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Austin’s Inside Book Project works year-round to send literature to Texas prison inmates who request books. This weekend they will be holding one of their marathon volunteer drives/parties to package materials and catch-up on 2,000 back requests. They are meeting at their collection center (300 Allen St., 3 blocks east of E. 5th and Pleasant Valley) from right this second until Sunday at 6pm. The work goes on around-the-clock, so you can stop in...

It's National Poetry Month. Austinist will be celebrating this blessed event by going to a reading at 12th Street Books. That's how we roll, bitches!

Capping off a week of unfortunate decease, 12th Street Books will be hosting a "highly informal" reading of the works of Robert Creeley tonight. Things should get under way shortly after the shop closes at 6pm. Bring beer and your favorite poems.