Poets Victoria Chang and Adrian Matejka read from their new collections, followed by a conversation, book sale and signing.
Victoria Chang and Adrian Matejka read at Congregation Emanu El on Monday, February 8, 2027, at 7:30 PM. It's part of the 2026/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, which pairs visiting authors with on-stage conversations led by local writers.
Chang reads from Tree of Knowledge, her new collection. She comes to the bill with OBIT, a New York Times Notable Book that won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and made the National Book Award longlist; for this new work, she draws on the image of a felled eucalyptus tree. Matejka reads from Be Easy: New & Selected Poems, a collection that brings together fresh poems alongside his earlier work. He's a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the editor-in-chief of Poetry magazine, and his new poems complicate place, race, and identity in present-day America.
The reading is followed by an on-stage conversation led by a local author or journalist, and then a book sale and signing. It's the same format the series uses throughout the season: the authors read first, then they talk, and you can get their books signed afterward.
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General admission tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 26, 2027, at 12 PM, with season tickets also available. The reading is at Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005, starting at 7:30 PM.
