Alan Gilbert, author of Late in the Antenna Fields and Another Future: Poetry and Art in a Postmodern Twilight, will be reading from his work.  

The Cowboys, Willie and West Texas: A Dialogue with Joe Nick Patoski,  Patoski is the author of many books on Texas culture, including biographies of Selena, Stevie Ray and Willie, and has contributed lengthy essays to books on Conservation in Texas, The Big Bend, the Texas Coast and the mountains of Texas.  

Colson Whitehead, the author of the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Zone One and Sag Harbor will be reading from his work.

Fabien Giraud and Ida Soulard will discuss their forthcoming book and installation "Marfa Stratum", which explores the geologic history of the Permian Basin, sheaf theory (via Alexander Grothendieck), speculative realism (via Quentin Meillassoux) and catastrophe theory (via Rene Thom).

We're hosting the excellent novelist and non-fiction writer David Treuer this evening at 6 pm.  Treuer is here with the Lannan Foundation and has recently finished his fourth novel, Prudence.

Rosa Alcala will be reading from her own work as well as her translations from the recently published Spit Temple: The Selected Performances of Cecilia Vicuna.  

Along with our friends at Ballroom Marfa, we hosted curator and writer, Anthony Elms, on Thursday, April 4th, 2013.  Elms, who is Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia and the editor of WhiteWalls, an independent publisher distributed through the University of Chicago Press, will be talking about White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, which he recently presented in Philly.

We're hosting historian and activist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 at 6 pm. 

Three poetic heavy-weights, two of the them Marfa-residents.

Helen Dewitt, author of The Last Samurai and Lightning Rods will be speaking about her work.

David Kimble will be talking about his work as an illustrator and the publication of his new book Corvette Racing this evening at 6 pm.  

Novelist, visual artist, poet, and educator Rikki Ducornet read from her latest novel, Netsuke, on March 23rd.

We're pairing with Chinati Foundation to present "Two Readings", one each by Deborah Eisenberg and Wallace Shawn.  Here's the info:

• Wallace Shawn reads "The Fever" at the Crowley Theater, Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 at 7:30 pm.  Free.
• Deborah Eisenberg reads "Your Duck Is My Duck" at the Marfa Book Company, Friday, March 1st, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Free.

Februrary 22nd, we hosted Ali Abunimah, author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse (Haymarket) and editor of The Electronic Intifada, an excellent online newsite for articles pertinent to the Palestinian community and the situation in Israel.

On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, we hosted a group of Marfa High School students, their friends and family, as well as a large number of members of the community, as the students presented original audio documentaries as a part of the Youth Media Project organized by Alice Quinlan and Marfa Public Radio.