brown

Saturday, April 30 @ 1:00 p.m. A reading and Q & A with Ariana Brown Ariana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet from the Southside of San Antonio, …

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Self-healing through Self-empathy Presented by Fernando Albert Salinas

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Saturday, April 30 @ 5:30 p.m. Self-healing through Self-empathy Presented by Fernando Albert Salinas Emotional trauma and isolation during the pandemic has had devastating and lasting effects on our mental and physical health. Friends and family report stress, anxiety, doubt, uncertainty, and fear in these unparalleled times. …

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Tits up at the Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge

Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge 3202 Mission St, San Francisco, California

Whiskey Tit celebrates some West Coast book birthdays from the plague and beyond with friends at the Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge. Come get delirious with stalwart Tits Abigail Stewart (THE DROWNED WOMAN), Joey Truman (MOVEABLE ROOMS), David Scott Hay (THE FOUNTAIN), and a first public appearance by pandemic book baby Agustín Maes (NEWBORN).There will be …

The Drowned Woman Reading & Booktail Pairing

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join Abigail Stewart, WhiskeyTit Books, and Lindsay Merbaum from Pick Your Potions for a custom cocktail making demo + reading + audience q&a. Sign up to receive the booktail recipe and Zoom link in advance. There will be giveaways and other goodies as well! Sign up in advance for the chance to win a signed …

Abigail Stewart reading at Brazos Bookstore

Brazos Bookstore 2429 Bissonnet St, Houston, Texas

Join Abigail Stewart and hosts BRAZOS BOOKSTORE for an in-person reading from her new novel THE DROWNED WOMAN.Jeanette, a graduate student on scholarship and majoring in art history, arrives on the West Coast intending to be embraced by endless sunshine. She finds comfort in her studies and in her new apartment, drinking cheap Scotch and …