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Austin Jewish Book Fair Austin Jewish Book FairThursday, November 3 - Saturday, November 12Dell Jewish Community Center (7300 Hart Lane)[info] Those of us feeling bereft and searching for literary meaning after the closing of the Texas Book Festival won't have to wait long at all to get our next book... continue reading on Austinist

Amy Einhorn Books/PutnamAn hour and a half down the road from Austin, and occupying 340 square miles of semi-arid Central Texas terrain, sits one of the world's largest military installations - Fort Hood. Some 50,000 soldiers work on post, making it the largest single-site employer in Texas. As of 2006,... continue reading on Austinist

Encyclopedia Show The Encyclopedia Show!Thursday, June 9ND at 501 Studios (501 N. I H 35)7:30pm, $6[info] Have you recently realized (after careful introspection, of course) that your knowledge of Wyoming is decidedly lacking? It's happened to the best of us. Luckily, there's hope! There is a place where you, too,... continue reading on Austinist

University of Texas Press Calvin Trillin at BookPeopleSaturday, April 9BookPeople (603 N. Lamar)5pm[info] For someone who grew up in the Midwest and has long made his home in New York, Calvin Trillin has had a lot to say about Texas over the years. But to hear Trillin tell it, even... continue reading on Austinist

Image from Jennifer Hritz Drowning is a recurring theme in Austin writer Jennifer Hritz's I, Too, Have Suffered in the Garden, and narrator Adam Atwater certainly seems to be going under. By any measure, he has had a rough year. His relationship with Joel, his partner of four years, is... continue reading on Austinist