Nothing says ยback to schoolย like witnessing the results of a good edumacation. The Gulf Coast Reading Series starts out the school year with a trio of talent from the University of Houstonยs nationally acclaimed Creative Writing Program. Hayan Charara, the editor of Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry, is ahead of the class with two collections of poetry, The Alchemistยs Diary and The Sadness of Others. Poets Ed Porter and Kelly Moore will also read during todayยs program. Moore shared an honorable mention nod with Charara this year in the Creative Writing Programยs annual student awards. See success in its early stages at 7 p.m. Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-523-0701 or visit www.brazosbookstore.com. Free.
Fri., Sept. 19, 7 p.m., 2008
This article appears in Sep 18-24, 2008.