Join this panel featuring 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Literary Award winners. Laura Villareal is the author of Girl’s Guide to Leaving, a powerful collection of poems about partner violence. Rudy Ruiz is the author of Valley of Shadows, a gripping novel about injustice, isolation, and suffering along the US-Mexico Border. Ramona Reeves’ debut It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories follows eleven linked stories about the American Dream. 

Moderator: Diana Lopez

Book Signing: 1:15 PM at Main Signing TentRudy Ruiz, Laura Villareal, , Girl’s Guide to LeavingRudy Ruiz, Laura Villareal, Ramona Reeves, , Girl’s Guide to Leaving, It Falls Gently All Around and Other StoriesRudy Ruiz, Laura Villareal, Ramona Reeves, Valley of Shadows, Girl’s Guide to Leaving, It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories