Join National Book Award–honored authors Anthony Cody (Borderland Apocrypha, 2020 Poetry Finalist), Shing Yin Khor (The Legend of Auntie Po, 2021 Young People’s Literature Finalist), and LaToya Watkins (Holler, Child, 2023 Fiction Longlist) for readings and conversation on the porous boundaries of genre, of history, and of place. Moderated by Lacy M. Johnson, a Houston-based professor, curator, activist, and author.

6:00–7:30 p.m. Mainstage event & author discussion

7:45–8:15 p.m. Author Book Signing

Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and Sam Houston State University, and sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing.

For more information contact the English Department at english@shsu.edu. Additional information is also online at shsu.edu/nba.