Of the Moment: Novels That Take On Big Social Issues
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Capitol Extension Room E2.026
1100 Congress Avenue, Austin TX

Taking on big issues of race, civil rights, wrongful murder, immigration, and family, new novels by Melanie Hatter (Malawi’s Sisters) and Sehba Sarwar (Black Wings) demonstrate fiction’s power to make the huge topics of our time intimate, personal, and relatable. What goes into synthesizing these enormous conversations on the page?


  • Moderator: Amanda Scott
  • Book Signing: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Texas Monthly TBF Book Signing Tent

Melanie Hatter, Sehba Sarwar, Malawi’s Sisters, Black Wings

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