{"id":27555,"date":"2026-05-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=27555"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:03:29","slug":"11-7-2015-awr-aural-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=27555","title":{"rendered":"11.7.2015 AWR @ Aural Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Terrazas Library invited The Austin Writers Roulette to participate in their Aural Literature event, where local writers are invited to read their works for 15 minutes.\u00a0Since I usually dress up to match the roulette theme, I had a myriad of costume choices since this occasion had no theme.
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Three other authors joined me for the event. In a way, it was easier to produce this show since we\u2019d all written bios, didn\u2019t have to set up chairs and we\u2019d all arrived thirty minutes before the start of the reading. The librarian who\u2019d contacted me about this event was amazed. I told him I\u2019d always asked my artists to arrive an hour before the event just so we could start on time. Besides, when a group of talented, creative people gather together, the quality of the conversation is so rich. We took our traditional group picture well before the show started.
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Donna Dechen Birdwell <\/strong>opened the show, reading an excerpt from her speculative fiction,\u00a0Way of the Serpent.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mackenzie Irick Milks <\/strong>read a short fictional piece about a granddaughter returning to the islands for her grandfather\u2019s funeral only to learn the sordid details about his life.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Stephanie Webb<\/strong> shared instances of her personal challenges of being a well-educated black women marginalized in Austin.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> read three excerpts from her racy first novel,\u00a0Tribe of One<\/em>, about a single black women looking for love while still being a smart woman about the pursuit. \u00a0One of the excerpts was a one-night stand on Halloween and another was the infamous \u201cvibrator research\u201d chapter. \u00a0After reading that last one, she broke the news to the audience that the actual vibrator the main character decided to buy didn\u2019t exist.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Afterwards, the Rouletters moseyed across the street to eat dinner. Fortunately, the restaurant offered 1\/2 bottles of wine! \u00a0The intellectual conversation, which had begun before the show, continued. \u00a0This was the kind of occasion I always say I\u2019d like to participate more in, but never seem to organize. \u00a0I\u2019m so glad it just happened.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Truly a feast befitting of a queen: well seasoned and composed salmon sandwich on fresh bread with a side of potato salad.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Donna <\/strong>couldn\u2019t resist wearing the Cleopatra headdress!

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