AUTHOR PAM HOUSTON APPEARS AT DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Author Pam Houston Reads from her book Contents May Have Shifted

DALLAS - Friends of the Dallas Public Library present a reading and book signing by Pam Houston, author of  Contents May Have Shifted on Friday, May 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the first floor auditorium at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Houston appears as part of the Friends authorSPEAK series.

Houston’s recent novel, Contents May Have Shifted was published in paperback in January. Stuck in a dead-end relationship, this fearless narrator leaves her metaphorical baggage behind and finds a comfort zone in the air, “feeling safest with one plane ticket in her hand and another in her underwear drawer.” She flies around the world, finding reasons to love life in dozens of far-flung places from Alaska to Bhutan. Along the way she weathers unplanned losses of altitude, air pressure, and landing gear. With the help of a squad of loyal, funny, wise friends and massage therapists, she learns to sort truth from self-deception, self-involvement from self-possession.

Pam Houston is the author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat, the novel, Sight Hound, and a collection of essays called A Little More About Me, all published by W.W. Norton.

Her stories have been selected for volumes of Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the winner of the Western States Book Award, the WILLA award for contemporary fiction, and The Evil Companions Literary Award and multiple teaching awards.

She is the Director of Creative Writing at U.C. Davis and teaches in The Pacific University low residency MFA program, and at writer’s conferences around the country and the world.

WHAT:           authorSPEAK with Pam Houston

WHERE:         J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Auditorium

                        1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201

WHEN:           Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 7-:8:30 pm

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About authorSPEAK

authorSPEAK is the Friends of the Dallas Public Library literary series featuring local, up-and-coming and established authors at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.

 About the Friends of the Dallas Public Library

Founded in 1950, the Friends of the Dallas Public Library (FoDPL) is a membership-based non-profit organization that advocates for the Dallas Public Library and seeks to enhance community awareness for all its unique resources and benefits. The Friends also raises funds through special events, grants, and corporate and private donations to support library-initiated programs and capital improvements. FoDPL plays an important role ensuring the Dallas Public Library has the resources required to remain an excellent library system, today and into the future.

Kate Park, Executive Director

Friends of the Dallas Public Library                                        Tel: 214-670-1458

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