Journalism Professor Featured at Texas Book Festival Kick-off, Nov. 1

Event: University of Texas at Austin journalism professor Bill Minutaglio and other authors will speak on a panel about the anthology “Literary Austin,” which brings together the history, color and character of Austin since 1839.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

When: 7 p.m., Nov. 1, 2007

Where: Jessen Auditorium in Homer Rainey Hall at The University of Texas at Austin campus (21st and Whitis). Maps of The University of Texas at Austin are available online.

Background: The Texas Book Festival and the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin present panelists Robert Draper, "Literary Austin" Editor Don Graham, Bill Minutaglio, Karen Olsson, John Spong and Marion Winik, who will discuss their writing and their contributions to the anthology "Literary Austin." The panel will be moderated by Austin author Stephen Harrigan.

“Literary Austin” brings together the history, color and character of Austin since 1839, when it was selected, on the advice of Mirabeau B. Lamar, as the site for a new capital of the then-Republic of Texas.

Essays, fiction and poetry in the anthology reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades and are organized in a roughly chronological fashion to reveal the themes, places and personalities that have defined the life of the city.

Contact:
Alicia Dietrich
Harry Ransom Center
(512) 232-3667