Texas Institute of Letters 2019 Award-winners Lupe Mendez (Why I Am Like Tequila), Naomi Shihab Nye (The Tiny Journalist), and Rubén Degollado (Throw) read from and discuss their works.

In association with the Texas Institute of Letters

• Moderator: Sergio Troncoso
• Format: This is a free virtual event.
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Rubén Degollado, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lupe Mendez, Throw, Cast Away: Poems for Our Time, Why I Am Like Tequila, The Tiny Journalist