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Austinist picks for events at this year’s Texas Book Festival:
SATURDAY
11am - 11:45, Capitol Extension Room E2.014 [where the hell is that? Check schedule for location] Colin Beavan is No Impact Man. It’s a story about a dude and his baby and somewhat prissy wife who live in Manhattan and love take-out food and disposable coffee cups and disposable culture and disposable diapers and disposable… conscience… who decide to live life in the big city whilst making NO discernable environmental footprint (thus, No Impact). The book, which chronicles Beavan’s efforts to his No Impacting ends is pretty damned funny, so this dude should make things interesting.
2:30pm - 3:30, [check schedule for location] LITERARY DEATH MATCH. Austinist favorite Owen Egerton is going to be involved in this year’s Literary Death Match, which promises to be promising. Like photos of sushi. LDM is designed to be a stage for new talent to read works aloud and face the gong/approval of seasoned vets. Along with Owen: Richard Russo, and Jane Smiley will judge the brave efforts of Kyle Beachy, Amelia Gray (SHAZZAM!), Jeff Martin, and Jason Sheehan. MATCH : ON.
3:30pm, Paramount Theater - Margaret Atwood (of Handmaiden’s Tale fame) is going to be discussing her newest work, The Year of The Flood. We enjoyed Handmaiden, but then again, who wouldn’t? It’s just an enjoyable book, and it's fantastic as far as words go. And we think the same of Atwood.
SUNDAY
12noon - 1:30, [check schedule for location], American Short Fiction & TBF Present: Characters With Magnificent Obsessions. Jamie Ford, Amanda C. Gable, Victor Lodato, and John Pipkin will be the writers on this panel, moderated by Jill Meyer, who is the editor of the illustrious American Short Fiction. Who doesn’t love obssessionists? Certainly not you. Oh no, certainly not.
3:30pm - 4:30, [check schedule for location], Boxing Shadows. Heard about this one on NPR on the way to work. So you know we know what we’re talking about when we say this one will be interesting. Anissa Zamarron was a wild child who turned into a badass boxer, and W.K. Stratton has attempted to capture the raw awesomeness of her character as she goes from latch-key, to no-key, to keyed-up in Boxing Shadows. We don’t want to put anyone with a rags-to-wisdom story on a pedestal unless that story is beyond the norm. And Zamarron’s path looks to have a weaving distance far, far, far beyond most.
Enjoy this weekend's weather, enjoy the books, enjoy the enjoyment.
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thanks for the tips